Note worthy Skills

Since it's been a while since I updated the blog on things Megan does, I thought I'd post a list of things I can remember:

• She climbs on our beds by herself. It scares the crap out of me when she's on the bed without one of us close as she's scooted over to the edge and sat back, not realizing she was so close to the edge. So, the rule is if she's on our bed, she has to sit by the "sheep" (a stuffed lamb that is on our bed...we got it from the hospital when Ian died).
  
• Heck, she climbs on everything right now. She loves to climb on the chairs at the table, and frequently likes to stand up on them.
  
• She is so verbal now. I love to listen to her as she walking around the house...she'll say "b-c-d-e" or "8-9-10" or just babble. LOVE IT! Oh and she has said pretty hard words like dinosaur.
  
• She is making requests (aka DEMANDS). For example, one today was "Mom. Down. Please. Ok." She ends every request with "Ok." Well, actually she says "ok" all the time (guess what word mom uses all the time???) Or another request sounds like this "ga-git-it. please. ok." (go get it, please, okay). Of course the tone is more demand than request, but we are working on that. Oh, another popular one is "Mom. Sit. Couch. Okay." Too cute!
• Whenever Megan is something "too", she holds up 2 fingers. Oh, the complications of the English language!
• She is always counting. We went to the store this morning and she was counting the stripes on the ground as we were crossing the street. Of course, it comes in handy when we're sitting in line waiting and she's bored. Then we count to 20 or sometimes 30 to help pass the time. Love the counting!!!
• She has really gotten into coloring. I attribute this to school as frequently they color first thing in the morning while they are waiting for everyone to come. She can color for a good 30 minutes, she's not just counting the colors or taking them out of the bowl and putting them back in like she used to. She, of course, loves to color Elmo!
• Speaking of Elmo..she is ALWAYS asking for "steekers" (aka stickers). And course, it's ALWAYS Elmo ones...who cares about anything else!
• She's also very much into blocks, towers, puzzles and books. I've pulled out a few "new" books that she's enjoying.
• She loves music. She's beginning to tell us the only songs she wants to listen to: Six Little Ducks; Jesus Loves Me; Wheels on the Bus (aka "Bus"). Occasionally, If you're happy & you know it, Clap your hands.
• She loves to talk on the phone...which could be a play phone, a remote, a dog toy. Just about anything will do! And she typically talking to "ta-tee" (aunt Katie), Nana or Grandmom, but sometimes "Ash" (cousin Ashley).
  
• She knows her name, my name and daddy's name.
• She loves to read clocks (digital ones, of course). If the clock showed 11:30, she used to say "one, one, dot, three, zero", but she's started say "eleven, dot, three, zero". Pretty impressive, I think!
• She loves to help with cokes (aka getting us a coke or putting more in the frig)...she says "coats", though...but sometimes says "cokes. frig." Oh and when the cans are empty, she loves to pretend she's drinking from it, AFTER she takes the tab off and puts it in the can. We're not sure where she came up with pulling the tabs off, but she does it on every can!

That's the best I can think of right now about our smart, beautiful princess! She's one smart cookie, that's for sure!!!