7/22/06 - Playtime

Eva is now 13 months old. She has a new favorite activity: toddling around by pushing her Fisher Price Corn Popper ride-on around the house. She's gotten so tall, her hair is getting long and curly, and she changes so much every day I'm afraid to blink. She's also revealing how smart she is, learning so much so quickly I often catch myself asking "when did she learn to do that?" Eva recently learned to make "fish lips", and can frequently be found puckering up to show off her new skill. She's also learned to play with her lips like an insane asylum inmate, sticking them out and flicking them with her fingers to make a "bwub, bwub" sound. It's become her universal sign for "mouth". She loves to point to my nose, then play with my ear, then flap her lips with her fingers, all while I name the different parts for her. Then we repeat the game over and over. I showed her how the little balls go down the rainspout of her Fisher Price playhouse, and she mastered it within three tries. Now she's trying to see how many other toys can fit down the chute.