10/23/07 - Toddler Antics

Eva is earning her toddler stripes these days. She’s drawn to water like a magnet, stomps through puddles every chance she gets, and can’t stop talking about “waterfall”, which we saw last week. In keeping with her habit of repeating everything she hears, she keeps calling us “Rachel” and “Dave”, and has to be reminded to call us “Mommy” and “Daddy”. Her favorite song is “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, and she can be heard singing it to herself around the house throughout the day. She’s starting to use her imagination by role-playing and pretending when she plays, instead of just exploring and figuring out how things work. Mostly she imitates me and Amanda with her baby doll, like stripping it down, exclaiming “Oh, gosh - poopy!”, and trying to change the dolly’s diaper. If she gets a chance, she’ll practice on her sister by unsnapping Amanda’s clothes and trying to undo her diaper.