Okay, first I just want to reassure that our tree is up and looks “pwettie” (to quote Elspeth). Now for the real reason for this post – Elspeth.
Two days ago our Early Interventionist came for another home visit. She gave us some great ideas for forcing Elspeth to talk. For instance, we have now put the puzzle pieces for each puzzle into its own glad screw top container. That way she has to talk in order to get at the pieces. Then when she puts it in have her repeat the name of the picture on the piece. Simple but effective. She comes back in about two weeks to conduct a more through assessment.
Then yesterday she reached 100 individual words(yes, I am that anal which should be no real surprise). It is interesting to note that car, plane and tractor were among her first 100 words. If you remember our post about her cousin Charles’ birthday in September you might recall an extremely satisfied little girl sitting proudly on his new mini ATV. I am getting a feeling that we may not have too much of a girly girl on our hands. Although, she does like to put things in her hair and play with stuffed animals. Hmmm.
You all know that we spend a lot of time outside in the winter skating. Well, in two weeks the free outdoor skating trail near our house should be open and we will be going…ALL of us. Yes that’s right, Elspeth actually skated today. Not far, not with finesse, nor with any speed worth mentioning. No she can not yet stand up when she falls but she does try to get up. So cute with her helmet down on the ice, her skates on the ice and her bum up in the air making a little triangle that she can’t get out of without help. A friend of ours is trying to find an old pair of single blade skates that should be just a bit big for Elspeth so we might try those out in December but really, I don’t care because now that she can move, our family skating outings are safe. Enjoy our newest little skating piglet. 🙂