Tuesday, October 22, 2013

More October Musings

More sign acquisitions by Baby Bunny:

32.  Train
33.  Wind
34.  Rain
35.  Stars
36.  Water
37.  Juice

She still hasn't said a word.  She is babbling a lot more, moving her tongue around, and making noises.  It almost sounds like she's singing.  What's kind of amazing is that she's been trying to whistle.

Baby Bunny's art work, ca 2013.  It looks like a face to me!

We went to a fall carnival with a few more kiddie rides.  Bun Bun wasn't too thrilled on the merry-go-round.  Throughout the ride of about 5 minutes, she fought hard to get off.  She didn't cry, but wasn't giggling with joy either. 

Who needs a toy when you've got a laundry basket?  Daddy sez that there not enough pictures of him with Baby Bunny.  But then, most of the pictures I take of them usually come out blurry.

Within a 5 minute walk of our apartment is a small park/playground.  This is about the only thing I will miss about living in the apartment.  The plan is to move into the new house over the next  week!  Stay tuned!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Art

Bun Bun has been busy.  She has been busy with pens and crayons.  Her OT has been working on her hand-writing skills - vertical lines, horizontal lines, and circles - and how she holds writing tool in her hand.  This helps her with not just writing later but with staying at attention to a task.  When she draws on a vertical or slanted surface, she is actually building up her core trunk strength as she crosses mid-line stretches her right arm pass her left arm.  So, she has been busy with a ball-point pen.  She's been drawing on paper, walls, and her shoes.

Her artwork on paper has been pretty impressive - nice firm strokes.  Her work on the wall was strongly discouraged early on.  (Thankfully, it's kind of behind some curtains and hard to see anyway.  And, no, we didn't beat her to stop her from drawing on walls.)  On her shoes, that's a very different story.  Over the summer, I had bought her a pair of cute purple booties.  I waited all summer for the weather to cool down and her feet to get bigger so she can wear them.  Last week, she took a red pen and drew all over them (pictures to come later).

We hit another milestone last night when Daddy and Mama went to the movies and left Baby Bunny home with a babysitter.  Daddy and Mama went to see "Gravity" (best movie I've seen in a long, long time).  Baby Bunny stayed home with Diana, a church friend (note: not a family member!).  She did OK.  According to Diana, Bun Bun cried for just a little bit.  After they read "Goodnight Moon" about 10 times, Bun Bun went to bed.  She was asleep when we got home.

More signs:

30.  Horse
31.  Bus


Cutie!  You can see her art work on her shoes, although not very clear.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Indian Summer (80's this week)

Curious Bun Bun trying to get at something in the bin.  There's not much in there, just diapers, small packs of tissues, some pens, and joke mustache glasses.  She has fallen in once and thought it was hilarious.  We keep a lot of boxes around the house.  To Bun Bun, they are a lot more fun than the actual contents.
No, Bun Bun doesn't wear glasses.  We were having fun with an app on the iPad.