Creative Ramblings

Morgan:

• She is kind of a picky eater, which probably comes from me; she also has an incredible sweet tooth, again, probably from me.

• Morgan is obsessed with letters, numbers, shapes and colors. Will point them out to us any time she sees one and pretty much has them all memorized with very few exceptions. She has the Leap Frog fridge magnets that she will put in a purse/bag and carry around with her, she has bath-time letters that stick to the tile, and she has floor mat letters that she loves to get out. And endless books on all topics.

• And speaking of books, she LOVES books and story time. We read certain books so often, that she can now repeat them to us verbatim. She can’t read yet, but she thinks she can. Her favorite books are a couple of board books I picked up called Blankie and No No, Yes Yes I have to get more of these! both by Leslie Patricelli.

• Morgan is a singer! She loves to sing, whether it’s Itsy Bitsy Spider or Twinkle, Twinkle or the ABC’s, she seems to be singing all the time. She’ll even make up songs and belt them out, no matter where we are or what we’re doing. And it’s always LOUD!

• She is fascinated by money. Not just any kind of money, but coins. And all coins, no matter color or size are pennies. If she spots one, which she is getting really good at doing, she’ll tell you she wants it and that she “wants to put it in her bank.” The kid has over $50 in her Discovery Kids counting bank. Seriously.

• Morgan also enjoys movies and television and will ask for her favorites at any time of day or night. Luckily, we have DVR, without which, we would have a lot more temper tantrums to deal it. Her favorites include, but are not limited to: Dora The Explorer, Teletubbies, Sesame Street, Mickey’s Clubhouse, Jojo’s Circus, Curious George and her new fave, Thomas the Tank Engine.

• She has this thing with lining stuff up. I’m not sure if it’s residual OCD from the womb, or if it’s just a natural thing kids do. But, she will unload her diapers and line them up across the floor, all face up. She will take her letters off the fridge and place one in each square of the linoleum floor. She will also line them up across the fridge. She’ll even line up colored pencils and then tell you it’s her choo-choo train.

• She also loves to draw. Only she not very coordinated yet, so she asks us to draw them for her. From Dora and Boots to Thomas and his friends. This is especially fun for her on her Magna-doodle, because she will erase everything we just drew and ask us to draw them, again. She has asked us to draw letters and has even spelled out her name. Amazing!

• Morgan has a woobie. A blankie that we bought for her before we knew she was a girl, it is a pastel lime green with slightly darker green stars. A blankie that is her best friend, her comforter, the one thing she cannot live without. She can’t sleep without it and will usually have to take it with her wherever she goes. When she settles down for a nap, she goes around the binding of it with her thumb and forefinger until she finds the right spot. I swear, that Blankie book mentioned above was written just for her.