This weekend, Allie turned 1.5 years old. Pretty exciting.
On Saturday morning, we hit up Legoland for the first time. I'd never been very interested in Legoland previously, hearing that it was really geared towards children without a whole lot of fun things for adults (as opposed to, say, Disneyland, which has plenty of stuff for adults to enjoy). I was actually pleasantly surprised. We bought year memberships, which are pretty spendy, but with summer coming up, and plenty of stuff for a kid to explore, I'm sure we'll hit it up early and often. I was pretty surprised at how BIG it was (cue Michael Scott). Plenty of playground type stuff for little kids, water-playgrounds for summer time (which I'm sure will be a complete madhouse), and rides and fun Lego stuff for older kids. So, that was pretty fun.
Allie's continuing to grow and learn, as well as express herself, both positively and negatively. We had a good bit of time that she knew the word "yeah", but not "no". That is no longer the case, and many requests are met with a solid "no!" When her parents dictate that she will do something that she doesn't want to do, she can throw a little bit of a fit, going limp-body and flopping to the ground roughly. So far, those don't last too long, and are usually easily overcome, but it's a bit of a new development. I don't think there have been too many really severe meltdowns that lasted more than a few minutes.
When she's happy and comfortable, she'll toddler off into the distance without a look backwards. But if she's around strangers who appear to be paying any attention to her, she retreats to the comfort of Mama or Daddy's arms (which, in spite of her nervousness, we admit we really enjoy).
Her language skills continue to develop. She's learning new words all the time, and refining the ones she already knows. (Oh, the other good thing about Legoland is that it's right near Palomar airport, which means planes are flying overhead all the time. Each one is pointed out with an enthusiastic "air-pane!", or maybe even a "hey-a-da-dar" (helicopter)). She's getting more and more comfortable stringing words together, like "Mamas-shirt" and things like that, and referring to herself ("Ai-son").
In other news, there's not a whole lot of other news.
On Saturday morning, we hit up Legoland for the first time. I'd never been very interested in Legoland previously, hearing that it was really geared towards children without a whole lot of fun things for adults (as opposed to, say, Disneyland, which has plenty of stuff for adults to enjoy). I was actually pleasantly surprised. We bought year memberships, which are pretty spendy, but with summer coming up, and plenty of stuff for a kid to explore, I'm sure we'll hit it up early and often. I was pretty surprised at how BIG it was (cue Michael Scott). Plenty of playground type stuff for little kids, water-playgrounds for summer time (which I'm sure will be a complete madhouse), and rides and fun Lego stuff for older kids. So, that was pretty fun.
Allie's continuing to grow and learn, as well as express herself, both positively and negatively. We had a good bit of time that she knew the word "yeah", but not "no". That is no longer the case, and many requests are met with a solid "no!" When her parents dictate that she will do something that she doesn't want to do, she can throw a little bit of a fit, going limp-body and flopping to the ground roughly. So far, those don't last too long, and are usually easily overcome, but it's a bit of a new development. I don't think there have been too many really severe meltdowns that lasted more than a few minutes.
When she's happy and comfortable, she'll toddler off into the distance without a look backwards. But if she's around strangers who appear to be paying any attention to her, she retreats to the comfort of Mama or Daddy's arms (which, in spite of her nervousness, we admit we really enjoy).
Her language skills continue to develop. She's learning new words all the time, and refining the ones she already knows. (Oh, the other good thing about Legoland is that it's right near Palomar airport, which means planes are flying overhead all the time. Each one is pointed out with an enthusiastic "air-pane!", or maybe even a "hey-a-da-dar" (helicopter)). She's getting more and more comfortable stringing words together, like "Mamas-shirt" and things like that, and referring to herself ("Ai-son").
In other news, there's not a whole lot of other news.
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