Emptying her bookshelf

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Random Tidbit for the Day

Kate Gordon is upstairs putting Rowan down for her nap, and I am relaxing downstairs.  Suddenly, I hear Rowan shout, "yaaaaaay!"  Glad she's enjoying herself so vociferously.

Letter time

Rowan has, without prompting, started occasionally pointing out the letter A, so that's pretty neat, seeing her do that.

Recycling

Rowan decided to recycle six of her fridge magnet toys today.  Rob found them at the bottom of the recycling bin, of course.

One Slipper

Rowan has decided it's "walk around in one slipper" day.  Each time I try to put the other one back on, she takes it off again.

Questions and Answers

If you ask Rowan a question, she will answer with a "no" because she likes that word.  She doesn't really even understand half the questions, but she understands that it is a question.  So yesterday Rob and I decided to have some fun at her expense, and this happened:

Me: Rowan, are you Rowan?

Rowan: No.

Rob: Are you a human?

Rowan: No.

Me: Are you a robot with laser eyes?

Rowan: No.

Rob: Are you an alien spy?

Rowan: No.

Me:  Are you a Triffid in disguise?

Rowan: No.

Rob: Do you like Christmas?

Rowan: Yeah.

Well played, Rowan.  Well played.

Book time

One of Rowan's favorite new pastimes is to pull books off her shelf, bring them over to one of us to read with her, sack the books in a pile, and go get another one.

Goofy Girl

Rowan was being silly in her room this afternoon, so I took some video.  She likes playing with this plastic lid we have, and will hold it up to her face or my face and try and smush a nose.

You'll also see her get into a bear crawl position.  If she's close enough to me when she does it, I will grab her legs and put her into a handstand position.  She LOVES that and giggles and giggles.

Book!

Rowan has recently learned the word book, and she likes to pull books off the shelf and bring them over to one of us to read, while saying "book," just in case we didn't know what she had in her hand.

Here she is on the floor with a book.

Favorite Phrase

Rowan's new favorite thing to say is, "hi, daddy."  She says it all the time, even when Rob isn't around.  She even says it to me, whereupon I gently remind her that I am not daddy.

Aw...

Me: I love you.

Rowan: yay.

I know she didn't really know what she was saying, but it was still cute.

Where's Rowan?

She likes to play peekaboo around the corner, sometimes standing and sometimes crawling.  You can see her owl, Bubo, on the floor.  She still likes to carry him around the house.

Hair Clips

Rob decided a good way to convince Rowan to keep the clip in her hair was to put one in his hair, too.

Walking!

Here's a video of the first day she walked on her own.  It happened at my Dad and stepmom's house.  Rowan walked around a lot while holding someone's hand, and then I went to the bathroom, and when I came out, she was walking!  Magic!

Owl

Rowan got a stuffed owl for Christmas and has been carrying it around all morning, saying "ooh, ooh" like she's an owl, too.