The A Report

We've been busy with routine things since returning from Singapore. We both had little colds, so had to skip Kindermusik this week. Ariel knows Kindermusik day, though, and has been entertaining me with her "moves" ever since. She dances in a circle to music, taps things together, drums on old formula and oatmeal canisters, claps, splashes, and moves to her own rhythm.

Jeff & I celebrated our 14th anniversary yesterday. Ariel & I took Doraemon to the vet for comfort care, and later pulled out my guitar. I'm out of practice, but amazingly she danced to my John Denver renditions. We did get to talk with Jeff on the phone, which is always a pleasure.

On with the A Report:

• 23 lbs, 31.5 inches (10.4 kg, 80 cm) - right in the middle on the Southeast Asian Girl growth chart
• cut her first molar on March 5th. So she now has her front 8 teeth + 1 molar.
• She can scribble with a crayon, put things in a box, make lots of different sounds that sounds like real talking.
• She really loves books. We have book baskets all over the house. Lately she uses my finger to point to pictures and words. Her favorites have cats & other animals, textures, buttons that make sounds, flaps, realistic pictures, Sesame Street characters, Curious George, Sandra Boynton animals, Skippyjon Jones (a Siamese cat.) Her favorites change, and it's hard to predict what will next interest her. We can always use duplicate books.
• Favorite clothes: anything soft, cottony, tagless, and footy pajamas. I put diaper cream on the back of her neck so tags & labels don't scratch her. Other than that, she doesn't have sensitive skin.
• Dislikes: ceiling fans and large rotating fans (discovered on our travels)
• Likes: cats (of course!), water (bath & swimming pool), pushing a cart, balls, leaves/sticks/pine cones, wooden puzzles, Dora, Elmo, Grover, writing on a chalkboard.
• Nicknames: Schmig, Smink, The Schmiggler, Schminklemuffin, Little Ralph