Hop vs Jump

A few days ago Tessa told me she was hopping then I asked her what a jump was. She knew the difference which shocked me because I haven’t taught her that. I’m thinking she must have picked it up from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Either way I think it’s super cute to see her little hops […]

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Memory Game

Aunt Penny comes over on Tuesday nights to have dinner with us and watch the Bachelor. Tonight she brought Tessa a Frozen themed Memory Game. We started with only a few cards to begin with. Tessa did pretty well for playing for the first time. We are still working on what is a match but […]

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Straw

Tessa finally learned how to drink from a straw! She learned in Havasu when Auntie Madi shared her capri sun with her. Once she figured out the drink was sweet she sure understood how to use a straw. Tonight she had her own glass of water while we had dinner at Red Robin.        […]

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Lacing Beads

After Gymboree Tessa and I stopped by Toys R Us to find her some lacing beads. I’m trying to do more structured activities with her and I thought lacing beads would be something fun. Tessa can’t completely lace the beads independently yet but she understands the concept. She knows the string goes in the hole […]

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Letters

Tessa is learning so much these days that I decided to start teaching her the alphabet. I figured if she learned all the Disney princesses she could learn letters. We took a trip to Lakeshore Learning and bought large magnetic upper and lower case letters. I found a website that groups the letters so you […]

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Dance moves

Tessa pays close attention to what movements in kids are making in the Barney movies that she watches. She constantly asks for Barney songs on Pandora and today she was doing the movements with the songs! It was so cute. She is making a tree and showing the grass growing around. And in the second […]

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Jumping 

Tessa has been trying to jump for a week now. She throws her arms in the air like she is going to take a giant leap but her feet stay planted to the ground. Tonight at Gymboree free play she actually jumped for real! She watched her friend Grant jump on the bridge and then […]

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