Elsa Loves Music

We have a collection of toddler friendly 

instruments, and Elsa loves to use them to play along to music with her brother.  They do fight over who gets the (chop)sticks for the drum, and she does tend to claim all the hand bells for her own, but Daniel does not share the harmonica or other woodwind instruments with her, so I think its a fair thing. :)

EE for May 13

She can scoot it along for a ride all by herself!

EE for May 12

Open mouth means extreme focus for Elsa.

a picture for you

Elsa likes to play alongside her brother, and he doesn't mind it
unless she has the toy he wants! Then he offers her a less-good toy
for a swap, and she usually throws a fit.

At a Friend's First Birthday Party

Elsa had a really fun afternoon at my friend Laura's son Eli's first birthday party. 

She really enjoyed the food - especially the watermelon and ribs and minty-water.

She really enjoyed the stairs, too.

She commandeered one of the gifts and pushed it all over the house.

Elsa is two weeks older than Eli. She looked at him with such love.  She just loves babies (and small children).  Both children took a nap in the same room at the same time.  When I came in to check on her, she was sitting in the pack and play, chatting across the room to Eli, who was awake and lounging in her crib.  I heard her say HI HI HI HI eeeee babababa over and over, which I think was a greeting to her fellow baby. 

Visit to Grandpa and Grandma Haid's

We stopped by for a Friday night visit. Elsa played outside, practiced walking, ate a big meal, and spent time alone with Grandma Becky.  

When we arrived back at their house, we found Elsa and her grandma on the porch, looking at the full moon.  She was hooping and cheering for the moon and so excited to point it out to us.  It was a really fun and precious sight to see her so enthusiastic about a truly beautiful evening.

The 12 Month Fits.

They have arrived and are in full force. 

Her brother really escalated in showing his disappointment or disapproval at about 15 months. 

She's at what I think was his tantrum peak at this size already.

She does have much more to be disappointed about than he did, however.

She has to contend with the disappointment of one cool toy but two excited children who do not want to share the toy.  She also has to wait for her parents to do things like take her brother to the toilet or answer his long list of questions before we can attend to her (somewhat less pressing) needs for attention or rash cream or a snack.