All the Little Grubbs

The other day when I was babysitting my friend’s 5 month old, Katie decided he would like to hear a story. She sat down beside him and “read” the book Big Brother, Little Brother. It was funny because we’ve read it so many times and the pictures are so wonderful that she could really tell the story well. I know Reed didn’t care about that but he sure enjoyed the one-on-one attention she was giving him. He kept craning his neck to look at her. She’ll be a great babysitter someday!

Katie stayed at the table for an hour this morning coloring her Strawberry Shortcake coloring book. She’s 3 so her idea of coloring is picking one color and coloring every inch of the page. I think she went through half the book but she sure enjoyed herself. She will sit still for just about any arts and crafts or coloring or Play-Doh activity, any other time, like story time, tv time, dinner time she wiggles and squirms. The most consistent thing in her behavior is that she rarely EVER stops talking. Playing alone or with others or whenever, she is always talking. Now that her whining is tapering off it’s actually a very endearing quality. Although, I say to her quite often “shhh, mommy has to think for a second!”