Kateisms - Week of July 12

What's up this week?

With Kate's schedule shifting ever so delicately from two naps into one, she has begun sleeping a little later in the morning (waking between 7:30a and 8:00a) and going down at 7:30p. While I certainly have not, nor does she seem anywhere close to completely dropping the first nap, it has stretched out to become more of a 10a nap when she does take it (typically on days when we will be home all day). This has allowed me to begin taking Kate to 9a mass for the last two weeks. She doesn't seem to dig the music as much as I had hoped (we have a very modern service, complete with bongos AND drums), but she's behaved well. She is certainly the most talkative baby in church and is very happy to note every single baby she sees and hears. And, regardless of how careful I am to bring her most favorite books, she is still more interested in the books on the back of the pew...

• Blocks: I bought a set of blocks for Kate this week...and not just any blocks, either. They are for 18 months and up because the blocks are also a puzzle and each block comes with a shape that fits inside it. They are so cool and Kate LOVES them. She spent a lot of time this weekend knocking down daddy's "towers" and checking out all of the new pictures.
• Puzzles, puzzles, puzzles: I bought two new puzzles this week. One with a bunch of vehicles and the other with household pets. She adores them. She is excellent at getting the piece on top of where it goes, but still doesn't orient it into its designated spot. This morning she signed the word "game" and pointed at her puzzle cabinet for me to open it for her.
• Baby Signing Time lives again. I guess we just needed a break from it, but she's asking for it again and, of course, I'm obliging (see bullet above, why wouldn't I, right?).
• Kate spins. Round, and round and round until she is so dizzy she falls. She likes ring around the rosy, too, but prefers just spinning around for the heck of it. Unfortunately, she takes up spinning whenever the mood strikes, even if it's in the middle of the kitchen floor (which is a very hard ceramic tile...).
• The most boring diet ever. I strive to give Kate a balanced, nutritious and varied diet. If she had her way, she'd live off of Raisin Bran/Cheerios, yogurt, eggs, bread, cheese, blueberries and bananas (and probably not in this order). This week, though, I discovered another meal I can make for us and her: chicken fettucine. Okay, so it's basically cream and cheese with some noodles, but hey, she likes it, she likey!
• No, No, No: I saved the best for last to reward those of you dedicated readers who made it this far. Kate has taken to saying "no, no, no" while frowing if she is doing something she knows she isn't supposed to. For instance, she puts a bath toy in her mouth and begins sucking the water out of it. She then pulls it out of her mouth, says "no, no, no" while frowning and then put the toy back in her mouth. She does this for virtually eveything I've ever told her not to do.