Nursery Age!

I have been looking forward to Kendal reaching 18 months for a while now. Why, because a squirmy, talkative explorer is not so fun in church. Casey and I decided a couple of weeks ago to put Kendal in nursery to test it out. Kendal did great, she loved being in there (that is until she was the last kid not picked up - then they had to find Casey and me). I think I was more nervous that week every time the door opened I would expect it to be my upset daughter. Let's just say I kept my eye on the clock a lot, but I didn't need to; Kendal did great. Last week there was no one there to teach nursery so I took my loud, squirmy kid to meetings. I'm anticipating later today when I get to drop Kendal off and enjoy the meetings (and be able to focus on the lessons).

Kendal is a fun / energetic little 18 month old. She just loves to do her thing; whether it is climbing / exploring everything, or pulling books off her shelf one by one for Casey or me to read to her. She's started to love puzzles. Most of the time she takes them apart and makes us put them together. She has a number puzzle that she knows where all the pieces go she just can't get them to fit on her own yet. Her vocabulary is expanding everyday. She'll even repeat the ABC's (with a lot of prompting). Kendal has become a fair eater. She's just been so touchy in the past months about eating I was getting frustrated with putting multiple meal options in front of her and very little would be consumed. However, since the bulk of her teeth are fully in she is eating very well, surprising us with the things she will eat. She'll eat cinnamon Altoids mints without any thought, she loves anything with noodles, starting to eat meat better, and loves most anything that has strong flavors (can i say daddy's girl all the way).

Kendal's favorite books we have to read multiple times a day.

I try my best to do Kendal's hair and to keep bows, flowers, and pony's in but Kendal just doesn't love them in. Kendal calls her hair things, necklaces, and bracelets "pretties". She'll have them on and she'll point to them and say "pretty". Kendal loves to dance, lately when she hears music at home she'll break out a dance move, or at the store when she hears overhead music she'll twist her head around to try to find the music source than she'll say "dance, dance". Casey and I caught her singing last night; we were on the way home from the store and we hear babbling - eieio - then her quacking noises (Kendal doesn't say the word quack she does the sounds. It's odd but funny); she'll also try to sing the theme song to cat and the hat by babbling then saying go go go. Kendal has caught onto tickling. She loves to get tickled and can even pronounce the whole word tickle (sounds like tee-cull). Kendal has been restricted to Binky use only during naps for a long time now. Casey and I decided that she should be done 100% this week and Kendal has done pretty well without it.


Kendal with some "pretty" on

Casey and I are in love with our little sweet pea and love watching her grow and flourish! I just have to say yay for reaching nursery age!


Kendal with her best buddy - "duck"