Nora Update

Nora:

Thinks she is ready for the potty

Says soooo many words and puts together good phrases

Her first sentence was, “Where’s Rob?” , followed by, “Where did Daddy go?”

Today she told me, “I want water.” Of course, she had just walked over a mile, so she was desperate to get a drink.

She loves climbing everything

She is a total ham

Her nicknames include; Pork chop, Bulldog, Love bug, and Bruiser

Loves being on the ice with her brother

Says both “hockey” and “Blackhawks”

Enjoys playing hockey with her brother

Periodically steals a toy from Ben and runs away just to upset her brother

Quickly learned to pronounce “Miiiiiiiiiiine”

Out of nowhere Nora began really loving Thomas the Tank Engine. Ben never cared one way or another about Thomas until Nora did, now they compete for the ONE Thomas train we have. Luckily, because Nora seems to love everything Thomas related, the books keep her entertained for hours.

Sleeps with Puddle, Baby, and Greta –calls them all by name and refuses to leave bed without all three in her arms

Shakes your hand and says, “Nice to meet you.”

Is obsessed with babies

Enjoyed camping, especially the dirt

Makes the funniest faces and has the most hilarious expressions

Has the BEST crying face ever

Will follow Ben anywhere

Loves being outside and usually asks to go outside before she I have a chance to lift her out of bed

Rarely says no to food

Is in the tough process of dropping her first nap

FINALLY broke four teeth at once that she was working on most of the summer, causing terrible, terrible, terrible rashes all over her face

She likes to help, but isn’t quite as into it as Ben was/is. I think it is because Ben overshadows her a lot and he helps so much that Nora doesn’t get as many jobs. We work hard to make sure that she also has age appropriate tasks. She is great at throwing away garbage, putting laundry in the hamper, and taking care of her babies. She is not always great at helping pick up toys.

She loves her Daaaaaaaddy!

Nora fills a room with her spirit. She just radiates life and is fun to be around.

Nora also is really good at passively disobeying, which is very different from her brother, and often requires us to re-evaluate how to approach her to help her grow.

Greg says Nora is enough girls for our family…we’ll see…

Train Museum

Yes, she is eating chalk

Hulk

 

Quintessential Nora. She dressed herself.

She really loves dirt

This kid can go from laughing to this in less than 1 second.

Cream Puffs at the State Fair

You need your necklace for camping

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