Our youngest was our happy accident. We didn’t expect her but now we cannot imagine life without her. She’s nearing 15 months old now, walking everywhere and systematically testing every single parenting philosophy I’ve ever held. She has yet to sleep through the night on any consistent basis. She refuses to let me feed her without a fight. She is clinging to nursing like some kids cling to a pacifier (I had the other two weaned by 12 months). She won’t take a pacifier. She eats at least one piece of non-human food per day and she is into everything, EVERYTHING.
Her latest exploit involves markers. She’s obsessed with them. Despite our best efforts to keep them out of her reach, she finds them, opens them and begins her magnum opus. This budding artist’s masterpieces all start out the same way. The medium is her body and the starting point is her inner ear. She immediately sticks the marker tip as far as it will go in each ear, colors as much area as possible and moves on to the rest of her face.
So far all markers have been washable. Here’s hoping it stays that way!
I think her Uncle Ben could give her some pointers. I recall a story about decorating himself like Slim Goodbody.
ReplyDeleteHarper is starting a lot younger than Ben did, he was about 4 when he really got into Kaptain Kangaroo, looks like Harper doesn't even need an example, she's just naturally artistic!
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