These days Cassie has phased in to the 3-word sentences. Her favorite sentence is, “Let me see.” She has blossomed into a Miss Kay-poh-chi (Miss Nosy).
She loves to pull a stool next to me whenever I’m working on the kitchen counter. I would be cutting up vegetables and all of the sudden I would see her little head pop up next to me.
At 2 years and 5 months, she is stressing on her independence. She insists to dress up by herself. If we try to help she will push our hands away and say, “No no nonono.” Then it will be followed with a “Do”, which means she wants to do it on her own. She also loves to feed herself and it happens only when it comes to her favorite food. Among her favorites are Mac-n-Cheese, Pizza, Ice-cream and Meat. Yup, this girl is a super meat lover. For her to eat rice, we will have to entice her with meat, be it chicken, duck, pork or beef. As long as there is meat in her meal she will wallop them. Give her vegetables, she will spit them out or pick them off her rice.
Looking back at it, when Belle was in this phase, I had easily labelled her as going through the Terrible Twos stage. Now I just think of it as a growth development that every kid has to go through. I don’t get work up over Cassie’s need of independence. I guess I have come to accept it as it. I do find it liberating to know there is light at the end of it.
Okay, back to Cassie’s milestone updates. She sings now, well, not exactly in full sentences. For example, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star will be
Star, Star, Star, Star star star.
Star, Star, Star, Star, Star star star…
So, yeah, it is quite interesting to hear her sing. Going to preschool has also open up her personality. She now boogie and jive to songs, plays with kids, gives hugs, which is a HUGE improvement since she is on the timid side. She has realized that making funny faces makes people laugh, and she loves that. She loves it so much she ends up laughing (till she can’t breath) at herself. But this only happens with people she is comfortable with.
Another thing I want to jot down is her OCDism. She cannot stand being dirty. If her hands are dirty, she will have to wash them immediately. If her shirt gets a tiny spot from let’s say her chocolate drink, she insists to change into a clean shirt. If I prolong on changing her shirt, she will strip the top off and say, “Change”, then walk upstairs to her room and gets the new shirt herself. I have been trying to break her constant need to be clean, and it seems to work when we’re outside. That’s because I will the excuse of not having clean clothes with me.
Since this is a milestone update, I’ll end this post with new vocabulary she has gained:
Banban – Bandaid
Pain
Change
Downstairs
M’cine – Medicine
Ice – usually she meant icepack
Train – it can mean Train, Truck or Bus
Pink – referring to her (favorite) pink shoes
Park – all time favorite word of hers. She loves going to the park.
Panty
Me
Cassie – whenever we ask who is Cassie, she will say, “Meimei” of “Me”
Belle – sometimes she calls her sister by her name.
Vivien – she thinks it is fun to call me Vivien ‘cos she would get a funny look from me.