Zuri has been such a good girl lately. Could it be that is because I have changed the way I handle her? No idea. But whatever it is thank goodness. She still has massive fits of anger and tears, but she has been way better.
She still does not love when Avi get's attention, luckily Avi doesn't mind either way so we just move on and tell Zuri how she has helped Avi do whatever it is we were talking about Avi. She also likes to take toys from Avi when Avi has them. However, she has learned to give Avi another toy and then steal the toy she wants. Followed by telling me "it's ok, she wanted the toy" as Avi is crying.
Zuri now asks if Avi can watch TV with her at night before bed and likes to yell for me when Avi does something like pulls herself up.
Zuri is transitioning into a new school. She has gone to summer camp at the new school, but not her campus that she will be going to. We LOVED Goddard school and she learned so much. We are hoping the new school will be a good one for her.
We are definitely in a do it myself kind of phase. EVERY SINGLE thing she has to do herself. Get undressed, get dressed, buckle her seatbelt, shut the door (which is very difficult to do), peel the orange, cook her food, literally everything. I have just learned to go with it. A lot of these things often lead to tears of frustration when we cannot figure it out or need help. I try to tell her to take a breath and try again. Sometimes this works and sometimes she gets more angry. Sometimes she asks for help and then I help her and then she is mad that I helped her and starts all over again. It can be quite an ordeal.
Her language skills have flourished the last few months. She says things that are so "adult" like. I told her that she could watch tv before her nap and she told me "momma that is a great idea!". She actually followed this with "if the tv doesn't work it should take a deep breath and then it will work". No idea. But she loves to tell me "momma it is ok! I won't...lose it, eat it, drink it, want it etc.." She has a lot of conversations in general now. However, she still loves to talk to "Anna" and "Let it go". She has never even seen the whole movie! But ok.
Zuri has been loving the pool and now wears her life jacket and will jump into the pool on her own and go under the water. She will even let me dunk her down. She swims by herself with her life vest on, which is good since she doesn't want any help anyway. She also loved the ocean because it was shallow.
With her friend Jordan (our neighbor)
Zuri claims she doesn't need a nap but sometimes she is rendered passed out in the car!
Zuri loves to walk the dogs and help me all the time.
We also did soccer again. This time it was very different and very little real soccer. I think she had fun and got a little better at the concepts of what she is supposed to do.
A picture of her on her way to her first goal ever!
Zuri favorite things are:
Crocodiles
Animals in general
Jumpy castle
swimming pool
school
nana and papa's house
"doing something"
"going somewhere"
Playing with anyone and everyone
"Spicy sausage"
"New mac and cheese"--stouffers
FRUIT
BLANKET
Dislikes:
Being woken up
Sharing
Not "doing something or going somewhere"
Naps
