Sing a Song

Over just one month, Sara has changed. Today, she sang her first song that I understood. It was Row, Row, Row Your Boat. I didn’t even recognize it though I’ve heard it 30 times today. She emphasized the “merrily, merrily” part and places similar sounding words for the rest. She even sang it while swimming today.
She’s also very interested in conversation. She’s starting asking the ‘why’ question. Thankfully, not in an annoying persistent way, but as an opening for us to talk. Everytime I laugh, she wants to know why. On the street, she’ll contantly ask what people’s names are. She’s gotten good at going up and talking to strangers (for better or for worse). She can say her full name now.
Today, Wayne worked from home. He has a bad cold. It was a gorgeous day, but Sara and I mostly were indoors working on organizing our multitudes of baby clothes. She found my old Barbies and relished in dressing or undressing them (actually getting me to do it). I can see why Barbies are kinda of unappealing. They’re so anemic at one point and yet busty at another. Their body shape almost seems grotesque to me. They are also really hard to dress.
Sara had her second swim lesson today. She is definitely a stubborn child. There are some drills she just won’t do despite prompting and peer pressure. On the other hand, she is gung ho to stay in the water longer than the other kids and just loves playing in the water. She definitely does not like hot tubs. The other kids went in to warm up and she just grimaced.
That’s the end of the Sara update for today.