apple of my eye.

justin tells me i am not allowed to begin every post with a comment on how far behind i am with posting...

i'm at work and i haven't wrangled pictures in nearly two months.  sigh.  so instead, i will just offer a mundane update.  emme is doing better with the crazy whining.  our consistency seems to be paying off, as she is more apt to respond more quickly to the words we always say (gentle touches, normal voice, say please, etc. etc.).  she is still very attached to me, but seems to be handling that better, too.  last night, i went to a sewing class and had to leave before bedtime and she didn't even cry when i told her goodbye!  that is a first in a long time. 

anyway.  it's a constant work in progress and there is no such thing as a static state in parenting, i'm learning.  this is a challenge for a "fixer" like myself...i just want to have a solution and be able to execute on it right away.  alas, that is not always feasible. 

in the evenings, i pick emme up from school after work and we usually head home where we try to combine some outside activities (chalk or swinging or occasionally swimming when i have the energy or the extra time) with the indoor activities that need to happen (gathering dirty diapers and laundry, loading containers from lunches, getting dinner prepped and on the table) while we wait for dada to get home from work.  i've been really trying to have dinners made or something set to go in the crockpot so we can eat together as a family when jb gets home.  it's harder than it seems with a kiddo that goes to bed around 7, but i've had varying degrees of success. 

the other night, i was chopping veggies to throw in the oven to roast, so i had emme sitting up on the counter helping me.  her help is hilarious, as she mostly likes to point at various things on the counter and sneak bites of raw zucchini or whatever else i'm cutting.  anyway, this particular night, she discovered an apple in the fruit bowl and we talked about how it was green and smooth and she picked it up and just started eating it.  i asked her if she wanted me to cut it up, and even tried to take it from her so i could wash it and get it in to more manageable slices, but she was having none of that.  we headed outside to wait for dada and she would not put the apple down, no matter what we were doing.  she actually made quite a bit of progress with it...i was impressed.  she doesn't love the peelings (though she will eat some of them), so occasionally she would toddle over to me and spit a small shred of green apple peel into my hand.