Rainy Day

It is a very rainy day, which is good as we have had little rain in this drought.  But it has been pouring so much that we couldn't go outside until the afternoon.  I put her in her blue rain boots and her light yellow raincoat.  It has some butterflies on it.  I got it at the thrift store for $3!  It was her first time wearing it.  Even though it was not raining, she was good about keeping her hood up.  She called it her hat.  We walked down the street.  It wasn't too cold, but a bit of a chilly wind.

We stepping in some puddles and did a little splashing.  We saw the cat Tucker out by his house.  He meowed and followed us a bit.

In a deep puddle, I saw a worm.  I moved it out of the water so Cordelia could see it.  She said, "Snake! Snake!"  I told her it was a worm and she said "Hi," and "worm"  and gave it a little wave.  SO ADORABLE, I melted.

On the way back we saw a rainbow.  Cordelia said "Rain bow."  Then she touched her hair bows.  I think she saw it, as I tried pointing to the clouds and sky, but it was a little hard to tell.

We checked in at her new play home and saw a baby snail.  Cordelia seemed a little unsure, so I quoted her "Over in the Garden" book, which has a page about snails.  She seemed to accept it and also said "Hi." to the snail.

Cordelia has asked me to read "Hush Little Baby" (the natural version) a lot of times.  She says "Hush baby" and is already filling in words.  I wonder if she remembers when I would sing it before she was born.

Cordelia has a baby farm animal book.  On one page, the chicks tell the ducklings that their mother hen told them they couldn't go for a swim in the water.  We were just reading her 100 First Words book and and the farm animal page, we connected it to the other book.  Cordelia said, "Chicks no swim.  Ducks yes swim."

Cordelia has been having some small tantrums lately when she is told no.  She is usually very well behaved so we don't have to tell her no often.  Other times, I am able to positively redirect her to something else, wanting to save No for really important things.  But I am noticing she is starting to have a very hard time accepting no in the moment.  She cries very hard and lies down on the floor, sometimes turning into screaming.  Ah, toddlerhood.  I think we are going to work on telling her no a bit more often, just to be clearer with our limit setting.  I think it is important that she be able to accept no a little better, but then she is used to Dada letting her climb on the coffee table. :P