Lindsay is now a very active little girl. She runs, doesn't walk.
She is independent and fights an adult's hand around hers when walking down the street. We fight harder!
She said her first noun-verb sentence on Friday: "See dog?" We were staying in Ps parents' Airstream trailer and she woke up the morning and remembered there had been a dog nearby and couldn't wait to see it.
She loves to introduce herself. She points to her chest and says "Lindee." Then points to Mom or Dad and confirms our identity.
She is learning all about possessives in the past week or two. She sees something that is hers and tells me "Lindsay's" - same goes for Mommy's and Daddy's.
She is obsessed with stairs and ledges. She has to sit on every stoop when we walk around the neighborhood.
She is increasingly afraid of water if she isn't sure what the deal is.
Her memory is really developing: we will arrive at a particular place and she tells me something about it that she remembers. Like we drive into our neighborhood from being away and she inquires about her neighborhood friends: "Paul?"
We pass playgrounds and she asks to "play."
She told me our new carpet in the hallway was "pretty."
Her favorite foods are cheese, yogurt, bread, pasta, and bananas. Although really any fruit will do. Pineapple is another favorite. She loves to ask for "pasta" and all of her favorites.
She has always loved her doll (Dede) but now she wants to read to her.
Her favorite books are Each Peach Pear Plum and a new book called Let's Go (Baby Einstein), which shows all sorts of vehicles. We told her maybe once that Daddy goes on the highspeed train and Lindsay has ridden the subway. Every time we read the book she reminds us that the highspeed train is Daddy's choo choo and the subway is Lindsay's.
At her 16-month appointment she was 23 lbs. 8 oz. (50th) and 33 inches (99th).
We are waiting for her eye teeth.
She sleeps 7pm to 7am and naps for about 1.5-2 hours at noon.
Most of this I'm writing down so I will remember. I'm going to try to do this more.
7.04.2010
5.24.2010
15 Months
At 15 months, she is very active and energetic, running all over the place, and saying so many things.
Her newest words: play, stroller, no (with a head shake), please, peas, bread
Her favorite / most frequent words: pasta, chair, milk, baby (was "dede" until a few days ago), diaper, water, banana, hi (with wave), bye-bye, mama, daddy
Her favorite activities are: pushing the laundry basket, taking out all the tupperware containers, holding her dolls, pushing her doll stroller, taking a bath, going to the park/playground
Her favorite books are: Goodnight, Baby; Each Peach Pear Plum; Goodnight Moon; Pat the Bunny; Maisy Bakes a Cake
4.26.2010
Giving Meatless Monday a Try
I'm not really the type to jump on any old bandwagon. I'm not the earliest adopter. I didn't get the first generation iPhone, and I waited several years to get a DVD player. I wait things out to see if they're gaining traction before making my move.
So it has been with this newfangled idea they're calling Meatless Monday. I've mostly ignored the background babel. Meatless Monday is a concept initiated by The Monday Campaigns in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
When I first heard about Meatless Monday it sounded to me a bit like Backwards Friday, an annual event we had in grade school when all the kids wore their clothes backwards. It was something you do once for the novelty of it--it wasn't something anyone would make a lifestyle out of.
I have to admit that I didn't initially investigate the concept or read up on the why and how of Meatless Monday, but it didn't sound like something I'd try, much less permanently implement (even though I am generally quite content forgoing meat). But in the burgeoning movement to reduce one's carbon footprint, and toward greater long-term health, my interest was slowly piqued by this one-day-a-week vegetarianism thing. After all, I do love a good eggplant parm. How hard could it be?
I'm particularly interested in a fresh start on Monday after gorging all weekend. The cheeseburger right off the grill at Saturday's barbecue melted in my mouth (washed down by a bottle of beer), but following it with two pieces of The Pioneer Woman's chocolate sheet cake was just unnecessary (but worth every bite!).
Monday is a new beginning. Monday speaks to me in tongues of crispy vegetables and protein sources low in saturated fat.
In his bestselling books, Michael Pollan has endorsed quasi-vegetarianism, and others are taking note. Giving up one-seventh of meat consumption (the equivalent of one day per week) is practicable, Pollan says, and I agree. I can do this.
So I mentioned it to my husband this weekend. "Honey, will you do Meatless Mondays with me?" I expected him to laugh and reply with a sarcastic, "Yeah, right." But in a surprising moment of marital support, and without asking why, he said, "Sure. Starting tomorrow? Pasta Mondays." I told him tomorrow we could indeed start with pasta--a win-win (easy for me to cook, even easier for him to like). But in my secret scheming, I plan to slowly intervene in this carb-lover's lifestyle--after all, replacing a hearty protein with an empty carb is not helping anyone. Next week we'll try a tofu or bean dish.
We're aiming to try this for the long haul--for ourselves and for our planet. Meatless meals can be less expensive and easy to prepare. I'm all for that as a bonus.
So it has been with this newfangled idea they're calling Meatless Monday. I've mostly ignored the background babel. Meatless Monday is a concept initiated by The Monday Campaigns in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
When I first heard about Meatless Monday it sounded to me a bit like Backwards Friday, an annual event we had in grade school when all the kids wore their clothes backwards. It was something you do once for the novelty of it--it wasn't something anyone would make a lifestyle out of.
I have to admit that I didn't initially investigate the concept or read up on the why and how of Meatless Monday, but it didn't sound like something I'd try, much less permanently implement (even though I am generally quite content forgoing meat). But in the burgeoning movement to reduce one's carbon footprint, and toward greater long-term health, my interest was slowly piqued by this one-day-a-week vegetarianism thing. After all, I do love a good eggplant parm. How hard could it be?
I'm particularly interested in a fresh start on Monday after gorging all weekend. The cheeseburger right off the grill at Saturday's barbecue melted in my mouth (washed down by a bottle of beer), but following it with two pieces of The Pioneer Woman's chocolate sheet cake was just unnecessary (but worth every bite!).
Monday is a new beginning. Monday speaks to me in tongues of crispy vegetables and protein sources low in saturated fat.
In his bestselling books, Michael Pollan has endorsed quasi-vegetarianism, and others are taking note. Giving up one-seventh of meat consumption (the equivalent of one day per week) is practicable, Pollan says, and I agree. I can do this.
So I mentioned it to my husband this weekend. "Honey, will you do Meatless Mondays with me?" I expected him to laugh and reply with a sarcastic, "Yeah, right." But in a surprising moment of marital support, and without asking why, he said, "Sure. Starting tomorrow? Pasta Mondays." I told him tomorrow we could indeed start with pasta--a win-win (easy for me to cook, even easier for him to like). But in my secret scheming, I plan to slowly intervene in this carb-lover's lifestyle--after all, replacing a hearty protein with an empty carb is not helping anyone. Next week we'll try a tofu or bean dish.
We're aiming to try this for the long haul--for ourselves and for our planet. Meatless meals can be less expensive and easy to prepare. I'm all for that as a bonus.
