This Week 7/52: Crazy February

There's a saying in Mexico that goes, "Febrero loco, Marzo otro poco", which means roughly that February is crazy and March too!  It's referring to the weather and I would say it's true; the past week has been pretty extreme with temperatures yo-yoing between freezing cold mornings of 5 or 6 degrees and early afternoons in the mid-to-late twenties.  Add to that the icy winds blowing down the corridors at school and then the fierce sun beating down at home time - how do you dress for all that in the mornings?!

Morning smiles

New things I've noticed Emma saying this week:
"Beebee" (baby)
"Cha" (cuchara = spoon in Spanish)
"Jush" (squish, a useful word when playing with play-doh)
"Cheen" (ice cream, when making play-doh ice creams!)
"Bye bye" (accompanied by a wave!)
"Cat", "pibi" (piggy), "roo" (kangaroo)
"Chi" (chilli) - always accompanied by a flapping of hands and frowning to demonstrate an imaginary hot chilli (we don't actually give her chillies to eat!), when she's pretending to eat play-doh food.
"Boon" (balloon)
"Door"
"Chay han" (change hands, while walking down the stairs)
"Run"
"Fu, fy, fu, fy" (this is her counting again!)
"Shish" (fish)

There are lots of times when she says something and I try and guess what she's referring to but just can't manage to work out what she means.  That's a little frustrating.

Favourite Things
One of her favourite activities has probably been playing with play-doh.  She has three colours, but for some reason she always chooses the green.  She loves cutting, pressing into mounds, squishing and making little tacos and bread that she pretends to eat and gives us to eat!

Unfortunately, another of her favourite activities recently is to tip her training cup upside down and shake the juice out onto her table, or the floor.  Not so great.  And if it's on the table, she tries to drink it from the surface.  Really not great.  Hope she grows out of that soon!

Food Success
I was not-so-secretly proud of myself for finding another way to get Emma to happily eat spinach:
green spaghetti!

The spaghetti was just normal spaghetti, but the sauce was made with spinach and spring greens, as well as onion, garlic, cream, basil and a little milk.  Emma loved it!

"Zizan" finds a comfy bed in Emma's dolls cot!  Cheeky.

This week's quote is always relevant and strikes a chord with me.  I wish I could be a more courageous person, as I'm really not.