A Grand Old Time

All is going well, Kiva napping. She was quite intimidated by all the ladies, so I wound up carrying her on my hip like when she was a baby to keep her close. When Chris arrived they disappeared with the dogs upstairs and then outside. What a sweetie that guy is, he and Kiva had a grand old time with all my buttons, rubber stamps, toys etc. [Joan]

Where did this tomato come from?

Scene: Kiva and I having dinner, she is fully enjoying her chicken as she is asking me lots of questions:

Kiva: Where did this tomato come from?

Mom: A farmer grew it and delivered it to the store, I picked it up from store.

Kiva: How about this mushroom?

Mom: Same as tomato.

Kiva: Where did the chicken come from?

Mom: Well….some people eat animals…interruption from Kiva..

Kiva: WHO EATS ANIMALS????

Mom: Sigh…well our family eats chicken and chicken’s an animal

Some families eat animals, some families choose not to eat animals and that is fine too.

Kiva: Well I LIKE animals, they taste GREAT!! [Vanessa]

Oh, I Love Tofu

We went to a Japanese restaurant for lunch. I put some of the tofu from the miso soup on Kiva's plate and she said "oh, I love tofu" and ate it right up, using her chopsticks! The waiter had rubber banded them together at one end for her. She wouldn't try the miso soup until I told her it tasted like tofu, then she drank the whole bowl. She was a little sweetie again yesterday, and the grumpy grampa was heard to say last night after she left that she was an "enchanting" child. Kiva ate well, slept well, and we had a long laughing soak in the hot tub in the rain. She has learned many of her letters and I told her that when she knows them all we will do something special, maybe a train ride. Also, I have some lovely Madame Alexander dolls, the characters from Little Women, and I told her when she can read the book the dolls are hers to take home. Kiva really is a very very intelligent little girl even if I am a biased grammie. When we read stories, she will stop me at any word she doesn't know and wait for a definition.
Hope Jack is feeling better and I get to see him today. I really noticed how much he pays attention to his big sister last Wednesday. He is learning a lot by watching and trying to do everything she does. His language is really moving along. When he was finished with his snack on the way home I heard a loud "all gone" from the back seat. [Joan]