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Maggnificent Monday

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An expanded list of this week:

Maggie has started answering in the affirmative. It used to be "Maggie do you want to..." "No." Or just silence. Silence meant yes. Now it can be "Maggie do you want to..." "Yeah."

I actually witnessed Maggie put down a chip she had taken a bite of in order to drink some milk and then go back to the chip. That's a big step for a handful-at-a-time gal!

Mags is starting to help with chores around the house. She will throw clothes from the hamper up to the washer. And if I put the wet clean clothes in a hamper at her level, she'll put them all in the dryer for me. She also hands me items out of the dishwasher to put away, one fork at a time.

Maggie speculated out loud the other day: "Maggie, what do you hear?" "Mower. Thunder maybe."

She loves to take Eliza for walks and boss her around. She'll hold the leash herself and call "Eliza come. You come." "No barking Eliza." "Cool it Eliza."

All on her own, really, she figured out that her felt letters comprise the alphabet. Sometimes I tell her I'm going to sing the alphabet song and then sing the ABCs. Then the other day in the pool we were naming letters as I pulled them out of the box. Maggie looked around at the floating letters and said "Alphabet."
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