Lumi's 34th Month

Events
5.11 Åpen Barnehage
7.11 a different åpen barnehage - lumi didn't like it as much
19.11 Åpen Barnehage
24.11 expat play group
26.11 British school play group
30.11 Thanksgiving celebration

Food
Still cheerios and milk first thing in the morning. Usually when we eat later she will also eat what we're eating. She is rebelling less at the table and eating more these days.

Food she loves: carrots, cheerios, cheese, bread with no crust, bananas, the water that we cook vegetables in

Language
Still coming along and learning new words and expressions.
When she wants us to do something, she says "you have to ... "
The neighbors have some construction going on and lumi frequently reports "the digger is diggering!"

Learning 
Her counting is getting better. Up until 3 objects, she can tell you "how many".
She asks about words in books and which word says what. I like to say "äiti" instead of "mommy" when I read English books, but recently she said "i don't see the word 'äiti' on that page" so I guess I have to really read what is written now!

Behavior
We have seen some big jealousy of otso, especially when kimmo is holding him. Also she seems to want his spot in the stroller, or put her doll in his crib or chair or wherever it looks like we want to put him. I also have heard her scream a little while he is in the middle of a screaming fit, which exactly what I feel like doing.
We can see that she is still herself behind the fear and frustration, and she is looking forward to when he is more fun (as are we).
She is starting to get mad when I take pictures of her playing, and asks that I don't take her picture.

Toys/Books/Games
Toys: legos, games on mobile phones and computers
Books: just about anything, though Dr.Seuss is starting to show up a lot in her reading requests. She likes to take a book off the shelf and say "äiti, we haven't read this in a while." Even if we read it that same day already!
Her play is getting more and more imaginative. We hear her do dialogues with her toys and talk through scenarios.

Health
A bit of a cold started the night of 9.11. Luckily it wasn't too serious. Another little one 1.12.

Stats
clothes: 2T in US, 98 in European or 92.
height - 89cm
weight - 12.6kg
naps - usually one per day, starting after lunch.

Random Funny Stuff 
When reading The Giving Tree:
Me: "once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy..."
Lumi: "who has a penis!"

At Thanksgiving, our meal included a reindeer roast and chocolate mousse (made by Jöelle, our neighbor). The next day when we were eating leftovers, Lumi asked for "deer" but then when Kimmo cut up some reindeer for her, she refused. She asked several more times, and was quite frustrated (and we were too). Finally she said "the other deer! the one with berries on it!" and then we understood. She had heard "chocolate moose" and (correctly) associated it as a kind of deer, and she wanted more of that.