Lumi: 3 years and 10 months

Summary
It has been a good month. Lumi is growing taller and learning more skills. She is sensitive and cautious, but when she is excited about something she is hard to contain.

Events
8.11 lunch with Mira and Dave and Helena and Lilja
14.11 barnehage planning day but she was sick so we didn't do much
15.11 took otso to the hospital and lumi was really helpful and kind to otso
22.11 played at Hattie's house
23.11 Helena and Lilja's birthday party
29.11 Thanksgiving dinner (guests Filippo, Amy, Gemma, and Diego)
30.11 Christmas tree lighting in downtown Stavanger

Language

She is interested in the letters of the alphabet now, and it seems like it must be really hard with the multiple languages (e.g. "i" in finnish is pronounced like "e" in american english) so right now she sometimes spells her name with a combination of languages (like american "u" but finnish "i").
She is practicing a different "r". We aren't sure where it comes from, but it sounds really aggressive and like there might be an "h" involved. 

Learning
She can get herself dressed and undressed now (though often she prefers that we do it or that we make it a fun game).
17.11 we got out the writing and number workbooks and she was very happy to practice writing the numbers and letters
20.11 she wrote her name and Otso's name without prompting or help. Then she wrote a K and called us over. With some spelling help she was able to write Kimmo.
22.11 she helped me write a thank you note and signed her own name.

Social
We are working on overcoming her shyer tendencies.
22.11 she had a great time with the Bennett kids
23.11 she was a bit shy at Helena and Lilja's party but eventually warmed up. The presents she had picked out (hair bands and batons with glittery liquid inside) were a hit.
29.11 Thanksgiving dinner she was a great hostess to Gemma. She let her have her favorite color dishes, and sit in the special chair, etc. And they played together and had a great time. They played hide and seek, they pretended they were going to sleep in Lumi's bed, and they generally ran around the house at top speed.

Toys, Games, what have you
She tried a bicycle with training wheels at the sports store and loved it.
She loves to listen to "Sutsi Satsi" in the car. I played some 90s R&B for her and she deemed it funny but she liked it.
On 22.11 Hattie gave us some toys (a car garage, a toy helicopter) and they have been a hit with both kids. 
Both kids are really enjoying playing with the pile of sweet potatoes in the kitchen. They like to pass them back and forth, and sort them, and throw them.

Food
After some American candy (chewy sweet tarts) she had a horrible tantrum. We are staying away from candy for awhile.
15.11 she insisted on buying Leverpostei (liver pate) at the store, which is a really Norwegian thing to eat. she carried it in her hands from the cash register to the car and then into the house and then opened it for lunch.

Health
Not sleeping well this first week, which has been made much worse by Otso's terrible nights. Lumi has woken up several times due to his screaming.

She seemed under the weather on 7.11 but seems to have regained her appetite on 8.11.
14.11 she was feverish and tired. she stayed in and got some rest and seemed spectacular the next day.

Stats
size: 104 (4T) in most clothes, 27 shoe
height: 99 cm
weight: 14.3 kg on 15.11

Random

10.11 it's dark now in the morning when we get up, and the bathroom light switch is high enough to be out of reach for lumi. today she went for her morning pee and we heard he say rather cheerfully but sassily "i need some *light* in here!" and then announced "i'll get a light bulb!" Then she ran to the living room and grabbed one of the light-up balls that grandpa and mama dollie had brought and she continued to hit that against her belly so it stayed lit while she was in the bathroom.

On 15.11 when we entered the hospital, she walked right up to the information desk and announced in english "Otso is really really really sick!"

On 29.11 before breakfast she requested "the kind with the crust in the pot". It took a minute to figure out she meant boiled eggs.: