My Girl

Mika was so good this weekend. We discovered that she is ready to start having single-nap days. She prefers to stay up a little bit longer in the morning and nap through to the early afternoon. After that, she's up until bedtime, which is between 7:00 - 7:30. We don't have to take her for an evening walk all the time anymore either. I think she's so exhausted from not having two naps during the day that she hasn't the strength to fight sleep.
We had Nana over for dinner on Saturday as a Thank-You for looking after Mika while I've been at work. It went well, though twas a short dinner. Mika enjoyed the curried fruit salad. Yesterday we went out so I could pickup a swimsuit for Mika's swimming lessons that start tomorrow. Swimming lessons! Finally!! Already?? Gah!
Still no crawling for Mika. She tries so hard and gets so frustrated that I almost can't watch. She wants to stand and walk too. She hasn't figured out how to pull herself up properly yet...she seems to think everything involves rolling somehow. Once Mika is standing, she doesn't want to stop. She heaves a big sigh and looks for mischief..like "finally, I can do some real destruction!" When Daddy or I hold her up, she takes off running/moshing/skipping.
One of my favorite activities with her right now is Dance Hour. I strap her into the jolly jumper (many thanks to JenB!), throw on iTunes, and we dance! I spend about half the time on my knees dancing with her at her own level, which she seems to seriously enjoy. Another fave is drumming. I have a hollowed out tree trunk hand drum and Mika is quite content to sit on my lap smacking it for about 10-15 mins. Shamefully, I still haven't made a beater for our Creation drum that I made around the time of Mika's conception. The materials are all here, I just keep forgetting about it. Nice.
Mika is currently reminding me about our other fave activity: singing! She's wailing along with the Beatles' I Saw Her Standing There. I think it's a hint to get off the computer and help her stand up and sing!