Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
I'm wishing...
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
update:
Jasmine singing along to one of her favorite tunes, Disney's Snow White: I'm Wishing / One Song.
At 18 months, Jasmine is quickly advancing in her own self care and she also has an awareness of her own self. She knows that the word me, refers the individual that is using it. When she feels corporative and is prompted with the question "Where is Jasmine?" She smiles brightly and puts her hand on her heart and proclaims, "Me! Jassi.."
In the last month, she has managed to put on a sweater/jacket of her own, although it is placed on backward most of the time. As for her pants, she has been able to put them on for several months now. Her most recent attempt is to try on a t-shirt. She gets stuck after putting the shirt over her neck. She is unable to keep herself balanced when she pulls her arms through the sleeves.
Tonight Jasmine waited for Daddy to come home. I was not able to put Jasmine to sleep. Jasmine said to me, "Papa, wait". So she spend her evening laying in bed until her Papa came home. After spending an hour with her father, Jasmine felt content enough to go to sleep. But before that, Papa was having dinner and Jasmine went to the drink cabinet and got herself a ready-to-go juice package. The juice box comes with a straw that is attached to the package with glue. Jasmine disconnected the wrapped straw from the juice package. She undid the wrapping of the straw then walked over to the trash; stepped on the footstep of the trash can to open the trash latch and threw away the plastic wrapping. Afterwards, she walked back to where the straw and her juice package were. She pricked the package with the straw and starts drinking the juice.
At that moment her father laughed and said, "All we need to do now is keep that drawer full and Jasmine will be able to serve herself drinks." We wanted to know what she would do once she is done drinking it, but she never got to that point. Instead, she went to bed.
She has learned to do so much for herself — from taking off her clothes to getting her own drinks. We wonder what will be up next. Toilet training? Well, we started that four months ago, but little progress so far... We are unsuccessful because Mom thought the entire idea was yuck! Drinking from a cup? She has been able to do that since she was 13 months old. They said advances come fast and furiously at around 18 months. Jasmine has proven this to be true for her as well.
As a family our next task is to find time for relaxation, and fun. We hope Disneyland Paris could provide each of us with the things we needed most: fun and relaxation.