MEET anjali’s new friends, ABBY AND EMMA…
Do you notice something interesting about these two? Or really, Abby, the one on the right?
She never changes her clothes. Blue jeans and brown jacket, always. Anjali won’t allow another outfit. That’s “my Abby,” as she calls her. Abby even finds her way into the bed.
Meanwhile, Emma can go through frequent wardrobe changes throughout the day. Usually Anjali hands her over to Madhavi or I, saying, “Here ya go.” She let’s us change Emma’s clothes, but won’t let us do much of anything with Abby.
This is a time when Anjali is developing an understanding of “mine,” and “me.” She’s learning how to control her world–or that she can control her world–most often expressing herself verbally. She is developing a keen awareness of patterns and groupings.
This lining-up-the-blocks photo below is a perfect example.
Here too, she is very protective of her organizations and creations. If I try to add anything on she barks an emotional “Noooo! Stop. Stop papa, stop!”
As with Abby and Emma, Anjali has reign over the blue blocks, while mama and me are relegated to the rest. We can do what we want with those.
Anjali is also recognizing many of the letters. What I think is even cooler is she carefully points to and counts the blocks in her “big block tower,” as she calls them. She surprised me when she counted to 14 fairly accurately.
