May 2008
Liisa had her first encounter with pipe cleaners. At first I had to
make shapes for her but soon she started creating her own shapes and
contraptions.
David's birthday
We started the morning with a cake (Liisa is still in her nightgown)
and sang the birthday song. On the previous day Liisa had picked out
the flowers and candles for the cake.
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Later Liisa decided to be just like issi
She shows increasing interest in handwork. Herre she is embroidering a
piece of fabric (the previous day I had embroidered a shirt for David's
birthday)
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I tried to get her to model her new dress but she wasn't too cooperative
Here she is swinging a makeshift crysalis (a harmonica case) on a "silk
thread" wearing a set of clothes I sewed
Every now and then she adds a few butterfly related shapes to the wall
in her room. I cut the shapes and she has fun taping them to the
wall.