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Likes/Dislikes

When Alex turned two, her parents put together a list of all of the things that she loves, likes, and doesn't like, plus the things she can do.  Might be interesting for her to look back on this when she's older!

Things Alex Loves (in no particular order)
  • Gum
  • Going for walks
  • Dolls
  • Playing with babies
  • Cats and dogs
  • Running around naked
  • Maisy
  • reading stories (especially The 3 Little Pigs, Goldilocks, and Little Red Riding Hood)
  • Play-doh
  • Painting
  • The colors purple and pink
  • Pillows
  • Her bottle of warm milk (not cold, not hot...warm)
  • Edamame
  • Peaches
  • Spoonfuls of peanut butter
  • Petting animals
  • Sleeping next to mommy
  • Benihana's
  • Teletubbie shoes
  • The swing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Things Alex Likes
  • Apple juice, yogurt, rice, meat (plain), and chicken
  • Riding on Daddy's bike
  • Wearing dresses
  • Stickers
  • High chairs
  • Balloons
  • Animals
  • Baths (especially with Mommy)
  • Flowers
  • Corn dogs
  • Balls
  • Watching the Lakers with Daddy ("yellow team!")
  • Colors
  • Sippy cups
  • "Mee-mo's" (rubber bands)
  • Opening presents
  • Jumpy things (to bounce in, at parties)
  • Eating raw pizza dough
  • Broccoli, frozen peas
  • Going to the zoo
  • Baby powder
  • Peeing in the pottie
  • Playing hide and seek, Peek-a-boo, and Peanut Butter
  • Playing with her farm
  • Room temperature water
  • Being tickled (butterflies and frogs on you!)
  • Playgrounds and sandboxes
  • Being carried
  • Black olives
  • The insides of bagels or bread (no crusts)
  • "Baby" juice (a little box of juice)
  • The lava lamp (it's on when she's sleeping)
  • Rolling on the ground
  • Singing
  • Playing in her playhouse and kitchen outside
  • Having tea parties
  • Looking at herself on AlexWillow.com
  • Playing games and puzzles
  • Coloring with crayons and markers
  • Hanging upside down

 
Things Alex Doesn't Like
  • Sticky foods
  • Mashed potatoes
  • Wearing clothes she didn't pick out
  • Putting overalls on (but they're OK once they're on)
  • Spiders
  • Monsters
  • Darkness
  • Loud noises
  • Having her hair touched (sometimes)
  • Going to bed at night (but naps are OK)
  • Strangers (for a little while)
  • New situations
  • Cold drinks (or hot drinks...gotta be warm!)
  • Daddy's stubble
  • Dirty hands
  • Her face being wiped
  • Soap in her eyes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Things Alex Can Do
  • Count to 10 (although she sometimes misses "3")
  • Sing and say her ABCs
  • Run and jump
  • Sort items by colors
  • Sort items by attributes (circles, sqaures, etc.)
  • Find similar items (here's one pig;  where's the other?)
  • Remember information (names of people, info from days/weeks earlier)
  • Pretend play (tea time, tiger chasing the giraffe, taking care of her dolls, pretending to cook and serve food)
  • Open doors with lever-type handles
  • Pee-pee in the pottie (once or twice a day)
  • Stand on one foot
  • Take off her shoes and pants
  • Know her colors
  • Get her shoes/put them away in the closet
  • Help "read" familiar stories
  • Identify many animals
  • Make animal sounds
  • "Clean up" toys
  • Build towers
  • Put big legos together
  • Identify body parts
  • Speak in long sentences ("Look at the little baby girl swimming in the water with the kids!")
  • Push a chair up to get something higher
  • Climb up and down stairs without holding on
  • Climb onto the couch/chairs by herself
  • Try to sing Twinkle, Twinkle and Row, Row, Row your Boat

 

 

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