Where do you live?

Last weekend, grandma and grandpa Pintor came to town for a visit! Molly was very excited to have them here. On Friday, before they arrived, we had mentioned to her teachers that Molly's grandparents were coming to town. They must have talked with her about it during the day because when we picked her up, not only did she ask about grandma & grandpa, but actually said "grandma grandpa Pintor"! It was pretty cute!

Of course when they left, Molly was pretty sad. In typically Molly fashion, we talked about their visit and them leaving over and over. She definitely likes to repeat and process significant events aloud! We told her how they went home to Chicago and not surprisingly, Molly soon started to tell us that "grandma and grandpa went home to Chicago". We took the opportunity then to tell Molly where she lived, where mommy and daddy lived, where pop pop and mom mom lived, and even where Santa lives. Here's a little clip of Molly's geography test! (Don't mind the white goop all over Molly's head and face. It was an oobleck day at daycare!)

First trip to the ER....

At Molly's 18-month wellness checkup, her pediatrician warned us to not be surprised if we visit the ER before she turned 3-years old. That prediction came true much earlier than we thought! On Wednesday, Molly somehow fell and hit her head on a step stool at school. Her teachers quickly got the bleeding under control but the cut looked a bit deep, so we took her over to urgent care who then sent us down to the ER for Molly to get stitched up. Fortunately, they were able to use this Dermabond glue instead of regular stitches, so the worst part of it for Molly was just being held down to have the cut cleaned and the glue applied.

Molly was a champ through the whole experience and didn't seem phased by it all one bit! She read the 5 Little Monkeys book with a little girl who's poor sister was waiting to have an eraser pulled out of her ear! She looked at the big fish tank in the waiting room, ate some hospital cheese pizza and veggies, and said "hi" and "thank you" to all the nurses and technicians that helped us. But probably her favorite part was being pulled around the hospital in a wagon! One of the many benefits of having a top children's hospital in town is that it's well outfitted for kids.

Molly was back at school the next day, happy as a clam! Unfortunately she might have started a trend in the classroom however... The next day one of the other children fell and his his head and needed stitches! We're hoping they hit their quota now for the rest of the week!

Here's a picture of Molly before they stitched her up.. Doesn't look that bad really, but I guess it was deep.

 Here's a picture afterwards as we're leaving the ER & one at home.

Jumping!

While we're putting together a post on Molly's 2nd Christmas, I thought I'd post a little video of Molly working on her mad jumping skills! In the video she's working on her freestyle jumping, but she's also been practicing on a trampoline at school and at cousin Hunter's house. It's just a little trampoline which has a bar for them to hold onto. Molly loves to "jump jump".

Here are a couple of pictures of Molly on the trampoline at cousin Hunter's house...

And here's the video of Molly jumping "freestyle"!