Left brain/right brain

Gabrielle is doing more "big girl" things all the time.  The newest obsession (and I mean obsession....she will do them over and over for hours) is puzzles.  On a hopeful whim, I got her a book of princess puzzles for Christmas.  There are five 12 piece puzzles and she ignored it for about a month but then became obsessed when she figured out how to do them.  She also is doing her animal train puzzle.  It's a super long puzzle with each piece being a letter and an animal.  She has to put it together A-Z.


She is also putting together her train tracks, which she never did before. She likes to design them into different shapes or letters.  She is also a pro at playing Candy Land.  She gets all the concepts of playing a game and the three of us can actually sit down and play together....kind of weird!  She is such a little person!



And then on the other side of things, she is starting to actually draw real things....that look like the thing she is trying to draw!  She still really likes art projects....anything with glue, stickers, markers, and glitter pens.  Also, making Play Doh cupcakes and decorations is a favorite too.



Gabrielle's "alien"


And her "puppy"



Gabs is also still very into music and likes to play her guitar now that I made a strap for it.  Dancing and pretend ice skating are also some of her favorite things to do.  Also with riding her scooter, tricycle, and big girl bike.  Yep you heard right.  She has the tiniest two-wheeler with training wheels that she can ride all by herself (in a straight line).  Our neighbor outgrew it and got a new bike for Christmas, so they gave it to us!  We've had a few random warm days so Gabrielle has gotten to try it out and it quite good and it (and likes it)! 


And Gabs' latest observation of her brother - "Oliver looks like Dopey Dwarf" (from Snow White).  Haha......