Nora Lee is 2 years old and such a delight. She is very intelligent and constantly surprises us with how much she understands and how capable she is. She loves food, cooking, animals, music, dancing (and recently singing), babies and kids, cake, pie, the Muppets, and dolls. Just recently she has been getting more attached to dolls and enjoying taking care of them. Sometimes she walks around the house patting a doll on the back and saying "shhh".
Matt's bluegrass band The Dustbowl Cavaliers rehearse in Matt's studio here at home and sometimes Nora and I go watch them play. They usually stand in a circle facing one another. Its been so beautiful to watch how Nora Lee responds to the music. When we first go in she stands by the wall for a bit. As she warms up a little she will go into the center of the circle and dance, stand by Matt and slap his upright bass along with him or use a guitar as you would an upright bass. The last few times she has gone over to the harmonica, gotten it out of the case and started playing along with the band. It chokes me up every time because there is something so sweet and pure about it all.
In general Nora Lee is very well behaved and is able to come with us most places. She counts to three and her vocabulary seems like it doubles every few days. She knows all the basic colors and loves words.
Its amazing to see her exploring the world.
