Learning

 Our life at the Cleveland House is getting much more interesting now that Eliza is a walker. She can explore new parts of the house and has figured out that the dog door is a portal to the outside world. Now, it is cool to throw the dog bowls, toys, food and other items through there. We have to keep her gated out of the room or else she tries to put herself through the doors.

She has also mastered the skill of getting in a chair to sit down. Before, she would climb in and tumble out or knock the chair over. She likes to carry the chair to different places in the house and sit down. She tried to climb in the chair to get something off the counter, so we only get the chair out a few times a day. 

My favorite thing she is doing right now is learning to play with other children. When we were last at the library, a four year old girl was very interested in playing with Eliza. I felt sorry for the girl because Eliza played well for about 5 minutes and then wanted to do other things. The girl couldn't understand why she kept walking away and didn't want to play anymore. The girl was building towers for Eliza to knock over, but Eliza rudely walked away. The girl was resetting all the puzzles so Eliza could put them together, but she would go somewhere else. I think we still have a little work to do in this category, but she's getting there :)

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