Learning

One thing that continues to amaze me about being a parent is watching how fast kids learn early on in their lives. Kalea is really beginning to sound things out and making her own words right now while beginning to grasp new words all the time. She is always asking "what's that?" or her own version of that same question and pointing at things. She is so curious and eager to get into things so that she can see what they do and what she can do with them.
We have set up gates in our house now so that Kalea can't get into the kitchen and go into the hallway. Kalea is already trying to find ways to get around these gates. She constantly tugs on them, and recently she has begun to try and climb these things when she really wants in. she sticks her little foot in any nook or cranny that she can find and tries to lift herself. She has also used her blocks box as a step in some cases to give her a stool to climb up on to help her in her quest to get to the other side.
We have invested in this time of curiousity and learning by getting Kalea a reading system designed for kids under 5. We are expecting it to come in the mail soon and hopefully this can keep Kalea's interest in the right direction instead of using all that brain power to figure out ways to out-think our child safety devices.