Potty training has been back on. You were trained at a year and a half then decided diapers were awesome and quit for awhile. You're back to being a big girl now. The difficult thing is that you love to wear dresses & insist on sitting on the regular toilet seat so we've had to teach you quickly to lift your dress. I also had to teach you not to wipe with your dress. You looked at me like "But mom, look how convenient this is?" Oops!
This past week you seemed to realize that the toilet was a source of water. On Friday I caught you filling up your play dishes with water from the toilet. A few days before that you were making spit balls of sorts by dunking toilet paper into the toilet & then throwing the ball against things because it stuck. My you are inventive......and messy!
One more toilet training story: Last week we toured a condo we might rent a few months from now. You loved it--one of the few any of us have liked. It was empty as the tenants had moved out awhile back. We had you in a diaper and when you made yourself at home by yelling in the bathroom that echoed, we had a good laugh & didn't think anything of it. Then, you shut the door & I stopped laughing. I knew you wanted privacy. Unfortunately, the place was so empty there was no toilet paper for what you were going to do. We stood there & died of embarrassment as you grunted in the echoing bathroom, leaving little to the imagination of the woman showing us the condo! We apologized profusely but she has a 3 year old potty training now so she understood. When you gotta go, you gotta go. Thank goodness we still had wipes in the car!
Eggs are so tempting for you. Last week I found you cracking them on the floor. Last night I caught you getting the carton out of the fridge & told you no no. You went to shove the carton back in the fridge but it tipped over and open & nearly a dozen eggs fell on the floor and broke. Oops again! Your cooking skills really are coming along though. You can make your own peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
Angelina Ballerina is your favorite show. How much do you love it? The other night you leaned up and kissed her on the TV, then said "I love you!" to her. You practice dancing through the whole show. You spin with your arms above your head and it's the cutest thing ever. Don't worry, we will put you in ballet once you are three. Of course, every time I grab the camera you stop dancing! I'll catch you on film yet little girl!
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| Helping mommy glue nuts on a caramel apple! |
I've been keeping busy making felt food toys and banners. I'm on a bit of a deadline, trying to get as much to photographers now so I can have pictures back in time for the holiday rush. You've been so sweet about helping me, from hoarding the pieces I need to make an item to helping place letters on banner & saying "There you go!" or "I did it!" in your sweet little voice each time. Sales are picking up so we're back to going to the post office several times a week. One day, grandma & grandpa had just left & you were so sad. You have a 4 foot tall elephant appropriately named "Big Elephant" that you insisted on carrying everywhere even though he is HUGE. I really needed to get some orders out so I ended up carrying you and Big Elephant out to the car, then into the post office and back out again. You just laid on Big Elephant like you didn't care where I took you as long as you had him. We cheered you up by letting you Skype with grandma & grandpa that night and all was better.
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| Hoarding the tops of my snow cones |
Girl, you are a total Fashionista! You love dresses, hats, and shoes. LOVE them. You love dresses so much you started insisting on wearing them to bed. On the third night, I realized you would love nightgowns since they are dresses for bedtime and we whipped one up together the very next morning. You helped a lot, handing me pins and saying "There you go!" each time with pride. You loved the finished product & I gave a huge sigh of relief! It's bigger than I planned but I guess that means you might be able to wear it for a full year. That's rare with any outfit with as fast as you grow!
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| Going to have lunch with daddy |
The pink croc on the stairwell was an interesting purchase for us as parents. Before we had you, we said they were ugly shoes and our daughter wouldn't be wearing them. Then, I realized everybody else was wearing them and didn't want you to be left out so we bought them. We love them. They wash up easily, you can put them on yourself, and you love them enough to wear them to bed. By the way, yes you wear shoes to bed often. Right now you are still sleeping--a grey dress shoe on one foot and a black dress shoe (that is 2 sizes too small!!) on the other. By the way, that black shoe is being passed on to a friend so don't get too attached. You are too young to wear shoes too small just because they are cute!
While we're on the subject of shoes, little girl, where did you put our shoes? I just helped your daddy search this place top to bottom to look for his black dress shoes. This is obviously your doing because all the shoes in the shoe section of our closet are missing. Your poor daddy had to change his pants & wear brown shoes instead because that was all he had left!
You haven't met a hat you haven't liked, which brings me to your bike helmet. Yes, we got you your first bike! It's a European style balance bike (no pedals), pink and you love it. How cute are you?
Of course now that we got the bike, it's too hot to be out trying to ride it (101 yesterday with heat index of 115). That hasn't stopped you. You'll bring the bike in the house and try to ride it. Very cute.
The helmet is the best hat you've ever seen in your opinion. You wear it in the car a lot. Each time, I pray we don't get in an accident where someone will think I'm such a bad driver that you have to wear a helmet!
Well, little girl, I'd better go. You'll be waking up soon and there are still a few more things I want to get done before that happens. Love you!
