Thirty Two Months.
I'm a little late on this one, but not too bad.
In the past month I have noticed a huge influx of questions.
What does that mean?
Why?
Why?
But Why?
But what does that mean?
Why does it mean that?
Huh?
Huh?
But why?
It really is quite comical!
The other night, I was putting J to bed and she was getting a little sassy because I would not let her listen to "song" ONE.MORE.TIME. and our conversation went something like this...
Me: Listen, you're not running the roost here!
J: What's roost, mommy? What's roost mean?
Me: Ummmm, it's kind of like...
J: Chicken roost?
Me (completely shocked): YES! You're exactly right! How did you know that?
J (laughing): Chicken roost! Chicken roost!
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| Helping Dada and Uncle Seann |
Another night, as I was putting her to bed [are you seeing the same trend I am here?], I asked her to cooperate with me, to which she replied, "Mommy, what does ku-op-er-ate mean?"
I love all the inquisitiveness and even more so, the fact that she isn't just asking. She really wants to learn and understand and will even apply her learnings in future situations.
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| Swimming with cousin Bella |
She's still going strong in a size 6 shoe...and yes, I still have a shload of size 6s waiting patiently for her!
I jumped up to some 4T stuff, but it's mainly Old Navy and their clothes shrink up pretty good, so I bought the stuff on the bigger side. At the same time, she is still rocking some of her 2T stuff and of course her 3T stuff as well.
J's nap and sleep schedule has not changed at all. She might go to bed a tad later than she used to, but that's mainly because it's Bobby's responsibility to put her down when he's home and I think he enjoys the one on one time with her before he puts her to bed. When he isn't home, I get B down and then put J down, so she's up playing on the iPad or watching a cartoon for an extra 20 to 30 minutes. Healthy, I know!
She loves talking about her Birthday party and says that she's going to have cuhcakes and ice creams and presents and a jumpy and balloons.....she's going to have it ALL! I better get to work!
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| Dress up at Grandma's |
She gets just as excited as we do to see B doing new things. The other day, B was pulling up on something and eventually got to a standing position and J started yelling, "Great job, Bwinnlee Bear! You did it!"
While that's about as cute as it comes, she also likes to scold her. Maria taught her how to set up her own little picnic on the playroom floor and she was doing that one day. B saw what was going on and made a beeline for it. She was seconds away from ruining the whole thing. J stuck out her arm and said, "Bwinnlee Ewayne, I told you NO!"
I DIED! D.I.E.D. Died.
Never a dull moment. Never!
A couple weekends ago, I got a wild hair up my butt and decided that J's room needed a face lift. Ever since we converted her crib to a toddler bed, her room has been empty and bare. On top of that, I've had a room darkening curtain behind her blinds in her window since she started sleeping in her crib.
It needed to come down. That room needed some light.
So I took it down. Her bed also used to be angled in the corner, so I straightened that out, moved a couple other things around, put her canvas boxes back in her little cubby shelf and put out some books.
The first time she saw it, she was blown away.
She started giggling and asking, "How'd you do dat, mommy?"
And for about a week after the "remodel", she would walk into her room, spin around in circles with her hands out to the sides and say, "It's bootiful, mommy! My room is bootiful!"
Her best reaction though, was when I put her down for a nap that day and went to walk out of the room. She stopped me and said, "Turn off the lights, mommy!"
Haha! "The lights ARE off, sweetpea!"
I'm glad she loves her "new" room and can get some new enjoyment out of it's rejuvenation that didn't cost us a penny!
