All About Cecilia: Part 4

I am getting better about jotting down notes when you do something I want to remember, so I am not as behind on this post as the previous one.  You have been giving me lots of good material lately.

76.  You like to put on Daddy's shoes, push your shopping cart, and say "Bye". Then you walk into the other room briefly.  When you return, you say, "Home".  Once you even got some food from the pantry and went and put it in your play oven.

77.  One night, you were walking around with your pretend phone up to your ear, wagging your finger, saying, "No more monkeys jumping on the bed."  Then you made me get my phone, and I had to sing "Mama called the doctor, and the doctor said..." before you would do your part.

78.  From time to time you put your babies in time out.  You now also tell Genevieve to go to time out.

79.  The other day when you were going for the remote control with exposed batteries, you looked at me and said, "Daddy, noooooooooo. Time out."  Translated that means "Daddy told me not to touch this or I would go to time out."

80.  On July 1st, I said, "I love you" as I was hugging you, and you said, "I love you."  My heart melted into a puddle on the floor instantly.  I don't think you've said it since.

81.  There is a song called Johny Johny Yes Papa, and there are children's videos on YouTube for this.  It is kind of an obsession of yours.  It's about a kid who sneakily eats sugar and lies to his father.  Nice, huh?  On July 3rd, you were acting this out for me, and I couldn't stop laughing.  You found a small, empty Tupperware canister, and when we got to the part in the song about eating sugar, you stuck your hand in and then licked it pretending to eat sugar.  You walked around with this canister making me sing the song for quite some time.  Now when you see the canister, you say "Johny Johny".

Playing dress up with Genevieve and
holding your "Johny, Johny" canister

82.  Elmo and Sesame Street are favorites of yours right now.  The other morning you said, "Elmo TV Mommy shower".  Translated, this means "Mommy, put Sesame Street on the TV and go take a shower!"

83.  Fake crying is something you do for attention (and to maybe get your sister in trouble, though I don't think you've fully figured this out yet).  You also make your babies cry, and then you comfort them.

84.  July 17th you were walking around taking bites from a pretend cake saying, "Mine".  I think I know where you learned that word.

85.  July 18th you said "Did it" after you got Genevieve's shoes on yourself.  You were very proud.

86.  "Boo boo chair" is a phrase that is constantly heard around our house.  You want to sit in the brown recliner and nurse.  You request this in the middle of the night, early in the morning, mid morning, when riding in the car, after you get hurt, when you are tired, and when you are hungry.  There really isn't a time of day we don't hear this.  You are currently teething, so it is most definitely a comfort thing as much as it is a hunger thing.  Today I asked Genevieve what is something you always do.  Her response?  "Drinks milk."  I think I snorted when she said this.  She followed it up with "She always loves me because IIIIIII'm hilarious...and I'm naked right now."  Boy is she ever correct!

Playing peek a boo while nursing

87.  At the start of World Breastfeeding Week, you happened to nurse your baby doll for the first time.  What a funny coincidence. You really love playing with your baby.  You push her in the stroller, rock her, kiss her, put her "night night" and give her a bottle of coconut milk.

88.  When you saw the toy Santa last week you started singing Jingle Bells.  How do you remember this stuff?!

89.  Whenever you see an umbrella you sing Rain, Rain Go Away.  You also see this when you see rain on TV or in a book.  I let you and Genevieve play in the rain with your umbrellas a couple of days ago, and you were both singing this song together.  Of course you stopped as soon as I started videoing you.

90.  You say Genevieve pretty clearly now, and I love to hear you say it, especially when you are excited to see her first thing in the morning.

91.  Lately, you have been really into puzzles.  You blew me away the first time you did the shape puzzle.  I remember Genevieve having such a hard time with puzzles (she's great now), so it was surprising to see you figure out where the pieces went pretty quickly and manipulate them until they were placed correctly.

92.  I was desperate to get something done a few days ago, so I dug out a Dora movie I was saving for your birthday.  Two of the episodes featured Dora's twin baby brother and sister.  You were so excited to see this because you love the Dora baby dolls you have.  They are teeny tiny, and they are the first thing you look for when you get up in the morning.  ("Where baby go?")  Now you request "Super Babies" every day, and I even heard you say "Goo goo gagaaaaaaa!" like in the video.

Eating a pear and watching Dora

93.  Several times now when I have gone into your room to get you out of time out, the room has been silent with you nowhere to be found.  Well, that's how it seems.  Really you are hiding under the comforter on the guest bed not moving or making a sound.  Sometimes you give yourself away with your quiet giggles or a brief rustling of the bed sheets.  I ask where you are and pretend to go looking for you, and that's when you reveal yourself with a giant grin upon your mischievous face.

94.  The play kitchen is becoming a favorite of yours now.  You pretend to stir things, and you bring me a bowl with a spoon stating "Dinner ready."

95. It got really quiet one day, and when I found you, you were reading the book Toot.  It's about a baby who toots a lot, and both you and Genevieve love it.  You continue to announce when you toot or when someone else does, and you often say it with a huge old smile on your face.  One page in the book reads, "ALL toots are funny."  Pretty true.

96. One day you carried your little folding chair over to the front door and climbed up on it.  You tried for so long to unlock the door saying "Outside.  Outsiiiiiide."  You were so mad when I told you that I wasn't going to open the door.  It was 108 degrees out!

97. You pushed the rocking chair, and it hit me.  I said, "Ow.  That hurt me."  You said, "Sorry Mama."  Sorry doesn't always make everything better, but it sure did make my owie go away.  :)  That was the first time you ever said sorry unprompted.  Now, you say it all of the time.

98.  Your newest game is to hide something in your hand behind your back and say "Pick a hand!"  You learned this from Genevieve, and think it's hilarious when I choose the wrong hand.

99. One of my favorite things you do right now is say "Aaaawwwwww" as you lower your head and furrow your brow when you become disappointed.  I think it's the cutest thing and was so surprised the first time you did it.

100.  I am not sure where you learned this, but if you don't want to do something or when you don't want someone to do something to you, you say "No way!"  You say it over and over and over while waving your hand.

101.  Here's a bonus one.  Genevieve started saying "I don't like this dinner Mom...I LOVE it!"  She caught me totally off guard the first time, and we both had a good laugh following.  Sometimes now Genevieve says "I don't like it", and you say "I LOVE it!"  Frequently you can be heard saying "I LOVE it!" with a huge smile on your face.  This typically happens when you eat popsicles.

Every day you do crazy stuff like walking down the hallway with a crayon in your hand marking the walls and doors, taking your poopy diaper off and then sitting on the carpet, throwing your toys in the diaper pail, insisting on wearing underwear like your big sister (and promptly peeing through 3 pairs), and begging for food and then getting mad when I give you what you requested.  That was all in one day too!  Mommy took a 30 minute break at Starbucks to make up for this day, especially since you refused a nap as well.  What are we going to do with you?!

Some of your crayon handiwork