Signs

Look what I am learning at school!

Say Cheese

Mom let me play with the camera tonight- I picked it up and immediately said "Cheese!". Hmm... wonder if I've learned that from having my picture taken a billion times? Play time with the camera ended when I started swinging it over my head. Then it was back to posing in my wagon and having a quick drink of milk before bed.

Teeth Are Not For Biting

Ouch! One of my friends at school bit me (Mom nicknamed him The Beast, she says he is "spirited"). He and I have a long history of strained relations... It was very sad, until 2 days later when I bit him on the back! Mom wonders if I was quietly plotting my revenge, waiting for the right moment to attack. The problem is, this week I am cutting 4 big molars and I have ear infections (again), so I am MISERABLE. Not a good combination for someone who recently learned to bite! I am gnawing on everything I can reach, including my parents and friends. We are working on it- I don't want to be labeled "Fang" or "The Biter"or "Kelsey Cullen" (for you Twilight fans). I'm a nurturer at heart, taking care of Elmo and Abby, making sure they get enough bottle. And sometimes I take care of Dad, too. We are trying to stay focused on my positive qualities and break the bad habits.

Teaching Moxie

Here I am trying to teach Moxie where his "eye" and "nose" are... if he would just stop moving!

Polygamist Dress Code

So, the clothes looked really cute when I picked them out... but Mom and Dad couldn't stop laughing once they put them on me!Dad asked if I was moving to the Yearning for Zion Ranch.

Bean Bag

My new throne...It's perfect for lounging when I am tuning out the world before my naps, wrestling and rolling, and grabbing a quick story with Dad in the morning before school.

Kitty Says Meow

This is one of Mom's favorites! Nobody knows where I picked up the dramatic flair for "meow"...

Happy Labor Day!

For Labor Day, Mom and Dad took me to the zoo. It was the perfect chance to show them my new LET ME DOWN maneuver. My goal was to squeeze through the hole in the fence and get a closer look at the zebra and giraffe.When that didn't work, I decided to move the party along by pushing the stroller...and crashing it into the fence!
Can you tell from the pictures that I'm an active little monkey now? My favorite game is You Can't Catch Me!
The kangaroos were very bouncy and fun, but they didn't want to come over and talk to me.The fish were spooky and kind of freaked me out. At the end of our visit I ran around the sprinklers to cool off and ate my snack in my usual fist-full-into-the-mouth technique.

Chicken Dinner

Tonight at dinner Mom almost fell out of her chair laughing because I spontaneously pointed to my chicken nugget and said "Bok Bok!". I've heard Mom do the chicken sound with my picture books, but this was the first time I've said it- and it was to a microwaved nugget instead of the actual animal. So, she grabbed the camera and prompted me to do it again!

Hiatus

I'm back! Mom says August was a perfect storm, so we had to take a break from blogging. It's been a busy month, full of more hilarious adventures that will certainly make it into our Money Pit memoir! We returned from vacation to find our air conditioner had broken, so we (quickly) replaced it with a new behemoth that works like a dream... The a/c installation lead to some damage to the old electrical wiring in the attic, so we spent a few days with no electricity in half of the house. Not a big deal... unless you get a stomach bug in the middle of the night and don't have lights in the bedroom or bathroom! Yep, I puked all over Dad (tortellini, yum) while Mom was at work. He managed very well by flashlight, and I rewarded him by giving my stomach bug to Mom instead of him. Then we rounded out the month with a few sleepless nights of croup and another ear infection.
I just roll with the drama, completely unaffected. Why stress when you've got Tigger booties to keep your piggies warm? Mom has to hide these in the playroom, because when I see them I have a crisis-level meltdown until she lets me wear them. Next up for September: mounting the TV! I like to be eye level with Cookie Monster...