More Firsts...

Your first Painting! What a beauty! You get so excited to color and paint nowadays. You eagerly unfold your pink mat on the floor, grab your supplies and make your lovely art! Although you don't like to finger paint with your fingers-you must have the paintbrushes.

You also had your very first pee pee in your lil pink potty! We have had lots of practice with sitting on it and reading about Big Girl  Molly in the past few weeks. Tonight, when we finished the book, I heard the musical tune coming from the base of the potty. (This only goes off when it gets wet.) I looked and saw the pee! we were both so excited and did a little dance!

21 months

People ask me how old you are and I find myself torn between saying 1.5 and 2. You are much more mature than a 1.5 yr old, but I cant accept that you are almost 2! What happened to my little bambina? Well, you are much more you own self these days, as you can communicate and do many things for yourself. You love your laptop that Nanna gave you, and playing with your baby doll, which you named poo poo.
You sit on the potty now no pees or poops yet, just sitting and enjoying her new chair...but what is great is that you know what its for, and when you are ready you will make something happen.
While you sit on the potty, you read about a girl named Molly, who is a big girl that has a pink potty just like you-you love repeating her name-Molly-it is precious

You love when daddy carries you to walk sadie at night-b/c he points out the stars.

You love your "Leur Leurs"
and your music class-we listen to the songs nonstop-trot now jo and a song called me, you, we are your favorites.

you love yogurt/crackers/any fruits/now you even like carrot sticks/
fish tacos/toast with cinnamon/cereal
You also started drinking from a cup, but likes to spill it on purpose...then loves to wipe it clean
More...
Loves putting your toys away-especially in class. You will take other kids toys to the bin when the teacher says its time to clean up-hah
Likes to pour sand up your pants-you must like how it feels on your skin.
Hates wearing socks and tends to throw off your shoes, while riding in the stoller.
People tell me your toes will get cold...

These days...

You like to put on mamma's shoes. You prefer to wear certain items-clothes that I put on, you usually scream at. You would rather wear your elmo hoodie or your fuzzy pink vest!

Your favorite breakfast is whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon. This is mamma's favorite too, and I enjoy sharing this time with you...even if it means giving up half my share, because you want more..more....please (peez as you say) How could I say no? You also started to enjoy eating sliced oranges! and how did you know how to eat them the correct way-avoiding the skin...

you love your baby doll again. When aunti Li Li babysat, she said you were burping the baby over your shoulder, that is so sweet!

Lately, we have been walking to the brentwood farmers market on Sunday mornings. I like going early, because it isn't too crowded and people are certainly more friendly then. After we get some fruits and veggies, we head over to the playground at the school nearby. I love the circle garden they have, and you like to sit on the rocks and run around collecting pine cones, not to mention listening for the birds (or leur leurs as you like to call them).

You love to help mamma clean and throw your garbage out....well sometimes
You are talking so much, and like to immitate us now...oh I guess we need to start watching what we say!
You love to read your books, which makes us o so happy. Especially when it keeps you ocuppied when you first wake up in the morning!
You love your music class and memorized some of the songs, you insist on repeating the cd many times!
You love to be tickled! Especially when I read moo, baa, la la la to you....
Your smiles are changing, you have started to have a persed lip smile, that Daddy says is just like his when he was younger!

I called him Sadie

I dont know what this was, but mamma brought me to the park (a park that smelled like tar), and I just kept calling this thing Sadie, Sadie! I may even love him more than my bestie at school, Ella, Ella!

Love, little o

u look like me

 

 

 I found this shot of me (top one up above) in one of our old photo albums. I must be right around little o's age. I love that we have the same straight bang/wavy on the bottom hairdo going on. And I bet that my mom had to stop herself from cutting my hair, just as I have to do with little o's. It tends to get in her eyes a bit, but it is just to precious to trim too much-not to mention so beautifully wild and crazy!

Butterfly Sanctuary

On New Years Day, we decided to head up to The Coronado Butterfly Preserve up in Santa Barbara. It was amazing! An open park, with tons of butterflies flying around. Above, you can see them all bunched up on the eucalyptus tree leaves. We heard that when the sun hits them, they burst out and fly off. We waited, but they sat very still. Little o seem to really enjoy the views, especially since there were also some birds there, which she has been loving lately!

 

 

We even brought Sadie along. Everyone got a real kick out of her and she met a lot of other doggie friends!

A lil bit of nature nearby

 

There is a park nearby our house, which I love because it is so peaceful. Sure there are the days where little o really needs to let off some steam with other kids within a big playground with slides and swings and such. But more often lately, I find it refreshing to just let her run in the grass and enjoy listening to the birds and collecting the leaves (eating them-err not so much...) Today we did some serious bird watching!

We took little o to the huntington library gardens the other day. Here she is sitting in the kids garden at a kid size table. She really enjoyed the people watching more than anything else...