New things

It has been fascinating to watch Allie grow. She seems to pick up new things each and every day, which always leaves me excited for her, but a little sad my baby is growing up so fa

New things she's doing:

Asking Why-ah to everything. She adds that little extra 'ah' to the end each and every time. It's cute! The other day on a very cold walk I commented how cold I was. Whyah came soon afterwards. We went through the sun not being very affective this time of year (whyah) because it is further from the earth (whyah), because it's winter (whyah), because winter comes after fall where the leaves fall (whyah), because... on and on until I run out of answers and just start saying Whyah back to her. Nothing like your toddler to challenge your bank of knowledge (or lack thereof)!

She started saying Yes like Yeahesss with a guttural sound from her throat (kind of like the catapiller from Alice and Wonderland)... so funny. And then we'd say it back to her that way and she caught on that it wasn't right. So now she says Yes very clearly and then adds the Yeahesss in a totally exaggerated way making fun of us, making fun of her.

She climbs into her car seat all by herself. I'm a little nervous she's going to fall back so I stand at the ready, but she's done really well so far. I'm waiting for her to figure out how to buckle it herself next.

She also wants to know constantly what we are doing. What mommy doin', Daddy doin', Adri doin? is uttered about a million times a day. And she will ask over and over again until you give her a satisfactory answer. That also seems to coincide with 'Where Daddy go?' which there are only 4 answers to (depending on the season). She knows them all. I ask it back to her and her first choice is Home. "No we are home, where is Daddy Allie? Um... Snowboarding. No, Daddy isn't snowboarding, where is he? Um.... Wall (this is the rock climbing wall)! Nope, not at the climbing wall either. Where is he? Um.... Work! Yep, he's at work! We go through this a number of times throughout the day. Of course during the summer snowboarding will change for Bike.

She loves, loves, loves her markers and playdough, both of which I only let her play in her high chair. The markers she colors more on herself then the paper/pictures but we are working on that one.


She also knows when she's done something wrong or hurts someone to say sorry. "Sorry Mommy" is said pretty frequently. She seems to be going through an "it's easier to ask for forgiveness then permission" stage.

She LOVES the kitties. They don't love her with quite the fervor she loves them, but for the most part they tolerate her. Lucy does better then Opie and will actually rub against Allie hoping for a petting. Allie usually ends up laying on her until she squeaks, but she doesn't really hurt her. They've also learned to hide behind stuff Allie can't get around if they need space, which of course upsets Allie.

Allie's favorite places to go are Big Play Place (Bellevue Square), Little Play Place (Alderwood Mall), Holly's house (we go once a week and play with Holly's 2 kids who are 4 months older then both of mine), and Starbucks (where she gets chocolate milk and sometimes doughnuts). I have to say for the most part she does us proud being out and about. She is so well behaved (especially at other people's houses) and always says please and thank you, shares with other kids well (unless they try to take her carebear figurines) and generally listens to direction unless she's really tired. Then all bets are off!

She is a movieaholic (like her mom) and would sit and watch her movies all day if you let her. We are pretty good and limit it to one a day (I'm pretty excited if we make it a whole day with no TV). Annoyingly enough, she cries every time they end and I usually have to send her to her room to fuss (fussing isn't allowed to be done where other people are) and she can come back out when she's ready to be happy. I try to give her a choice: Choose to be happy and stay out with mommy and Adri, or choose to fuss and go to your room. She usually chooses her room with her binkis and comes out a few minutes later saying "Allie's happy now Mommy!"

The other day in the car she said to me "No Worries Mommy". I must say that to her specifically in the car because that is the only place she says it to me.