Tuesday Highlights 6/28/11

Molly Toddler was "helping" me clean her room. Suddenly, she grabbed her ankle and began moaning.

MOlly: Oh Mommy... I just can't clean. My ankle hurts!

Me: Do it anyway.

Molly (pathetically 'limps" to the toy box ): It just hurts so much!

Me: Do you want to go get a book to read?

Molly (runs happily out of the room): YES!

I'm onto you kiddo!

Molly's been drawing lots of "valentimes" lately. Today she drew our family.

Cute? Look closer...

This is the Mommy Valentime:

This is the Molly Valentime:

Yes, those are tears. There goes my "mother of the year" award...

Monday Highlights 6/27/11

Molly: Mommy.... you smell like chicken pox.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this.

Molly: Mommy and Mommy's friend. I really need you to close your mouths and stop talking and look at me so I can dance.

Though she's occasionally pretty bossy at 3 1/2, I'm so glad she doesn't have the word "shut-up" in her vocabulary :-)

Molly: Daddy, I'm pretending you have a sneezeache!

Daddy: A what?

Molly: A sneezeache. It's when you are going to sneeze and it hurts in your nose.

I know exactly what she's talking about! I think this should be a word.

Once again, Molly discusses thermometers:

Molly: A thermometer is... we have to make this face. And this funny face is what a thermometer is. A funny face thermometer. It has 2 points of his hair.

Daddy: You mean 3?

Molly: Yes. Of hair. And then one this. This is the mouth. And this is the inside talking. See? It's a laughing scary monster. Don't be afraid daddy, it's just pretend. It's just talking to you. I just wanted to say "hi". I'm going to show you what is in the thermometer. See?

Lucy Toddler: Champion Walker

I left a baby at home last week while I did some work for Destination Imagination. While I was gone, that baby decided it was time to become a toddler! She's walked before, but this is more than just first steps!

If you've been reading regularly, you know because of Lucy's hyperflexibility this a big deal. The months leading up to walking were full of hard work at therapy and home. I'm so proud of my sweet Lucy Toddler.

Sunday Highlights 6/19/11

Me: Molly who has the stinkiest morning breath?

Molly: Daddy you have the stinkiest morning breath. I thiiiiiiiiiiink when you were younger than me... you got bit by a skunk.

Daddy: Oh no! I'm a were-skunk!

Wednesday and Thursday Highlights 6/16/11

I brought Lucy Toddler into her big sister's room because she kept signing/saying "play". Molly was hard at work in her kitchen, and turned around with her phone in hand.

Me: Lucy wants to play with you.

Molly (with a very serious look): I'm too busy. I'm working right now. I cannot play.

Me: Oh... well, you could take a break. Even grown-ups get to take a break.

Molly: I am taking a break. I'm talking to my brother on the phone right now.

Molly proceeds to have an imaginary conversation..

Molly: Oh no. OH NO!

Me: What's wrong?

Molly: He's doing bad things to the house. He's being a toof.

Me: A "toof"? Do you mean toot?

Molly: No mommy... he's being a toof.

Lucy: Aaaay

Molly: MOM! Did you hear that? Lucy said "A". She's learning her abafet!

Molly: I want to blow out some candles.

Me: Not today sweetie. But you know what, in a few weeks it's going to be my bithday. And we can-

Molly (interrupting): Mom, let me tell you something. In a longlonglalalalooooooong minute, in a loooooolalalalalalang day, it's going to be MY birthday.

I've been making freezer jam, but Molly decided she doesn't like it. Every time I put a finished jar on the counter or work on another batch, she gets upset and tells me she doesn't like that kind! This morning, she opened the refrigerator and screamed.

Me: What's wrong sweetie?

Molle: There's JAM in here. It's the icky kind and it's in my fridge!!!

Molly: 6,5,4,3,2,1... and that makes a thermometer. It makes the cold. It helps the thermometers make your body healthy. And you can get a whole body way to eat. That's why you take a thermometer and tip it through your body.

Molly <3 Daddy

Molly is very a demanding and particular kiddo when it comes to playtime, and when Daddy comes home it is on. Daddy Toddler is such a good sport; not every daddy would play along like he does <3

Daddy Toddler came into the living room cradling two dolls. Molly followed soon after holding some pom-poms.

Me: What're you guys doing?

Molly: We're having a RACE! The dollies are racing and I'm cheering!

Daddy toddler proceeds to race around the room holding the dolls.

Molly: STOP DADDY! There's a stop sign there.... now GO!

Daddy crosses the "finish line".

Daddy: Did I win?

Molly: No. I won at the cheering! Now it's Daddy's turn.

Later...

Molly: Daddy! Will you take a picture of my big tummy?

She then did this:

Followed by this:

Ahhhh, blackmail :-)

Sunday Highlights 6/12/11

Molly (after church today): Dad... do you want to go in my airplane? So that we can go to meet Jesus? Wouldn't that be so friendly? We could fly to go see him!

I think we have some ecclesiastical confusion... Especially after the next conversation:

Molly: DADDY! I'm going to pretend that you are Jesus!

Daddy: Wow, you must think pretty highly of me.

Molly (playing with some change on the table): I'm going to give this money to my Bible teacher.

Me: Well, we need to put it away until next weekend.

Molly (thinking quickly): Here you go daddy! This is for you!

Daddy: An offering??? I think she is confused.

Molly: I want to change my skin.

Me: Really? How do you want to change it?

Molly: I want to take it off. And then I will have no skin at all!

Me: I don't think we can do that...

Molly: We will take it off. But I won't have any bones...

I think that this request was prompted by a recent viewing of the Science School House Rock.

Molly was pretending to be a doll...

Daddy: Can you walk?

Molly: No!

Daddy: What would happen if I dropped you?

Molly: Um... I think.... I would be dead.

Daddy: Oh no! Molly Dolly, I think I need to put you down.

Molly (pointing at her stuffed animals): I think if you put me down, the fighters would come. And they would fight me. And I don't want to be fighted.

Molly Toddler's exciting revelations while pretending to be a doll:

I didn't know I could raise my arm!

I didn't know I could walk!

(while pretending to talk to daddy on the phone) I didn't know I could call yourself!

Saturday Highlights 6/11/11

This morning, Molly Toddler and I went to the local Farmer's Market. She enjoys helping me pick out fruit and veggies, and today got to sample her first beignet:

She and I went to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch she could have some of her favorite "sauce" (cheese dip). While there, Molly observed an infomercial for an exercise program with great interest. Then they began showing before and after shots....

Molly: MOM! THAT MAN IS MAKE-ED!

Me: Shhhhh! Sweetie, it's ok. He's got pants on.

Molly: But mom, we don't go make-ed in front of people.

Me: That's true, but he's got a bathing suit on so it's ok.

A few minutes later when they're showing a computer animated woman slimming down.

Molly: MOM! THAT LADY IS MAKE-ED TOO!

And yes, this conversation took place in a very crowed restaurant.

Later, Molly asked for a fruit snack. I am a little proud that this is what she wanted:

After a week of PBS and a very busy day, Molly was quite tired this afternoon. How tired?

FYI: she was wearing three leotards :-p

Friday Highlights 6/10/11

Molly went to VBS for the first time this week. She enjoyed it greatly, and jumped around the house every evening shouting "We're the Holy Hop-PERS!". After the first day, she told me she really liked "PBS". :-)

Lucy Toddler demolished crackers all over her dress at snack-time this afternoon. I tried to get the dress off her without spilling the crumbs everywhere, but was unsuccessful. When they all dumped into her lap, she said in an awed voice: "woah...".

Lucy has been perfecting her tea ceremony skills under the tutelage of her big sister. Here, she demonstrates and frequently congratulates herself on a job well done.

Tuesday Highlights 6/7/11

Molly: I want to have lots of babies!

Me: Ok...

Molly: I want to have LOTS and LOTS of babies so they can be the 3 doors.

Me: What?

Molly: The 3 doors... Like in Snow White.

Me: You mean the 7 dwarves?

Molly: YES! The babies will be the drawers, and I will be Snow White!

Molly: Look Mom! I'm being a monkey with monkey feet!!!

Come on kid be more original. I think we've seen this one before...

Lucy the chatterbox!

In the last few weeks, Lucy Toddler has started babbling non-stop. Listen for (in this order):

"Cheese" (She thought we were taking a picture)

"Hi"

"Triangle (90% sure on this one- it sounds like "dah-guh", but she's pointing to the light blue triangle on the Dora tent and she and I have been working on some basic shapes)

"Bye Bye"

"Baby"

"Daddy"

"I love Daddy"

Lucy's First Steps!!!

Lucy's been cruising at breakneck speed for about a month. She's taken a few "cheater" half steps while transferring from one object to another. She's been doing incredibly well using her ankle braces and the most recent walker we're borrowing from her therapy office. Tonight, Daddy toddler and I decided to try and coax some steps (I'd turn down your volume a little- there's some squealing):

Above is the "G" rated version. Immediately after what you saw Molly walked into the shot buck naked. You can't make this stuff up.

Lucy's still incredibly wobbly without her braces, and the steps were more of a controlled fall. However, this is enormous progress. Four months ago, Lucy could not roll over, crawl, stand nor put any weight on her legs. It's amazing what a few months of therapy and hard work at home can do :-D

Sunday Highlights 6/5/11

Here's a peak at the Toddler household:

Daddy: Let's put your jammies on.

Molly: They're GINGERBREAD jammies!!! We're putting them on over my gingerbread skin.

The next day...

Me: Why are you naked?

Molly: I'm just being a gingerbread.

For the last several minutes, Molly has been running around in her underpants, waving a magic wand, and chanting:

Abracadabra Salacadoola

I can do everything ONCE!

It's quite entertaining...

Friday Highlights 6/3/11

Molly: Screeeeeeech! Mom! Did I sound like a pteranodon?

Me: Yes, I think you did!

Molly: Just like on Dinosaur Train!

Me: Yep.

Molly: And I sounded like the daddy, and the mommy, and the babies who came of the the pteranodon eggs!

Me: What other kinds of animals come from eggs?

Molly: Um.... SPIDERS!

Me: Well, that's true. Do you know of any others?

Molly: Birds and ducks.

I love that she thought of spiders before birds...

A plethora of pictures

I felt like these pictures merited a post outside the daily highlights category.

At therapy today, Molly saw this ball:

Her analysis? "Look! this is a star ball with GOOSEBUMPS!"

I was paying attention to Lucy. Molly yells "Mooooooom! Look at what I'm doing!"...

Here, Molly is putting all of the shapes to bed. Shhhh...

I was clipping coupons, and had a lot of paper strips from the printable ones. Molly began collecting and arranging them thus:

She excitedly told me "Mom! I made an American Flag! With lots and lots of stripes!"

Thursday Highlights 6/2/11

Molly and I have been watching some travel and a nature documentaries and discussing them (because sometimes, I need a day without Dora). Today, we were watching one about Italy. They were showing the city of Sienna and the famous "Palio di Siena" (a yearly race) there.

Me: Look at all the towers. That city is called Sienna.

Molly: Sienna?

Me: Yes.

Molly: That kind of sounds like where we live. Louisiana... It RHYMES!!!

Later...

Molly: I think when I grow up, I'm going to be a cowgirl and ride horses.

Not in that race kiddo...

Tonight Daddy Toddler was making Molly a cup of juice.

Molly: Thanks for the juice Daddy... You're such an expert!

I'm not sure why, but it was FUNNY!