Wednesday Highlights 4/6/11

I gave Molly Toddler a chocolate chip cookie this afternoon. She examined it, took a bite, and exclaimed "It has liiiiiiiiitle tiiiiiiiiiny bits of chocolate in it!!!".

Molly: Where is daddy?

Me: He's at work.

Molly: Sometimes, my daddy has to work and sometimes he has to practice.

This is a direct quote from the end of a favorite Signing Time episode.

Molly saw a white bird today and got so excited!

Molly: Look mommy! It's one "tuppen"!

Me: What?

Molly: It's a tuppen. Like the "tuppens" in the song.

In case you're not up to speed on the "tuppens" song, here it is:

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag :-)

Wednesday Highlights 3/30/11

I let Molly Toddler wear my pink flower hair clip this morning. When we got to our play-date, I realized she was no longer wearing it and must have left it at the consignment store we visited beforehand. This necessitated a second trip to said store. When we walked in, I asked her to please try to find it. She went straight to a little girl size amoire, opened the drawer and pulled out my clip. Clearly, she'd put it in a safe place for later :-)

Molly was inspecting a new kid proof bowl when she got very excited.

Molly: It looks like a planet!

Me: A planet!

Molly: Yes! Like in outer space! A planet wearing rings!

We were listening to the radio in the car...

Molly: Who is singing that song?

Me: I don't know...

Molly: Oh! It's my "twenty-old" sister singing that song!

Then, when a guy started singing...

Molly: Oh! That's my brother Michael!

Molly was trying to play a game on the iPad, but she was getting quite frustrated becuase she couldn't hear it.

Molly: Turn up the "Vah-dee-in".

Me: Excuse me?

Molly: Will you please turn up the "Vah-dee-in"?

Me: Do you mean Volume?

Molly: Yes. Vol-ah-ume.

I think I like "Vah-dee-in" better...

Daddy Toddler was showing Lucy a family picture (taken when I was pregnant).

Lucy (Pointing at DT): DaDa!

DT: That's right! And who's this? (pointing at Molly)

Lucy: Badee!

DT: What?

Lucy (carefully puts hands together and rocks her arms): Bay-bee! Bay-bee! Bay-bee!

She was "singing" the theme from Baby Signing Time.

Blast from the Past: Molly names Shapes and ABCs

I was looking through some old videos and found these. They were taken about two weeks before Molly Toddler turned 2. She is so small and so smart! (Of course, I'm not prejudiced at all ;-)

Molly identifies shapes:

Here, Molly identifies all her ABCs, with few little sign reminders from me. She actually knew all her letters at 15 months, but mostly just the signs. We had no idea she knew them, and she just started picking up letters in the bathtub and naming them! She learned them from watching the Signing Time ABC video.

Toddlers in their own words

Tonight, the girls are going to speak for themselves. Please enjoy our dinner conversation :-)

Lucy shakes her head and says cookie:

Molly tells a story:

Night Time Requests

Lucy Toddler started sleeping through the night 3 weeks ago. However, 2 1/2 weeks ago, she figured out how to roll from back to front. And 5 days ago, she figured out how to sit up on her own. Though I am thrilled that her physical therapy is working, it's made bedtime quite a challenge.

As soon as we put her down, Lucy whips around and up into a sitting position. She's always quite proud of herself, and grins her goofy toothy grin. The problem is that she can't really get back onto her tummy yet, so she ends up sleeping in some rather odd positions. Or screaming bloody murder until Mommy or Daddy come back in to lay her back down.

Last night, she woke up at 3am. Daddy went to check on her, changed her diaper, and put her back down. She promptly, rolled over, sat up, and pitifully requested "Uck". She has *mostly* weaned from middle of the night nursing, but when a baby specifically signs MILK and asks for "uck" at 3 in the morning, what can you do but give her some. And when she asks for it at 5 am, you give it to her again. Because you both know who's really in charge. Hint- it's not the person changing the diaper.