Uno, Dos, Tres...

Part of the curriculum at her daycare is that they introduce them to Spanish. Well, tonight, out of the blue, Steve asked her if she was learning any Spanish (we’ve just never thought to ask her). She paused…..looked up towards the ceiling like she was thinking….and suddenly burst out with uno, dos, tres…..the child counted to 6 in Spanish! Steve & I both nearly lost our teeth! She suddenly started beaming with pride b/c we reacted so BIG….cheering & swinging her through the air. I know all the kids in her class are learning this too….but she still freaks us out!

Mother's Day

It was a great Mother's Day! Mommy & Daddy spent a few hours at The Player's tournament (Gran & Poppy were here for the weekend to watch Liv), then spent the afternoon with our girl. We pressed Livie's hands into a stone & decorated it with different colored glass pieces (this may become a Mother's Day tradition....hand prints....we did one last year, too), finger painted, and practiced riding a scooter.

Livie sees the bigger kids on the street riding their scooters, so she's very anxious to figure it out for herself now. Our neighbor let us borrow their "toddler" size scooter for her to practice. She gets the concept and goes through the right motions....but just doesn't push hard enough with her foot to get any good motion....but she's learning fast!

We also bought her an electric scooter last week...tried it out for the first time this weekend. It's a "Razor Jr"....for ages 3-6....2 wheels on the back so it won't tip over and it goes a whopping 1 MPH (perfect speed for Mommy & Daddy to walk along with so we can keep a hand very close). Of course we had to first get the cool helmet before trying out the scooter. She loves wearing it!!!

Then to finish the day...Liv started crying around 10:00 so I went into her room to check on her. She wasn't awake...but I quickly noticed that she had unzipped her PJs (she was wearing a 1 piece PJ that zips up the front) and taken off her diaper! The diaper was neatly rolled up with the tabs securely holding it (exactly the way Mommy & Daddy wrap up the dirty diapers). I couldn't believe it...I had to go get Daddy out of bed so he could see what she had done....and of course I took pictures (she's a bit "exposed" in the pic so probably not the best option for posting on the blog!). Thank goodness she was dry....no pee-pee since she took off the diaper! She still never woke up as I put a new diaper on her!

Changing diapers is her new thing. She has a Minnie Mouse that is about the same size she is...and she changes Minnie's diaper several times a day. She'll put it on her (exactly the right way)....then take it off and put it in a blue plastic bag (the bags we use for poopy diapers). We find several blue bags in her room every day. Needless to say, she's very good at taking off her diaper....we'll have a long talk about this tomorrow!

Look how high I am!!!

Liv & Daddy have a little too much fun in the pool...neither of us could believe how high she was when we looked at these pictures. She was having so much fun! (And Daddy went to bed early after taking a couple of Advil!)

Sweet girl

Livie has her moments of being very sweet....and her moments of being a very "testing" 2 year old. Tonight was all about my sweet girl. She was very sweet & gracious all by herself...without the usual "teachings" from Mommy. "Be nice...sweet girls don't say "No" to Mommy...tell Putter you're sorry for pulling his tail"...etc. She bumped my leg pretty hard when she was scooting her potty around in the bathroom, and she immediately said "I sorry Mommy". Every time she asked for anything tonight...it was followed by "please". "More milk please"..."get my blankey please"..."Mommy, lay in floor please". Then to top it all off, when I tucked her in and kissed her goodnight...she said "sweet dreams Mommy". She is such a doll! She does something amazing every day!

April

All dressed up to celebrate Easter....opening gifts!!