Pretend Cars

In an effort to save the cupboard on our entertainment center from breaking we have made it so that Addie and Demzi can't play in there. However, one Sunday before church Addie had been playing while I was getting ready and was sure that it was her car. I finally got her to stop crying about it because I told her I would get her a box that she could pretend was a car. Of course Demzi needed one too.


Funny how when you change the game it's just not the same. While I'm sure the entertainment center didn't really move or have a steering wheel it made Addie so sad that her box wouldn't move on it's own and even with a paper plate for a steering wheel it's not the same as a "real driver" as she calls it.


Demzi however found the whole thing completely entertaining and just sat in her box for a good twenty minutes rocking back and forth.

Going to bed

I don't know if Addie does this every night because usually Kris and I come back downstairs after getting the girls down but the other night we decided to stay upstairs and just read in our room and we were getting a complete kick out of Addie. She was in her room singing which usually means just yelling but this time we heard her sing "ABC's", "C is for Cookie" "Old McDonald" and "BINGO." The best thing is that she knew every word to these songs and was totally keeping herself entertained in there. I started laughing when she was singing "C is for Cookie" from sesame street because after she finished she started making up her own words, "C is in ice cream and ice cream's good with cookies" and she just sang that over and over. I think she lasted for a half an hour in there before she finally sang herself to sleep. The next morning when she came into our room she climbed up in bed and first thing she said to me was, "I can sing Tell me Baby mom, I practiced last night so that I could sing for Grandma and Grandpa." Apparently that was what it was all about. She just wanted something new to perform on Sunday when we talked on the webcam again.

Demzi officially thinks that she is just as big as everyone else. It started when we put her in the highchair and she screamed and pushed her food off and I assumed she was sick and wasn't going to eat. (This picture here she had her bowl up on her head right before I took it then she chucked it on the floor)

So then she climbed on the chair and wanted me to give her her cereal, Addie was accommodating enough to do it for me. She fed her a bowl of dry cereal this way (it's no wonder the kitchen is such a mess after breakfast).

Finally I broke down and got the booster out so that she could officially sit with the rest of the family, sometimes she is still not convinced that she should be in a booster either but at least she will sit and eat again so we'll try it for a while. She would be even more happy though if I just let her sit at the table without anything, I just know the mess that would mean after.

Funny things Addie says

It's funny how all of the sudden without any help from me Addie has learned to play pretend. Her new favorite game is to play house, she doesn't call it that but she always tells me to come up to her room and she'll make me some dinner. She'll be the mom, I'll be the dad and Demzi is the sister. And if I don't eat my dinner then I can go to time out. Or if I tell her I don't like the ravioli then I can go to time out. Can you tell we have a picky eater? And apparently even if dads don't eat their dinner they will also go to timeout.


Another one she has started is every morning she asks me if the sun is up yet. This is my fault because one Saturday night when we were getting the girls ready for bed I said, "we better be sure to close these blinds, on the off chance Addie actually sleeps until the sun comes up tomorrow" (she is up by 6:30 every morning). Then last night she asked me over and over, "mom, can I have donuts when I wake up tomorrow at 7:30, after the sun comes up?" I don't know where she got the time 7:30 from, pretty sure I haven't said anything about it but she is constantly surprising me with what she comes up with.


Other new phrases:
"There is no time to waste"
"This is not a game"
"That would be fun"
"I sure am!" (or did depending on if what she is responding to)
"mom, you need to focus " (near as I can tell this is from cars)
"Just a quick little second"

Mostly she'll just talk your ear off. I don't know if she stops talking, but it keeps me constantly entertained.

Hats

Back in the day Kris apparently collected hats. Up until recently, when we bought a house, it has always stayed at his parents'. Now it is in our family room and the girls can play with those hats, usually when I'm cooking dinner.

I don't know what is with this hat but Addie doesn't realize that it doesn't go all the way over her face so she just walks around blind.


Addie puts this hat on and pretends that she is hunting animals. I believe here she was showing me the elephant that she just caught.


They both really like this umbrella hat.


Of course Demzi has to have one over the eyes, she is too big for help to get these on and she hasn't figured out how to get it all the way back yet.


Both Addie and Demzi love this hat, Demzi likes to pull it over her eyes then yell, "Boo!" when she pulls it off.