Also, my new favorite Maya phrase... when talking about something that is not for kids, "that is for growing ups and teachers."
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Opinions
It was time for a new lunch box, after more than a year of daily use it was time to retire the old one. I let Maya pick her own and to my surprise she chose dinosaurs. No amount of persuading would convince her to pick my favorite, the really cute (and girly) owl. She is so proud of her choice and went around to show it to all her friends and her teachers this morning. I love that she has her own opinions and that they are a bit different from the norm. I love that she picks out dinosaur lunch boxes and books from the library and chooses to be a rocket ship for halloween while at the same time loves to wear pretty dresses so she can spin while dancing and brings out all the brushes and hair clips to do my hair.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sisterly love
While learning about Valentine's day, Maya's teachers asked each kid in her class who they loved. All the kids responded Mommy or Daddy, except Maya who said Laurel.
She and another little girl in her class like to play with baby dolls and Maya has started to say that her baby doll is Laurel and she spends a lot of her play time taking care of her.
Laurel is transitioning into her new class this month, and her new room has windows that face out to the outdoor play area. According to Maya's teachers, she loves to watch Laurel in her new class while Maya's class is outside. Laurel will come up to the window to wave and smile at them.
Laurel is too young to fully understand what a great big sister she has, but I know one day she will figure out just how lucky she is.
She and another little girl in her class like to play with baby dolls and Maya has started to say that her baby doll is Laurel and she spends a lot of her play time taking care of her.
Laurel is transitioning into her new class this month, and her new room has windows that face out to the outdoor play area. According to Maya's teachers, she loves to watch Laurel in her new class while Maya's class is outside. Laurel will come up to the window to wave and smile at them.
Laurel is too young to fully understand what a great big sister she has, but I know one day she will figure out just how lucky she is.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
How do you know...
you are a parent?
While out on a date to celebrate your anniversary, without even thinking, your husband asks if you know which way the bathrooms are because he has to go "potty".
HA.
Maya-isms
Maya's language and comprehension has absolutely exploded these days. She is constantly asking questions, she tells stories, she sings songs and just generally likes to talk. I think some of my favorite moments are the conversations we have on our drive to daycare. Here is a glimpse into our chats:
Maya: Excuse me.
Me: What happened?
Maya: I burped in my bottom.
This is her own made up term for tooting and I admit I laughed for long time the first time she said it.
Maya: Mommy, you are my mommy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya.
Maya: Daddy is my daddy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Laurel is my sister and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Benett is my cousin and my friend.
This continues on as she lists each and every person in our family.
As she was getting tucked in bed, she popped up and asked if she could have a baby in her belly... um, no, and I am thankful she was satisfied with that answer. Not quite ready for that conversation yet!
She has started to make up words as she talks, so sometimes it is difficult to understand what she is saying. You have to weed through the made up words and pick out all the real ones. Her favorite is to add, "gump" to the ends of words... particularly Daddy, which has now become Daddy-Gump. She finds this quite humorous and laughs and says, "I am making up words!".
If she can't figure out what she is trying to say (sometimes her mind works faster than her mouth), she will pause and say, "I don't know the word".
Some favorite phrases include, "I very like it", "I got an idea" and "that's silly".
If she isn't talking she is singing. And I love to hear what words she hears in the song...
- sticky, sticky 'gumblegum'
- puff the magic dragon lived by the sea and a man called hollalee (this is the extent of the song for her and gets repeated over and over again)
- ring around the rosy, pocka pocka rosy
She even made up her own song... M-A-Y-A that spells Maya... On continual repeat.
She is very into matching and rhyming and says, "it's like the same" when she figures out something matches or rhymes. And only with Maya's pronunciation do octopus and applesauce rhyme.
She came out of the bathroom with her pants still down holding a baby wipe on her back and proudly declared that she "is a Superman". Then flew down the hallway.
She has moved up to the 3 year old preschool room, and despite my hesitation since she is young and small, she is absolutely thriving. Even in the short month and a half she has been in it I have seen huge steps forward in expressing herself, especially about what she needs and how she is feeling. The other morning she woke up early and walked around saying that she was "in a grumpy mood". I was glad for the warning :-)
I am loving this age and am amazed at the full conversations I can have with her. I can only imagine what is going on in her head.
Her new teachers take pictures throughout the day and occasionally email them to us... here are a couple of Maya at school.
Maya: Excuse me.
Me: What happened?
Maya: I burped in my bottom.
This is her own made up term for tooting and I admit I laughed for long time the first time she said it.
Maya: Mommy, you are my mommy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya.
Maya: Daddy is my daddy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Laurel is my sister and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Benett is my cousin and my friend.
This continues on as she lists each and every person in our family.
As she was getting tucked in bed, she popped up and asked if she could have a baby in her belly... um, no, and I am thankful she was satisfied with that answer. Not quite ready for that conversation yet!
She has started to make up words as she talks, so sometimes it is difficult to understand what she is saying. You have to weed through the made up words and pick out all the real ones. Her favorite is to add, "gump" to the ends of words... particularly Daddy, which has now become Daddy-Gump. She finds this quite humorous and laughs and says, "I am making up words!".
If she can't figure out what she is trying to say (sometimes her mind works faster than her mouth), she will pause and say, "I don't know the word".
Some favorite phrases include, "I very like it", "I got an idea" and "that's silly".
If she isn't talking she is singing. And I love to hear what words she hears in the song...
- sticky, sticky 'gumblegum'
- puff the magic dragon lived by the sea and a man called hollalee (this is the extent of the song for her and gets repeated over and over again)
- ring around the rosy, pocka pocka rosy
She even made up her own song... M-A-Y-A that spells Maya... On continual repeat.
She is very into matching and rhyming and says, "it's like the same" when she figures out something matches or rhymes. And only with Maya's pronunciation do octopus and applesauce rhyme.
She came out of the bathroom with her pants still down holding a baby wipe on her back and proudly declared that she "is a Superman". Then flew down the hallway.
She has moved up to the 3 year old preschool room, and despite my hesitation since she is young and small, she is absolutely thriving. Even in the short month and a half she has been in it I have seen huge steps forward in expressing herself, especially about what she needs and how she is feeling. The other morning she woke up early and walked around saying that she was "in a grumpy mood". I was glad for the warning :-)
I am loving this age and am amazed at the full conversations I can have with her. I can only imagine what is going on in her head.
Her new teachers take pictures throughout the day and occasionally email them to us... here are a couple of Maya at school.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
10 Months!!
This past week, Laurel's teacher asked me if I would be ready for her to start visiting the next class during the month of February so she would be ready to move up at the beginning of March. My initial reaction was, No Way... she is so young. Well, not really, she will be turning one in only two months and this was a reality check I wasn't quite prepared for!
- She has become very, very mobile in the last month. Crawling, pulling up and getting down, getting herself into a seated position and even a few steps along the furniture. It makes her seem so much more grown up. Although, when she wants to get somewhere fast she still uses her army crawl!
- She watches everything her sister does with great fascination. They have started looking at each other and giggling together in the car. They have races down the hallway laughing the whole way. She lights up and dances when Maya sings songs to her, patty cake is a huge favorite.
- Music is definitely a must, Laurel LOVES to dance.
- She won't eat any baby food anymore and so far she has loved almost everything she has tried; veggies, fruit, meat, bread, you name it.
- She started saying uh oh, which Maya got a huge kick out of.
- If she gets mad about something, watch out, she is sure to let you know. There is no holding back!
- Still no teeth. Her Doctor tells me not to worry about it, so I am not. The bright side is that no teeth is great for nursing!
- She has become very, very mobile in the last month. Crawling, pulling up and getting down, getting herself into a seated position and even a few steps along the furniture. It makes her seem so much more grown up. Although, when she wants to get somewhere fast she still uses her army crawl!
- She watches everything her sister does with great fascination. They have started looking at each other and giggling together in the car. They have races down the hallway laughing the whole way. She lights up and dances when Maya sings songs to her, patty cake is a huge favorite.
- Music is definitely a must, Laurel LOVES to dance.
- She won't eat any baby food anymore and so far she has loved almost everything she has tried; veggies, fruit, meat, bread, you name it.
- She started saying uh oh, which Maya got a huge kick out of.
- If she gets mad about something, watch out, she is sure to let you know. There is no holding back!
- Still no teeth. Her Doctor tells me not to worry about it, so I am not. The bright side is that no teeth is great for nursing!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Snow, snow, snow
Seattle received a significant amount of snow last week and the whole week ended up being one long snow day. It was the worst possible week for me work-wise and I was only able to stay home two of the days so Rey and the girls had lots of quality time together.
The beginning of it all... when it was fun and not an inconvenience! Playing outside with Brad and Tyler.
Laurel checking it out.
Once it turned into ice rain which covered the snow in a thick layer of ice, it was no longer fun to play in. But we were tired of being cooped up inside so played in the garage.
Helping clean up the destruction caused by heavy ice on all of our trees.
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