A Clean Potato

Teah got a new Detroit Tigers potato head from her Nana and she was loving playing with it. Yesterday afternoon it disappeared. She kept asking me for her potato head and I looked around a little but couldn't find it. I just figured it had gotten kicked under something or put somewhere that I hadn't looked yet. Well, this morning while emptying the dishwasher I found her potato head - nice and clean on the top rack. I guess she decided to put him in there at some point yesterday. I just never know what to expect!

She's an artist

Yesterday Teah was napping and it was time to feed Carter. I took the gate off of her room in case she were to wake up she'd be able to come and find us in Carter's room. Of course, I forgot to close the door to my bedroom, which isn't exactly Teah-proofed. So, she woke up and found us and then of course decided to play in my room. I could hear her and knew what she was playing with for awhile, but then she got quiet - too quiet. Carter was nursing well, which is rare lately, so I hated to make him stop to go check on her. I tried talking to her and getting her to come into Carter's room. She answered me, but I still didn't know what she was up to. Then she said, "Mommy, mommy, wipe me off". UH OH So, I went into my room and there she was on our bed covered from elbow to hand in hand lotion. She had decided to pump it out of the bottle that was sitting on our dresser and spread it all over our wall.

What a masterpiece!

Hamstery

Well, Teah has really gotten into watching Dora the Explorer. We have a lot of episodes saved on our DVR and when she wants to watch one I sometimes go through the episodes to see which one she wants to watch. Lately she has been coming up with some great reasons for not wanting to watch them! She comes up with her own names for the episodes, so I'll go through and ask her, for example, "Teah, do you want to watch Big Noise Dora?" and she'll say, "No, that one is too noisy". Ok, that made sense. Then I say, "How about Truck Dora?" and she says, "No, that one is too trucky". OK, that's a new adjective. But my favorite was - "Teah, do you want to watch Hamster Dora". "No Mom, that one is too hamstery". LOL

Not Good For Us

Well, life with two kids is very hectic and cleaning is at the bottom of the list. So, when it was time for lunch Teah wanted to sit in her high chair, but I of course had not cleaned it off since breakfast, so it was dirty. Not a big deal - that had happened before. I told Teah to wait a minute because her tray was dirty and we had to clean it. She said, "Mommy, I just want to eat with a dirty tray". I responded and told her that eating with a dirty tray wasn't good for us so we needed to clean it. She said, "Yes Mommy, eating with a dirty tray is good for us". She thinks she knows everything already at 2 1/2!

Daddy's Eyes

Well, the other day I was talking about how Carter had his Daddy's ears. Not to leave out Teah, I turned to her and told her that she had Daddy's eyes. She looked at me and said, "No, Mommy, I have my eyes". She's a smart one.

The Terrible Twos

Well, the terrible twos are in full force for Teah. The other day she was mad about going into her room for her nap. I tried to get her to calm down and finally just decided to leave for a few minutes. I always give her a kiss and say I love her when I walk out. So, I gave her a kiss and said "I love you" through her protests of nap time. I was about to walk out and Teah looked at me and said "I DON'T love you". Oh - the terrible twos. I figure if I get more I love you's than the I don't love yous I'm ahead of the game :)

The Letters and Numbers Game

Teah has this great new game that she loves to play on the computer and she calls it the "letters and numbers game". To you and I it's known as Microsoft Word! :) She loves to watch the letters appear and disappear (after learning the backspace key). Who needs to buy fancy games for your two year old?