Barry the Snake

Teah has named her first stuffed animal! I've been trying to get her to name things for awhile now, but she never has come up with anything when I asked. Well, yesterday she found a beanie baby snake in the basement that I've had for awhile. She came up to me and said, "Mama, this is Barry the snake. He's my best friend". :) How she came up with Barry I have no idea!

Does this make my butt look big?

The mascot for Kalamazoo College is a hornet and I was wearing a K shirt the other day with a hornet on it. Teah pointed at it and said that it was a bee. I explained to her it was a hornet and trying to figure out a way for her to know the difference, I told her that the hornet has a big butt (well, the one in this picture did). In hindsight, that may have been a bad idea. I told her that one time and now everytime I wear this shirt she points at it and says, "Mommy, the hornet has a big butt". Well today I wasn't even wearing the shirt and she commented that hornets have big butts. Then she said, "I have a little butt". Just for fun I asked her, "What does mommy have?". Of course she said, "a big butt" :) Now I'm just waiting for the day that she tells someone that they have a big butt in the grocery store! :O

Teah's Obsession

Teah is totally obsessed with Dora the Explorer. Yesterday at bedtime she climbed up onto her bed at the foot of her bed onto her ladybug sheets. She looked at me and said, "Mama, help me to jump over the ladybugs. Say Salte, say salte!". (Salte is Spanish for jump, although perhaps I'm not spelling it correctly). When I said "Salte" she hopped up onto her pillow. Then she said, "Great jumping!". I think she thinks that she IS Dora :)