New Words/Phrases: Some memorable ones are "yee-haw" (yee-haw), "dirt" (dut), "ghetto" (detto) [heehee--we drove through a less-than-desirable part of town today, and Dave felt it important for her to know this one!], "mailbox" (bee-bots), "plum" (num), "bench" (nench), "Bugs" (Budz), "run" (wunn!!!), "wolves" (woolz) [which, by the way, say, "Ow, ow, ow!!!" in a high-pitched voice], "kangaroo" (tane-woo), "trash" (tash), "cinnamon" (minnum)"watermelon" (muh-memmon), "color" (luller), "smile" (my-mo) and "cherry" (cheewie).
She also said a sentence this week. Dave's grandparents treated us to lunch the other day, and Gracie finished eating before the rest of us. She was getting impatient and finally said, "I want out!" (as in, out of the high chair). We were a little surprised and amused. Hopefully one of these days she'll say a more polite sentence. ;)
New Injury: We bought her a table and 2 chairs to use for coloring, Play-dough, snacks, etc., several weeks ago. However, her favorite activity with them is to knock the chairs upside down (so the legs are sticking up). Well, one day this did not work out well because she was running and fell, and her forehead collided with the leg of one of the chairs. This is what happened to her forehead:
No fun! But at least we had some chocolate chips in the freezer to help it not swell so much. (Plus it provided a yummy treat for Mommy and Gracie!) It's official: chocolate makes everything better!
Favorite Foods: She's been loving the fresh fruits that summer has to offer, especially since her grandparents all grow them in their yards. We've been eating lots of fresh peaches and plums, and she has also discovered cherries this year.
(Sidenote: I don't remember if I wrote this before or not, but Gracie pronounces "ice cream" and "awesome" the same way--"ah-num!" It's very cute!)
Favorite Books: We're adding this category because she is really getting into longer storybooks now. Her two favorites are "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that type" and "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig." We sometimes get tired of reading them over and over, but at least they're fun stories, so we can't complain too much!
Favorite Movie: Her #1 choice nowadays is "Budz" (a.k.a. "A Bug's Life"), and her favorite characters are, ironically, the grasshoppers. At the beginning of the movie, when the grasshoppers leave the anthill, one of the grasshoppers yells, "Yee-haw!"; this really had an impression on Gracie, so she now says "Yee-haw" at random moments throughout the day, usually when she gets excited about something. It's very cute and definitely takes other people by surprise!
Other: She is really enjoying coloring and usually only colors on paper now. :) She even draws objects (although they still just look like scribbles). But I'll say, "Do you want to draw a butterfly?" and then she'll scribble on a corner of the paper and say, "wuh-ly!" And then later, when she shows someone else, she points to the same place and tells them it's a butterfly! She also asks for specific colors (because I'm not brave enough yet to give them all to her at once) and is very polite about asking for "a-nuh wun" (another one).
The master at work
She has also started doing a cheesy smile when we tell her to smile, and it looks a little something like this:
That dress she is wearing is one that my family bought for my oldest niece, Ashlee (who's 14 now), when we went to Hawaii when I was 13. It's been worn by my sister's 3 girls, and my mom brought it for Gracie last month. We think it looks adorable (even though it's a tad big).
Dave has started teaching Gracie to count, but she doesn't quite get it yet (which we're fine with--we realize she's only 2!). It's really funny to listen to them count something together, because it goes something like this: (Dave in italics; Gracie regular)
Shall we count? Mm-hmmm. Okay, one... Two...Seven No, three. Say, "Three..." Seven Four Seven Five Seven Six Seven Seven Eight Eight Nine Nine Seven Ten! Good job! I guess the girl's partial to seven, huh?
Here are some other pictures of how she spends her days:
Lounging in her pool, with or without water
Riding in the nude! She's a wild one!
Lounging in her new "book nook"
And here's some of the most exciting news (at least for Mom & Dad):
Before
After
Anyone? Anyone? Gracie has been binky-free for a week and a half! I've been wanting to get rid of it for a long time and finally got up the courage after reading Joel & Aimee's blog about getting rid of the bink for their 2-year-old (and also seeking their expert advice on the matter). We cut off the ends of her pacifiers and then gave the damaged goods to her to suck on. She put them in her mouth and then pulled them out and looked at them funny, and then she put them on her table and just left them there (unheard of--if there's a binky in the room, she wants it in her mouth!). We told her they were broken and asked if she wanted to put them in the trash. She had no idea what the trash was, but obviously it sounded fun, so she said, "Please." So we took a family field trip out to the dumpster and she happily threw them in there, and then we all clapped for her. :) Then she went to bed without any complaint and slept through the night and everything! She still says, "Binky?" at least once a day, but then we say, "Where is it?" and she says, "Trash!" and then claps for herself, and the issue is settled! Thank you so much, Yates Family! We owe you one!
3 comments:
she knows "ghetto"--priceless
(how would she use that in a sentence?)
My favorite part is Gracie's counting. It even made me laugh out loud.
Very cute pictures! She sure is a little cutie
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