I'm not sure when it happened but my baby is an independent little toddler. And much like her mom she is a talker. She loves to sing and knows the words to quite a few songs. My favorite to listen to her sing is a bicycle built for two, which we refer to as Daisy. She's a smart little cookie too as she counts to 20 pretty well for the most part (sometimes she skips 15 or 16) but i think is pretty impressive.
We listen to music quite a bit so I shouldn't be surprised by the songs she knows but here is a list of them
Mary had a little lamb
Bicycle built for two
The bear went over the mountain
Mickey Mouse Club House
Daisy Bo Peep
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
It's Raining It's Pouring
Head Shoulders Knees Toes
Old McDonald
The Ants go Marching
The Muffin Man
Row Row Row your boat
Twinkle Twinkle
Where oh where has my little dog gone
Hotdog Hotdog
I'm sure there are more but those were the ones that i could think of. We are trying to teach her you are my sunshine for Jym's gramma and while she will sing it with you she won't sing it by herself. She is an absolute treasure but she is definitely more work these days. Her newest thing is to say 'nononononononononono' when she doesn't want to do something. She has her tantrums like any child but I think we are able to keep those down a little because she is so vocal and able to verbalize what she wants. I love to watch her try something new and she can be so focused on things and is inquisitive. She loves trains and animals and of course Mickey and friends.
In January we are taking her to Disney World and I'm so excited to be able to give her that experience. I'm just hoping that the big characters don't frighten her.
Friday, August 31, 2012
From the Mouths of Babes
Maddie is hilarious these days. She is very into asserting her independence and has started repeating things that people say (time to watch what we say). This past weekend Maddie and I went up to NH/ME for Kelly's bridal shower (maddie is the flower girl). Here are just a few of the gems she's said over the last week along with a little bit of background on them.
A few days before we were leaving i was picking Maddie up from daycare and said, "Are we going to see Geepa and Papa this weekend?"
Maddie's response was, "And travis?"
"Yes and Travis" I replied (she loves Travis) and then out of the blue she goes "No more hotdogs Papa"
The funny part about the above sentence was the last time we had visited my parents was the fourth of July and they had their normal party. Maddie was hungry and is a big fan of hotdogs however there weren't any left and had to go tell my Papa that there were no more hotdogs. The fact that she remembered that was both amazing and very cute.
The next was on our way up to Maine from NH. On friday night before heading to NH, Jym and I had taken Maddie to Costco to pick up a few things. While there she had found a play kitchen and we had to pick her up to get her to stop playing with it. There was a slight tantrum to go with it but we did manage to leave the store without it.
We were in the car driving to the shower when Maddie randomly asked "Where's my new kitchen?" She was not overly impressed when I told her that it was at the store and daddy would work on getting her a new one soon.
The last that I can remember was on the way back from the shower. Maddie was playing with her shoes and I asked her if she wanted to take her shoes off and her response was "and stay a while?" If you can't tell one of the things I ask Maddie on a fairly consistent basis is if she wants to take off her shoes and stay a while (normally at the end of the day).
I'm sure more will come to me and I'll be able to capture them because they typically have at least one person in stitches.
A few days before we were leaving i was picking Maddie up from daycare and said, "Are we going to see Geepa and Papa this weekend?"
Maddie's response was, "And travis?"
"Yes and Travis" I replied (she loves Travis) and then out of the blue she goes "No more hotdogs Papa"
The funny part about the above sentence was the last time we had visited my parents was the fourth of July and they had their normal party. Maddie was hungry and is a big fan of hotdogs however there weren't any left and had to go tell my Papa that there were no more hotdogs. The fact that she remembered that was both amazing and very cute.
The next was on our way up to Maine from NH. On friday night before heading to NH, Jym and I had taken Maddie to Costco to pick up a few things. While there she had found a play kitchen and we had to pick her up to get her to stop playing with it. There was a slight tantrum to go with it but we did manage to leave the store without it.
We were in the car driving to the shower when Maddie randomly asked "Where's my new kitchen?" She was not overly impressed when I told her that it was at the store and daddy would work on getting her a new one soon.
The last that I can remember was on the way back from the shower. Maddie was playing with her shoes and I asked her if she wanted to take her shoes off and her response was "and stay a while?" If you can't tell one of the things I ask Maddie on a fairly consistent basis is if she wants to take off her shoes and stay a while (normally at the end of the day).
I'm sure more will come to me and I'll be able to capture them because they typically have at least one person in stitches.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
A trip to the farm!
Today we took our first trip to a farm. Along with our friends Brock and Erin we took Maddie to Great Country Farms in Bluemont, VA. We had decided last fall after spending a great day with Brock and Erin apple picking that we wanted to go peach picking the next summer. This was the weekend we decided to do it. Great Country farm is a fantastic place for all ages. The weather was perfect being the upper 70s when we got there and probably hitting a high of about 85 for the day. The peaches were just so so (i think we might have been a little late in the season but we got a few good ones) but the blackberries were fantastic as were the cherry tomatoes.
We got there about 12:30 and had a nice picnic lunch near the parking lot before heading up to the main building where you catch the ride to the orchard. We picked our peaches first and then rode to the blackberries. After all our picking we paid for our fruit and brought it back to the car. We then headed to the petting zoo/farm animal part of the farm. While we were in line a woman had handed us some extra food for the farm animals and we took our crushed corn and headed to see what they head.
Maddie was a little hesitant at first but after watching dad feed the animals she was all for it. She had such a great time feeding the miniture horses, goats, and donkeys and kept wanting more. It was such a great experience and probably one of our favorite parts of the day. After feeding the animals we went to the little playground where maddie went down the tractor slide. It was pretty steep and went fast but our little daredevil loved it!
It was a long day and we were at the farm about 4 hours. All in all we had such a great day and I'm sure we will go back again.
Once we get the few pictures we took I'll post them.
We got there about 12:30 and had a nice picnic lunch near the parking lot before heading up to the main building where you catch the ride to the orchard. We picked our peaches first and then rode to the blackberries. After all our picking we paid for our fruit and brought it back to the car. We then headed to the petting zoo/farm animal part of the farm. While we were in line a woman had handed us some extra food for the farm animals and we took our crushed corn and headed to see what they head.
Maddie was a little hesitant at first but after watching dad feed the animals she was all for it. She had such a great time feeding the miniture horses, goats, and donkeys and kept wanting more. It was such a great experience and probably one of our favorite parts of the day. After feeding the animals we went to the little playground where maddie went down the tractor slide. It was pretty steep and went fast but our little daredevil loved it!
It was a long day and we were at the farm about 4 hours. All in all we had such a great day and I'm sure we will go back again.
Once we get the few pictures we took I'll post them.
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