Holidaze

In the past two weeks we've gone iceskating, been to 2 different amusement parks, gone to the beach, the zoo, Sea World, and had our first night away from Eliza, on top of celebrating Christmas and New Years, of course!

The gang's all here

In the past two weeks Eliza has finally named her babies (they've all been called baby up til now). They ride trains, go to school, go to story time, etc. We play babies a lot around here. Allow me to introduce JackieBaby, Emma Gigi, Annie, Chelsea, and One (aka Flower).

Two Old Mice

Eliza's singing repertoire is really expanding. She still sings a combined version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star & the ABC song, but her latest favorite is Two Old Mice. Her grandpa tried to teach her Three Blind Mice one day and somehow this is the version she came up with. She also recently started singing "Thank you Jesus" over and over, something she must have picked up from her Episcopalian preschool, as we've never heard this particular song. She also tries to sing Hello Everybody from her Music Together CD, but she's shortened it to "hello body". In fact she often tells us "c'mon body!" She still loves to sing Ring Around the Rosie. She now has a play guitar, drums, a microphone, tamborine and more! So, if anyone wants to start a toddler band or have a jam session, come on over!

Story Time

One thing I've always wanted to instill in Eliza is a love of reading. We read to her every night, take her to the library a lot, etc. Last week we took her to 3 different story times (we normally don't quite that often) and now she is HOOKED! For the past week she's been arranging all of her chairs and announcing that it's story time. She's even designated a "wiggle box" to put her wiggles in while we're reading, something our neighborhood library storytime does.

Happy Birthday Eliza!

We can't believe it's already been two years! You are an amazing little girl and we love you so much!

Cuidado!

We're not a bilingual household by any means, but we have a few phrases we've sprinkled in the family lexicon.

With the phrase "be careful" we often say the Spanish equivalent "cuidado". Unfortunately, Eliza now yells it out like a battle cry when she's in a precarious spot. She might as well be saying "no fear" or "Geronimo". So it's CUIDADO....followed by a swan dive off the couch! CUIDADO.... I'm running with dangerous household objects! CUIDADO...I'm a maniac on the playground!

Lesson learned. Warnings are open to interpretation and leave the Spanish to the fearless!

Happy Ween!

Happy Ween is what Eliza kept saying yesterday. We couldn't quite get her to say Halloween; she did say trick or treat a few times. We went to a toddler costume party over at Michelle, Jim and Ethan's place and then all went trick or treating together. It was totally adorable and a lot of fun. Then we stopped by Marna's and Cody's and by that point Eliza was completely sticky and really enjoying a sucker from her pumpkin. I had to fight her to brush her teeth before bed. This morning the first thing Eliza did was ask to put her turtle costume back on and then went and found her pumpkin. Unfortunately I forgot to hide most of the candy last night after she passed out. We did let her have a few more pieces.