The Silliest

Audrey started her Montessori school this year and loves it. She came home the other day and told Ryan...

Audrey: "Daddy, I told my friend Grace that my Daddy is sillier than me"
Ryan: "Oh really, what did your friend Grace say to that?"
Audrey: "She said that her daddy was sillier than her too. We both have very silly daddies."

The next day, Audrey and I were heading up the stairs to go to bed and I wanted her to hurry...

Me: "Audrey, if you don't hurry, I am going to have to give you a xerbert"
Audrey: "Mama, you can't say that, only Daddy can say that because Daddy is the silliest."
Me: "Well if Daddy is the silliest, what am I?"
Audrey: "Mama, you are the nicest and Daddy is the silliest."
Me: "Then what are you?"
Audrey: "I am the smartest!"

Overheard

Daddy: Audrey who do you think is the silliest, Mommy or Daddy?
Audrey: Daddy - you are the silliest ever.
Daddy: Who do you think is the cutest, Mommy or Daddy?
Audrey: Audrey! Daddy, I am the cutest one.

Kids say the darndest things

Rhyming is Audrey's new favorite word game. Taka has become "Taka Waca" - which is just so silly.

The other night I asked Audrey to please put her clothes in the laundry basket. She replied, "Yes ma'am" then since rhyming is her new thing lately, she said, "Yes ma'am, damn" and then laughed at how clever she was over and over.

Also, Audrey thinks that I have the prettiest color of eyes - green (mostly) ish hazel. So when we are out and about she will make comments like, "Mommy, that light is green, just like your eyes, it's beautiful". :)

Messages

Audrey attended the neighbors Birthday party yesterday, where all of the other little girl's family was there. I think she is missing all of her family, because today out of the blue she said she wanted to send an email or a message to: Tori, Olivia, Grandpa Kansas, Grandma Seattle, Aunt Dan and Uncle Danielle (she still gets people a little confused), and William.

However, she got camera shy, so her message is just quiet. The test run however, where I showed her how the camera worked and she sang a song is cute. I think this is the first of many more to come. Enjoy.

"Oh for Pete's sake"

This morning Audrey was walking down down the stairs and paused to say, "Oh for Pete's sake!" then turned and looked back to Ryan and I and smiled. We both burst out laughing. She says the funniest things these days.

Also, she calls us Mom and Dad more and more, rather than a more 3 year old appropriate name like mommy and daddy.

In potty news, if we let her go "barebuns" she will tinkle on her own, no prompting needed. However, she will not even think about doing anything beyond that in the potty. It is a start. And what is her potty treat, you ask? 2 m&ms (dark of course, b/c those are the best). If she goes #2, she gets either 5 m&ms or a chocolate covered pretzel. Here's hoping. :)

Little Bob

The other day Audrey woke up from her nap a little surly. So in an effort to cheer her up, her daddy was talking to her and touched her nose and said, "Is this Audrey's nose?" Audrey came back with, "NO!" Daddy persisted, "Is this Audrey's forehead?" This time Audrey came back with a drawn out, but happier "noooo." So Daddy asks, "It's not? Who's forehead is it?" Audrey answers, "It's Bob's!" Daddy laughs out loud and says questioningly, "Bob's forehead?"

Audrey answers (as if this were her real name), "My name is Bob!"

"Nummy Mummy"

Audrey finally says mommy! - such sweet music to my ears. The funny thing is that she says it "nummy mummy" almost every time - as if the first word is the warm up to the real thing.

She also now says baby - beebee - and hi and grandpa - bapa.

Gookie

Audrey has come up with a name for her binky - gookie. It is funny that she calls it "gookie" because she can say the b sound very well in other words (like Bo for Nemo). And she still doesn't say "mama" for me - though she has said it for daddy practicing a few times.

Ah Hee Wa Who Ha Ho Ho Ho

Audrey loves to try and chant the above phrase from Finding Nemo. It is adorable.

But she loves Nemo and fish in general more than most little kids I think. In fact, today grandma and I were in the mall and we stopped into the Disney store and Audrey would not let go of the stuffed Nemos. So grandma got her two Nemos and a Nemo t-shirt - all of which she cuddled with throughout the rest of the mall visit. When we got home I let her wear the Nemo t-shirt and laughed as periodically looked down and squeezed her own belly while saying "Boe"(her word for Nemo) in her cute high pitched voice, then turned to the stuffed Nemo and gave it a kiss.

Ready, Set, Cookie

Lately Audrey has been experiencing the vocabulary explosion. So as I am carrying her down the stairs, I stop and say, "Ready, Set, ..." and then I wait and sometimes prompt the word "Go!" - after which we run down the stairs and finish with lots of kisses.

This morning, I did my usual, "ready, set, ..." and Audrey answered me with "cookie!"

Socks and Shoes

Audrey loves to try to do things herself (over and over and over). Here she is seen trying to put on her own socks and shoes. She hasn't been too successful at this yet - she will get a toe in her or there, but never her whole foot. This morning she put her shoe on my big toe and then laughed about how clever she was. And she is quite a wiz at taking them off.

Audrey does the sign for shoe and can almost say the word as well. Yesterday at the mall, she did the sign for shoes as we were walking past various shoe stores. It is cute how she identifies things in sign language as she recognizes them (she also did fish, hat and book).

Nutcracker

This year as part of my Christmas decorations, I put one large and one miniature nutcracker on the fireplace mantel. Audrey loves them.

When she first saw them she pulled me over to the fireplace and pointed until I understood that she wanted to know what they were. So we sat down together on the chaise and I let her play with one of them at a time. Then when she was done looking at the nutcracker I put it back.

Sitting on the chaise together and playing (gently) with the nutcrackers has become something we do several times a day together. She enjoys this so much that she started actually saying the word cracker (instead of just using her sign for cracker) when she wants to play with them. Grandma got a book to go along with the nutcrackers so now when she is done playing with the actual nutcrackers, she will do the sign for book and read through that for a while.

All Done!

One of Audrey's favorite (or at least most used) phrases is "all done!" (said with the exclamation point). Lately when she says "all done!" while eating, what she really means is "I am about to dump the contents of my meal out and spread it around." Case in point - is the cereal seen in these pictures.

Bath Time - part 2

Last night Audrey said "bath."

And now she likes to try to wash herself in the bathtub. She reaches for the soap (which I squirt into her hands) and then rubs her hands together to get them foamy (but most of the soap falls through her wide open fingers) and then rubs her little belly (with great enthusiasm). Last, but not least, she looks up with a big I-did-it-myself-smile.

Milk?

Audrey has the sign for "milk" (squeezing your fist like you are milking a cow) down pat. However, she has definitely taken a very broad interpretation of the word. She basically does the sign for "milk" whenever she wants something in the fridge because she knows that I will open the fridge for her and then she can run over and try to point to/grab whatever she thinks she wants while it is open. (It really is a race to get things into and out of the fridge before she can grab unsuspecting dressings, sauces and leftovers.) I, for one, am very impressed with her ability to use the words/signs she knows to communicate much more than her limited vocabulary permits.

Good Girl

Apparently I say "good girl!" to Audrey quite often. The other day when I was giving her some food and she ate it, I responded with "good girl!" and she turned to me and repeated "Goo! Gar!" very enthusiastically. "Good girl" is now one of her favorite things to say.

Red Duck

Little Audrey is a chatterbox. She is constantly talking and humming. She isn't however actually saying anything. That is until Thursday. On Thursday she felt inspired to start actually saying something. She attempted a "Hi", and then said "Duck" and later on "red". The only one she says with any consistency is "Duck" pronounced "cuck". A funny first word indeed.