It's hard to believe that our baby is two years old! We've had fun singing "Happy Birthday" all week long to Grace. She never tires of hearing it and singing along. Every time we finish, she reminds us to blow out the candles too.
The girls have been working on a sticker chart all week long in order to go to Chuck-E-Cheese. We conveniently helped them to earn enough just in time for Gracie's Birthday. We had such a fun birthday together as a family at Chuck-E-Cheese's and then at Grandma and Grandpa Yorgason's house with cousins. I can't believe we don't have a picture of her blowing out the candles--only video!
Grace's Favorite Things to Do:
- taking care of her baby that she calls "my Becca"
- going potty "all by myself," which really means just sitting on the toilet for a few minutes, like a big girl
- having a tea party and pouring the water herself
- saying prayers--she insists on saying most of the prayers in our home, and she'll begin without anyone asking her to say them. And after a sentence or two, she'll stop and complain that "Millie Mae not saying prayer" (Millie isn't folding her arms!)
- brushing anyone's hair who will let her
- pushing her dollies on the swing
- dancing in her purple polka dot princess dress
- taking off her diaper and throwing it onto the floor before she falls asleep (and then wetting the crib before we discover it's off!)
- coloring with markers, gluing with a LOT of Elmer's glue, doing play dough and any other craft she can get her hands on
- helping to make Mac'n Cheese or or orange juice or any food that allows her time up on the counter
- singing songs solo style--as shy as she can be, she still loves to perform!
Gracie's Favorite Foods:
- frispies (rice crispies)
- fruit (she eats more fruit than anyone in our family)
- chicken dinosaurs
- mac 'n cheese
- juice
- hot dogs
- cheese
- toast that she butters herself
- fishes, crackers, pretzels, etc.
- rice that she salts herself
- "torn" (corn)
Cute Sayings:
- As I pick her up, she'll say "ahhh...I so heavy!"
- "um...sure...yeah, sure!" (this is her main way to say, "yes")
- "why?"
- "otay" (she hasn't got the "k" sound down yet)
- "amen" when finishing a book or ending a pretend phone call
- "tan you pease help me?" (she is very polite!)
- "tome on, otay?"
- when anyone takes a bite of food, she'll ask, "you lite it?"
- "I get mateed (married) in da temple" (and every time she sees a princess, she mentions how they are getting married too!)
- "Mommy,...wha doin?" (she loves to talk about what I'm doing)
- her complex personality that keeps us wondering
- she can be sweet and cuddly, reserved and shy, hyper and fun, strong-willed or agreeable
- her constant jabbering that is getting easier to understand all the time
- she's always talked in sentences! She is smart girl!
- her cute nose-wrinkle when she laughs
- she shrugs her shoulders after she makes a comment
- she makes the biggest frown with her lower lip out and turning down
- her innate mothering nature--she has a need to care for her babies everyday
- how she can concentrate for a long time on things like drawing, books , puzzles, etc.
