reese notes: age 2

{smiling at her daddy} 

accomplishments:

pro jumper -  took her forever to learn.  finally, after watching her friend, jack, jump on the tramp, she figured it out
sings entire abc's and recognizes each letter and their sign
counts to 13
can recognize, name, and sign all of the main colors
successfully blows bubbles from a bubble wand
can catch a larger ball thrown at her

favorites:

the color yellow
singing any and all songs with actions. favorites include popcorn popping, speckled frogs, monkey's swinging
coloring with markers {hip, hip, hooray for washable!!}
bikes
eating popsicles, ice cream, or snowies outside {she asks for one of these almost every day as soon as she wakes up from her nap}
her baby doll
honey toast, pb sandwiches, meat, peas, corn, and almost every fruit ever created
swimming all by herself and jumping off the pool wall {with floaties}
any activity that involves her daddy or being outside
reading books with mommy
primary song: i love to see the temple
watching signing time
singing "bobby sue" with daddy

reese-speak:

pay with fends: play with friends or she'll also say "i wanna pay with da' kids." she loves going to playgroups now and is always asking me to pay with fends...
oh gosh, oh my, and ah nuts: reese's expletives
luv lu dis much, i wanna know: i love you this much, i want you to know. this is a line from one of her favorite books, the monster book. melts my heart every time she says it to me.
jussa' second: just a second. usually done with her pointer finger held up.  said when she doesn't want to do something right away
or....: if she doesn't agree with an option you've given her she'll name off several different options. example - mommy: "reese, let's eat some carrots." reese: "or.... peas. or....popsicle. or......no."

ort: deoderant. i caught her putting on deek's old spice under her arm pits a few weeks ago. "daddy's ort..."
no ganks: no thanks
ummm......yeah:when you ask her a question and she agrees.
daddy's wokin': daddy's working. several times through the day she'll ask where daddy is and then answers her own question.
chippers: scriptures. loves to climb on the coffee table with her baby doll and  "read baby da chippers."

funny little stories

she received a new red radio flyer bike for her birthday.  she LOVES bikes and at playgroup i was always having to kick her off other people's bikes since she didn't have her own. the day after her birthday she was riding her new bike in the kitchen and yelling/singing at the top of her lungs: "this my bike, that my bike, my bike, my bike, this my bike, my bike!!!!" over and over and over again. needless to say, she's happy she now has her very own set of wheels.

the other day she came up to me holding a nickel saying, "oh mommy, guess what, wook at dis!!" i looked closer and she was pointing to the face on the nickel. then she yelled, "it's jesus!!" {except she used his full name, but i feel weird typing that out...}. she thinks every man with longer than your average male haircut is jesus. awesome.

i had put her birthday cake {covered with plastic wrap} on the counter. While in my room I heard a delighted little squeal, "mmmm......sugar!!!"  she came running into my room with a big glob of frosting on her finger, "mommy, sugar!!!" when i went into the kitchen a big swipe of frosting had been taken off of the side of her cake. 



we love our little reese so much. why does time have to go so fast? i have to say, the stage she's in right now is adorable - her speech, her dancing, even her independent little persona.  we love it all.


love you reese!!!