February Fatigues

While I find the peeing pictures quite hilarious, I know some family probably want new pictures or some sort of update.

Sadly, there isn't a lot going on to update about. We've had a couple sick weeks, so we've been indoors. And no one, not even a 20 month old wants their picture taken when they are sick. But we seem to be back to "normal" now.

We've been watching a lot of Olympics around here and Tennyson has deemed hockey to be football, no matter how many times we get her to say hockey. She also calls curling football too, so we're working on it. She has learned that when Canada scores in hockey and Mom yells, she runs over for the celebratory lift into the air. Poor Dad hasn't been able to cheer too much. Well, not in the women's hockey game anyway.

She has also become a little copycat and wants to try everything and do everything on her own. She's discovered how to open one of the bedroom doors and tried desperately to open the bathroom door, but that knob is a little tougher, so she hasn't mastered it yet.

Now that she's healthy again, she is the chattiest chatterbox in the world! Dad has yet to become fluent in Tennyson but we're trying to teach him. She likes saying noo-noo (noodles), nah (snack), uppie, sit, sheep (thankfully those two don't sound like some inappropriate words), read (which she says 1043289702347 times a day), shoo shoo (soother), coat, Amy, Elmo, moo moo (Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba), show, and well, she will basically say anything you ask her to, it's just a toss up as to what it's going to sound like. She has tried to say her name a couple of times, but it sounds more like ten-ten. Close.

At almost 21 months, she is a little busy body. She still doesn't play too well, or too long on her own, but she is getting better and will sit and play for 5 minutes or so, but as soon as she sees you start to do something, she runs over to take a look.

She has learned to take pictures with the camera...not sure I like that, but what can you do? She also loves to dip things. Today she was dipping her mango pieces into ketchup. Whatever gets the to eat, right?

Her hair is getting a little crazy, but I am not sure I want to cut it. Thankfully she will let me put things in it (for the most part) and she will keep them in (mostly). So for now, she will continue on with the mullet outgrow that she currently has. I feel bad, both Mark and I have cowlicks, Mark's worse than mine, and sadly I think she has inherited Mark's. Hopefully as her hair grows they will tame themselves.

I guess the next exciting thing coming up for our little T is a trip downtown in 2 weeks for the LIVE Yo Gabba Gabba show. I think she will love it, or lose total interest in it after 10 minutes.

Until then, I will leave you with a few pictures from the last little while - picture taking has been a rare occurrence in our house lately.

Reading with Dad

Posing to please Mom

Having lunch with friends

Going for indoor walks on cold days - sun hat necessary!

Like Father Like Daughter

So not only will Tennyson fall asleep anywhere (okay, not true, but she will pretend to sleep anywhere, as long as she has the company of furry friends) just like her Dad:

She also has a thing with bathroom time with Dad:

Oh my goodness, I don't think we have ever laughed quite as hard as we did yesterday when she was doing this, I really think I may have peed my pants laughing. I don't know when she started doing this, but apparently, she might be spending too much time in the bathroom with Dad.

The funniest part that you can't really see in the pictures is how she actually grabs on to her pants/diaper and tries to go to the bathroom, just like Dad. A little worrisome, but still good for a laugh... as long as she isn't doing it when she is 21!!

Here's to potty training!

Apples and Bananas

When all else fails you (or you really have nothing exciting to say), just post some pictures!!

Who knew someone could be SO happy after eating an entire can of peaches (just for bedtime snack!!)??

This what happens when naps are missed and there are 5:30 car rides. This girl would not wake up for anything...that is until I bribed her to wake up with a cookie.

If only we could all be so excited to put on our robe after a bath and just hang out for the morning. Maybe if we had such a cute robe we could.

This kid loves to dip food...apparently the caramel sauce is much better when you dip your fingers in it rather than those pesky apple slices.

Speaking of fruit...I think I could do a whole entry on how much this girl loves fruit. I can not wait until summer when we can hit Costco and buy insane amounts of fruit. Today we've eaten blueberries, mangoes, mandarin oranges and peaches. Sure, it doesn't sound like a lot but when you see the quantity of each...I do not know how she weighs as little as she does. One afternoon she ate two entire bananas, one right after the other. And don't get me started on smoothies. Just show her the blender and you might as well get the fruit out. I should start a fruit diary for her and keep track of every piece of fruit she eats. Maybe this summer I will set out to see if there is a fruit she doesn't like. So far raspberries are on the bottom of her list, but she'll still eat them. There is yet to be a fruit that she won't eat. Even dried cherries...oh my goodness. I shake my head just thinking about it. Here's to the summer of '10...the summer of the fruit trials!

(did you really think I would go an entry without rambling on about something??)