Heigh-ho, heigh-ho....

Soon Greta will be off to pre-school! She is so excited! I called about a pre-school about a week and a half ago and found out that the school I wanted her to go to was full, but we could be #1 on the waiting list. Yesterday I got a phone call asking if I was still interested. Yes!!! She was upset Sunday that she wasn't going to be starting school like her cousins were on Monday. Last night I talked to her for a long time, telling her that her teacher needs to set up her class so that it was be special and all ready for her. I have a parent orientation to find out more on Tuesday, I just need to remember to let my boss know I need to come in late. Oops.

Andrea is practicing following directions

Monday, I think while I was at school, Greta and Andrea were in the backyard playing in the sand. (We have been building a new deck with pavers around it. The pavers have sand sitting on them to go down in between the bricks.) And put handfuls of sand in Greta's hair. My mom told her not to do that. She had two handfuls of sand, lifted her hands up, and dropped it in her own hair. LOL! Nice!

Andrea had her well-check today. She didn't care for the nurse, but she really liked the doctor! She got two shots today, but only cried until Greta got a sucker for her. Greta was such a huge helper while we were there, telling Andrea how brave she was, telling her that the nurse was nice, and that doctors and nurses help us to feel better.

The doctor asked if Andrea was saying many words.
Me - "Not a lot, but she is trying more and more, right Greta?"
Greta - "Yeah. Sometimes she even says 'people.' "
Andrea - "Pea-poh?"

"Pea-poh" is her newest word, I think. She was playing with Fisher Price Little People that I played with as a kid. I asked if she had the car for the people when she tried saying it herself. It makes me smile every time she says it. She has also started saying "yes" instead of just "yeah" this week. That kinda makes me sad. I loved hearing her say "yeah" all the time.

Andrea's favorite word

"Why?" Greta didn't start asking why a lot until she was maybe 3. Sometimes she almost drives me crazy, and I don't think I'm the only one.

Examples (I couldn't remember a specific, so I asked my mom. These are all from tonight while I was at school):
"Andrea, let's go get in the bath?"
"Why?"
"You need to get in the bath."
"Why?"
"To get washed up. Greta needs to get in too."
"Why?"
"Because you're dirty!"

"Andrea, do you want some peas?"
(Shakes her head no.)
"They're good for you."
"Why?"....

"We need to go inside."
"Why?"
"You're all wet."
"Why?"
"You were playing in the water."
"Why?"....

Back in business!

Andrea wanted a drink while the grown-ups were all working outside. I was busy taking pictures (I was working!!) so I asked Greta to help. She did, then stepped back to ask, "Babe, is that good water?"







Greta took out all of the screws on her jewelry box. The side things were really hard to pull the layers up and down. One of them broke, so I suggested taking them all off. She did a great job!

Hoping to get a new camera soon

But in the meantime, here's a picture I found and edited tonight when I should be sleeping.

The funniest thing in a long time

Tonight Andrea said potty. I asked if she needed to go stinky, she said "yeah," then started saying "owie tee-tee." She started saying it over and over again, which had me laughing. Guess who she is listening too. I had to call "Grandma" to have her hear funny Andrea. Too bad I couldn't figure out how to do the voice record on my phone.

She is getting it!

Tonight after Andrea's bath she was trying to avoid getting out so I was sitting there clipping my fingernails. All of a sudden Andrea said what sounded like "puppy." I said, "What puppy?" She said, "Puppy!" then started pushing. EEK!! I kinda yelled and hopped off the toilet and got her on it just in time. YAY!!! She knew what she was doing, we just have to learn more about timing and practicing saying "potty."

Greta is also learning something. I don't know how long this has been happening, but every time she goes "stinky" she sits on the toilet saying "Owie stinky" over, and over, and over, and over..... A few days ago I was in there with her, trying to convince her that she didn't need to do this. I'm not exactly sure what I said (maybe that I would get her potty snacks for NOT saying "owie stinky" so much, and especially for not shouting it), but she stopped! And she was so proud of herself for saying "owie stinky" in her head. When I got home from school last night and went up to give them bedtime hugs she told me that she had a huge monster stinky and didn't even yell "owie stinky." YAY!! Now I won't have to worry about her going to school and having kids (or grown-ups) tease her about that.

Huh. I just realized that was a post full of stinky. :P