My funny quip for the day:
Alanna is currently fascinated with doctors. Her Uncle Steve broke his hand and had to go to the doctor to feel better. Her Grandma Jackie had to go to the doctor to fix her back and Mommy is going to the doctor for her eyes.
She even has a little Sweet Streets Hospital and a Pet Salon with her "Animal Doctors" that she plays with.
Last night I had a headache, so after playing outside I came in to lie down for a bit. Alanna came in and I told her that "Mommy's head hurts, so Mommy needs to lie down for a little while."
She promptly replied, "Mommy needs a head doctor!!!"
Jeb's been telling me that for years.....
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Rollerskating
There's a ToysRUs near us that's going out of business. Being the sale savvy mommy that I am, I immediately decided to take a shopping trip. While there, we saw roller skates for Alanna. These are like the ones I had as a kid (except mine were metal) where you adjust them and fit them over the top of your tennis shoes. These are plastic pink with Disney Princesses on them and came with Princess elbow and knee pads for the slick price of $9. So, I got them and planned on tucking them away for next summer figuring a 2 and a half year old was not big enough for roller skates.
Alanna wouldn't have it. She'd seen them, so therefore they were something she HAD to try. So, after much hmming and hahing about it, I told her yesterday morning that after work when we came home that Mommy would help her roller skate. I completely expected one of two things to happen:
1) She'd forget about it.
2) She'd try it and not be able to do it and decide she didn't want them any more.
Promptly upon walking in the door at daycare, she ran up to me, gave me a huge hug and grinned while saying "Roller Skates!!" #1 was out of the picture.
True to my word, after dinner I suited her up and took her outside to the top section of our driveway. I was amazed. She did GREAT! She walks around in them rather than really skating, but she only fell on her bottom twice and both times got right back up to try it again. And she didn't want Mommy to hold her hand. Wow, I can't believe how fast she's growing up!
When did my baby become a toddler and my toddler a little girl?
Alanna wouldn't have it. She'd seen them, so therefore they were something she HAD to try. So, after much hmming and hahing about it, I told her yesterday morning that after work when we came home that Mommy would help her roller skate. I completely expected one of two things to happen:
1) She'd forget about it.
2) She'd try it and not be able to do it and decide she didn't want them any more.
Promptly upon walking in the door at daycare, she ran up to me, gave me a huge hug and grinned while saying "Roller Skates!!" #1 was out of the picture.
True to my word, after dinner I suited her up and took her outside to the top section of our driveway. I was amazed. She did GREAT! She walks around in them rather than really skating, but she only fell on her bottom twice and both times got right back up to try it again. And she didn't want Mommy to hold her hand. Wow, I can't believe how fast she's growing up!
When did my baby become a toddler and my toddler a little girl?
Friday, June 17, 2005
Here's a new show that Alanna has taken a liking to. It's called 'The Backyardigans'. Pretty cute actually, but I'm a little confused as to what the heck the pink character "Uniqua" is. Granted she's unique alrighty...but WHAT is she? An over grown ant?? Left to right, I know that there's a moose, a hippo, a penguin, Uniqua, and a kangaroo. Help me out? What the heck is she?? Backyardigans
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Cute Alanna Moments
I need to get out the video camera tonight and capture some of these on tape to immortalize for future embarassment potential. She's just into everything right now and is a major sponge--picking up new things moment to moment. Some recent cute items of note:
* Alanna is now singing a lot at home. Her favorite song at the moment is:
"Twinkle twinkle little star, wonder are, row row boat, merrily, eeyi eeyi oh moo moo." Sung exactly as quoted.
* Alanna is working on going down the stairs walking rather than crawling. Quite a feat considering the number of stairs to our basement and that they're fairly narrow. She learned a stair "dance" at daycare where she puts her hand on the rail, steps down, and then slides her hand down the rail. It looks rather cute though because she sings it with rhythm and shakes her bottom as she goes think jazz..."Step and Sliiiiiide, Step and Sliiiiiiiide."
* Alanna is a fantastic helper around the house. She really likes to pick up and clean with Mommy and I think is maybe just a little OCD as mommy is too. Her favorite thing is to help throwing things away. Last night she wanted a snack before bed and she was soooo intent on cleaning up before she went to sleep that she threw both the bowl and cup away in her diaper pail before going to sleep. Took us a little creative thinking to figure out where they were.
* Music is a large part of Alanna's life both at home and at daycare. At daycare they're working on identifying the different kinds of music and the dances that go with. I was putting away laundry listening to the radio and Alanna was dancing around her bedroom the other night. A song that had a very 70's feel to it came 0n and she shouted out with a grin, "DISCO!" and then began doing the John Travolta finger pointing dance.
* Alanna is now singing a lot at home. Her favorite song at the moment is:
"Twinkle twinkle little star, wonder are, row row boat, merrily, eeyi eeyi oh moo moo." Sung exactly as quoted.
* Alanna is working on going down the stairs walking rather than crawling. Quite a feat considering the number of stairs to our basement and that they're fairly narrow. She learned a stair "dance" at daycare where she puts her hand on the rail, steps down, and then slides her hand down the rail. It looks rather cute though because she sings it with rhythm and shakes her bottom as she goes think jazz..."Step and Sliiiiiide, Step and Sliiiiiiiide."
* Alanna is a fantastic helper around the house. She really likes to pick up and clean with Mommy and I think is maybe just a little OCD as mommy is too. Her favorite thing is to help throwing things away. Last night she wanted a snack before bed and she was soooo intent on cleaning up before she went to sleep that she threw both the bowl and cup away in her diaper pail before going to sleep. Took us a little creative thinking to figure out where they were.
* Music is a large part of Alanna's life both at home and at daycare. At daycare they're working on identifying the different kinds of music and the dances that go with. I was putting away laundry listening to the radio and Alanna was dancing around her bedroom the other night. A song that had a very 70's feel to it came 0n and she shouted out with a grin, "DISCO!" and then began doing the John Travolta finger pointing dance.
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