Jacuzzi + Bath bubbles + three girly girls = Heaven (accompanied by much screeching):
Need I say more?
One year ago: Atlanta visit
Two years ago: Straw initiation
Monthly Archive for November, 2010
Neko is obsessed with witches (has declared numerous times that next Halloween she wants a purple witch costume), so her recent pretend play, although no surprise, made me pee my pants laughing:
One year ago: Yellow Park
Two years ago: Pea Machine
A lot has been going on in neko’s head since September, and I feel like I have to make one of those long ass posts to capture some of it:
We have watched her sweet little self simply explode with knowledge and confidence, with understanding, with the ability to listen, comprehend and process, with the desire to make others happy and to laugh and enjoy her every minute. I know, I know, every parent says this about their child, but neko amazes me, and has taught me a lot about patience and being in the moment.
Enough cheesiness, here are some prime examples:
- ABC’s and Numbers: Neko used to resist learning her letters (from me anyway), but now she shouts out: I see an S at every Starbucks sign.
- But when she is not in the mood and I push a little (like last night doing her giant alphabet floor puzzle), she looked at me, after I asked her for tenth time to find the D: Ima, I dont want to think the letters now.
- Bath time is now an excuse to count toes (apparently I have 12)
- Pretend Play: We are the lucky receivers of a lot of very elaborate tea parties with many an imaginary friend. Everything and everyone has to follow neko’s strict orders. I mean, we can’t even sit sideways at her little table!
- Last night I overheard a pretend conversation her finger puppets were having: hi, you are my friend, want to go to the park. Yes. Ok. Let’s go…hop hop hop….Weeeeee…Let’s go on the swings….
- Perception: The other night in China Town (the smell of raw meat and freeze dried fish in our noses), neko notices a bunch of wreaths at the base of a statue and says: look, ima, so boodiful.
- As we read her favorite bedtime story (Kishta) she points to a dress on the page and says: that is a summer dress…can’t wear it now, it’s fall.
- Is now obsessed with her socks matching her pajamas
- Hide and Seek: seems like we are always on the look out for neko
- Recently seen running around with a garbage can on her head, bumping saying: I hiding…can;t find me…
Write down this date: November 6th, 2010, around 2:00pm.
This post is based on a true story (if this blog had sound effects you would now hear the bum bum from the opening of a Law & Order episode):
I am folding laundry on the bed (so far it’s highly believable) while neko plays in her little room. I hear a thump, I yell something like, you ok? Neko replies with a sweet I bump my head ima. But I have to be an annoying mom, so I ask her, do you need me to kiss it, and she replies, no, nufing.
BUT, I am an annoying mom, so I walk over and ask her what’s up, and she turns around, lifts her index finger (a gesture i swore i would never emulate from my own mother) and says: Ima, stop. Please weave me awone. Get out of my room.
Speechless I walk away and sit down on the bed, looking at the socks I still need to match.
One year ago: Breakthrough weekend
Two years ago: Museum Madness