Two.Three Years

2.3 Years

• We were able to go to Utah this month. You have become quite a good little traveler lately. While in Utah, we got a lot of Grandma time, played at the Dinosaur park, visited the touch and feel aquarium, went to the movies to watch How to Train a Dragon 3, and played a lot outside. We kept you up way late so we you sleeping in until almost 9 each morning. You loved all the chocolate milk from Grandma. 
• We set up the garden this month. It was a lot of work so we tried to include you guys. The corn may be spaced only one inch. Also, you really wanted to help with corn, and ended up spilling half the bag in one spot and now we have a patch that looks like carrot grass. One of your favorite parts of working in the garden is spraying the hose. It is inevitable that you are soaked and muddy after each trip down there. 
• You have started coloring and drawing more, especially since Maggie and Sam have started their summer charts. Your drawings are getting a bit more recognizable. You love to draw our family, usually a circle with some lines coming out of it. 
• You finally got most of your colors down. Whenever I tried to practice with you, it didn't help. So we just read lots of books and eventually you just started saying the correct color. Your favorite color is still pink. 
• Babies are still your favorites. I find diapers all over your room because you have been "changing" your stuff animals diapers. You are loving this baby sister of yours. You will come up to me and say, "I want to hold baby!" You will then hug my baby and say, "Baby pop out!" I love it when you sing Twinkle Twinkle and ABC to her.
• One way we are getting ready for sister to get here is for you to start sharing a room with Maggie. You are both loving it. We haven't moved you down there all the way, but about half the time you are sleeping down there. The first time, we tucked you in, gave you a few books and left. Maggie had the reading light, but told us that she didn't have it on too long. Your dad and I were watching TV when around 10pm we heard the Watson racoon start talking. I walked down there, and there you are playing with all the toys in the family room. I went to put you back in bed but the main light was on (Maggie was fast asleep still). You had pushed the chair up to the light, and then played with the barbies ALL OVER THE ROOM. I took you back to the pack and play in your room (I had to set it up since you can crawl out of your crib). You cried for 30 minutes. I didn't know you could be awake that long.