O-isms, April 2010

April

'I don't want it home' (her response to "Okay, it's time to go home.")

Loves pickled red onions.

O has stopped cheering for daddy when he wins a game of chess.

Getting better, but not yet consistent with the potty.

In early April, would refuse to wear jeans or dark colored pants as she thought they were 'boy pants'

Says 'Hoood Nite' (instead of 'Good night')

Likes to sing into a microphone. I have no idea where she learned to do this. Are they watching Hannah Montana at daycare?

Had a fun easter egg hunt with her brother and her cousins.

Got her bangs cut while visiting Oma and Puppy.

Oma also taught her to answer the question 'How old are you.' ('2') Unfortunately, this is also her answer to the question 'What's your name?'

Can't go anywhere without 2-3 bags full of random stuff.

Says 'Oh, thank you' (which S loves.)

Points to my seat belt and says 'Mommy, this one' when we get into the car.

Can get herself dressed (albeit very slowly -- 1.5 hour to get her pajamas on last night.)

Counting with Olivia

5 objects on page.
"1,2,3" (skips two objects.)

3 objects on page.
1,2,3,4 (counts one object twice)

6 objects on page.
1,2,3,4 (skips 3 objects and counts one object twice.)

You get the idea.

I'm sorry

Olivia has been a bully at daycare a couple times, and our care providers have been teaching her to say 'I'm sorry' after she pushes or grabs toys from other kids.

Last week, I was giving Olivia a shower. She cried, whined, and fussed for a long time, which caused me much frustration at the end of a long work day. At the end of her shower, she said 'Sorry Mommy.'

I got ready to start bragging on Facebook. My child is already emotionally intelligent enough to apologize when she frustrates me. Take that, 2 year old who is able to read!

The following day, she started saying sorry more often. When I made her get dressed. When I made her leave the playground. When I wouldn't let her play with matches. It turns out that Olivia says 'Sorry' not when she's sorry, but when she doesn't get her way. Which makes it kind of funny that the daycare providers think they've achieved something by teaching her to say "Sorry"

Did I just blow my chances of getting into a good pre-school by posting this?

Olivia Milestones, Q1 2010

I'm a little behind in posting (mostly because whatever I thought about posting sounded really boring even to me.)

But I thought that I should document some Olivia milestones:

January 2010: Started walking up stairs on alternating feet.

February 2010: Saw (and played in) snow for the first time. Didn't like it that much initially (got a big face full of snow when sledding with Daddy on a powder day.) Had a blast playing with a friend and her mother on our second trip to the snow. I bought a pair of used kiddie snow boots and can't wait to teach her how to ski (remind me I said this next year when I am dragging a screaming toddler down a green run.)

March 2010: Had her first 4 word sentence. I don't remember what it was. I think Olivia is a little behind in language development but Spencer keeps making excuses for her (Spencer -- 'She's bilingual!' Joyce -- 'Yeah, she speaks English and broken English')