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Holiday Dinner Party

December Daily, Day 5

Audrey’s Story

“This [hockey stick looking drawing] is Mommy. This [green happy face] is Noemi. Daddy’s not in here because he’s at the grocery store buying things and that’s Audrey’s story.”

December Daily, Day 4

photobooth friday

December Daily, Day 3

at 3rd street promenade, santa monica. Audrey had school today so it was just the three of us today.

December Daily, Day 2

Things you’ve been saying

“K.” (when we ask ok?)

“I want some more.”

December Daily, Day 1

i love balloons and cookies

- audrey said as she munched on a fortune cookie.

(35 months old)

Things you are saying at 16 months:

no no no

nana (banana)

jeh jeh (big sister)

meh meh (little sister)

dada

mama

gan gan (cookie)

gon gon (grandpa)

shoe

go go go

down

a

a-gen (again)

What you like to do:

Follow your sister around. EVERYWHERE.

Flip through fashion magazines.

Flip through books. If one of the pages has pictures of food, you like to stop on that page, pretend to pick up a piece of food and feed it to anyone near you.

When we’re reading Good Night Gorrilla, you like to “unlock the gates” on each page and you laugh hysterically when we get to the page with the pair of eyes.

When you kiss someone you like to say, “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaw,” and smile.

You love dancing and tapping your feet to music.

You love spinning until you get dizzy.

Things you said this weekend:

“I will take care of mei mei.”

“Mei mei doesn’t talk. She’s a baby.” (When we asked Madeline a rhetorical question.)

“I want to sit on your lap silly.” (When Daddy asked you to sit in your own chair.)

“Pick it up yourself.” (When Daddy asked you to pick up the coloring book you dropped)

“Look Mama, it’s a baby strawberry.” (It really did look like a strawberry.)

“Look, my legs are an H!” (You said after you laid a towel across your knees)

“S - T - O - P.” (You recited when we pointed to a stop sign).

“That’s YUCK!”

“Bitsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.”

Your all-time favorite song to sing right now is the theme song from the Wonder Pets.

Look Mama, it’s a baby strawberry.

Milestone: The first time Audrey’s drawn a face.

September 12, 2010 (Audrey, 2 1/2 years old)

Things you are saying at (almost) 16 months:

uh oh

mei mei

ma ma

jie jie

no no no

ni ni (night night)

ga ga (cookie)

gong gong

♡.

Love that little (well, not so little anymore) wispy curl of hers. I thought it would straighten out as it got longer, but there it is, still curling. Lately you’ve been: Climbing. On chairs. On the coffee table.  On the dining room table. EVERYWHERE.  You’re also starting to repeat things you hear: “Nih, nih.” (night, night). And you love dancing.  You do this side to side toe tapping number every time you hear music.