August 2012

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..... Ok, that might be a tad over dramatic....but August is typically a tough month : )  Elizabeth helped me out by coming to my classroom and getting it all ready for the new school year.  She loved it because it meant she got to play on the iPad for hours...... I don't let her play on it much because she throws the fit of the century when I take it away.

Grandma Dills came out to see us!

E showed off her bike!

Her sleeping has improved a ton for both naps and night time.  She's not eating well at all.  She's still at 26 pounds : (  Her outfits from last winter still fit and I thought they were getting too small then..... She's in a 2T right now.  Her hair is getting so long and light.  She still has those bright blue eyes.  Seems like most people comment on them!

She loves to say "hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" to people in the store...She'll keep saying it until they say it back.  She now wants her own 'cards' so the Giant Eagle card is hers.... She holds it up to the lady and says 'here's my card, too'.  Typically, they take it, even if it's not Giant Eagle : )

She knows most of her shapes and loves point them out.  She knows all of her colors and loves her 'bunny game' that matches objects and colors. She knows the letters B, G, E, M,  and D.  She says the name of the letter when she sees it and 'who it belongs to'.  Her favorite is the B.... "B is for Brandon" she yells!

The traumatic thing that happened this month is that Grandpa took off his glasses.... Yep, you read  that right... Grandpa took off his glasses.  She literally had a melt down about it... I'm not sure if she thought they were attached to his head, or if it brought back terrible memories from grandpa going under water or what.....but she had a hard time with it.... and of course she obsesses on it and can't let it go, even a month later.

We went to the Fair.  Elizabeth loved looking at all the animals... We even got sneezed on by a sheep!  She rode the ponies with Grandpa and the helicopters with Grandma. 

The most traumatic thing this month is............. DAY CARE!!!!!  Traumatic for all involved... Mommy and daddy for sending her (although we know it's best for her and she needs it, and daddy needs a break, and blablablablabllablb) and Elizabeth for going (even though she has fun moments there).  With all that said it's still so hard on us.  Her quote about day care is 'mommy gone'.  I say "how was your day" and she says "mommy gone".  I say "what did you eat at day care?"  she says "mommy gone"...... I think she's adjusting in a very typical way, I just wish it was easier.

1st Day of day care.... family pic, plant to keep at day care, blankie, bear, book to donate to class, and candy bar for the teacher...... I should have packed tissues : )

I probably should say that she's only going 2 days a week (but I realize the way I talk about it sometimes it sounds like I'm shipping her off to a 3rd world country for the year).  Her teacher is very nice and they do fun stuff and blablablablablbal mommy hates it.......  So hard to leave your baby yelling "no momma, no go work" and then go take care of other people's kidd-o's...... 

Enough about that.... before I know it this will all be a distant memory and she'll be begging to go to day care.... right? that will happen, right?????

E waking up from nap time at day care!

Some of our favorite Elizabeth quotes this month are:
'good girl, boy' (she said this to Nathan when he did something good : )
'here momma, want to hold it' (when she's done with something and wants me to take it....)
'elizabeth backfire' (daddy taught her this one for when she farts)
'baby have diarrhea' (she says this even when she doesn't.... always nice to yell that....)
'I wanna watch Mickey' (we literally hear this all day long... she loves Mickey Mouse)
'I did it' (she loves to show off her art work or anything else that she can do)
'Hawk-eyes' (french fries)
'chicken butts' (donuts)
'Elizabeth's turn'  (it is always her turn!!!!)