New Happenings

Do you remember that E2 had a birthday and that now she is 2 (Mom won't let me say she's a terrible 2, but she is. Don't tell her I said that.)? Well, I have noticed a few changes with her now that she is 2 - and it has only been a month!

Now she calls Mom, "Mom" and she says it ALL the time. She must think that big kids call say "Mom" instead of "Mommy". But even I sometimes call her "Mommy", and I'm almost 6 (way bigger than lil E2). I think that E2 uses this as some sort of homing beacon; you know, kind of like playing Marco Polo. It is constant.

She also says, "Why?" a lot now. I don't know if she is going to be a scientist like me and wonders why things work or why Mom makes certain decisions (like we have to wait 5 more minutes for lunch). But she is always asking why. It is usually followed up by a little groan of disappointment, "oooohhhh". Poor thing. It is hard learning that you are not the center of the universe. I'm still learning that myself, and I already know a lot about the solar system.

Side note about me for a second here (come on, give me a break. I dedicated the first 3 paragraphs to lil E). I am going to be learning ALL about the solar system and stars this year for school and I am super duper excited! I have already started reading the school book. Mom took it away because she said I had to learn the value of anticipation - whatever THAT's supposed to mean. She said we are even going to build a model of our solar system - WOW!!! I can't wait!

Ok, back to E2. The other big thing happening with her is that Mom is trying to teach her to go to the bathroom on the potty. At first, Mom thought she was coming to tell her she wanted to sit on the potty after she had already went in her diaper. Not exactly how it works. Now she seems to be understanding a little better. She already has a couple of reward stickers on her chart and her other reward is a bite of ice cream. She is SO silly! Jelly beans are way better than ice cream (which is what Mom gave me as a treat for going potty)! Well, we thought she was understanding better until last night....

Mom said that after she put E2 to bed, she was sitting on the couch reading on the computer when E2 started saying (you guessed it), "Mom, Mom, Mom." So she went in to see what she wanted (this usually means that poor Penny was chucked out of bed and Mom has to retrieve her). There she found E2 standing in her bed, bare bottomed, and saying "potty." Uh oh!! She must have felt "the urge" and decided that she needed to remove her diaper to go pee pee. The part she forgot was that she needed to be sitting on the toilet!! She peed all over her bed. BLECH!!!! The kicker is that she was so proud that she thought she deserved a reward sticker. Oh that lil sister of mine is so confused!

After much cleaning, Mom and Dad finally got her put back into bed. I am surprised Mom didn't put that fancy "duck tape" on her diaper. No way she could tear that off.

Hopefully your evening was a little quieter than ours. :)

((hugs))
E1