Nature Calls!

Sweet Pea was thisclose to singing and putting on a performance for us! Too bad nature calls at the most inopportune times...

Future Rock Star

Sweet Pea LOVES to ask for her favorite songs in the car. Lucky for me, this is one of my favorites, too :) (for the record, we were parked in a restaurant parking lot during the filming of this video!)

What Makes a Good Friend?

She's sweet AND funny! Watch out, world!!!

What's in the Egg???

Sweet Pea's classroom has an egg in it. The teachers interviewed all the kids to see what they thought would hatch out of it. Sweet Pea's response is priceless!

Goofy Hair Day

Sweet Pea had "Goofy Hair Day" at her school this month. We colored her hair with washable markers! I was pleasantly surprised to find that they washed completely out with mild soap and water. I may even have to try this again this summer - and Sweet Pea and I can have matching goofy hair!

Spring Pictures

This weekend I took Sweet Pea to my favorite park to snap some spring pictures. She did pretty awesome :) I'm sure I'm a wee bit biased, but, I think she is absolutely beautiful!

Have you met Baby Monster?

Sweet Pea has had an imaginary friend for quite some time now. It has been really interesting to see how Baby Monster's persona changes throughout Sweet Pea's development. She even manifested into 2 imaginary friends at one time: Baby Monster and Big Girl Monster. You can imagine their differences. Baby Monster still used a binky and wore diapers, while Big Girl Monster didn't use binkies and wore panties. Baby Monster is definately always around when Sweet Pea feels nervous or uncomfortable - like, the first day or preschool. But, she's also pretty much around all the time. Baby Monster is a girl, and has had several different appearances. Once when Sweet Pea looked out her car window and told me Baby Monster was running alongside our car, I asked what Baby Monster looks like. Sweet Pea told me she has purple skin, white hair, and big ears.

Miss Technology

Sweet Pea got a hold of my new iPhone and figured out how to take pictures with it. 137, to be exact. The next day, she was admiring all of her photos, and she accidentally turned on Siri. She told Siri, "Text all my friends." Luckily, Siri didn't understand. My future apologies to all my friends who get a text begging for fruit snacks!

Jingles the Elf

We started a new tradition this year - we introduced the "Elf on the Shelf". It's a pretty cute idea - the elf arrives at your home from the North Pole shortly after Thanksgiving, and each night he reports back to the North Pole to tell Santa if you've been naughty or nice. When he returns, he usually lands in a different place in your home. Sweet Pea finds this hilarious and loves looking for him in the morning. Right when he arrives, you have to give him his very own name, so he can get his magic. We were a bit worried about this, because in the weeks leading up to his arrival, Sweet Pea kept saying she was going to name him "Stinky Pants". Luckily for the Elf, she was feeling nice when he arrived, and she named him "Jingles" :)

Jingles loves hanging out on the Christmas trees. One morning he was with her mermaid Ariel, and Sweet Pea was NOT happy about that. In fact, she was pretty mad that Jingles didn't ask Sweet Pea if he could play with Ariel!

Enjoying the Christmas Tree 2011

Miss Sweet Pea is LOVING having the Christmas tree up! She's always rearranging the ornaments and admiring the tree. Here's a little video of her with the tree this year:



And in case you forgot how cute she was last year, here's a little reminder:

Unicorn Breath

This evening I was talking with Sweet Pea after I had eaten some lasagna and garlic bread. She told me my breath smells like unicorns.

Good to know.

Happy November!

Somebody likes playing in the leaves!

Trick or Treating 2011

This year Sweet Pea got to go trick or treating with her cousins. They have an adorable neighborhood and it was a storybook vision. There were tons of little kids dressed up in super cute costumes. All day on Halloween Sweet Pea and I practiced saying, "trick or treat" and her joke, that went something like this:

Me: OK, what is your joke?
Sweet Pea: Trick or Treat
Me: No, your joke
Sweet Pea: Oh, Trick or Treat, who's there?
Me: No, you say, "Knock, knock"
Sweet Pea: Who's there?
Me: No, you say "knock, knock"
Sweet Pea: Knock, knock, who's there?
Me: No, you just say, "knock, knock"
Sweet Pea: Who's there?

Are you starting to feel a little like the "Who's on first" scenario? LOL!

Sweet Pea got to her first house and as the homeowner held out her bucket of candy, Sweet Pea said, "trick or treat" and emptied all of her treats she got from Nana before we left into the lady's bucket. Bless her heart, it didn't take long before she figured out it goes the other way around :)

She had a blast and held her cousin's hand all through the neighborhood (already too independant to trick or treat with Mom).

Happy Halloween 2011

Happy Halloween to everyone! Have a safe night trick or treating!

3 Year Stats

We're pretty lucky that we don't have to put Sweet Pea in daycare, and I think that's a big reason why she never gets sick. Therefore, we rarely go to the doctors office. Infact, this year we went all year without going, and we feel very lucky to have such a healthy little girl! Sweet Pea did remember, however, that her doctor has curly hair. Her memory never ceases to amaze me!!!

Here are Sweet Pea's big 3 year stats:

Height: 37.75 inches (70%)
Weight: 32.2 pounds (60%)
Head Circumference: they stopped measuring :)

So, basically she's taller than 70% of other kids her age, and weighs more than 60% of kids her age.

We're still in diapers, but we're having some success with going on the potty. She really loves to cheer the other ladies on when we visit a public restroom. Also, we're hoping to get rid of the binky pretty shortly after we get to move back into our house (that's an entirely separate story!!!)

And, just for fun, you can compare what her stats were at her 2 year check up:
http://aweebitofheaven.blogspot.com/2010/10/2-year-stats.html

October Corn Maize

We visited some college friends a few weekends ago at a corn maize. I started to get a little nervous when I read a story about a couple who had to call 911 because it was getting dark and they couldn't find their way out. Only to find out they were like, 25 feet from the exit, or something - after police and dogs had to come find them. So, being that Sweet Pea will run like the wind from us, I thought I better get a kid leash before we venture out into such madness. I borrowed a super cute one from a friend of mine. Surprisingly, Sweet Pea loved wearing it. However, she wanted to hold the end of the leash...kind of cancels out the reason for having one. Luckily, the corn maize had so much other fun stuff to do we didn't even go in the maize at all. Instead, we enjoyed the pumpkin patch, corn "sand" box, and a tractor ride. All in all we had a great time!

Happy October, Everyone! Sweet Pea turned 3!!!

Hello all! We've had a very busy past few months! We can't believe how fast Miss Sweet Pea is growing! She just turned 3, where has the time gone? And she's growing like crazy! My mom said, "You've grown a foot!" And Sweet Pea looked down and said, "No, Nana, I only have two". Melts my heart, she is so sweet!

We had her birthday party at a local park and couldn't have asked for more perfect weather. We had a face painter come out and for weeks before Sweet Pea kept saying she wanted to get a lion painted on her face. Well, she got her lion! She loved every second of getting her face painted, and had a blast at her party!

Happy 3rd Birthday Sweet Pea!!!

My sweet, beautiful, smart, funny baby girl turned THREE today!!! Where has the time gone? She's the light of my life, and always makes me smile. I love you, Sweet Pea!!!

I asked her to give me a big "three year old" smile, and this is it! (She's kind of an over achiever :)

A New Panooner!!!

My brother recently gave my mom a new laptop. Sweet Pea was soooooo excited about the whole thing. She couldn't wait to tell me, "Uncle Mike bought Nana a new PANOONER"!!!!!

Surfin' the Web

Sweet Pea was chillin out surfin the web, checking out her facebook pics :) Word on the street is she needs her own iPad because she's so good at playing games on her aunt's!

Some other funny things she's said recently:

Sweet Pea: Let me see your makeup (as she gets thisclose to my face)
Me: I'm not wearing any, I can't find it.
Sweet Pea: Awwww, poor mommy.

As I returned from work to pick her up from my mom's last week:
Sweet Pea: (in a very serious tone) When you see a buggy on your arm, wipe it off. When you see a lion, run.

Such good advise, can't say that I argue with that!