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Diamonds are a Toddler’s Best Friend

My daughter is officially a girl.
I knew it before, but now it’s official.
She’s taken an interest in all things that are (normally) considered girly girl things.
Example 1 – Ballerinas
She already loves to dance. Now, she likes to dance like a ballewina.
With hands on top of her head and up on her tippy toes, she twirls [...]

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Christmas in June?

Baby girl has a favorite song.
She sings it all the time – every day – more than once a day.
And she makes you sing it with her.
If you don’t, she’s not happy.
She even gives you a cue: “And a one two three. Go.”
The song?

Jingle Bells.
I’ve heard of Christmas in July, but Christmas in June?
It is [...]

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Toddlers Make up Great Stories!

The Monkey

Here’s the story my baby girl told us this morning – bright (actually not so bright as it was not even 6 am!) and early!
As told by my 2 and a half year old:
Once upon a time, there was King Daddy and Queen Mommy and Princess [her name].
Here’s your crown daddy.
Here’s your crown mommy.
[Daddy added [...]

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Learning to Read

The Monkey

Baby girl read her first word!
I have a shirt that says “mom” on it – it was a Mother’s Day gift.
Well, last night, as I’m putting on her jammies, she points to the letters and says:
M – O – M – MOM!
Wow! The husband and I were just completely amazed.

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My first boo boo

The Monkey

My daughter recently got a boo boo.
She fell down on the sidewalk while running and scraped her knees.
It’s been about a month since this happened and the boo boos have already healed.
Yet every time you ask her if she has an owie, she says:
Yes, I have owie.
Where?
On my knee. (And, she’ll point to the healed [...]

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My daughter’s a liar.

The Monkey

My daughter lied yesterday.
She got on the phone with her daddy and said “Look daddy! I’m eating rice.”
But she wasn’t. At the time, her abuela and I were trying to get her to eat some, though.
Is this a new phase I’m starting???
:banging my head against table:
Like i don’t have enough issues with communication with her.

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Toddlers are like Twitter

a different perspective

I posted this on twitter the other night…

It’s ABSOLUTELY true.
Just about every 5 minutes, I’m asked, “Mami, what are you doing?”
And then it dawned on me -
She’s just like twitter!
Constantly flashing at you….What are you doing?
What are you doing?
And one more time – What are you doing?
Do you think toddlers have twitter accounts and she [...]

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Look What I Found!

The Monkey

Baby girl has a new phrase she’s been throwing about lately…
Hey mami (or daddy), look what I found!
The funny thing is that she’ll say this even when she didn’t find it – like if my husband or I have just given her something…
I can give her a cookie, a toy, a cup – really [...]