The Things She Says

Memorable quotations from my 2-year old: (pronunciation included..)

"Mama is like bew-full (beautiful) pie!" (don´t ask me why. she got the "pie" part from "sweetie pie," but I don´t know how she came up with this combination).

"De A de Ari has a red bird on it" (a keen observation when we passed the Alcampo....)

"Dis is a stupid park, dis is a stupid clouds, dis is a stupid car, dis is a stupid tree" (My bad! she overheard my use of "stupid" in traffic and decided everything else was stupid, as well. )

"Ari is eat a ham-huh-huh (hamburger)" (my personal favorite).

"casa means house...coche means car"

"Ari is cah-ring (coloring) vary well"

"Papa is fuh-russ-trated (frustrated)"

"Ari is buy moneys at de store"

"Buhn-Gog (Bunnydog) is laughing...HAhaHaHAha!!!!" (whilst holding him by his ears, making him "jump").

"Whus-puh-whus-puh(lippenstift: chapstick)...Ari´s have some" (the child is obsessed with my chapsticks and hand-creams)

"Opa is put de Josh Goban cee-ee (CD) on de pooh-ter (computer)" (he did put that CD on when he was here in December... A few weeks ago, Ari mentioned it, just out of the blue).

"Papa says ´tomato,´Mama says ´tomaat´" (with such care to emphasize the different pronunciations. She said the same for "bus," and some other words). (She´s becoming increasingly aware of the differences between "her" languages. Always noticing the distinctions between Mama´s language & Papa´s language & Spanish).

"Allyson´s got new boots for Ari.....wooooooh!"

"Somebody´s in de kitchen"

"Ari´s counting...yumber free (3).. Lucas said ´cinco´"

"Ari´s got a new changing-table" (not true, by the way)

"De pizza-toast is like a polar-bear" (first, she saw the letter "A" in her pieces of toast. Now, apparently, she´s imagining other things, too).

I write this as the baby-phone allows me to catch up on all the silly things she says while she should be taking a nap.
She makes me laugh so much every day, amid the stress of juggling life with 2 kids.

Yesterday, I was preparing Ari´s bath and filling the small bathtub for Anika... suddenly, I heard "boom" and she started whining: I turned around and there she was...soaked in her green new PJs. She had tried to climb into the bath by herself and fell in. I thought to myself, "Great! Another bath-problem...it´s going to be months before she´ll take a bath again!", but, thankfully, she got over the shock and took a bath without complaint.

She´s so dramatic, it´s quite entertaining. I guess she gets it from me. What did I expect? I always get super-excited (excessively so) about things when she´s with me, and she has picked up the habit of exclaiming, "WOOOO-HOOOOO!", "Wow!", "cool!", and "hee-heeeeeee," when she sees/hears/discovers something interesting. I suppose I´ve tried to teach her to be optimistic and enthusiastic about life, and I´ve gone a little overboard. Sometimes, however, her expressions are so nonchalant... more Daniel-style: a dry "yup" or "jah" (ja). She´s a funny child.

And then Anika... Well, there´s not too much to say about her at this point. She is calm, smiles a lot, and has belly-aches. That´s about it. It´s impossible to stop staring at her while she smiles. It is so sweet and lifts my spirits. We have yet to discover Ani´s little personality-quirks. When we do, I´ll be documenting it!