I wish you were little

Annabel at the Aquarium, originally uploaded by Rgold.

A conversation from earlier tonight:

"When I was your age, I had glasses too, Uncle Rick" said Annabel as she finished up brushing her teeth.

"Wow." Said Uncle Rick "I wish I knew you back then"
"Yeah." Said Annabel as she thought about that for a second.

"I wish you were little, Uncle Rick. And you too Mommy. An you Daddy. I wish you were all little"

Learning at two and a half

Saturday morning was hectic. We were rushing out for our weekend vacation with another family and running about 30 minutes late. Kristin asked me to stop at the bagel shop on our way to Monteray to go to the aquarium.

"I'm starving", she said

"You Starving mommy?" asked Annabel
"No, I'm not really starving. That just means that I'm hungy" explained Kristin
"Oh mommy. Oh" said Annabel

Then about two hours later when we are arriving in Monteray, pulling up to the restaurant where we were meeting our friends.

"You ready for lunch?" I asked Annabel
"No, I not starving daddy. I not starving"

Annabel Speaking

Annabel has gotten much more articulate lately. Over the last few weeks its been amazing to notice all of the new inflections in her voice. She is now much more expressive than she has been. It is easist to notice this new expressiveness when she REALLY wants you to get her something. The please daddy is much more dramatic than it had been even just a few weeks ago.

Yesterday, I asked her to hold the microphone (which she calls the speakerphone) and tell a story. Here is what she came up with.

Eggs for breakfast?

Some further evidence that the easter is extendingg itself in Annabel's mind for weeks on end:

I asked Annabel if she wanted eggs for breakfast this morning.

"I do, daddy" She said.
"What kind of eggs do you want?" I asked
No response
"Do you want scrambled eggs or sunny-side up eggs or over-medium eggs, like mommy likes?" I asked

"I want CHOCOLATE eggs, Daddy. Chocolate."

Purple Princess Dress

Picture 299, originally uploaded by Rgold.

This is Annabel's favorite princess dress. She wears it almost everyday. She often asks to wear it to school or out to the cafe for breakfast. When we say that she can't, she insists. When we stand our ground, she sometimes has a tantrum.

She REALLY likes it.

Somebody's Tired

We were all set to head out for an afternoon of house hunting. It took at least 20 minutes to get everyone dressed and ready, get the car loaded, get the kids into the car seat and open the garage door. Just as we are about ready to pull out, Annabel says that she has to go potty.

I take her upstairs, put her on the potty, shut the bathroom door and go about collecting some CDs to bring to the car. After about 5 minutes, I hear her singing in the bathroom "somebody's tired". It actually sounded like "Sum-buddys Tie-Rrd".

I opened the door and asked "Annabel, are you tired?" And she smiled at me and nodded yes.

I said "Are you done going potty?"

"Not yet" she said, so I closed the door again and when back to what I was doing. As soon as the door closed, she went back to singing "Some-buddys Tie-Erd". Cute :)