A Toddler and a Squirt Bottle

Here is what happens when you leave a toddler alone with a squirt bottle. She has decided that she is going to have it "rain" on her train track.



Then she squirts herself.

Then she decided that she would clean out her "boo-boo".


So after this experiment with water, I decided no more water on the carpet. How 'bout sitting on the tile on your rug. So she decides to squirt the rug.

A Girl and Her Dog

I have been trying to catch this picture for a long time. I have a great picture of Willow, as a puppy with Sedona out in our grass when Willow was about 2-3 months old (in the dining room). She was so small (if you call 16 lbs small). I have another picture of Izzy and Willow when Izzy was about 5 mo old. Now I have these of Izzy lovin' on her Will-Will. This dog is the best. I would recommend a Mastiff to anyone. She just let's Izzy climb on her with objections, she is good natured, and protective of us.

Potty training

I have had several conversations with other moms about potty training. Is it always this easy? Is my first question. We have 1-2 accidents a week. We are going potty in public. She wears undies all day and only pull-ups at night. And may I say she is not even 2. This may be easy, but Paul and I were talking about how hard it was to get her to sleep in a bed (i.e. I held her for the first 6 weeks, she then transitioned to the car seat in the crib and then in the crib), she hated the bottle (took first bottle at about 12 weeks), and to go to sleep we held her for the first 12 months till she fell asleep. So this may be easy but all those other things were tough.

Agua

We were leaving school today and Izzy walks up to the water fountain and asks me, "Agua please?" Of course. I love it. Speak to her all day in Spanish. This just proves the point that children are hardwired to learn any language with ease and she is at that sensitive stage. My little sponge.

Crust

I may have the only kid on Earth who eats crust off the bread. I am not even just saying the crust, she only eats the crust. She actually spits out her sandwich and eats only the crust. Don't most kids want their crust cut off?

Congratulations, Daddy!

Izzy wanted me to say, "Good Job, Daddy". He passed his test. Now a few more small things and then he can begin his student teaching. Whoo-hoo!