The little parrot

Lately Caroline has been trying hard to repeat a lot of what she hears us saying.  Which means we have to be even more aware of what we are saying around her (although the language in our house is pretty much G rated already).

A few evenings ago, I was a little flustered as Caroline was hungry, fussy, and insisting that I hold her while fixing her dinner.  As I was scrambling around the kitchen I stepped on a half-eaten something crunchy under my foot, no doubt dropped by a little person that then went unnoticed.  "Nice!" I said with a lot just a tad bit of sarcasm in my voice.  Immediately Caroline exclaims "Nice!" with the same tone and sarcasm.  I had to laugh out loud at the instant levity she provided the situation.  Hmmm, a nice reminder that I have little eyes and ears tuned in at all times!

Smartie Pants

The three of us were playing outside one evening this week when Caroline points to a car's license plate and says "M" "mmmmm."  We come over to look and sure enough, there is an "M" on the license plate.  We decide to test her knowledge of the other letters on the plate and she identified the other two correctly as well.  Zack and I just looked at each with surprise.  It always amazes us what sinks into that brain of hers on a daily basis!

What's More Fun?

What Is

more fun

than

splashing in

puddles

after a 

summer afternoon

rain?

Not much!

The good news is, she cleans up well.

This my friends, is why we have PLAY clothes!

Busy, busy, busy

So here it is almost two months later between blog posts (sigh).  Someday Caroline is going to read this and want to know why there are months of her life not documented!

We've had a busy couple of months; playing, working, adding a new landscaped bed in the backyard, starting our first vegetable garden, refinishing the deck (that's still not finished), and last but not least a week's vacation at the beach!  I'll be posting beach pictures soon, I'm still working on editing and weeding through them all.  We took over 600 photos!  Thank goodness for digital cameras :-) !

Caroline is growing like crazy.  If I had the time I could truly blog about something new everyday, that's how fast she's changing.  Her vocabulary is really taking off and she is repeating and learning new words constantly. 
Her favorite phrases right now:     
"Hi, ___________(fill in the blank with a person or object)
"Night-Night"
"He -Go"  ("Here you go" as she hands you something)
 "Oh No!"  or "Oh Man!"
She says a host of other words as well, often pointing to the object and naming it.  She is pretty obsessed with pointing out all the "lights" everywhere.  It seems to be a word that she is particularly proud of.

Her favorite thing to eat right now is a scrambled "gegg" (egg).  She pretty much gets up every morning and immediately asks for one.  She seems to enjoy her GiGi's "geggs" best of all.  We laugh though because sometimes we think she just likes watching the process of making the egg more than she really wants to eat it.  She likes to be held by the chef and reminds us of the ingredients we need: gegg, cheese, milk, butter, bowl, pan. 

Her new love is playing in the backyard kiddie pool.  It is by far her favorite activity these days.  She loves the water.  She usually squeals when she sees it and says "Hi, Pool!" 

More updates and pictures of our spunky little one soon.....