Labels

I was working on labeling Cora's birthday party invitations and she was helping. Well she was hindering more than helping so I gave her some blank labels to play with. She kept asking for more and more. Every one of them I made her say 'please' and then 'thank you', and I followed up with 'you're welcome'. Very cute.
I was trying to get a picture of her with all her 'stickers' before she started to take them off and she was twirling in a circle. I took this one right as she stepped back because she was dizzy. She was laughing so hard and falling all over the place. It was hysterical.

Updates on her doings & sayings:

*She is starting to say 'Daddy' as opposed to Dada, but it is more 'da-eee'

*Over the weekend I would yell 'Dennis' to get his attention and when he wouldn't respond she would yell it over and over again until he finally would respond to her. But it was more like 'Nennis'.

*She is saying 'ank you' for thank you. And she says it often...but not to new people. She is doing it so well that it is really surprising...just all of a sudden last week started saying it.

*We are working on 'please' which sounds more like 'peas'. I usually have to ask her to say it, but we are getting there.

*She asks me to sing 'bus' (The Wheels on the Bus) when I am getting her ready for bed. She will grab my hands and make me do the motions along with her if I am not doing them.

*She will try to sing her ABC's and does pretty well, but usually stops and wants me to sing 'Bus' instead.

*When riding in the car she points out things - balloons, dogs, cows, etc. Mostly balloons & Dogs, though.

*She will ask you 'what doin'

*She tells me 'daddy mowin' and waves every time he passes by the window.

*She is very interested in the animals. Wants to pet Katie and I caught her trying to feed Tucker. She will get down on his level and look him in the eye and talk to him. She gets frustrated when he doesn't do what she has asked though. We often get a look from him to get her away from him, but she loves him.

*Cora is doing better with her colors and usually will tell me what color something is...probably because I am always asking her what color everything is.

*She'll tell you that Tucker is 'ow-side'.

*She has repeated me twice when I have said 'dadgummit' (I picked it up from my sister & brother in law). It could be worse, I guess.

*She is very animated when talking and gets more animated when you ask her to repeat what she is trying to say.

*She is obsessed with buckles and will buckle herself in her booster seat, the shopping cart, etc.

*When the phone rings she announces 'a phone'.

*She says 'Ahh Man' all the time. I finally figured out that it came from Dora...which she really likes now. She usually says it at the right time too.

*She is good at throwing things in the trash...and I use that trick to get things away from her too.

*Cora likes to read Brown Bear, Brown Bear and will read it by herself.

*Tonight she asked for 'pirar' which we both swear sounded like pirate...after a few times of her saying it and looking right at the book 'The Hungry Caterpillar' I finally figured it out. That was a 'duh mom' moment.

*She calls butterflies 'fye'.

*Cora can recognize a lot of words - apple, cup, car, flower, dog, egg, etc. They are flash cards that have the picture on one side w/the word and the other side just has the word. Dennis was showing her the word only side and she knew most of them.

*Cora can recognize her name written.

*We have a routine at night that I read her a book or two and then we 'rock'. Then Dennis will take her to bed. If you ask her if she is ready to go night-night, she says 'no, rock'. It is really cute.

It is pretty funny to listen to us trying to figure out what she is saying too.