"I Do It Myself"

I hear "mommy what you doing?" or "I do it myself" about 40xs a day now. 

And what's funny is that she can and will. She knows her limits and will still ask for my help if she feels it is too hard (sometimes she just gets lazy), but most of the time she just goes for it if it means she's just as competent as mommy. We beg to differ on what her limits should be, but she still impresses us.

She climbs the toilet and maneuvers over to the sink and opens up the medicine cabinet. My limitation would be before she even touches the dirty toilet. Her limit is getting her daily vitamin container (and she always makes sure to ask for two vitamins, 1 for each hand). She scoots the chair up to the counter when she needs to wash her hands, get her own banana or snack, the knives etc (eye roll). She gets her own silverware from the drawer.  She has to be the one that opens the car door, turns on the tv, gets something out of the fridge, etc... maybe our laziness made her proactive or maybe she got the independence honestly.

And then I just love explaining myself every 5 minutes over and over now =) I use it as a chance to help her learn more about her world, but sometimes she just tries to get me frustrated. Funny how kids know how to do that. Honestly, she has a ton of cute sayings that are just perfect in the moment. 

I've been meaning to do an update on a few of her favorite things recently:

songs she likes to sing: "Twinkle Twinkle" "Let it go" "Ba Ba Black Sheep" "Mr Sun"

shows she asks to watch: "Sophia the First" "Super Why" "Mickey Mouse"

activities she prefers: paint, read books, try on shoes, blow bubbles

food she requests: "crackers" aka cheeseits, peaches, cheese, "circles" aka cheerios & popsicles but she still hasn't been too picky of an eater. We just have to sit with her for awhile before she'll finish dinner.

Potty update (1st week wrap up): She has had an accident about half the time during the night. One night we will hear her get up and run to the potty and go and then the next she cries for me as she is getting out of bed realizing it's too late, even if it's just a little. But I think the nightly run is a good set up for her and she hasn't abused having the crib railing down although she has prolonged bedtime since she knows we will let her get up anytime she needs to pee (who wants to take the chance? talk about crying wolf though). Nap-time has been fine for a few days. And her only accidents (even when we go out now) are right at bedtime after dad and I talk about how great she was all day, lol. I honestly think it's because we both get lazy when we think the other should pay more attention. She isn't pooping as much as she did with a diaper, but she has done great when she has gone. I think she just needs to get used to the idea of being in that position when she goes. I get worried about being out, but today as soon as we got to my friend's house, I showed her where the bathroom was and she ran there every time she needed to go, so I think we're getting established now.

We forgot to post the pictures of her with Aunt Sav and Uncle Rand from graduation back in August. She lasted through the first speaker with snacks on Uncle Troy's lap and then she proceeded to climb up and down the stairs of the Marriott Center. And she got crabby just as we asked her to be in some photos so Uncle Rand had to try and distract her. It's nice to see things wrap up - things that were once discussed years ago are now coming to a close. Two more ready to move up in the world! We just hate to think about them being far away after this year, even though they haven't made that decision yet so we can still hope.