Kaya Doodle 2012

And then there's doodle bug! My little monkey is 2 1/2. Major milestones of late:

She's in a big girl bed! The first night she was so proud of herself she did her happy hands happy feet all over the place (she spins her hands and feet around in happy circles). Then, she came out of her room at 10pm, toddled down the hall and announced that she wanted yogurt and cherrios. We put her back in bed. 11pm. Same thing. We brought her back to bed and told her if she wanted to keep the bar down on her big girl bed, she'd need to stay in there. Now, she stays in bed all night and if she needs us she calls. Unless we leave her door open, or open it in the morning to wake her up. Then, all bets are off and she bounds out of bed and out of her room toward her big sister's room with shouts of "Hayden, I wanna watch Go 'Aigo Go! You wanna come to Hayden?" Hayden is not quite the morning person that her little sister is, so she usually lays in bed like a little bug, rolled up in a ball while her sister spins like a whirling dervish around the room.

Other milestones: Kaya uses the potty now. Sometimes. She pooped in the potty for the first time on Friday. It was a national event. There was a viewing. She announced that "Kaya no scared of the potty". I'm not sure what caused the fear in the first place, she wasn't afraid of peeing in the potty, just pooping for some reason. But, I guess the fear has passed somewhat, but not enough for her to commit to the potty in earnest. She dabbles.

She's all about yogurt and Cherrios, broccoli, mac and cheese and anything "spicy". She even likes red peppers on pizza. Crazy. Totally in keeping with her personality. She's our little wild child. The joke is that when they're teenagers, Hayden will be the one to come in and say, "Mom, Dad, I totally trashed the car" and it will turn out she hit a curb while parking. Kaya? She'll lose a bumper and when we ask about it she'll say, "Bumper? What bumper?" That's our girl.

Kaya is obsessed with the idea of dance class. She went last summer and she loved it, but she's too little for "big kid" classes, so she dresses in a leotard and tights and goes to her big sister's class with her and dances out in the waiting room.

Other great loves - the swing. She announced that she can pump when she turns three. Until then she tries, but she really won't commit. Also, the idea of going on the "late bus" (the bus we pass on the way to school if we're running late). Riding her tricycle and watching "Go Diego Go". Oh, and counting...one, two, three, nine, ten.

Favorite book? "Are You My Mother?" read as "Are You My Mudder?" I read every word except "Mother" and she interjects with "Mudder". Super cute.

Other great loves: Dressing up the giraffe "Giraffee" "Leah" and "Aliah" depending on the day and the mood. Most of the time Leah is celebrating her fifth birthday. There's often cake.