Not-so-terribly two

by chuckofish

Daughter #2 is filling in while Daughter #1 is in San Antonio, TX for a conference. Good timing, since I’m happy to share an update about sweet Katiebelle and her second birthday! Can you believe it?

“Who, me?”

Katie is officially in an “early pre-school twos” room at daycare and seems to have grown up immensely in the past few weeks. She talks in full sentences — mostly demands — and can hold a genuine conversation.

One of her favorite refrains, if DN and I are talking in adult voices, is to shout “Mommy daddy no talking!” Sometimes her father replies, “Oh, ok, does Katie want to talk instead?” and she says “Yeah,” so he asks, “What do you want to talk about?” She grins and says “Mommy mommy mommy mommy.” I find this very endearing. She is increasingly independent, but I think we know around whom the world still turns.

A fun day at daycare
Katie has learned to pose for pictures, but in most, she’s actually saying “Mommy no cheese!”

We had a low-key birthday at home — though we are throwing a party with friends this weekend — where Katie was surprisingly interested in and adept at unwrapping her gifts.

Cherries and trucks: Katie contains multitudes
“Rip, tear.”

The biggest hit, as expected, was a toddler-sized vacuum cleaner that lights up and spins confetti. She immediately took to the rugs, exclaiming “More clean floor!” and mimicking my vacuum lunges exactly. She even knows to vacuum “under chair!” to get all the dust. Brilliant.

So, while there is certainly a lot of increased shrieking, running, and general havoc-wreaking, Katie is just about as sweet as can be. Feel free to check in when we reach “threenager” status, but for now, we are doing OK!