So it's almost been THREE MONTHS since my last post...not because there's nothing to tell, but I've been too busy to tell it! Let me see what I can catch you up on...
First and foremost, Addison is almost 100% potty trained!! Back around the first week of September she really started doing well and graduated from Pull-ups to big girl panties (during the day) sometime mid-September. She still has occasional accidents (mostly when she's too busy to stop what she's doing), but overall is doing very well. We are very excited that we don't have to buy Pull-ups or diapers anymore! One of the hardest things to overcome for her was using a public restroom, but she has conquered that like a champ! Thanks to cute and convenient travel fold up potty seats and covers, we've successfully mastered the public toilet! As a matter of fact, often she becomes obsessed with going to the potty when we are in public and I end up taking her repeatedly while we are out. I never imagined potty training could be so rewarding...and interesting. On a few occasions when we've been traveling, we've pulled out the froggy potty and let her go on the side of the road or in the car...those were definitely fun times. There were other interesting times that weren't quite so amusing, but I'll spare you the details of those.
Here she is proudly holding her Elmo big girl panties that she will be taking to school that day as a back-up
Hilarious things that Addison says: (Almost anything she says is cute, mostly because of the way she says it. She can't pronounce "L" or "R" (they both sound like "W") and she has a lisp when she pronounces "S")
1. Are you SERIOUS?! and Are you KIDDING ME?! These are fun and she will catch you off guard by throwing these out at the most random moments. She and I have a conversation that doesn't make any sense but is funny when we're riding in the car or need some entertainment. It probably won't seem that funny to you, but here goes anyway...
Addi: Three hundred dollars
Me: Three hundred dollars??!!
Addi: Yes
Me: Are you serious??
Addi: Yes
Me: That's a LOT of money!
(Repeat from the beginning at least 5 times)
2. She likes to pray before her meals, before bedtime, and we've also starting saying a prayer on the way to school. Last week, as I was driving her to school, I asked her what she would like to thank God for and as usual, she said "Pizza!" so after thanking God for pizza, I started thanking him for family, friends, school, etc. and Addison started saying her own prayer, which was adapted from her nighttime prayer: "Thank you for this beautiful day. Thank you for my family and friends, keep me safe once again. Amen." I told her that was a beautiful prayer and she said "Shh, Mommy, don't talk." (Bossy, huh?) So I got quiet and she said her prayer again and this time, when she ended, I didn't say a word. After about a minute, she said, "Mommy, say Good Job Addison" so I did and she said, "Shh, Mommy don't talk!" I laughed so hard at that.
3. The other day, I was reading her numbers book to her and when I started counting, she said "No Mommy, do it in Spanish!" I looked at her in shock and told her I didn't know how to count in Spanish. So she promptly demonstrated in her Southern drawl "Uno, Dose, Trace, Quattro, Sink-o, Saese, Sietay, Ocho". I just about died! She's a little smarty pants!
4. She taught me a new song that she learned at school called "Days of the Week" it's cute to hear her southern self sing this song, while she points to the air (I assume her teacher points to each day on the wall, so she imitates). It's to the tune of the Addams Family theme song...Days of the Week (clap, clap), days of the week (clap, clap), days of the week, days of the week, days of the week (clap, clap). Dere's Sunday and dere's Monday, dere's Tuesday and dere's Wednesday, dere's Tursday and dere's Fwiday, and den it's Saturday." (start over)
5. Yes, I did! - when you ask her if she did something, she'll respond emphatically with this phrase (and her cute lisp)
Addison's favorite songs that she likes to sing and knows EVERY word:
1. American Honey and other Lady A favorites
2. Farmer's Daughter
3. Stuck Like Glue
4. You Make Me Smile
Actually, she knows almost every single song on country radio, which is disturbing at times. Can you imagine seeing/hearing a 2 and 1/2 year old singing her heart out to "Crazy Town" while she's dancing and holding her microphone??
Other favorite things:
TINKERBELL - she is absolutely obsessed with Tinkerbell. She has the Great Fairy Rescue movie and watches it constantly and quotes it throughout the day. She even talks in a New Zealand accent like the girl in the movie. She was Tinkerbell for Halloween and walked around saying "Mommy, I Tinkerbell!!" the whole time
CANDY - she's obsessed with candy and marshmallows, which probably had a lot to do with our success in potty training
CARROTS and RANCH - this is about the only vegetable I can get in her so I give it to her almost every single day
DORA the EXPLORER - the MOST annoying show ever
Addison had a fun-filled Halloween. She had a party at her GrandNanda and Pippy's house on Saturday night and went trick-or-treating at home on Sunday night. She enjoyed going around and getting candy from the neighbors, but I think she mostly enjoyed when we came home and she got to give out candy to the other trick-or-treaters. It was a blast!
Other great pics since I last posted:
Nanda and Pippy came to visit and we went to Black's Peach Farm in York
