Rylie and I went to the mall today with my friend Amy for lunch and some shopping. We were at Old Navy and I found a yellow and white shirt for Rylie that I loved, the sad part was they didn't have her size so I picked up the same one in blue and white. I asked Rylie if she liked it and she said..."no mommy, I want a pink shirt." I told her that I didn't like pink...to which she replied "but I like pink." We knew this was going to happen someday, I just figured she would be a teenager by the time she disagreed with me, not 2:( Needless to say she got a pink shirt.

Another Cookie

As we are working our way to Christmas we keep trying to get Rylie to tell us what presents she wants Santa to bring her. She is not really sure what this means and thinks that you only get presents on your birthday or when the grandparents come to visit. Well today we had a break through...she told me that she would like Santa to bring her another Cookie. Cookie is her stuffed animal dog who she loves more than any other toy she has. We have been looking for another Cookie, to replace the current cookie who stinks. So I asked if Rylie got another Cookie if we could throw away this Cookie. Oh no, she would like 2 Cookies! So now that is the only present she wants for Christmas...Another Cookie. What to do? How do you deprive her of the only gift she really wants? Santa may just have to order another Cookie. It could be interesting to see what really wins out another Cookie or new toy horses. Guess we'll wait and see:)

But Mommy Said...

This morning while I was dressing Rylie I told her that today is Friday, so that means tomorrow she doesn't have to go to school. She didn't seem to take much into what I said. As I told her goodbye when I was leaving for work she told me to put on my coat, hat and mittens. As I got to work I received a phone call from Daddy telling me that he was told by Rylie that mommy said she didn't have to go to school today. I guess she was listening but didn't understand the meaning of tomorrow. Opps! Maybe I'll try again tomorrow.

A Big Dog Party!

Yesterday at daycare they got to bring their favorite bedtime story. Rylie picked to take the book "Go Dog Go" which is one of her favorites. She has heard this book so many times that she knows a lot of the key parts. One part that is repeated a number of times is "Do you like my hat?" to which Rylie states the next line "I do not like your hat." Well at daycare when they read it to the class she made it almost to the end of the book when the dogs are headed to the tree. The book asks "Why are they going to that tree? Will they work there? Will they play there?" At this point Rylie yells out..."They are going to a Big Dog Party!" The teachers thought this was pretty funny. I am surprised that Rylie was able to contain herself until the end of the story, I thought fore sure she would have been helping them read the whole story, not just giving away the end.

How do the Piggies Eat?

Yesterday Rylie put her tongue on something medal outside at daycare and got it stuck. She got it un-stuck fine and they said it didn't seem to bother her, she did have a little bloody spot on it when we got home. So in keeping with the Christmas Story theme I had an idea of another thing in that movie that I might should try with her. She is not wanting to eat anything right now. The last 2 nights we had chocolate chip Mickey Mouse and Snowman pancakes so that she would at least eat something, and I got to thinking maybe I could teach her to eat like a pig. That worked in A Christmas Story with the mashed potatoes, right? The downfall would be the mess, not just for me but for Rylie who can't deal with "sticky" hands, I hate to think what she would do with a sticky face. Nala and Kodi would be happy to clean her up after if need be, I'm sure.

Taking a Break

Rylie does not want to ride in a cart at the stores right now and as soon as you get to the back of a store she wants to be carried...at 30+lbs that is not ideal. Today at Home Depot Rylie was being a bit crazy. She was dancing and running around. As we go into the car Eric told her she was not listening. To which Rylie replies..."I am not going to listen, I am going to take a break!" We assume that is what they kind of call a time out at daycare. They are not able to give time outs but they have "quite time" where they sit and read a book away from the other kid - or "take a break". We may need to change time outs to taking breaks at home...it seemed to work for nap time today as well.

What is the meaning of a word?

You can always tell when Rylie is trying to learn the meaning of a word. When they learned shapes everything was a "circle" for a while. Matching was a big one...everything was "kind of a match" for months. Now they are working on sizes so everything is "kind of the same size". We are getting better at not just agreeing. With things being kind of a match you could usually find something about them that was kind of a match...same color, same shape, but never really a true match. With the same size we are saying "no, which one is bigger" and she usually knows the answer. The other thing that we keep trying to get her to understand is what is a names. She thinks all dalmatians are named dalmatians and they are not dogs. For whatever reason the other one we did to explain names was what are mom and dad's names. She got that figured out really fast, she nows if you ask her what is mom's name that it is Lindsay and if you ask what is dad's name it is Eric. Then you ask what is Rylie's name and she tells you her name is "big girl". Ahh, we were getting so close.