Barney

Well it's been a while since my last post. It snowed yesterday (about 5 inches) and I decided to stay home with Sheila and Lauren (Sheila was off anyway). We didn't play in the snow until today when the sun was out. She didn't like it too much. At first she didn't want to let go (I carried her around to the back yard common area. We kinda got her to finally walk in the snow when we started singing "The Ants Go Marching One By One..." She took a few steps but she wanted me to pick her up again soon after. She still calls snow "nose".

We ate lunch a little early because we wanted to make sure Lauren got a good nap today before we head out to see Barney. She put up a little fight but was out soon after she laid down. She woke up a little cranky and we thought for sure this was going to be a bad time to see Barney but she was pretty good inside the stadium. We didn't get there too early because we knew she just couldn't sit still and wait too long for Barney to show up on stage. Well when Barney popped up on stage, she was just staring and taking it all in. All the other older kids around us were all singing along to the songs (most of the songs we heard was all new to us because we only have a handful of Barney videos). The one song she really knows and loves - I Love You, You Love Me, We're A Happy Family - she perked right up and sang along in her own way. But alas, this was the last song of the show.

Seconds Please

Lauren's appetite is quite healthy. We get a daily report on what she does at daycare and they always write in "excellent appetite". This was quite apparent when we had dinner last night. We had lasagna and she just devoured it. When she finished her plate (which I thought was more than enough) she started looking at Sheila's plate for more. Sheila said that her teachers at daycare said they have to give seconds to Lauren. I just kept thinking about this all day and laughing to myself. My little girl must be going through a growth spurt.

Ready for Potty Training?

Sheila and I can usually tell when Lauren is "going". Lauren will pause in her tracks, lean slightly to one direction, and have a look of concentration on her face. After a minute she'll go back to the activity she was doing prior to "going" as if nothing happened. One time we didn't change her right away because she wanted to slide down her toy slide. She would climb up to the top of the slide and slide tummy side down to avoid smooshing her poop. She did this twice before I told her we needed to change her diaper. So I bring out her changing pad and spread it across the floor and immediately she lies down on it without me asking her to!