Well, first of all, Alia says some really funny things. The other evening she was attempting to make a bead necklace in the shape of a square on the floor, and as she pulled one corner, the opposite corner followed. We heard Alia say "Hold on, Tiger!". Seriously. Where does she get this stuff? She also told us this week to hold on, she has to go "wipe Froggy's butt". We can thank pre-school for that one, since we call her cute little bottom a bum-bum and have never even said butt in her presence!
So what else? Well I can't believe I didn't just dive right in with this news....Alia is pottytrained!!!!! For the most part. Still wearing pull-ups at night. And still terrified of poo-poo in the potty. We had 3 accidents but it finally seems to have stuck...We are now 4 for 4 on getting the stinky stuff in the potty. Woo hoo!
This month Alia's level of interaction and engagement has reached an all time high. She demands story after story, whether it's my nanny's story about when her dog climbed on the table and ate all the spaghetti or my sister's story of her dog Lyla's favorite toy, Chicken. My sister even sent a photo spread email of all of Chicken's adventures...when Chicken takes a nap in Lyla's bed, when Chicken sneaks out and plays in the snow...you get the idea...anything is a story...to be repeated and repeated! Based on my sister's story, I made my own photo shoot of Wee Wee Wah, one of Alia's frogs for whom we've adopted a very silly and sometimes naughty personality. Alia thinks is the best thing ever looking at Wee Wee Wah trying to climb the Christmas tree, trying to climb in the oven, sitting too close to the fireplace while there's a fire inside.
Speaking of Christmas, this year Alia was fully engaged. She left cookies for Santa and did her very best to be a good girl for Santa...of course, it was because she wanted toys and presents, but who cares!
Alia's vocabulary is growing tremendously. She told us "I decorated that" while pointing to the Christmas tree. I have to laugh considering no one in the family decorated it...finally my nanny took it into her own hands and knocked it out in an afternoon because we tend to collapse after the girls go to bed at 7PM!
Alia had a two week hiatus from school and Mommy became just like every other Mommy that Mommy previously judged and happily counted down the minutes for those school doors to reopen...you know, so she can keep learning stuff and stop shouting at me.
See, we've been rained in here in Laguna Beach...more rain than sunshine this month which had us insane with cabin fever but finally provided me with the opportunity to be consistent with her potty...situation. On the other hand, there are those days. You know,, the ones that make you feel like "I can't believe this...I actually don't like my kid". I love her. But there are days I don't like her very much. The funny thing is this whole Mommy job is much different than I imagined...the amount of love I have felt for Alia is a love I have never known before. But the 13th day in the house with two that are two and under, with colds that won't go away, bored because there is nothing but rain in sight....well, it's tough.
