The Goose These Days

...is pretty wonderful. Her large personality and petite stature make for one pretty awesome kid and I love seeing her become more and more of who she is each day. Which is a curious, precocious, silly, smart assertive little pipsqueak. Some fun facts about the person who thinks they are running our household these days:

1)She rolls deep.  All of her animals are her babies and she still spends quite a bit of time burying me in them everyday.  There is constantly one tucked tightly beneath her arm.

2) She knows her colors. Around 16 months I thought she had them down but every once in awhile she'd confidently try to tell me something black was pink making me think she was just a good guesser the rest of the time.

3) She can count to ten. The numbers are correct but the fingers can use some work. After ten usually comes twelve and fourteen. What can I say? She likes even numbers.

4) She is still a dancing machine. She's moved on the from the kiddie stuff (Raffi? Please, that's for babies) and now busts her move to Pharrell's 'Happy' every night. . .about 37 times. There is a LOT of dancing going on in this house especially in the late afternoons/evenings.  If your miss your zumba class feel free to stop by, we'll hook you up.

5) She likes to accessorize. Sunnys, crowns, beads, as long as its 'fancy' she's in. Again, not something she got from her Mama.

6) She has a good vocabulary. Words like 'whisking' and 'mustache' or 'motorcycle' come tumbling out every once in awhile and like a lot of kids she'll repeat anything. And I mean ANYTHING, as in, she'll repeat your whole sentence replicating the exact inflections and attitude to go with it. (That guy did WHAT?! Oh nooo he didn't!)

7) She'll tell you everything she knows. Waking up in the morning is like watching a car go from zero to 60 in no time at all. Her eyes open and she'll say 'foot,' 'other foot,' 'two feet,' socks, pink socks, small socks, two socks. . .you get the picture.

8) Her 'No' phase (if that's what you can call it) is pretty cute. If you ask her a question that doesn't involve wanting to dance or coloring with a pink crayon, there's a good chance you'll get a no in response. And let me tell you, its the most prim and proper, matter of fact, I'd rather not but thanks for asking petite little 'no' you've ever heard. The 'bye-bye' phase is totally in effect though, meaning she has to say 'bye-bye' to the slide, the swing, the sand, the sky, the clouds, the worm on the ground. . .before we EVEN think about leaving.

9) She has an elephant like memory. She can tell you every person she saw last weekend, which animals were at the tidepools and what the monkey at the zoo was eating. . .three months ago. I've got a pretty good memory (which happens to be the way I survived school) so I'm hoping this continues to serve her well.

10) We are buddies. I am so grateful for getting to spend so much time with this little human and being proud to call her mine. We spend hours talking, snuggling, dancing, playing and walking around the neighborhood. I am already so proud of who she is becoming.