Big Bird = Duck

Jordan has only watched Sesame Street (to my knowledge) two or three times. At home with Mark once or twice and on Friday night. Big Bird was on the episode on Friday. Jordan points to the TV and says "duck", "duck" and emphatically "duck". It took all of us a minute to realize that she called Big Bird a Duck. Well, can't say she is wrong....He's a bird and he is yellow....Looks like a "duck" to me too. :) Hilarious. And of course, she knows and says "Elmo" very clearly while watching the TV as well. Good laugh for us. And a side note of future "naughty" activities ahead. Jordan and Nora took off to Nora's room while we were picking up the toys and puzzles as it was about time for us to head home. I peaked in and you would not believe those two little girls had reached into Nora's crib and pulled out the pacies........"See what we can do when you are not watching, Mom?" Oh boy, we have our hands full in the years to come.

Happy St Patty's Day

March Birthdays have arrived....

The Spring Birthday parties have arrived. Linden turns 1 year old today; our friends Miss Emma and Miss Sadie turn 5 and 1 year(s) old next week (my Houston friends), respectively. And Uncle Steven is turning 34 this weekend! A week of Birthdays to Celebrate. Jordan and I were lucky enough to be able to attend Linden Klein's 1st Birthday party today! Yum! Cake!

Recovered

Slumber Party - Whoo Hoo

Seriously, are we starting early with slumber parties or what? I remember all the slumber parties we had growing up. There is a reason parents agree to slumber parties --- it entertains your kids!!! And sometimes more than one is easier - can that be? Jordan had her first slumber party on Friday. Nora's parents celebrated their 5th anniversary downtown for the evening, and we had Nora over to the house for the night. What a great time for the little girls! Yes, we had pizza for dinner and we had Brahm's frozen yogurt for dessert. We stayed up past our normal bedtime, and had waffles and fruit for breakfast, plus a nice walk in the great weather too. Hope we can have another slumber party soon......Oh, and Jordan must not be 100% recovered from the "bug" (see older post) She puked in her crib - EVERYWHERE. Too much frozen yogurt or tummy bug: Round II?

20 Months

March 8th - 20 Months. Where did the time go? Our little "foot stomper" has joined the Terrible Twos a little early. This last week we experienced true temper tantrums. The on the floor, crying kind of trantrums - and over "Fruit Snacks". Similar to gummy bears, but maybe a little bit healthier. She wanted some, and Mama said "no". Well, then the tears started, and the arching of the back, and well, you know how it goes. Then the stomach bug came, and since then - no more tantrums over fruit snacks. Whew! Boy, this is going to get interesting. Other than that change, Jordan was promoted to the big kid side of the Toddler Class at Prince of Peace this week - or is spending part of her day on the Big Kid side. I think this coming week she will be over there full time. She will have new full-time teachers, but her old teachers are still there too. Nice change, but nothing huge. More new vocabulary words for Jordan. Her favorite things to do: read books, throw balls, play airplane with Dad, put on lotion, and take on and off her shoes and socks. Favorite new words: Nora, Shoes, Socks, Elmo, Bye-Bye, Hello, Yellow, Trash, Snack, Outside, and Thirsty to name a few. Still waiting on full sentences though....I think they'll be here any day! I would guess that Jordan is now a little over 31 inches tall, and before the tummy bug 21 pounds, but she may not quite be 21 post-tummy bug. She has not gotten her appetite back quite yet. We love her - Terrible Two's Temper Tantrums and All.

Stomach "Bug"

Mom had it Monday night, and Tuesday. Jordan got it Wednesday afternoon, and missed school on Thursday. This was our first experience with vomit and our child. I hope that we do not have this experience too many times. Poor Jordan was not happy with the situation at all, but we sure did get a lot of snuggles and lots of loads of laundry!