I love life from the perspective of a two year old

1. Tonight we were on a walk and Courtney looks up in the sky and spots the moon. She says, "Mommy, there's the moon. The moon is broken, mommy (it's a half moon). We need to fix the moon."

2. Courtney has lots of conversations with herself and her toys. She talks to them how she hears adults talk to her. She changes voices for herself and whatever she is talking to (I think it's genius). Yesterday as she was standing in her crib at bedtime, she was "hi" to things. "Hi kitty. Mommy say hi to the kitty" (Hi kitty). "Hi penguin. Mommy say hi to the penguin". (Hi penguin)"Hi me. I'm Courtney. Oh, you're Courtney. ( in her high "other person" voice) Hi Courtney. Mommy say hi to Courtney". Funny!

3. Last Sunday we went to World Conference and were in a row with my whole family. Courts did a great job of staying occupied and quiet and one of the ways was giving her snacks to different family members. She gave one to my dad. "Here you go papa" (He took it and ate it). She then asked rather loudly, "Are you gonna say thank you?" That is one our whole family will remember for awhile.

4. We are transitioning Courtney's room into a "big girl room" and one of the first things I added was a reading tent. It hangs from the ceiling and has a big pillow she can sit on to read in. The first time she sat in it, I asked her if she liked it and in a dramatic voice she replied, "Woooowww. This is so neat."

5. Over the past few weeks since the weather is much nicer (aka not freezing) we have been outside a lot and Courtney's babysitter is taking the kids outside there too. We got a report that Courts wasn't listening too well and would run towards the street or around the house. This is annoying/frustrating with ONE kid, so we knew it was hard with 4 others at the babysitter. So, we started really reinforcing it at home and talking to her about it as much as we could. I guess we did too good of a job, because when she runs away at home or has to go in time out and get "talked to" about it, we say, "You have to listen to mommy and daddy". To which she replies, "No, listen to Tina". So, I guess we will start telling her to listen to mommy, daddy, AND Tina. We'll see how that goes:)