Thursday, September 10, 2015

Same Rapunzel

Dear Lila,

You were playing with your princess figurines today when you suddenly pressed the Rapunzel one against the underwear you were wearing. Of course, I had to ask you, "Uhh, what are you doing?" You replied, "Same!" As in, your Rapunzel toy was the same as the Rapunzel on your Disney princesses underwear. Oh, ha!

Love,
Mom

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Bah Guys

Dear Lila,

Whenever something goes missing and I ask you where it is, you tell me, "Bah guys [bad guys] took it."

Love,
Mom

Friday, August 21, 2015

Squishy Belly

Dear Lila,

I had my shirt lifted up while I was pumping breastmilk earlier today and when you saw my post-baby stomach, you touched it and said, "I love your belly. Squishy. Another baby inside?"

Ouch. Time for me to hit the gym!

Love,
Mom

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Wash and Wear

Dear Lila,

Due to that whole paper towel mess in the bathroom yesterday, I now always go with you when you have to go to the bathroom. However, I was still asleep this morning when PoiPoi let you go on your own and when she went to check on you, you, for some reason, were washing your underwear in the sink. Wha?

Love,
Mom

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Terrible Towels

Dear Lila,

The good: As I mentioned a couple of days ago, you are fully capable of going to the bathroom by yourself.

The bad: I let you go to the bathroom on your own this afternoon and waited downstairs. You were in the bathroom for awhile, though, so I went upstairs to check on you and this is what I found: Instead of using toilet paper to wipe yourself, you had used half a roll of paper towels (we keep a roll on top of the toilet) to wipe yourself.

The ugly: You had thrown all of those paper towels into the toilet and I had to fish the giant wad of urine-soaked towels out with my hands.

It was a mess but I am so very thankful that at least you hadn't flushed and created an even bigger mess! Oh, and it's going to be awhile before I let you go to the bathroom by yourself again!

Love,
Mom

Friday, August 14, 2015

So Corny

Dear Lila,

I have a keepsake box where I keep special things related to Daddy: airline ticket stubs from trips we've taken together, cards he's given me, programs from Broadway shows he's taken me to, etc. I was looking through it yesterday while you were sitting next to me and started grinning as I read the really sweet things Daddy had written to me in an old birthday card. You asked me, "Why you smiling?" and I told you, "Daddy is so corny." You immediately peered into the keepsake box and asked me, "Where corn?" Haha!

Love,
Mom

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Favorite Princesses

Dear Lila,

Your favorite Disney princess is Belle. You and your baby Belle doll were inseparable when you first got her, you were so excited when Daddy and I bought you your own Belle dress and when Daddy took you to see the Disney Live fairy tales show earlier this year, all you talked about afterward was seeing Belle, even though Cinderella and Snow White were in it, too (in fact, you called it the "Belle show.")

Recently, you have also become enthralled with "Sofia the First" after I let you watch a couple episodes of the show. Now, you always ask to watch the show, constantly declare that you love Sofia and light up whenever you see any type of Sofia merchandise when we're at a store. You've already told me that you want to be Sofia for Halloween and asked for a Sofia-themed birthday party.

And so this morning, when Belle was featured in the episode of Sofia the First that you were watching and your two favorite princesses were onscreen together, I was pretty sure you were going to burst from your excitement!

In other news from today, you did so well with potty training and went to the bathroom by yourself several times. And when I say by yourself, I mean that you totally went by yourself--and you even insisted on it. When you had to go to the bathroom, you shouted, "Pee pee!" and ran to the bathroom; if I followed you, you turned around, held up your hand and said, "No, by myself!" I was hesitant to let you go on your own but you rocked it. You were able to pull off your undies, climb onto the toilet (which is a little tall for you, but you managed to wiggle your body onto it), do your business, wipe yourself, flush and wash your hands all by yourself! You couldn't get your underwear back on afterward (it was hard for you to balance yourself and pull them back on while standing) but other than that, yay Lila!

Love,
Mom