Ballon Animal

"Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon"
- Winnie the Pooh

We went out to eat last night and Lexi got a balloon because she behaved herself in public. She LOVES balloons. Unfortunately, it popped a couple hours later, prompting our little girl to say, "Oh no, boon! Sorry, boon! SORRY!"

(she pronounces 'balloon' without the l's of course, so boon = balloon)

Tutu's, Toilets, and Table Talk

Alexis was all about showing off today, and luckily Mommy was close to a camera!

The Tutu

This red tutu, glamorously modeled by Lexi, is best accessorized with items that seem completely inappropriate, such as the kitten ears headband our lovely lady is displaying her tutu with in these photos. Fabulous, darling, simply fabulous!





Toilets

The aforementioned potty training got a little more exciting today! Alexis actually SAT on the potty. Yesterday she just wanted to look at it, point, and say "go potty." We weren't very successful in getting her to sit on it bare-bottomed, but there's always tomorrow!

Table Talk

Perhaps the most enjoyable time of day (when Alexis feels like cooperating) is dinner. If (I said IF) she can be coerced into eating, she likes to entertain us while she eats. Most often, she likes to run through her animal noises between bites, but there is other interesting chatter thrown in as well. One particular thing she says if she doesn't want to do or say something is "go away" and then names whatever it is (ex.: "Lexi, do you want some milk?" Lexi: "go away milk") - charming, I know; we're working on it.

This evening, she was just showing off for the video camera.

May update

OMG - May has been so busy! Lexi is a busy busy girl, and Mommy and Daddy have been trying to keep up with her this month. She says some pretty hilarious stuff, but never in front of the video camera. SHe still loves to make animal noises, and will often prompt us on which animal to ask her about. For example:

Lexi: "Momma, say kitty"
Momma: "Lexi, what's a kitty say?"
Lexi: "Mmmmeeeeeooooowwwww"

She loves to play outside, and we spend most evenings after dinner playing in the front yard with bubbles, her pail and shovel, bouncy balls, and other yard toys.

Alexis has always been willful, but lately she's become downright stubborn about getting her way. We're doing our best to stand firm, but she makes our lives pretty miserable when she's not getting what she wants, and she won't even be 2 until the end of June!

We've started introducing the idea of potty-training this past week. She likes to run up to us, take our hands, and say "go potty" (which is awesome) but when she gets to the bathroom she just wants to have her diaper taken off so she can run around pants-less (which is not awesome). Oh, it's going to be a fun summer!

Here are a few pictures taken with Judy, the horse that lives in Nana and Papa Dunaway's backyard. Lexi still thinks "Judy" is the name for horse.