Holiday Weekend Happenings

Our Labor Day weekend has been a nice and quiet one.  We stayed around the house most of the weekend.  Yesterday, we ordered pizza and gave Mia a few bites (after she was given a nutritious meal which she ignored).  Now, every time she sees the pizza box she points at it, says "pizza!", and becomes unruly when we don't magically conjure up some more pizza.  Yeah, we're gonna have to get that box out of here.  Other than that, we've been playing a lot.  It was nice for the three of us to be home all day together for two days in a row (Sunday and Monday).  On Friday afternoon, we went to the park.  I think Mia went on three or four walks this weekend.  Wesley mapped the route I took with Mia today and told me that we walked a mile and a half.  Not too bad since I needed to work off that pizza!

There are a couple of Mia stories that have happened in the last few weeks that I think are funny.  The first was when Wesley was putting Mia in her carseat after we got groceries one day.  For some reason, she really did not want to be buckled into her seat.  She got so angry that she yanked her hair bow out of her hair and threw it at her daddy!  It's hard to be stern and tell her not to do something when you're laughing.  Another funny moment came one evening when Wesley was telling Mia goodnight.  He bent down to give her a kiss when she burped in his face!  Then, she giggled which made it even funnier!  Oh, that girl...:)

Mia is getting much better at saying people's names.  She can say the names of most of the kids in her class as well as all of her grandparents (of which she has several!).  She has noticed that Wesley always calls me "honey".  Sometimes she'll point at me and say "Honey! Honey!"  Her vocabulary expands almost daily.  I was trying to keep up with all of the new stuff she's been saying, but it's impossible.  My dad taught Mia to say "Be cool!"  I love that one.  She also has a book that she refers to as her "cow book".  It's about farm animals.  According to Mia, every animal in it is either a horse, cow, bird, or puppy.  We're working on the other animals.  Speaking of horses, I can't ever sit with my legs crossed anymore because Mia climbs on to my leg wanting a ride.  She hops on and says, "Horsey! Yeehaw!"  Can you tell she's a Texan? Hehe!

It's very common to see Mia carrying a baby doll nowadays.  You can tell from all of the toys in the floor that we've been having a great time this weekend!

Mia loves Sesame Street.  She's way into Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert, and Ernie.  Here she was saying, " Bert, night night!"