No Dancing Around

Aidyn saw this warning sign on the rides at Disneyland and instructed me that "This means NO dancing around!"

That Toast Was Amazing

Today I gave Aidyn her first ever cinnamon and sugar toast. After she ate every last bite she announced with great emphasis, "That toast was AMAZING!!"

Smaulding Together

Aidyn accidentally ground her teeth together last week and announced, "My teeth were smaulding together!"

Did You Buy This?

As we were leaving Disneyland I wanted to get Aidyn a little souvenir. I chose a Minnie Mouse doll and gave it to her as we were getting on the tram to return to the parking garage. A few minutes later Aidyn suddenly turned to me in concern and asked, "Did you buy this!!??" I'm not sure if she thought I had stolen it or something, but it got some strange looks and questions from my family wondering if I had a problem they didn't know about.

You Have to Watch Your Children

At Disneyland Aidyn heard an announcement near one of the rides to "watch your children." She turned to me and instructed, "You have to watch your children. Like me. You have to watch me. Don't forget to watch me, ok?"

Sassy

Oh the sassiness. Anyone have good cures for that? Because it's running rampant at my house right now and Aidyn is the biggest culprit. She is very smart and has a sharp, quick tongue...not a very good combination for the sassies! We are working hard to curb her nasty little sayings and this past week in LA I reprimanded her for something and she decided, "Well then I will just go to my room and be nasty." How to tell her that I want her to be sweet EVERYWHERE!?

Sminch

Sminch is a new word of Aidyn's that describes everything from a little tickling pinch to a small amount of something. It's actually a fun word that we're using a lot lately!

Drawing Gas

My mom and Aidyn were playing a game where they would draw on each other's back and then try to guess what was being drawn. At one point Aidyn was drawing and my mom was guessing. "A car?" she guessed, and Aidyn said, "Nope, but it does have gas." Finally after many other incorrect guesses Aidyn declared that she was indeed drawing gas. Come on, mom...how could you not figure that out?!

Rub Your Feet

While we were visiting LA last week we went on a long walk to Hollywood from my sister's apartment. We stopped at a little Philly Cheesesteak place for lunch and I complained that my feet were hurting from walking so far. Aidyn offered, "Maybe when I'm done with my soda I will rub your feet." I declined, touched by her sweet offer, and she answered, "Ok. Maybe when we get home then."

Daddy's Hair

Auntie was teasing Aidyn while she was coloring a picture. "Daddy's hair is purple," Auntie teased. "No," Aidyn emphatically replied. "Daddy doesn't have hair!"

Puma

"My new favorite animal is a puma. But it has to be a nice puma."

Alice the Camel

Aidyn has learned a new song at preschool. "Alice the Camel" (we called it "Sally the Camel" but whatever...) is a counting down song that Aidyn has slightly modified, "Alice the camel has five house. Alice the camel has five house. Alice the camel has five house, so ride, Alice, ride." No matter how many times I try to tell her it's "five HUMPS" she simply shakes her head as if I know nothing and continues to sing all the way down to "Alice the camel has one home. Alice the camel has one home."

Mani-Crisis

After our mani/pedi with Mamie and Auntie this week Aidyn was eating an English muffin and got some jam on her hands. She became quite concerned and franticly said, "I need a napkin for my nail!!"

Flashback

Several months ago we stopped at McDonald's and somehow we managed to buckle everyone into their car seats except for Aidyn. As we pulled out of the parking lot and onto the main road Aidyn began to cry and then panic from the backseat. All I could hear between the sobs was, "I'm not safe!" Of course I pulled over immediately and buckled her safely but I still felt bad that she was so scared.

That Red Book

When we first got on the airplane Aidyn asked to see "that red book." I really wasn't sure what she was talking about until she explained, "that instruction book in the seat back pocket." I was surprised that she remembered 1. the book, 2. that it was red, 3. that it contained instructions, and 4. that it is in the "seat back pocket." I reached the book for her and she began studying the pictures contained inside. She asked a few questions about the no smoking sign ("what is that stick?") and about the differing views of the airplane ("is this the same plane from the top and side") and about the oxygen mask pictures ("do you have to close your eyes when you use that?"), but mostly she sat quietly for almost 20 minutes just simply studying the instructions. I didn't think much of it until we got on our next flight where our seats were in the very last row. I instructed Aidyn to walk all the way to the back of the plane and she asked, "Where the slide is?"

Boarding Pass

At the airport Aidyn asked to see those "important papers" in my hand which happened to be our boarding passes. I explained that they were the papers that told the airline workers that we were safe to get on the plane and I showed her her name on her very own boarding pass. Then she asked to see mine and became very upset: "That is NOT how you spell your name! It is M-O-M."

Stirring My Juice

In the airport restaurant while on our way to LA to visit Auntie Aidyn decided to stir her glass of apple juice with the straw. I asked her to stop stirring (fearing for the spillage that I could foresee) and she replied with a sassy: "I am STIRRING my juice because it is TOO juicy and I like it JUST a little juicier so I NEED to stir it."