Potty training? Phhhtt!

I'm sitting here checking my facebook and Aidyn comes over to me and says "Daddy I pooped. And I have pee pee in my diaper."
"Okay", I said, "do you need a diaper change?"
"I still have some poop to do dad" she says.

So if that is any indication as to how potty training is going....yeah.

Mad-lion and the Bass

Lately I have decided to stop feeling guilty about how much tv Aidyn watches. She really doesn't just sit around watching it all day or anything, but I definitely don't always keep to the one hour or less per day guideline that I've seen for preschoolers. The fact is that she has learned more from Dora, Little Einsteins, Jack's Big Music Show, and lots of other shows than I ever expected. The other day I was flipping through channels and we saw a jazz band playing on PBS. Aidyn points at one of the band members and said, "Look! He's playing the bass!" She will often ask to be played like a guitar (strumming on her belly), or like a drum (patting her back), or a piano (tickling the ivories on her ribs), or a tambourine (shaking her all over). I think it's great that she's learning a lot of things that we don't necessarily have a lot of interaction with. She's learning to make connections between related concepts, too. She loves the book Madeline and recently the characters on the show Toot and Puddle visited Paris. She said, "Look! It's Paris, just like in Mad-lion!"

Did You Fart?

Sometimes Aidyn just cracks me up. Today she was playing with her guys and accidentally let out a little gas. So, she made one of her guys say to another one: "Did you fart?!"

Looks Like I Need a Treat

This morning Aidyn saw me unpacking some candy left over from Sno Camp this past weekend and a brilliant idea occurred to her to attempt to score some:
"Well, Mommy, " she said. "I obeyed you. Looks like I need a treat."

Chinese New Ear

Aidyn has been watching Ni Hao Kai-Lan, a show on Nick Jr., kind of like Dora, but teaching Mandarin Chinese instead of Spanish. She really loves it and it is a really cute show. Recently they did a special about the Chinese New Year and it must have really impacted Aidyn because today she said, "It's Chinese New Ear!" We tried to correct her and tell her it's Chinese New YEAR, but she would have none of it. "No! Chinese New EAR!"

A Letter From Aidyn

I received this in my e-mail this week from Aidyn:

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We are working on learning to type her name and I have ordered a child-sized mouse for her to begin mouse skills as well, but this was just cute. She has been asking often lately to "type letters" to Nana and I was pleased to receive one myself.

Thank You

Aidyn has effectively melted my heart.

We have been working with her on manners and politeness literally her entire life. Interestingly, I receive a weekly e-mail from Baby Center that details development specifically for your child's age and barely a month ago the headline read, "Begin to teach your child manners." I thought that was a little late to wait, personally.

Last night, though, a lifetime of manners education for Aidyn led to a heart-melting moment. During a hastily-prepared dinner of eggs and sausage, Aidyn looked right into my eyes and said, without prompting of any sort, "Thanks for making dinner for us, Mom."

Rectangle CD's

While we were cleaning this morning Aidyn was listening to those Disney books-on-tape in her room. She came to let me know that it was time to change the tape and said, "Mommy, the story is done. I need a new rectangle cd."

Correctly Spelling "Food"

So I made the ladies breakfast this morning. Hot oats and buttery toast on a ridiculously cold Saturday morning hit the spot. After we ate, Aidyn came up to me and said "Yum Yum Yum. That spells food."

You Can't Eat Money

Aidyn and I have been reading through an old children's book called "Caps For Sale" for a bedtime story. After reading the book every night for a week and after Aidyn practically had the book memorized we stumbled across a rather interesting sentence. In the middle of the story there is a peddler who cannot sell any of his goods (caps). One day his sales are so bad that "he didn't have any money for lunch." Upon reading this line one night Aidyn says to me; "Hey he can't eat money!" It took me a second to see what she was talking about. So I explained that he had no money to buy lunch and not that he was going to eat his money for lunch (which of course he had none so now he couldn't eat lunch at all). There is something to be said about the literal thinking of toddlers.