Is she trying to earn a pony?

My Sugar Baby is just being so sweet!  Of course she is having her little toddler fits here and there, but she has been saying THE sweetest things, too!

Tonight's gem:

Morgan: Mommy will you lay with me, tonight? (She likes for me to lie in bed until she falls asleep...)
Me: Yes, Baby.
Morgan (to Greg): She said YES!
Greg: What a nice Mommy you have!
Morgan: Yes, she is...That's why she's MY mommy!

Sweet Angel Baby

I was in bed with Morgan, and she reached over and took my hand and said, "I'm here Mommy.  I'm with you."  It made me a little teary.  She is so sweet!

Baby Boo

I am behind on my Morganizing!

Today, Morgan had a playdate with her friend Lucas and he was going into her bedroom and she said, "no, not in there, Baby Boo!"  I realize that I often call her "Baby Boo" when I'm asking her not to do something.  ("Don't touch that, Baby Boo.  Put that down, Baby Boo, etc.")  It was so cute when she said it. Ha! 

After he left and we were laying down for nap, she said, "I had SO much fun playing with my friend!  We were jumping on the bed!"

Backyardigans

My dad put on "The Backyardigans" and Morgan said she didn't want to watch them, because they "have attitudes"...Ha!

Wow!

She called for me to lie in bed with her last night. She sat up at just before 7:00 a.m. and said, "It's a constellation! It's the big dipper! There is a Big Dipper in the When I Grow Up book, just like on 'Little Bear'!"

Apparently, in her sleep she had a revelation and realized that the image on her Dora When I Grow Up page where they talk about Isa wanting to be an astronaut, is the same constellation that they show on an episode of "Little Bear".  The constellations are not identified in the Dora book, but they do talk about the names on the 'Little Bear' episode.  She totally blew my mind that she put that all together - in her sleep, even!

(I asked Greg if he had pointed out the connection between her book and the show's episode, but he had not and my dad doesn't even have that Dora book, so she did it all by herself!)

Good luck with that...

I was trying to put Morgan's lotions and medicines on, after bath and she was wearing footed pajamas that zipped up in the front. They were unzipped and I was trying to get her to be still so I could put some medicine on her belly. She kept saying no and running off. I called her, again, to come back to me and told her that I needed to put the medicine on her belly and she looked at me, zipped up her jammies, said, "GOOD LUCK!" and turned and ran off to the living room. I couldn't help but crack up!

Don't sing!

Morgan and I had a "Who's on First" moment the other night...

Morgan: Sing "Hush Little Baby"
Me: OK...Hush little baby don't say a word, Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won't sing...
Morgan: DON'T sing!
Me: Oh, OK. (quiet)
Morgan: MOMMY!! Sing the song!
Me: Hush little baby don't say a word, Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won't sing...
Morgan: DON'T sing, Mommy, DON'T sing...
Me: But you just told me to sing!
Morgan: What?
Me: You keep telling me "don't sing, don't sing"
Morgan: It's not WON'T sing, it's DON'T sing!
Me: Ohhhhhh, THAT's what you meant!
Me: Hush little baby don't say a word, Momma's gonna buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird DON'T sing...

Zillow on my pillow

In the Dr. Seuss book, "Wocket in my Pocket", there's a part that reads, "and the Zillow on my pillow always helps me fall asleep". Greg was reading the book to Morgan and when he read that part, she said, "the Mommy on my pillow always helps me fall asleep". *sniff* *tear* :)

Little Sweetie

Morgan has been such a sweetie, tonight!

I took her outside to see the moon and she said, "Mommy, how can I get up to the sky? I wish I could go up to the sky and get a star and then I would give it to you as a present." *sniff*

Morgan set up two pillows and two blankets on the floor and she said she set up a "sleepover" for us. I was on the floor with her and she looked over at me, patted me on the head and said, "You're nice. I like you a lot." *double sniff*

We were getting ready for bed, and normally I have to chase her all over the world to get her to get on the bed for pajamas. Tonight, she lay right down on the bed and said, "I'm laying down for my pajamas!" I said, "Wow!" and she said, "I'm being such a good listener!"

Mommy/Daddy Monitor

I was telling Morgan that I could see her on the "baby monitor", and I could watch her and make sure that she was OK, and she said, "I want a Mommy & Daddy monitor, so that I can see if you and Daddy are OK." Awww...

I believe the proper term is...

Morgan was pitching quite a fit last night, over nothing, and I told her that she needed to stop pitching a fit, because she was making her nose all snotty. She said, "huh?" and I said, "please stop pitching a fit", and she said, "GrandDaddy calls it 'pitching a hissy'" I started cracking up and then she started laughing.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

I told Morgan that I was going to fly on a plane to Dallas, today.  She said, "That's pretty cool, Mommy..."

Sirius-ly?

When we're in the car, Morgan will often pick a song that she wants to hear over and over and she asks me to put it "on repeat". I was singing her songs at bedtime and she asked for some new songs. I started singing "You Are My Sunshine" and she said, "ok, I want you sing that song again...on repeat"...ha!

Kiddie Park

I had been putting off our trip to Kiddie Park, because I honestly thought it looked really run down on their website and reminded me of the rickety rides of a shady carnival.  However, I was pleasantly surprised when we went, today, and I'm sorry I ever doubted the place!  Morgan LOVED it and was even saying, "I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT!" as she was walking around, looking at everything.  We had a really wonderful day.  We had a "car picnic", and she was so happy to be sitting in the front seat, next to me, eating her lunch that I packed.  We were listening to music and singing along, together and it was such a beautiful moment for me.  A lot of times, she tells me that I can't sing the song or she wants to sing by herself, but I told her, "music is for singing along with, that's the whole point!" and so we started singing "I C U" (a They Might Be Giants song).  Her little face was so sweet when she was looking at me and we were singing together. :)

She enjoyed every single ride and loved the ferris wheel.  She also climbed up the big inflatable slide, after several unsuccessful tries.  Once she got the hang of it, she went up and down and up and down and slid and slid and had a blast!

Stop playing!

As usual, the funny stuff happens when I'm trying to out Morgan to bed...

She has been asking for a "little milk" the past few nights and I told her it was time to go to bed and she was saying, "no, it's time for a little milk" and I thought it was funny and I tickled her and said she was being a little Stinker Winker Bear and she said, "Mommy! Stop tickling me! Stop playing with me, it's time for sleep!"  I said, "Oh, Morgan, what am I going to do with you?" and she said, "get me some milk!"

Shhhh!

The funnier things of the day often happen when I'm putting Morgan to bed...

She was making this clicking sound with her tongue/mouth and I told her to stop making that noise, so she could go to sleep and she said, "what clicking sound?"  I made the same click-click-click sound with my mouth and she said, "Shhh, Mommy! No clicking!" 

Lunchtime Comedy

The 3 of us were eating lunch and Greg and I were talking about tutors and Morgan said, "oh yeah, like with my milk"...We said, "what?" and she said, "when I drink my milk, I'm a little 'tooter'...I get a little tootie"...We about spit out our food and I was crying I was laughing so hard!

Songs

Last night, Morgan said she wanted to make up a song and I was instructed to sing along...

"Acorn, acorn, acorn...acorn...happy acorn...
pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin, happy pumpkin...
Circle, circle, circle, happy circle...
Square, square, square, happy square...
Triangle, triangle, triangle, happy triangle...
Rectangle, rectangle, rectangle, happy rectangle..."

Every day

A while back, Morgan made up a little song that went "I love you all the time, all the time".  If I would say, "I love you", she'd say, "I love you all the time".  Now, her new phrase is "I love you every day".  I tell her I love her and she says, "I love you every day" and it just melts my heart!

So deprived

Morgan was doing her usual talking as I was trying to put her to bed.  She said, "Mommy, did you eat Mum-Mums when you were a little girl?"  I said that they didn't make Mum-Mums when I was little.  She didn't seem to understand my response and I explained, again, that they just didn't have them, when I was little.  She came across the bed, hugged me and said, "Ohhhhh, poor Mommmmmmmmy!"

Impressed!

I was sitting at the table with Morgan and I was reading a Wilton decorating book.  There was an error in the recipe (the instructions said to mix in an ingredient that wasn't in the ingredients list).  Anyway, I corrected the recipe with my pen and Morgan asked what I was doing.  I told her that I had found a mistake in the book and was correcting it.  She said, "I'm IMPRESSED!"  Ha!

Stalling, stalling...

Morgan has been "making me" lie in bed with her, as she tries to go to sleep, but she talks and talks and talks...here are some excerpts: (M=Morgan, S=Me)

M: What is a period?
S: It's a punctuation mark that tells you when the sentence is done.
M: It's a circle!

M: Remember on Little Bear when the can of paint falls on his head and they ask, "Are you all white?" (She laughs loudly)  That was pretty funny!

M: Let's sing a song together and maybe that will help me fall asleep...(She begins a round of "Twinkle, Twinkle" and I join in...)

M: I want to dream about butterflies and rainbows, but no sun, because it's too bright...
S: You need the sun's light to have a rainbow.
M: Oh, OK, then...

M: I want to hold you for a while (proceeds to put me in a head lock...)

M: Can you say, "1...2...3...4"?
S: 1...2...3...4
M: Good job, Mommy, you did it!!  Can you say "1...2...3...4...5"?
S: 1...2...3...4...5
M: OK, can you say "1...2...3...4...5...6?
(This pattern continues on all the way up to 12, at which point she counts up to 19, then I say 20 and she counts to 29 and I say 30, etc., all the way to 80...)

S: 3 more minutes and I have to go...
M: NO! 4 more minutes...5 more minutes...!
S: 1 more minute...
M: OK, 3 more minutes...
(Of course, she does not let me go after the 3 minutes passed...)

M: Mommy, I love you.  I love you every day.
S: I love you every day, too, Sweetie Baby.
M: (gives me a squeeze) Awww, Mommy, you're so cute!

This is how she gets me!

Texas is BIG!

Morgan and I were talking about countries and states.  She said, "We live in Texas.  Texas is BIG.  It's a really big piece on the puzzle and that's why it's called Texas, because it's BIG!"

Thank you, my lovey...

Morgan wanted to pick out her reward sticker, but I had already peeled one off and she was about to get upset and I said, "when you receive a gift, you need to just say 'thank you', My Lovey" (I sometimes call her My Lovey...)  Then, she said, "Thank you, My Lovey"...She didn't realize that I was calling HER "My Lovey" and thought I was telling her to say that, all together...

Love Bits and Bites

I took Morgan with me to HEB and she is always a perfect angel and I'm always so grateful.  Today, she was being her usual angelic self, and she leaned over and grabbed me and was hugging me.  I had to hunch over a little and try and keep pushing the cart.  She put her mouth on my arm and I thought she was trying to kiss my arm.  The next thing I knew, I felt TEETH IN MY ARM! :O  She was biting me!  I asked her to stop, quietly, because I didn't want to yell in HEB, but she didn't stop.  She came so close to breaking the skin, but I touched her cheek and asked her again to stop.  She opened her mouth and I had a huge bite mark on my arm.  She looked down and said "what happened to your arm??"  I told her that she bit me and I said I couldn't believe it and she said, "we eat food, not people".  Ha!  Yes, I do believe I told her that once upon a time.  She totally didn't realize what she had done and then asked if she could kiss it.  She said, "when Daddy gets home, I need to tell him that I bit Mommy and that's a No-No".  I said that was a BIG NO-NO and she said, "No, it's a little no-no"...I told her it was a BIG NO-NO and that we don't bite anyone, especially Mommy.

The rest of the day was better, though...

We've been having some issues with Morgan being a bit bossy, lately, and I was trying to explain things to her.  We had a discussion over "polite vs. rude", and "nice vs. mean".  I was putting her to bed and as I lay there in bed with her, she's talking about all kinds of things.  I stroked her hair and she said, "DON'T TOUCH MY HAIR!" in a stern tone.  Then, she paused and said sweetly, "please..."  I realized she was trying to be polite, because I told her it would be a lot nicer if she said "please" after "telling" someone what to do.  I told her I appreciated her being nice about it and saying please.  Then, she proceeded to tell me all about what we discussed earlier.  She was saying, "it's polite to say please and thank you when you want something...like water, milk...or anything!"  I thought I was going to cry.  I couldn't believe how happy I felt at the thought that she had actually listened to me.  So many times I feel like I'm not getting through or that she's not paying attention.

Another sweet moment was when she was snuggling with me and she was stroking my hair and she said, "your hair is beautiful"...Aw, she is such a Sweetie, when she wants to be!

White crayon

I have a scar on my left arm and Morgan was asking about it.  I also have a more recent scar on my right arm, from a burn.  I told her that it was brown, because the scar was newer and the one on my left arm had faded to white, over time.  She said, "I'll be right back...I'm going to get a white crayon..."  I asked her why and she said, "for your burn, to color it white..."   Ha!

Science before bed...

There was a rainstorm, tonight, and Morgan was asking all kinds of questions..."What makes the thunder make noise?"..."What makes the lightning in the clouds?"..."What happens to the rain clouds after they drop all their rain?"  Greg and I were doing our best to answer all her questions, as she was nodding her head and saying, "Oh, OK, uh huh..."  It's funny how she asks so many complicated questions, just as we're trying to wind her down for bed...

Krinkles

I wasn't feeling too well and Morgan wasn't cooperating with putting on a Pull-Up, and I asked her to be still and she said, "when you make that face, it makes 'krinkles' in your forehead like THIS" and proceeded to try and scrunch her forehead.  I said, "do you mean wrinkles?" and she said, "yeah, it rhymes with sprinkles!"  Then, she started singing a song about "wrinkles and sprinkles".  I'm glad she was amused. ;)

What is that smell?

I was in the kitchen making dinner and Morgan walked up and said, "Ewwww, something smells bad!" and I said, "what smells bad" and she said, "what you're cooking!"  (It was red bell peppers and broccoli...)

Windy Day

It's windy today and Morgan was playing in the back yard and I was talking to her at the door and she said, "Mommy, you better go inside so you don't blow away!" :)

We just can't help saying it...

We've heard and read that you shouldn't call your child "smart", for various reasons, but apparently, we can't help ourselves.  Morgan was doing all kinds of things, this morning...writing the number 10 in a counting workbook, making these bracelets out of beads and pipecleaners (Greg showed her how, but she made them really fast and all by herself, when he wasn't even in the room.)  We were Ooohing and Aaahing over her creation.  She went over to the table to play with dominoes, and she began talking, as if we were talking, saying, "Oh my goooooooodness! You are smart!"

She does listen to me!

I have been taking boxes of old clothes, toys and shoes to donation stations, lately, and explaining to Morgan that we were passing along our things to those who don't have any.  This morning, she found a pair of teeny tiny baby shoes that I missed while cleaning, and she said, "Mommy, we need to take these!"  I said, "To where?" and she said, "to the babies who don't have any!"  *sniff*

Big Girl Bed

Yesterday, Morgan was over at my parents' house and she climbed out of her crib, onto the adjoining bed.  So, we picked her up and took her bed shopping.  We got a Queen bed (since we hope it last her for years to come.

She slept pretty well in it (only waking at 5:00 and around 6:45am).  She did say, though, that she didn't want the new bed, because Dolly wouldn't stay on her eye.  See, in her crib, she liked to sleep wedged up against one side and she would prop Dolly over her eyes.  Now, there's nothing to wedge up against and she's having to adjust.

Sweet Song

Morgan was making up a song after bath and I thought it was so sweet...

Mommy's love, Mommy's love
She's with me all day
Mommy loves me
Daddy takes me to the park
I got to sleep all night
And Mommy and Daddy are in the other room (I always tell her that we're just next door, in the other room)

Problem Solving

I was putting Morgan to bed and she said I needed to get in the crib with her.  I told her that I was too big for the crib and she said "figure it out!"  Ha, she's trying to encourage me to develop my problem solving skills.

Baby Legs

My dad tried to get Morgan to put on a pair of Baby Legs, with her dress and she said she wouldn't wear them, because they're "for little babies".  Aw, my big girl...  I think I need to explain that they're just called Baby Legs, but just about anyone can wear them. ;)

In my day, it was Mary Kay...

Morgan saw a hot pink car, on the road, today, and she said, "Look, it's a pink car, like Taco Cabana!"

I told her that was funny and then she saw a pink balloon and said, "Look a Taco Cabana pink balloon!" and she cackled.

Questions

In the car, going to Rolling Oaks Mall:

Me: Do you see the white domes?

Morgan: Yes, I see them! ... What is a dome?

Me: It's a shape.  It's part of the structure of the building.

Morgan: What is a "stuchur offa building"?

Me: Um, see this part of the building?  It has a triangle shape, and that is part of the structure.

Morgan: But what is a structure?

Me: Oh, look, we've arrived at Dillard's!

Naked Face

Morgan stripped down to her pull-up to get ready for jammies and she said, "I have naked arms, naked legs, naked feet...and a naked FACE!"

She Loves Dolly

We got home from my parents' house and Morgan picked up Dolly off the floor and said, "I was at GrandDaddy's, but now I'm back.  I missed you!  I love you, Dolly!"

Brushing teeth in space is hard...

Morgan and I were pretending to be in outer space, and I told her I needed to go brush my teeth, real quick.  She said, "No, Mommy, you can't brush your teeth, because you're in space and your toothbrush and toothpaste are too far away..."

So, I had to land the spaceship, so I could brush my teeth...

That is sweet

I said, "sweet dreams" to Morgan, last night, and she said, "I'm going to dream about cookies, cake and cupcakes!"

Callbacks

We put Morgan to bed and she calls us back several times and we call these "callbacks".  She had called me back for the umpteenth time and I said, "you keep calling me and calling me, what do you need?"  She said, "I only called you three times," and I said, "no, you've called me more like 7 times," to which she replied, "SEVEN?? That's A LOT...1,2,3,4,5,6,7!"

Really?

Morgan kept us up most of the night, calling for me, trying to get out of bed, etc.

Then, this morning, she crawls in my bed, pulls up the covers and says, "I'm going to sleep, so don't call me."  I said, "what??" and she said, "Shh! Don't be loud, I need to sleep!"

Ooooh, there is a reason they are ridiculously cute! ;P

No Nap!

We went to McKenna this morning, and I was putting Morgan down for nap.  I thought all was well, and went to go take a little snooze, myself.  I glance up at the monitor and I see her undoing the clasps on the bedrail and sliding out of the crib.  I meet her in the hallway, just as she has opened her door.  (She was previously unable to twist the doorknob.)  She said, "I opened my 'cage', got out of the crib and opened the door and I'm NOT taking a NAP!"  (She was pretending she was a kitty in a cage, by the way...we do not put her in a cage...)

I tried to convince her to nap, but to no avail.  She saw the disappointment on my face and asked, "Mommy, are you happy?"  I said I was happy, but I was a little tired.  She said, "But, Mommy, I just love you!" and she gave me a big smile.  I love that little Stinker!

Chuck E. Cheese Says!

We were at CEC, today, and Morgan was riding the merry-go-ground.  At the end of each ride, Chuck E.'s voice says, "how about another try?"  Morgan had gone around a few times and I asked her if she wanted to play something else and she said, "but Chuck E. says I need to ride, again..."  I told her that he says that every time, but that she didn't HAVE to go around, again, and she said, "oh, OK, let's go ride the helicopter!"

Good thing I said something or we might have been there all day! (Just kidding...)

What?

Greg and I were talking about his day at work, and Morgan asked what we were talking about.  I told her we were talking about Daddy's work, and she said, "what does Daddy do at work?"  Greg said he worked with computers, and Morgan said, "what is a computer?"  (She knows what a computer is...)  I said, "you know, like the computers in the computer room.  I said, "Daddy is a Java Programmer" and she said, "WHAT? What is a program?"  I tried to explain that programs tell the computer what to do and you can use programs to look at pictures, play games, etc.  I told her that Java was a programming language and she said, "what's a language?"  and I said, "English is a language" and she said, "what's English?" and I said, "we speak English" and she said, "what's 'speak'?"  She was toying with me! ;)

It's Tiring Being a Toddler

I told Morgan she needed to come with me to get a fresh Pull-Up.  I was calling her from her room and she was in the living room and Greg told her to go in her room, and she sat down in her chair and said, "No, I've been playing today and I'm too tired, and I need a little rest."

Comby Island

I gave Morgan a Hello Kitty comb and she asked what it was and I said it was a comb, and she said, "Oh, it's a comb...a comby, like Comby Island!"  I said, "Oh, I think you mean Coney Island...She looked at me like, "sure, whatever..."

I promise, she has other friends!

Morgan walked in, earlier, and said she was playing "Hide and Go Seek" with her friend, "Little Seed", which was a seed she had picked up in the yard.  She said, "he's my BEST FRIEND and I'm playing with him!"  Ha, I promise, she has plenty of friends...

Common Phrases

Here are some of her common phrases, at the moment: (most of them are very Toddler-esque...)

"No, I can do it, by MYSELF!"

(If I tell her she needs to get down off a chair, or stop doing something dangerous...)
"NO, I don't want to be SAFE!"

Also in response to being told something she doesn't want to hear...
"No, Mommy, that's not nice to people!"

She'll get mad and kick something, like a chair or the wall, and then say, "I'm going to Time Out!"

SQUEEZE

Morgan has been saying this for a long time, but I just remembered to write about it.  Sometimes, when she gives me a hug, she squeezes me really tight and says an exaggerated "squeeze", that sounds like, "SKA-WEEEEEEEEEEZ!"  When she says it, I say, "SKA-WEEEEEEEZ" with her and we squeeze each other tight. :)

Awwww

We had a playdate this morning and Morgan asked who was coming and I told her that Miss Rachel and Emily were coming and that maybe Miss Lily and Lucas would come, too.  Lily and Lucas weren't able to make it, so later on at lunch, Morgan told me, "Miss Rachel and Emily came to play" and she had a big grin, and then she said, "Miss Lily and Lucas didn't come to play, though" and she had a sad frown.  Then, she perked up and said, "I know, I can draw a picture of Miss Lily and Lucas!"

A little guilty...

A lot of times, when Morgan asks to watch a DVD, I will go and get on the computer and/or check Facebook.  Today, she was watching one of her "shows" and I decided, instead, to sit down next to her, while she was sitting in her Tinkerbell chair.  At first, she was glued to the TV and didn't really acknowledge my presence, but then, she looked over and grabbed me and gave me a huge squeeze and said, "Mommyyyyyy!" and was so glad I was there...I was simultaneously filled with joy and guilt.

So much love!

Conversation with Morgan, this morning:

Morgan: Mommy, can I give my Dolly to my friends, this morning?

Me: You mean you want to share Dolly, with your friends?

Morgan: Yes, my friends love soft dollies.  I would love to share with them.  My friends love dollies and my friends love, me, TOO!  Mommy, I love YOU!

Little mice...

I was rocking Morgan in the chair and she told me that there was this little mouse who lived in a hole in her wall, and he hurt her back.  I asked her if that was from a show and she said Dora, but I don't remember that episode.  Anyway, I told her that I would patch up the hole in the wall, so the mouse wouldn't come through and hurt her back.  I asked her to show me where the hole was, and she pointed and I pretended to patch it up.  We went back to rocking in the chair, and she said, "Where did the mouse go?"  I told her that I patched up the hole, so he had to go in the front yard.  She said she wanted to play with him in the front yard and the back yard and that she would like to go on the slide with him, and swing.  Then she said, "I want to go swimming with the little mouse and he could wear a little, little, little, little bathing suit!"  I said that sounded like a lot of fun.  I put her in the crib and she said, "Oh, my little mouse friend is on the floor, can you get him, please?"  So, I scooped up her "mouse friend" and put him next to her in the crib.  She said, "the mouse needs a pillow" and I gave him a pillow. She said, "oh, wait, the pillow doesn't have ladybugs on it" and I told her that the pillow had ladybugs and Hello Kitty on it, just like hers.  The she said, "oh, but there are 10 mice..."  I said, "Oh, OK, well let me make some more pillows, and I pinched my fingers together, like I was making tiny pillows and she said, "I'll make some, too" and we proceeded to "make" 10 little pillows and we gave them to the mice.  I said, "Ohhhhh K, now it's time for you and your 10 mice friends, and all your babies to go to sleep."  She said, "sing us some songs..."  I sang her a couple of songs and then she said, "We need to tell Daddy that I have 10 mice friends."

I'm sure he'll be thrilled... ;)

Sigh...

I was telling Morgan that it was time to put on pajamas and she said, "But, I don't WANT to" and every time I had asked her to do something, she said, "But..."  I said, "No more 'buts'" and she said, "BUT...I love you!"  Oooh, well played, Morgan, well played...

I guess we need more rain...

Morgan and I were painting and she wanted to paint a picture of the back yard, so she said, "we need brown, yellow and a little green..."  Yes, our lawn is looking a little dry...

Future environmentalist?

We were driving home and Morgan saw a truck and said, "That truck makes me sad." I asked her why it made her sad, and she said, "the steam coming out of the truck makes me saaaaaad."  Hmm, I wonder if she watched a show on pollution, or something...

I think she might like Chuck E. Cheese...

I was trying to think of what to do, today, and I asked Morgan if she wanted to go to the Wildlife Ranch and she said, "No, thank you."  I thought about it and asked, "Oh, do you want to go to Chuck E. Cheese's?"  and she said, "Yes! Yes!" and she jumped up and down.  She said, "I LOVE Chuck E. Cheese's!  I'm going to Chuck E. Cheese's and I'm going to dance with Chuck E. Cheese and I'm going to say hello to Chuck E. Cheese and I'm going to ride the carousel and sit on the horse!"  I guess she might like Chuck E. Cheese's, just a little... ;)

Rice Cream!

Morgan likes to smush the back of her fork, or spoon, into her rice and then lick it off and she calls it "rice cream". :)

Can do attitude!

Greg asked Morgan to test something out on the tablet, for him, and she said, "Why yes, I sure can!"

Quick rebounder

Morgan was building a "robot" out of magnet on the fridge, and she took it apart and pretended to be sad and said, "Oh, no, Mommy, my robot is gone!"  She frowned and sighed.  I told her she could make a new one, and she said, in an excited voice, "I can?!  OK!!" and all was well with the world...

How can you argue with that logic?

I told Morgan she should stop drinking her milk, because her belly was full and she said, "No, it isn't...I'm still drinking!"  I guess I can't argue with that...

That's a new one...

I was resting my head on the arm of the couch and Morgan was on the Snuggler, next to the couch.  She leaned over to talk to me and she said, "your forehead is so clean!"  That's a new compliment for the books! :)

2-in-1 Pillow

I couldn't decide which pillow I wanted to make first, for Morgan...the Ladybug or Hello Kitty...

So, I just made a double-sided pillow.  I asked her if she wanted to sleep on it like she was in a big-girl bed, and she said, "No." and proceeded to snuggle up with it, like it was another one of her babies.

That's a lot!

I was giving Morgan a fresh Pull-Up and I told her that it was really wet.  I asked, "How many times did you go pee-pee in this Pull-Up?"  She started counting, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!  10 times!"

Pancakes

I attempted a new recipe for pancakes and they didn't quite come out right.  The first one burnt a little, on the griddle.  Morgan tasted it and told Greg, "it's not good, Daddy".  I got out a different non-stick pan and made some more and gave Morgan one.  She wasn't too excited to try another one after the first one, but she changed her mind and decided to try one.  She took a bite, looked up at me and said, "Hey!  There's no burnt on it!" and gave me a smile of encouragement. :)

Morning Morgan

Morgan woke up early, and was calling for me.  I think she might have been having a bad dream.  I brought her to bed with us, but as usual, she was talking and wiggling and asking for things.  I got up to get her some milk and after she drank her milk, she quieted down and I think she dozed off for a second.  I opened one eye and saw her eyes were closed and then she opened her eyes.  She saw that I was looking at her and she cupped my face with her hand and said, softly, "I love you" and gave me a sweet smile.  *heart melt*  This is how toddlers clean the slate, after waking their mommies and daddies early. ;)

The Stalling-est Baby Ever!

OK, I know "stalling-est" is not a word, but Morgan sure does know how to stall when it's time for bed!

Here is a little recap of the reasons I was called back into Morgan's room, after putting her to bed: (these are all from tonight and I can't even remember them all...)

"Mommy! Mommy!  I need a foot stool for my bed!"

"Mommy!  I need a chair to put in my crib!"

"Mommy!  I need a door in my crib!"

"I need something..."  I ask what, and she says, "Um, I need..." (obviously trying to make something up...)

"Sing me a song! No, slow down, you have to sing it slowly!"  (I was on song 24, so I was singing a bit fast...)

"Mommy!  Help Me!"  I come in and ask what's wrong, and she says, "My babies are messed up, can you put one under my hip?"

"It's hot, can you blow on my hair?"

"Mommy!  One of my babies is stuck!"

"Mommmmmmmy!  I need a pillow!"  (She has never had a pillow in her life, but tried one at a friend's house, today...)  I told her that I bought material and would be making her 2 pillows, tomorrow, and she said, "what kind?" and my head about exploded.  I told her that I got Hello Kitty and ladybug material and she said, "Oooh, yeah, I want a ladybug pillow.  Can I have it, now?"  I explain that I haven't made it.  She says, "OK, I will have it, tomorrow, thank you."

Laughing is good, most of the time...

Morgan pinched me on the cheek, a little too hard, and I said, "ouch!" and frowned.  She laughed and I said, "when you hurt someone, don't laugh, say you're sorry," and she said, "But, Mommy, I want to laugh all the time!"

It's Not

Ha!  GrandDaddy said to Morgan, "Uh, Oh, do we have some boogies?" and she said, "No, it's snot" and she was completely unaware of her joke. 

Mio Mao

I found this show called "Mio & Mao" which is a claymation show about an orange cat and a white cat.  Morgan makes us pretend to be Mio & Mao.  She will only answer to Mio and if I call her Morgan, she says, "I'm not Morgan..."  She does this with other characters, sometimes, too.  We were on our way to GrandDaddy's house and she said that he would be GrandDaddy Kitty.  Then she asked me what color kitty he'd be, since I was orange and she was white.  I asked her what color she wanted him to be and she said, "Brown.  I like that color.  It's a good color."  :)

Dreaming of giraffes

After nap, she was talking about a giraffe and I asked her if it was from a dream.  She said yes, and that it was too tall for her to ride on and so she had to have Daddy put her up on the giraffe.  Then she said, "I wish I could dreamm, more..."  I told her she could dream tonight, when she goes to sleep and at naptime and that she could even daydream, but I think she was a little confused by that.

Morgan "Likes" Mustard

When Morgan eats something with mustard, she makes the funniest faces and says, "Ewww, sour!"  I always tell her that she doesn't have to eat the mustard, but she says, "no, I want to dip my food in it" and continues eating, making a sourpuss face every time!

Update:  Aw, I feel terrible!  Morgan apparently ate too much mustard and threw up. :(  Poor baby...I guess mustard does not like her...

So Nice!

This morning, Morgan came up and asked me for a juice box (she doesn't get juice boxes very often).  I told her that I was finishing my breakfast and that after I was done, I would wash my hands and go get her a juice box.  She said, "You WILL?  That is so NICE of you!"  It's nice to hear her repeating the nice things I say to her.

(Sometimes I hear back the not-so-nice things, like "Put that down! No, don't touch that!"...)

Such a Sweetie!

I cannot get over how much of a sweetie pie Morgan is...Greg just brought her over to me for "one more kiss" before bed, and she touched her hand to my face and said, "I love you, Mommy" with such a sweetness in her voice that makes my heart swell.  I love that little cutie so much!

What a good memory!

We had a playdate, today, with 13 kiddos.  At dinner, Greg asked Morgan who all came to the playdate.  She seemed shy about answering, so I figured she couldn't remember them all and I started listing them all out.  I listed 12 kids' names and then she said, "No, one more..."  I said, "Hmm, no, I think I listed them all..." I asked, "Who did I forget?" and she said, "Brody" and I about fell on the floor!  She doesn't see Brody very often, and it amazed me that she was able to keep track in her head of all the kids who came, enough to notice who I had forgotten to list.

Peas?

We were eating dinner at my parents' house and my mom wanted the cockatiel to go in the other room, "so we can eat in peace", and Morgan got a confused look on her face and said, "GrandMommy, we're not eating PEAS!"

Dance like this!

I wish I had my video camera handy for this one!

Lucas, Morgan's friend, does this little dance when he hears the Thomas the Train theme, where he shrugs his shoulders one at a time.  We were eating in the kitchen and we look over and I see Morgan doing the dance and Lucas is saying, "like this!" and then Morgan said, "I'm doing it! I'm doing it!"  It was SO cute!

Update: I was able to get a little video of Morgan doing the "Lucas" dance...

Ice cream makes everything better...

The other day, I tripped and fell and I was telling Morgan about it when she asked me to do something and I told her I was sore.  She said, "oh, I'll be right back..."  She came back after a few seconds and said, "here, here's some ice cream to make you feel better" and handed me an imaginary bowl, and a spoon.  Then, she gave me a "scoop" of imaginary ice cream.  I tasted it and said, "Mmm, yummy, thank you!"  Then, she said, "Hmm, I think I'm sore, too, and I need a bowl of ice cream."

This morning, she accidentally poked me in the eye, and I said, "what do we tell someone when we accidentally hurt them?"  I was expecting her to say, "I'm sorry", but she said, "Here you go, here's some ice cream to make you feel better."  Ha!

In her own little world...

While I was putting the cookie dough on the cookie sheet, Morgan was in the kitchen, lying on the floor, lining up some rubber duckies and some wooden animal shapes.  I tuned into what she was saying and it went something like this:

"Hi, froggy, are you a swimmer?  Wow, that's great, I'm a swimmer, too!"

"Hello, ducky, are you also a swimmer?  That is WONDERful!  You are my best swimmer in the world."

"Hello, my friends, ducky, froggy, monkey, flamingo...we are all swimmers, and you are my good friends and the best swimmers."

I have no idea where any of this came from...maybe from a show she was watching earlier?  Either way, it made me chuckle and smile.

Motherhood is a Rollercoaster...

We were running a bit behind, this evening, and Morgan wanted to read books in the living room.  I told her that we could, but we'd have to skip reading books in her room and go straight to rocking in the chair.  She agreed, but when I sat down with her in the chair and started to rock her, instead of reading, she started bawling.  I know it was because she was really tired, so I told her we could read one book and then rock in the chair.  We read our book and I threw in an extra one, just because, and then we proceeded to rock in the chair.  She often says, "hold me!" if I don't have my arms fully around her, and then I will wrap them all around her.  I gave her an extra tight squeeze and she said, "I loooooove you, Mommy."  I said, "I love you, too, Mimi" and she gave me a big squeeze of a hug, back.  It's just so funny how she can go from tears squirting out of her face, to being more lovable than I could ever imagine. :)

Sun rays through the clouds...

Yesterday, I took Morgan to Target to get some new sunglasses and when we were leaving, the sun was shining down through some clouds.  It's one of my favorite sights and I stopped the cart, and took off Morgan's sunglasses and told her to look towards the sky.  I said, "Look, Morgan, the sun rays are shining through the clouds.  That's one of Mommy's favorite things.  Isn't it nice?"  She said, "Oh, yes, Mommy, it's beautiful!"  Oh, happy moments... :)

OK to Wake!

Morgan had been waking up a few times at night, asking for random things, so I was looking for something to help let her know when it was sleepy time and when it was OK to call for me, to get up.  I found the OK to Wake! clock and so far, it's working!  It glows at the time you set as being "OK to Wake" and it also has a nap timer.  I explained to Morgan that when the clock glows, it's OK to call for Mommy.



The first night, we set it for 7:00, which I know was pushing it a little, since she had been waking up around 5:30/6, but her usual final wake-up time would be 7:15 or so.  I heard her make a little noise at 6:50 and I watched her on the video monitor.  She rolled around a bit, but didn't look at the clock.  She had slept through the night, though, so I think she got the message that she was supposed to sleep all night long.  She called me at 6:59 and I went in and told her we had to wait one more minute, before getting out of the crib.  For a second, she balked, but then the clock lit up and she was so excited!  I told her the clock lights up as its way of saying, "good morning".  Greg came in the room and she exclaimed, "the clock told me 'Good Morning'!" 

Yesterday, I set the nap timer for 2 hours and 15 minutes, and she slept 2 1/2 hours, so that went well.

Last night, I set it for 6:45 a.m., to be more realistic.  I saw her stir around 6:40, but she didn't say anything.  Then, at 6:45, she said, "Mooooommy! It's morrrrrrning!"  I went in and she gasped and said, "Look, Mommy, it's GLOWING!  It's morning time!!"  You would have thought she was getting a visit from Dora or Elmo, with the way she was so excited. :) 

Oh, she did wake up once last night, though, but it was because one of her "babies" got wedged in the crib and she needed me to get her out.  Either way, the new clock has been a success! :)

Pee Pee in the Po-Tee!

When Morgan goes in the potty, we sing a little ditty of "pee pee in the po-tty!" to the tune of "you don't win friends with salad", from The Simpsons.

No offense to my vegetarian/vegan friends, of course. ;)

Can't put anything past her...

Morgan has many, many "babies" that she sleeps with...Bunny Kitty, Green Kitty, Red Kitty, Elmo, Dolly, Llama, Chuck E., Tweety and Purple Bunny.  Dolly is her #1 best friend.

Since Dolly is her most beloved, she suffers the most wear and tear.  When I first bought Dolly, I bought 3 of them, so I could have 2 to swap out and wash, and one for my parents' house.  I've been swapping them out for a long time, and she has never made a fuss.  She knows there are multiple Dolly dolls, since one lives at GrandDaddy's, but we never discussed the fact that there are multiple Dolly dolls in our own house.

Anyway, even with the rotation, the Dolly dolls were getting a little worn, so I ordered 2 more off Amazon.  She has been sleeping with them for about a week now, but as I was putting her to sleep, I said, "here's Dolly", and she said, "That's not Dolly."  I said, "Yes, it is..."  She said, "no", but she didn't really seem upset or anything, so I asked, "Who is it, if you don't think it's Dolly", and she said, "a new Dolly".

Gasp!  The jig is up!

Oh well, I just told her that I bought a new Dolly, because I needed to wash the other one and she was fine with it and snuggled up with her Dolly.  I think she just wanted to let me know that she knew it wasn't "the" Dolly. :)

So considerate of Mommy's feelings...

I bought an allergen-free bread stick mix and they did not come out very good.  Morgan ate one and smiled and said, "Mmm, it's good!"  I went into the pantry to throw something away and she said, "Daddy, can you get me out of the chair.  They don't really taste very good..."  Aw, she didn't want to hurt my feelings...

Honest Babe

I found a recipe for sweet potato muffins and I made a batch for Morgan.  I gave her one and I noticed she put it in the middle of the table.  I asked, "why aren't you eating your sweet potato muffin?" and she said, "Because they aren't yummy."  She didn't say it in a mean way, but she was just speaking the truth and Greg and I were cracking up!

I'm Mad!

Morgan has this thing, now, where she gets upset about something and runs around and says, "I'm mad!"  Her friends were over, today, and she they wouldn't share a toy, she said, "I'm mad! I'm really, really mad!" and she was running around.  She came into the kitchen and I asked her why she was mad and she said, "I can't talk right now...I'm too mad!"  I was making a point to take her seriously, but inside I was cracking up.  It was just too cute!

You're Doing It!

I'm sure this is a pretty common thing for potty training toddlers to do, but when Morgan sees me going to the bathroom, she gets very excited and yells, "You're doing it, Mommy!  Good job!"

Sing-Song Voice

I was trying to get Morgan to put her cup in the sink, so we could go get her ready for bed, and I was singing, "Come on, let's go, let's go, little Morgan" and she sang right back at me, "I don't waaaaant toooooo" and gave me a big grin. :)

I'm on the phone!

I was trying to take care of some business on the telephone and Morgan was yelling, "WHO'S ON THE PHONE?" and being really loud, so I put the phone on mute and said, "Morgan, Mommy is on the phone and I cannot hear what they are saying, so you need to please be quiet!"  She said, "NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE QUIET!"  I went in the other room and finished the call.  I came back to the living room and Morgan asked for a cup of milk.  I went to the kitchen and poured some milk and she walked in with the toy phone up to her ear.  I said, "Here you go, do you want your milk?"  She said, "Wait, Mommy, I'm on the phone and you have to be QUIET!"  Touché, Morgan, touché...

What kind of Wheaties?

Morgan kept saying "Arco Wheeties" and I couldn't figure out what she was saying and then I realized she was trying to say "arcoiris" (ar-ko-ee-rees), which means "rainbow" in Spanish.  (From Dora the Explorer...)

Morgan Does Math!

On the way home from the park, Morgan is holding up her fingers and this is what she was saying...

"One plus one is two!"
"Two plus one is three!"
"Three plus one is four!"
"Four plus one is five!"

I asked her what 5 plus 5 was and she held up all her fingers and declared, "TEN!!"

I've been worrying about what kind of preschool (if any) to put her in, but now I'm thinking the focus should be on college! :O

A Valuable Lesson

We're in the car, on the way to the park, and Morgan is eating a piece of "corn loaf" (it's like bread, but allergen free).  She finished the piece and then said, "Oh no! I ate my corn loaf, and I want it back!"  I told her that she ate it and she said, "I want to HAVE it!" and I said, "You can't have your corn loaf, and eat it, too." It took me a second to realize what I had said.  Ha!

My Morganizer! (Morgan Organizer)

Morgan is now 2 1/2 and she says and does things all the time that I know I should be recording for posterity.  I can't seem to do a full-blown blog, these days, so I'll just come here and post quick quotes and anecdotes from life with Morgan.