Cecilia's vocabulary has been exploding lately - much of it is unrecognizable to any but us, but I'm finding it pretty amusing (or annoying).

Some of the more amusing words:

"Bubba" or "Bwuh-buh" = John Paul.  This becomes a whine when John Paul is upstairs napping, since Cecilia wants to be around him ALL the time.

"HI DADA!!!" while holding a toy phone to her ear

"Doooooohs.  Aaaaaahm."  Toes.  Arm.  She likes to point those out to us frequently.

"Hop!"  Hop.  Duh.  Frequently accompanied by the action and brought on by pictures of bunnies.

Some of the more annoying words:

"NUH BWIH!"  Nurse, please!  It wouldn't be as annoying if it weren't all. the. time.

"Gheeeeee?"  While running to the fridge, begging for cheese.  Again, doesn't need to be the only thing you'll eat, kid!

"Baby? BABY???"  Every time she sees a computer or a phone, she demands we show her pictures of babies.

Sensory play

How fun does this look?

Pipe cleaners in a strainer - so simple!

Meanwhile, Cecilia found her new swimsuit...

And insisted on "trying" it on!

What's that?

What's that you found?

An entire apple!!!

Okay, she doesn't look that excited...  But that apple provided us with a full day of fun!  She just happened to be attempting a poop while I took that second picture...

Alone time with Cecilia

John Paul took a rare nap the other day.  Cecilia and I didn't know what to do with ourselves!

Well, Cecilia knew what to do with herself...  She likes to station herself at the screen door, watching everything happen outside.

Of course, that can always change when Mom has a camera to grab!

She was BEGGING to go wake "Bwa-bwa" up.  I told her he was sleeping, so she ran to the stairs and put her head down with a loud sigh.  

But then she found a crumb of something on the stairs and tried to offer it to me...

Before deciding to eat it herself :)

Also, she bashed her head on a chair because she decided to take a pillow off the couch and try balancing on it.  Not child abuse, I promise!

Chalk!

A friend of the family came to visit, bearing gifts of sidewalk chalk for the kids!

Cecilia thought it was food.  John Paul was IN LOVE!

And then someone demanded to go on a second walk of the day...

"Please, Mom???"