Grrr...

Kylie has now mastered jumping out of her regular crib and can also open the door to her room to get out. So, I have purchased the door knob covers and hope that she will at least stay in her room when she gets out of the crib.

She just found and ate a Hershey's kiss, paper and all. As I cleaned up the pristine white tablecloth that she smeared the chocolate on, she was emptying a house plant and playing in the dirt with her tea set. She is now in her room behind a door that she cannot open. She will stay there for awhile. :(

Cranberry Sauce

At the grocery store last night, Kylie put her finger to her cheek and said, "Hmmm...what we need? Cwanberry sauce!!"

This morning, she poured all of Beeper's dog food into his water and then had fun stirring it all up and using it with her tea set before she was discovered. After I cleaned her up, she stealthily pulled a stool up to the kitchen counters, got down a potato and started eating it raw. That's my girl!

Kylie now can open the doors at Granna's house because they have the handlebar knobs. She got out of her pack n play 10 times during nap yesterday, opened the door and triumphantly joined us in the living room. Each time, I put her back in and she promptly climbed right back out. She stayed in her pack n play last night, but she happily appeared in our room this morning yelling, "Get up!!" Going to have to figure out something to keep her in the pack n play at Granna's house.

My cousins, Jill and Nick, had their first baby, Brooklynn, yesterday! She was 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Congratulations!!! We can't wait to meet her in January!

A Castle

We drove past a large Baptist church today and Kylie said, "Ooooo....a castle!"

We are happy to hear that my cousin, Jill, is in labor with her first baby, Brooklynn! It could be any minute now!

Dog Poop

I overheard Kylie pretending today. She said, "I smell poop! There! Bad dog!" Obviously, she's been hanging around Granna and Beeper!

Today we made felt snowman pieces for Kylie to put together. That's probably the closest we'll get to snow this winter. We also bought a neon pink miniature Christmas tree for Kylie's room next year!

Winter Theme

Kylie and I are starting a "winter" theme this week. We are learning songs about winter, reading books about winter, dressing up in scarves and mittens, dressing paper dolls in coats and hats...but then putting on our short sleeves to go outside in the 65 degree weather. There's just something not right about that!

Kylie can now name all her colors and most shapes. She is counting aloud to 20. She can sometimes identify numbers 1 - 4. She does sing the alphabet song, but does not yet identify letters.

Ta Da! Here I am at 20 months!

My Fluffy

Kylie has named her new blue feather duster, "My Fluffy." She often requests it by name, such as, "Where's my Fluffy?"

When attempting to put Kylie's new DVD into the player tonight, I discovered 2 blue mini pompoms had been stuffed into the slot. Wonder who did that??? The DVD player is now non-functional.