http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:29:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, no...I'm not getting into trouble. I'm just *making* things. After debating what to get/use for a changing table for baby #2 (I'd sold the one I had for Maya, but still have the crib), we picked out a dresser-changer combo. It arrived, and in a flurry of ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=511 Maya to her brown bear and cat bus: "You dry? Did you pee on the potty? Good. Good, good, good! You stay dry!" Maya in general, to no one in particular: "No more diapers for Maya! Stay clean and dry and get FRUIT SNACKS!" Maya to me, just after ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=510 Yesterday, after watching Cinderella yet again, Maya started calling me "Mother." As in, the way Grisella or Anastasia might say it. This morning, she asked me to talk like stepmother. I'd find it outright disturbing, except that this morning, when Maya was play-acting to be me, I asked her ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=509 The emotional rollercoaster of three is unlike anything I've ever encountered. We missed out on Trick-or-Treating (as IF Maya needs more sweets?), but did indulge in a princess dress. Maya was in preschooler heaven. She spun in circles. She admired her sparkle shoes. She ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=508 The Princess Bride. In the past few days, Maya has decided that she has no use for The Wiggles, but that Westley and Buttercup are her new best buds. Guess I should pick up some Monty Python to see if she'll dig that, too. http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=507 The drawer where I keep Maya's dresses is well within her reach. The past few mornings, she's grabbed a dress and pulled it on (usually inside out and/or backwards) over her jammies. This morning, she came out, announcing to me, "Look at me! Maya is BEA-YOU-TIFUL!" A moment after ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=506 Maya: I want THIS one. (Holding up Aladdin case. We've watched Aladdin already at least 6-7x this week. Ugh.) Me: Maya, let's do something else. Mama's tired of that movie. How about Toy Story? Maya: How about NO. *snort* I can't complain. She comes by it honestly. http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=505 Maya: Apple? Apple? Me: Sure, you can have an apple. Maya: Whole apple! Me: No, babe. Last time we did that, you took five bites, then threw the rest away. You can have apple slices. (Sliced apple.) Maya: APPPPPLLLLLE! APPPPLLLLLE! Me: Here it is. (Handing her apple slices on ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=504 I've never been particularly cautious about pre-washing Maya's new clothing, but when I bought a bunch of new 3T pjs and whatnot last week, I washed every single piece, because my gut said so. The dress Maya wore today, however, wasn't part of that purchase; it had been sitting in the ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=503 This is what happens when I let Maya choose her own clothing in the morning. Purple dress? Purple dress? You want to wear this dress, Maya? YEAH! Note that her sunglasses are pink. She chose those too, over the tortoiseshell ones I suggested. Like it or not, I ... http://monumentehs.com/mayaleigh.com/?p=502