This is a fine example of how Liza will sometimes say “I dunno!” reflexively.
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Turtle is a small plastic turtle who “swims” in a tiny bowl thanks to magnets and a small child’s belief in magic. Liza likes Turtle a lot.
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Despite her loud protests, [...]
As usual we spent our Christmas vacation in Arkansas. You may recall that Liza had her first milkshake last year in Arkansas. Her reaction?
We didn’t go back to the Purple Cow, but we did go to Cheeburger Cheeburger, another retro diner that serves milkshakes. What was Liza’s reaction this year?
At least Eli did different things [...]
When we first moved Liza from crib to toddler bed, everything went well. In fact, it went amazingly well: she slept through the night, and when she woke up and was ready to come out, she knocked on the wall until we came and let her out.
Then she discovered that she can open the door [...]
Liza still loves her some bugs. These days she has her pick of them, as we’ve had so much rain that beetles and cockroaches have fled indoors to escape it. More fools they, as that puts them at Liza’s mercy. Liza finds them, picks them up, and carries them around by one of their teeny [...]
“We’re going to the gardens, but don’t roll around in the sand.”
“Noodles go in your mouth, but your plastic snake doesn’t.”
“No shrieking while dad’s on the phone.”
“Sure, grab some pretzels from the pantry while we sleep in.”
“If you’re going to squash your sister, do it gently.”
“Get off the couch with your peanut butter hands!”
“Don’t wake [...]
Occasionally I’ll let the kids pull up the step stool to the cart/island in the middle of our kitchen and we will eat a meal there. That meal is sometimes breakfast: homemade donuts where they get to dip or roll the donuts in their choice of toppings. When it’s lunch or dinner I put out [...]
and the less often heard sounds of cooperation:
We ended our Fourth of July vacation as we began it: driving in the car. We were half-way between Little Rock and Memphis, an area slightly less populated than the middle of Wyoming. As we sailed past the only rest stop in miles and miles, Liza sang out, “I’m stinky!”
Misty confirmed that, yes, her diaper [...]
You turned two this week, roughly five weeks and a day after you turned one. It probably went by so quickly because you’re always in motion. I only thought you were fast when you were one. These days we can track whether you’re coming or going by the Doppler shift of your voice.
You have so [...]
These days, Liza says a lot of words. You can only understand a handful of them, of course, and then only if she points to the object she’s referring to, but she’s gone beyond what she could say in June!
Er, except she still likes talking about butterflies.
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But there are [...]