Deeeee dooooo!

This means “thank you” in Alice’s language. She’s been saying this for many months now, and it’s adorable the changes it makes, depending on her mood. Sometimes, it comes out as a simple “da do”, for general things like, if mommy hands her the crayon she wanted. But when Alice is in a really good mood, and you’ve given her say, a whole bowl full of ice cream, you’re sure to get a “Deeeeeee doooooo!”. Wow, isn’t she appreciative and polite! Alice’s other new words are “beak”, and we know that duck’s have beaks (we don’t want to complicate things by correcting her that it’s called a bill, not a beak). And we know that Chase is black (“back”), and we can correctly identify objects that are green (“geen”), yellow (“ya yo”), pink (“ink”) and purple(“pur pu”). We also have learned to color in circles, instead of straight scribbles. That’s my girl! There’s also a lot of “No, mommy/daddy” lately, and pushing us away, and tantrums and such (ie/not wanting to leave the park, or get into the stroller, etc.) This usually follows with grabbing, and/or pinching mommy or daddy, sometimes a major melt down occurs. Mostly this happens when she’s really tired or hungry, but I sure miss those days when she wasn’t so independant. I know this will only get worse; I prepare myself for the day that Alice says, “I hate you!”. That will break my heart. I guess I now know what it’s like to be a parent…