Spelling

Since she knows her letters, its not uncommon for her to spell words that she sees. Today she spelled "G-E-R-B-E-R" while eating dinner.... because that's the brand of fork she was using :)

Scissors

Yesterday, Dakota comes into the kitchen telling me "ouch finger, ouch finger". This is not new as she pretends to hurt her finger all the time and asks me to kiss it better. Well, I got ready for a kiss better and looked down to see blood. She had a pretty little slice across her finger and it was bleeding. I couldn't immediately see what had caused it, but I took her upstairs and washed it off and applied a band-aid. About a half hour later she comes up to me again and is lifting up her shirt, when I notice that her brand new (this is the first time worn) shirt has 2 odd shaped holes in it. SCISSORS... only scissors could make those holes.. like when you fold fabric unevenly and then cut and it makes a zig-zag hole shape... I searched the room and found a pair of scissors that Doug had left out the night before by mistake.

I explained to Dakota that we don't play with scissors or we get an ouch like her finger... but all she got out of that was the ouch part and started showing me the cut on her finger again :)

I'm tellin' ya... we gotta keep a close eye on this one!! But it could have been worse, and for that I'm grateful!

Pictures to come!

A few funny words

Dakota talks a ton now. There are a few new words she's learned this week that I just think are funny to hear her say.

They say "Sputnick" on Toy Story 2, so now she repeats it and says "Putnick". She also thinks this term is interchangeable with "St. Nick" in Christmas songs.

Caterpillar= "Catz-piyyyar"

Wonderful= "wore-er"

You're as pretty as a princess= "You Pee Princess"

Penguin= "Payn-wen"

A few other common ones are:

Fell Down= "Sell Dowwm"

Prince Naveen= "Prince N'een"

Water= "Wow-er"

Door Knobs

We just moved to our new condo in Bountiful and the door knobs are different... regular round knobs that you can put child-proof things on... So we did. Except that its only been 3 days and she already figured out how to open the doors with the child-proof things on them. So, a lot of good that did us! Up until today, even though she knew how to open the doors, she has been staying in her room during naptimes and when she wakes in the morn. But this afternoon, she started opening the door... then she'd slam it shut and run across her room to her bed... THEN, repeat! That is what she has been doing for the last 45 minutes. I'm surprised all the slamming hasn't woken Oakley yet.