Merry Christmas 2009

Macy's Musings

Macy and I were walking into our room and I told her to say good morning and wake up JD. She came up with her own way to wake him up. She marched into the room, squeezed her own nose and let out a loud honk. She now continues to do this anytime one of us pretends to be asleep.

Macy loves to stack toys, blocks, and puzzle pieces. She calls it "making a rhombus." (For any Curious George fans, this comes from the episode where George helps in the chocolate store.) And if there is any sort of tapering at the top, she deems it a temple.

She calls all heart-shaped items "loves" and it's so adorable that I don't think we'll ever correct her.

The other day she was really pushing on the top of her head and becoming very frustrated. JD asked her what was wrong she said, "it won't go inside like a turtle".

For dinner the other night, I got out the block of cheese and put it on the table before I grated it. Macy was thrilled and called out "muh cheese, muh favorite cheese" and then took several bites out it. She has the tiniest teeth, so it looks like a mouse got ahold of it.

Meeting Mr. Claus 2009

I made the mistake of getting out the framed photos of Macy's two past meetings with Mr. Claus with my Christmas decorations. Macy was convinced by last year's picture that Santa was scary. In anticipation of Santa visiting JD's work tonight, we hyped the excitement of seeing Santa all week, so today she told me she would not cry but she wanted her own chair.

In the end, she sat on his lap but refused to look at him. Fair enough.

Happy Thanksgiving

I am grateful for so many things and these two are at the top of the list.  I am blessed.

Somehow

Macy has really been cracking us up around here lately. Some of our favorite quotes are "it's awfully dark in here" and "put your hands away," which she said to JD when he was tickling her back. For months, she has been asking us "is that crazy?" or "is that silly?" about a hundred times a day. 

She also loves to role play. She will announce who she is and who we (her supporting cast) are. The most common is Macy as Mike Wazowski, JD as Sully, me as Celia, and her favorite stuffed hippo as Boo. She is also commonly "Georgio" (Curious George), JD as The Man in the Yellow Hat (which was first shortened to just "Yellow Hat" but has now changed to "Man"), and me as Professor Wiseman. The latter is our favorite because she sounds like a little hippie calling JD "Man" at the end of every sentence. 

She is very strict about staying in character and does not forget or use the wrong name. She is not happy when we call her Macy if she is in character. Rosie came to play the other day and Macy said "I'm Mike" about 250 times as Rosie kept calling her Macy. Then they would both laugh and laugh.

Her latest this week is adding the word "somehow" to the end of almost everything she says. It makes for some very funny statements.

At each stage of Macy's development I think that I want to freeze her there, yet each new stage is just as fun and wonderful.  And each day we love her even more, somehow.

Happy Halloween

"I'm Making a Big Mess"

I hear this several times a day, and she is not bluffing!

But some "messes" are great ways to occupy her while I am making dinner. She loves to take her colored hair elastics and accessorize each kitchen cabinet. I am fascinated by the things her little brain comes up with.