The Cheese X2

We took The Cheese with us to the doctor yesterday. She's always happy just to be included and go someplace different. We gave her some news that shocked her. Perhaps "shocking" isn't the right word - "confused" I think is better.

Happy Birthday Cheese

I can't believe the Cheese is 2! We had a low key birthday - typical Teves style. Auntie Beth, Uncle Brent, and David came over for cake and presents. I took her out for pancakes at IHOP, where she was fascinated by the little individual cups of creamer. The only way I could get her out of there without having a complete meltdown was by tempting her with the tent that Bubbie and Poppee sent. It worked.

After we played in the tent and took a nap. Auntie and Uncle showed up. We had cake. She really wasn't too into the food because she had a cold, so she went for the textures.

The birthday fun continued and rolled over into Sunday. Our good friends from church, Wilma and Sharon, got her this loud ball blowing thing that she LOVES. She freaked out over this thing for about an hour. We had no problems falling asleep that night.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Always a classic! My favorite parts:
1. When The Cheese says "Down came the rain with lot of water."
2. At the end - the sun comes out, all looks really good, then SPLAT, she gets the spider. That's my girl! Killing spiders.

Flower

Since she was old enough to say "flower", it has always come out "Flow-blblblblblbblblblb-er". I don't know why, it just has. Note, too, the Bo Julia at the end. Whenever we take out the camera to take snaps or video, The Cheese will frantically say, "Bo Julia!" over and over. It's her way of asking to see herself in the camera. I think it's a variant of "baby Julia" but who really knows?

Library Cheese

Every week, Lynnie takes the Cheese down to the library. There is a little children's program where they sing songs and hear a story - if you can over the din of 35 wee ones. She takes after her old man, sadly. This is what I look like in an aerobics class - I can kinda do it, but not most of it and I'm happier when it's over than at any other time. I don't think she's gonna be much of a dancer - just a mover and a shaker.

Prayin' Cheese

Before every meal, we try to have The Cheese give thanks for her food. For months we've said the same prayer and this week, she's finally started to say it on her own. I can't seem to get her to pray a different one at bed time, though. If you ever ask her to pray, this is what you'll get:

It's kinda hard to understand. She's saying, "Yoko Jesus for our food, Amen."

Cheesisms: Yoko = Thank you. Nyoko = No Thank You.

The Big Girl Bed

The other day, we got the Cheese her first big girl bed. So far, so good. The first day was a bit dodgy. She wasn't sure quite how to fall asleep in all that space, but today she's doing much better. She likes her bed, a lot, but not nearly as much as the blanket that she sleeps with. She calls her blanket, "biddy." She has some very deep emotions when it comes to the biddy - and the cat down the street called, Nicco - and the camera.