A Big Adventure...

In the car on the way to school today Joey told me she was going on an adventure. She was going to fly to the moon! I just love the imagination that they have at this age.
Yesterday afternoon we got to play at the park with our newest friend Erica. We met Erica and her wonderful family at the pool over the summer and have been developing a deeper friendship over the last few months. They are both wonderful little girls and right now both only children (although Erica is going to be blessed with a baby sister in March). They play together so well and are really quite good at sharing for their age. But being that they both are only children right now, they have fantastic imaginations and pretend to be and play with all kinds of things. It is so cute to see the things that they can come up with!

The Burger House

Some of you reading this might have not think this is a funny story, but Steve and I thought it was cute, so I wanted to share it. Josephine was not quite 1 the first time she tasted a McDonald's cheeseburger and she liked them the first bite! We end up getting a Happy Meal about once a month, and 95% of the time we get it with milk, and 50% of the time with the apple slices and not fries and never the caramel dipping sauce. We are trying to teach her healthy choices.
Yesterday we were driving home from New York where we had been visiting Steve's family for Thanksgiving. About 1pm she says that she is hungry and would like a burger. I think it is funny that she knows that "burgers" are what you eat when you are on the road. So we pass exit after exit with no sign of the golden arches and she says she is hungry and I say that I am trying to find someplace to stop. About 20 minutes later we get off on exit and there it is, McDonalds! Steve pulls in and she says, "there it is Mommy, the burger house, I found it for you."
It was really cute.

Everyone poops!

It is one of those truths of nature, everyone does it! The thing is as you grow up you just don't talk about it. But kids, they don't care. Joey tells me good job when I get off the potty, cause that is what I say to her. I appreciate the kind words! Today as she was playing with her little people doll house, she put the "Dad" on the potty to poop and then said it was the "Mommy's" turn! I just reminder her to make sure they washed their hands when they are done!

"All by myself"

These words echo through the house now-a-days. Multiple times a day, about all different types of activities...Joey takes great pride in doing things all by herself. She is growing up so fast and when I start to realize it, it can suck the wind right out of me.
This morning I took her to school and she told me that she didn't want me to walk her to her classroom. I hung up her coat,  took care of her lunch and she told me goodbye, that she was going to her room. I told her I would wait in the hall to make sure that she got there okay (the whole 20 feet away that it is) . She told me to go and walked into the room. I was sad...so I stood there for a moment trying to make myself happy that she is well-adjusted, that she loves school, that she is independent and that she is confident, but truly despite all of that I was sad. Then she came back to the door, peeked around and said "see you later". Then I was happy, happy for all those reasons and because she is caring too!
Moments like this that I feel like we might be doing a god job raising this human.