Chocolate Cake

Last night, Lizzie and I made a chocolate cake together. We had a little slice of it and told Lizzie we could have more in the morning. While I was feeding Jonathan and Darren was playing football, Lizzie sneaked into the kitchen, pushed her stool against the counter, and managed to scoop out a large piece of cake. Darren saw the chocolate crumbs around her mouth and asked what she ate. She replied with a big smile on her face, "Chocolate cake. I help myself." That she did. We took the picture of her and the cake before our real breakfast. What a funny girl. (Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture, so you'll just have to turn your head.)

Christmas Craziness

Christmas has come and gone and I have managed to get things somewhat back in order. Lizzie still sings "Santa Claus is coming to town" and then likes to substitute different names in for Santa. So far, Uncle Chris, Brother Fish, Grandpa, and Grandma are some of the most popular people coming to town.

My mom says that I don't record what funny things Lizzie says, so below is a list of some of the sayings that Lizzie is learning to say.

"I need. . . UM. . ."

If she notices that you are searching for something, she puts her hand on your shoulder and says, "What are you looking for huh?"

"I do it"

"I sleep in car."

Phone conversation:
Grandma: "What are you doing?
Lizzie: "Talking to you."

I eat cake. I help myself.

Sissy gets older, go temple like daddy and mommy
Sissy gets older, wear makeup like mommy
Sissy gets older, eat cocoa like monkey show
Sissy gets older, go work like daddy

I have tried to have her say "Lizzie" I say it slow, and she says, "Si-ssy". I break it up, and she says "Li" and "zzie" but when I say what is your name, she smiles and says "Sissy"

A conversation she had with Darren while coloring.
D: How old are you?
Lizzie: 2 How old Daddy?
D: 31
Lizzie: Oh, How old Mommy?
D: 30
Lizzie: Oh, How old Jono
D: 6 months
Lizzie: Oh, How old Brother Fish?
D: around 80

Every time we say, Lizzie you are going to Grandma and Grandpa's house, she reponds, "Oh, Mommy and Daddy go temple? I get older go temple too?"

When we got home, I was changing Lizzie's diaper at grandma's house after a temple trip, and I asked Lizzie what she did while we were gone, she said "Sissy eat cake. Sissy lucky girl."

"That's delicious"

"You stay there I go shopping." I ask her if she can get some milk, her response. "We have milk at home."

After pushing Jonathan over from his back to his stomach, "Look what Jon-an did on his own!"

"Mommy feed Jonan, Sissy watch monkey show!" (The monkey show is the Curious George shows on PBS.) For some reason she really likes George. If Daddy is watching basketball, and she doesn't feel like watching it, she'll say, "Don't like it. Turn off Daddy."

When she hears Jonathan crying, she tells me, "Jonan crying. Sissy go check Buddy." and sprints towards his room.

For some reason she likes tennis. Last night, there was a tennis match, and she ran and got my strainer that has a handle and kind of looks like a tennis racket and started swinging it around.

So, I made a quilt for Lizzie's bed, it's not the prettiest of blankets, I'll post a picture a little later, I was thinking she would be better off to buy her one, but I was putting her bed she said, "Mommy make quilt for ME? Thank you Mommy." That made the not so cute quilt very special.

Let's sing Happy to you . . . (Fills in name, Uncle Chris, Grandma, Grandpa, Daddy, Brother Fish, Grandma Roo)

Grandma Viehweg gave her a candy in her pocket when we visited her, and every time she puts on the jeans, she checks her pockets and says, "Grandma Viehweg give Sissy candy in pocket. Daddy ate it."

When Jonathan had his 6 month check up, the nurse gave Lizzie a dum-dum sucker. She was so happy and I actually let her eat it on the way home. When we got home, she told Daddy, "Jonan go doctor get shot, Sissy get candy."

"My socks too slippery. Sissy fall down."

Ride Bike Grandma Roo's House

Lizzie has a cute neighbor that lives down the road that she calls Grandma Roo and because the weather has been nice, she rides her bike while I push Jonathan in the stroller. I will ask her if she wants to ride her bike, and she says, "Sissy ride bike go Grandma Roo's House." She also adds, "Sissy wear helmet. Mommy push Jonan in stroller." She stops and waves at the cars going by, the Christmas trees, and the rock animals that our neighbors have. She rides her bike down the sidewalk and up the driveway and we follow behind.

It's Not Working

This picture isn't about the story below, but it is a cute one of Darren building a big tower for Lizzie to knock down.

We have been working on potty training Lizzie. It is a slow and not very successful process, so any suggestions would be appreciated. Anyways, when she does go, I like to give her a sticker and a treat and then we usually call Daddy. Last week, we called Darren and he was not able to answer his phone, so I thought she could just leave a message. She started saying "Daddy" and waited for a response. She did this a couple of times and then says, "Mommy, it's not working."

Go Cougars

What a perfect day for a football game! We took the family down to watch the final home game of the BYU season. The Cougs won and Lizzie paid more attention to the game than she does during sacrament meeting. Mom and Dad thanks for letting us go with you.

Lizzie can sing the cougar song and can almost spell C-O-U-G-A-R-S. She sees the letter Y and says BYU. She thought that the cheer, "Go Mighty Cougars" said "Go Mommy's Cougars" and then would substitute Mommy with Daddy. Now that football season is coming to a close, we can focus on teaching her more important things like her ABC's, colors, numbers, etc.

It's Autumn Time

Darren and Lizzie worked outside on Saturday and had so much fun with the leaves. The weather was beautiful and they worked so hard to get all of the leaves cleaned up. Unfortunately, a storm blew in on Sunday, and more leaves fell, so they'll have to do it again tonight. Oh well, Lizzie enjoyed being out there with Dad, I don't think she'll mind doing it again. It snowed today! The raking will have to wait for the snow to melt. Crazy Idaho weather.

Happy Halloween

Lizzie's Auntie Emily gave her a ladybug raincoat, umbrella, and belt which inspired me to make her a ladybug costume. She had a fun time going from house to house. This is the first year that she actually could understand the concept of Trick or Treating and had a fun time knocking on each door. She would sometimes say Trick or Treat before the door was opened, but our cute neighbors would give her candy anyways.

Jonathan and Lizzie wished Grandma Viehweg a Happy Halloween for their first Trick or Treating Experience of the year.

LuAnn had a Spooky Dinner last week, and we forgot to take our camera, sorry to Sonia and Rosemary for no pictures. Lizzie had a lot of fun painting her own pumpkin and chasing her cousins around the house. The house was decorated so cute with pumpkins, ghosts, spiders and spider webs lurking all around the house. The food was spooky looking but very delicious, so very spookilicious. I had to say, "Eeew" when I saw eyeballs included in one of the entrees. We had a fun time and Lizzie especially enjoyed parading around as "Lizzie the Ladybug."