a day in the life of...

two year old Annabelle Lucy

a.m

7ish- She rolls over smack into me, that wakes me up and then strange as it sounds she often senses when I am awake if she is already stirring and usually wakes up herself ...she sits up with a start " Mommy my waked up! " She snuggles into me and promptly falls back to sleep.

8ish - She requests " that stuff with warm milk and rasies. " That stuff of course meaning oatmeal.

9ish - She takes red and black crayon to the walls and draws great big circles all over the wall, while I am washing my hair in the sink. I hear a scratching sound on the wall. Uh-Oh. The crayon box says, "washes off walls with warm water." That is a lie. But a Google search suggested toothpaste. In case you are wondering, it seems to do the trick.

10ish -Annabelle takes a "buggle" bath to get the "buggle" gum off her back. Deb told me I'd be sorry I let her have gum so soon. Boy was she right. But after months of begging I just caved in and let her have it. It looks like I may live to regret that.

11ish - Clean as a whistle she decides it's time for dress up. We try on a Cinderella dress and end up with a kimono. See pictures below.

{ pretending to nap }

p.m.

12ish - We read books. She plays with play dough. Then eats her macaroni and cheese lunch.

1ish - She takes one of her famous sleepless naps, complete with quietly climbing out the crib, climbing up her changing table and getting into her closet.

2ish - Nap over. She quietly watches her new favorite movie from the library...

3ish - More dress up. She asks to where her jingle bell dress and sandal shoes from Auntie Roo's wedding. Why not get some good use out of them. So she runs around in that dress, spills chocolate milk on it and rolls down the hill in it.

4ish - Daddy comes home...this is cause for much excitement...she runs out the door and into his open arms. Here she is trying on his hard hat. You got to love the clothing combo, almost everyday she comes up with something new and exotic.

5ish - This is a first. She tells me " Mommy I want to help you make dinner." Against my better judgement, I let her. After all it was such a sweet request. 30 minutes later I have to have David come get her and take her outside as both of us as well as the entire kitchen is covered in flour. Despite the mess, the calazones were yummy.

6ish - We sit down for dinner. She eats all of her broccoli and none of her calazone. We think that is awfully strange.

7ish - She joins us for a trip to the Library in her blue jammies with the whales on them. We come home with a stack of books.

8ish - She sits in Daddy's lap as he reads her the new library books. Then they sing songs. We tuck her in for the night. She cries and sings and asks to go potty on the toilet. After that she says she needs to eat some food. We remember that she only had brocoli for dinner. She eats a piece of buttered bread. I rock her again and she falls asleep in my arms in less than a minute.

9ish- The End. Of today, that is.