At the Robbins ranch, Rancho San Antonio
You saw a plane in the sky this afternoon. “Oma, Opa” you said, as usual, pointing up at it. “Are Oma and Opa on that plane?” I asked you. “Nooope!” you replied, shaking your head.
The other day I referred to your bottom as your “hiney” and you giggled a lot repeating this funny new word, while patting your derriere. That night, rocking in your chair and softly reading you a book with animals from South Africa, I pointed at an animal and told you it was a ‘hyena’. Very sleepily, you raised your bottom and patted it, “hiney” you nodded. I held my breath not to burst out laughing.
You climb into bed with me in the morning, planting a big kiss on my cheeks or lips before my eyes are even open. Such a nice way to wake up. After about 45 seconds of cuddling, it’s “Up, mama, up!”
Favorite new song: Hokey Pokey. You ask Teacher Bonnie at Mulberry for it each week. You call it “hokey hokey”.
After witnessing Nolan’s baby sister, Natalie, breastfeeding you figured this is a good idea. You nestle into me and stick your mouth into the middle of my chest, as if you’re going to clamp down. You say “I baby” and like to crawl, or you will hold your fisted hands up to your eyes and say “Waa waa waa” with your mouth wide open like a little bird.
“Gummies” are your Yummi Bear Vitamins. You get very motivated to eat your breakfast when they come out. (And no, I’m not beyond bribing you. You’re a good eater in general, but there’s just too much you need to do these days to sit long enough to eat, it seems.) There’s Ian and Dee (Vitamin E and Vitamin D) and you play imaginatively with them before popping them into your mouth. Then you’ll look at us when we ask “Where did they go?” and you open your mouth wide and point to the back of your mouth.
We play hide and seek, still a favorite game. But now, when I come in the room looking for you, and say “Where’s Taite? Is she in the closet???” you pipe up in the littlest voice imagineable “no” from wherever you are hiding. Other times you’ll reply with a “Roarrrr”.
