Aria is such a funny girl and cracks us up all the time!
Wanted to share a few:
Every time we get in the car:
Aria: My turn to drive, please.
Me: Um, no. Sorry sweetie!
And then we continue on by counting to 16 since she can't until she turns 16. Doesn't stop her from asking next time!
While talking about colors (which she tends to pick green a lot for things because "Green is Daddy's favorite)
Me: I really like Red.
Aria: Not me. Red means stop.
Me asking Drew if he wanted a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch the other day:
Aria: Mom, Daddy is a boy.
Me: Yes, he is.
Aria: Just like Ben.
Me: That is right.
Aria: Daddy no have Girl Cheese. Only girls like you and me can have a Girl Cheese Sandwich!
She often adds a "Daddy told me" to whatever she is asking me.
Aria: Can I bring 2 drinks with us in the car?
Me: Sure, I'll go grab the other one.
Aria: Thanks! Daddy told me I could bring 2.
Drew usually has no idea why she said it when I tell him! :) Though to him, she usually says "Granny told me..."
She loves talking about when she was a baby. She often starts conversations with:
When I was a little baby _
(fill in the blank)__ I no have teeth. I sleep in a crib. I have short hair,
no pony tails. I no walk. I crawl. I wake up and cry "MOMMY DADDY COME GET ME!
WHAAAAAA!"
She has quite a fascination with the moon. Which, oddly enough, Drew always wanted her middle name to be Luna when she was a baby. Each and every night we look for the moon before going to bed. If it's up in the day time, it's a big deal around here. My parents and Drew's parents will often call when they see it up and big to make sure Aria sees it because they know how much she loves it and don't want her to miss it! The moon is a big deal around this house for all of us. Ben is quickly becoming as big of a fan as she is!
Her favorite game: Playing MONSTER! It's either Ben who is the monster chasing her, or she is the monster chasing all of us! Usually turns into hide and seek when we all tire out after a while.
She also loves playing "Teacher" (or what most kids call "school") which is so fitting for her personality that she calls it Teacher and not School. She is SO STINKING EXCITED for preschool that it gets played often around here.
She loves singing. She knows a lot of them but loves to make up her own. They are usually to the same tune with funny things in it. Here's a couple examples:
"Kitty Song, Kitty Song
Dex and Jinx, Kitty Song."
"Aria Ben, Aria Ben
play my yoom (room)
make a mess
E-sha (Alecia) too!"
Whenever someone has something happen to them, she has me sing a song about it. Alecia came to our house once and it was dark outside. She was holding hot chocolate and tripped on my uneven driveway. Her elbow and knee were scratched up pretty bad. Aria had me sing a song about it each and every night when going to bed for about a month. Finally I said "Her owies have healed, can we sing another one please?!" About that time Cory slammed his finger in his door and his nail went black and purple. We then sang about that for about a month...
We love a party 'round here. Whenever someone comes over, or when its late at night and she is avoiding going to bed she gathers up her favorite toys (Monkey, Owl, Pink Bear, Daisy Dog, New Baby, Princess Granny Baby, and whatever else she wants that time) and yells PARTY TIME!
She also thinks it's her responsibility to tell us when she thinks Ben has taken too big of bites and yells "BEN IS GOING TO THROW UP!" He does this often, but it's just so funny coming from her!
She is absolutely terrified of spiders. We don't get many at all in our house, so maybe it's because she doesn't see them often but when she does, it's craziness! She freezes in place, screams, then runs away. Then, she comes back to watch it. She's actually fascinated with them when it's on her terms. I totally get that!
A phrase we hear a lot is: "Check me out!" She shouts that every time she does something cool like standing on one foot, hanging onto something with her super strong arm strength, a crazy climb, etc.
Last night while looking for the moon (it wasn't there. :( ) we said the rhyme "Starlight Star Bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight." Afterward I asked her what she wished and she said "That I can climb a super duty (duper) big, big tree."
She understands the differences between boys and girls. She thinks though that longer hair means girls, short hair means a boy. We were at the ENT doc for Ben the other day and she was trying to convince a lady that her son was a girl. Finally the lady said "I know he has long hair, but he really is a boy." Hahaha! I don't think Aria was convinced. She didn't like it that the lady would let her son look like a girl.
We always keep our kids up to date with what is happening that day, the next day, etc. I was talking to Aria the other day letting her know that Linda (with Kids On the Move) was coming over to work with Ben. Aria and Ben LOVE Linda. Being a typical
two-year-old, she had to try to control the day and said: "I don't want Linda to come to my house." I said: "I'm sorry Aria, but she is coming at 11." Aria then proceed to say: "It's MY house, and I'm the boss!" :)
She says so many cute things and just keeps us smiling! There are so many rad things about her. I even said to her the other day: "Aria, you are what Grandma and Grandpa wished they had with me when I was a kid." We were speaking about how good of an eater she is because she'll try anything and likes most everything.
Love ya Sunshine!
