Helping Dad

M.E. and I hung out with Mike this afternoon while he assembled Joe's birthday present. M.E. was a good helper, but she did take a few breaks to draw with sidewalk chalk and then ride her scooter!

New stuff!

I know the potty picture might be a little much, but her Aunt Scottie really wanted to see the girl in action! The other two photos are of M.E. at her "new" table. Her great-grandaddy JoJo is building her a new table, but he has rescued my old table as a stand in for now. My little table spent many years on LuLu and Joe's porch as a plant stand during its "retirement". He tightened things up and gave it a fresh coat of paint. The table has only been here for a few hours, but M.E. has already colored in her coloring book and eaten lunch at the table. I think we can put this to good use! Thanks JoJo!

New phrases

Mary Elizabeth is starting to say little phrases that she hears us say. My favorites are "I see you" and "I got it." She is also saying "I love you," which is wonderful to hear! She is trying really hard to say her name, but it is a mouthful! Mainly she just says Mary House. This afternoon, she really tried for Elizabeth, but it didn't work very well and made her laugh. Using the potty continues to go well. I am really not trying, but between home and school she is using a potty 4-5 times a day. I didn't really intend to do the potty training thing yet, but she is fascinated by it!

My Potty!

Mary Elizabeth has been showing interest in the whole "bathroom experience" lately, so we made a trip to Walmart today and bought her a potty. The majority of the day was spent sitting on the potty and repeating "my potty, my potty." Tonight before bathtime we sat her on the potty and she "christened" the potty! She was so surprised that she stopped pretty quickly, but she could tell we were proud and we made a huge fuss over her! I'm not really going to make an effort until Christmas when I have several days that we can spend at home, but it is so cute to see how excited she is. She is growing up so fast!