Cadence's verbal skills have increased a TON lately. I've been trying to keep a list of all her new "words," but it's really hard when she's learning a new one or two or three every day!! Here's a few of her latest and how she says them...
Octopus... "a-pa-doos"
Peak-a-boo... "peek-a-goo"
Panda... "men-na"
Piggy back... "bi-ga-gak"
bok... "chicken"
A rooster's crow... "ca-ka-goo-goo"
Animals... "a-man-oos"
Dec 21, 2011
Dec 10, 2011
When smart phones aren't always that smart, and Tom-Toms can't tell you where to go...
Derek and I went on a double date last night with some friends. Another friend of our was starring in the Christmas play of "It's a Wonderful Life," at a local university and we went to see it.
We purchased the tickets through him a couple weeks before hand and our friends arranged for a babysitter for the kids. We met them at their house with plenty of time to get to the theater and be seated.
But about halfway there, we realized that none of us really knew how to get to the university. So I texted my dad to see if he could find the address. He wasn't home, but he has a smart phone so he was able to find the address.
Next, I entered the address into our Tom-Tom GPS. Well, tried to enter it. The street, University Boulevard, didn't exist in the Tom-Tom. University Way did, but that was in another town 30 minutes away. NOT where we wanted to go.
Then my friend handed me her smart phone. She had just got it the day before and didn't know how to use it. So I tried looking on google maps on her phone while calling a friend who had attended the university on my phone. The friend directed us to the university but didn't know specifically where the theater was so I continued looking for the "Little Theater" on the smart phone's internet.
Again, no such luck. Somehow the little theater had escaped the internet and my friend's very cool smart phone was useless. So we drove around campus for a while looking for signs. And there were a few, just none for the Little Theater. We even tried to catch a student. Yeah, that was a little creepy; a van full of adults chasing down college students at night. Hmm... not the best idea.
So finally we went inside a building and asked a student. They said we were close, but not in the right building. Thank goodness it was right around the corner. We ran in thinking the play was already starting (it was a minute or two past the starting time by then), but it hadn't yet! We were still able to find great seats and make a visit to the ladies room! Success!!
So the moral of the story is to look up the location before you leave the house!! :)
We purchased the tickets through him a couple weeks before hand and our friends arranged for a babysitter for the kids. We met them at their house with plenty of time to get to the theater and be seated.
But about halfway there, we realized that none of us really knew how to get to the university. So I texted my dad to see if he could find the address. He wasn't home, but he has a smart phone so he was able to find the address.
Next, I entered the address into our Tom-Tom GPS. Well, tried to enter it. The street, University Boulevard, didn't exist in the Tom-Tom. University Way did, but that was in another town 30 minutes away. NOT where we wanted to go.
Then my friend handed me her smart phone. She had just got it the day before and didn't know how to use it. So I tried looking on google maps on her phone while calling a friend who had attended the university on my phone. The friend directed us to the university but didn't know specifically where the theater was so I continued looking for the "Little Theater" on the smart phone's internet.
Again, no such luck. Somehow the little theater had escaped the internet and my friend's very cool smart phone was useless. So we drove around campus for a while looking for signs. And there were a few, just none for the Little Theater. We even tried to catch a student. Yeah, that was a little creepy; a van full of adults chasing down college students at night. Hmm... not the best idea.
So finally we went inside a building and asked a student. They said we were close, but not in the right building. Thank goodness it was right around the corner. We ran in thinking the play was already starting (it was a minute or two past the starting time by then), but it hadn't yet! We were still able to find great seats and make a visit to the ladies room! Success!!
So the moral of the story is to look up the location before you leave the house!! :)
Dec 7, 2011
So I've been told...
So I've been told by my husband that if I don't post something on this blog soon, he'll quit reading it! :D I really have been meaning to post something, I guess I just needed a "kick" to get writing!
And since a post without a picture isn't an interesting post, here's an adorable picture of my girl! Although I know her eye color changes minute by minute, it still surprised me when they came out nearly brown in this photo (okay, so they're more grey-green)!
She's decided that it's HILARIOUS to wear her socks on her hands. I'm not sure why. She hasn't really seen any puppets besides Elmo and his friends, but I don't think she's connected that yet...
Oh, and she counts! It's so darn cute!! It goes something like this...
And sometimes she tries to do it on her own. It goes something like this...
This year we're doing a book advent calendar (Thank you Kristi for the idea!!!). I found a bunch of 2nd hand Dr. Seuss books for .50 a piece and a few others for great prices. Cadence loves it!!! But there are two things I'm changing for next year.
#1: It will be more of a 12 days of Christmas advent calendar. Can you imagine how many books we'll have in our house if she gets 24 new books every year? Just at Christmas? We already get her books for several other occasions throughout the year. We love books.
And #2: I'm saving the "big hit" for day 12, Christmas. This year's big hit was a HUGE Elmo's Christmas song board book. My thinking was that since it's a Christmasy book, it would be fun to have it out through the season and to start out with a book I know she'll love. Cadence's thinking is "E-nee (Ernie--her current favorite Sesame Street character) book!" everytime she starts to open a present. I think she was a little disappointed on day 2-6 when the books weren't Sesame, but we opened day 7 today and I think she was excited about her new "real paper pages" books! :)
And since a post without a picture isn't an interesting post, here's an adorable picture of my girl! Although I know her eye color changes minute by minute, it still surprised me when they came out nearly brown in this photo (okay, so they're more grey-green)!
She's decided that it's HILARIOUS to wear her socks on her hands. I'm not sure why. She hasn't really seen any puppets besides Elmo and his friends, but I don't think she's connected that yet...
Oh, and she counts! It's so darn cute!! It goes something like this...
Me: Cadence, let's count. One...
Cadence: (silence)
M: Two...
C: Twwwwoooooo!
M: Three...
C: Freeeeeeeee!
M: Four...
C: Foooor
M: Five....
C: Fis
M: Six...
C: SICK!
M: Seven...
C: ne-nen
M: Eight...
C: EAT!
M: Nine...
C: nine
M: Ten!
C: NEN!
And sometimes she tries to do it on her own. It goes something like this...
"twwwwwooooo, free, twoooo sick!"Adorable!!!
This year we're doing a book advent calendar (Thank you Kristi for the idea!!!). I found a bunch of 2nd hand Dr. Seuss books for .50 a piece and a few others for great prices. Cadence loves it!!! But there are two things I'm changing for next year.
#1: It will be more of a 12 days of Christmas advent calendar. Can you imagine how many books we'll have in our house if she gets 24 new books every year? Just at Christmas? We already get her books for several other occasions throughout the year. We love books.
And #2: I'm saving the "big hit" for day 12, Christmas. This year's big hit was a HUGE Elmo's Christmas song board book. My thinking was that since it's a Christmasy book, it would be fun to have it out through the season and to start out with a book I know she'll love. Cadence's thinking is "E-nee (Ernie--her current favorite Sesame Street character) book!" everytime she starts to open a present. I think she was a little disappointed on day 2-6 when the books weren't Sesame, but we opened day 7 today and I think she was excited about her new "real paper pages" books! :)
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