Lily Doins 4-22-09

Here's the latest list of Lily doins. ..

1. “Ew Doing”: Or “What ya doing”?: One of two statements that have almost sent me to the crazy house due to ad-nausem repetition. It is said in total disregard to an answer, too. At first, I would answer “Fixing dinner”, “Putting on my shoes”, or “Just kidding, not fixing dinner”. I learned quickly, the answer rarely mattered. Finally, I decided to one-up her and replied, “I dunno. What are YOU doing?”. She replied flatly, “Mommy.” Dang. Almost had her.

2. “Whats THAT?”: The partner to #1 in the Mommy to Crazy House Send Off statements. This is also repeated and asked regardless of answer. I tried the “what do you think, Lily”. She replies again, “Mommy”. She’s a tricky one.

3. “Where’s_______”: We play this “where is” game a lot. Often it is an appendage or toy that is missing. There are times when the entire Lily is missing. The crazy thing is: she’s usually right under our nose hidden only by a mere napkin or sippy cup on her head.

4. “STOP!”: What Lily yells when our coolness is just too much for her. Usually this occurs when I attempt to sing a song or play with a toy. She just looks at me and yells “STOP”. We’re working on this one, of course, as it teeters into the Rude category (a fine line with Toddler Communication, I am learning).

5. “Eebees”: Or “Blueberries”: It’s a word I wish I could keep as-is. Eebees is just way cuter than boring ole “blueberries”.

6. “Wripes”: or “Grapes”: Sounds simply enough but little Lily cant get that "g" nor “a” in grapes. It is wripes, case closed.

7: Misc. one word vocab improvements: “seep” or Sleep; “ceeeze” or Cheese; “dunno” for Don’t Know; “kitty kitty” for Fasb (interchangeable with “Maow” for Fasb, as well); “Walk” when she wants down/out from being contained; “bubblesh” for Bubbles; and "THAT" - when in doubt and not sure of an item, she labels it "THAT". "Lily - what is that object you are holding?" She replies, "That, Mommy". Touche, tiny toddler. Touche.

8. “Barney Babop Riff”: How she requests watching a lovely episode of Barney and Friends. She mentions 3 of the main characters all in a burst of slurred words.

9: Sentence fragments: “Back, okay, Mommy?” or “Where’s Max? ‘Side!”: I am constantly amazed at the amount of communication our little 2 year old accomplishes. Her sentence fragments prove to be quite efficient. I notice a lot of my facial expressions mixed in with her fragments, too.

10. “Appppllleeee Juuuuice”: A song Lily loves to sing when just being silly. Her expressions always crack me up (see video below; this video is in my top 5 favorite Lily videos so far)…