Addison has officially become a cog in the big consumer machine. Now to preface, she's been pretty good - a little too good - at recognizing all of her Treehouse buddies when we're at the store, even the ones she doesn't watch on tv - Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Barney, Mecca Pecca, Dora, Diego, Thomas...and the list goes on. However she's never been one to ask for a toy when we're in the store (so far) or throw a tantrum if we put a toy back on the shelf (so far). But today, it became official - the consumer machine has a firm grasp on this child.
We were at home and I asked Addison what she wanted for lunch. Usually we have sandwiches, fruit, pickles, yogurt...normal stuff. Sometimes she'll ask for cheese, sometimes for peaches. But today? "Addie, what do you want for lunch?"
" 'DONALDS!! 'DONALDS!!"
Oh yes, the Force of the Golden Arch is strong in this one. And I'm trying to figure out how she knows McD's...cuz we have been there only 2-3 times in her whole life!!!
Last night Addison had her very first poop in the big girl potty!! It was quite the momentous occasion over here - she had the "look" down in the living room so I asked her if she wanted to sit on the potty and she nodded, mid-strain. We made it upstairs just in time and she was excited after the fact to see the fruits of her labours, finished with a farewell ceremony down the big porcelain pot! And she just did it again this morning - we phoned Daddy at work to let him know and he was excited too, but really couldn't say too much - (I guess being a bank manager, people would look at him kind of funny if he was talking about poop on the phone...or something like that!!)
So that's our big event for the day...can't get too much more exciting than that - or can it???
My sister just called from Winnipeg to let me know that Kitchener is under a Tornado Watch - as I sit typing away up on the second floor I keep thinking of what I would need to bring to the basement if so needed;
-makeup box
-photo album
-quickly finish this post...
-run to main floor and get Addie
-purse
-basement!
-camera - hey if there's a chance we might get a tornado wouldn't it be super cool to get a picture??
(updated Monday morning - No tornado here, though we did have a nasty thunderstorm. Reports of funnel clouds north of London, ON)
So now the real reason for my post! We enjoyed some visitors the other week -my sister Michele, her husband Scott and our niece Jackie. It's been 5 months since we last saw them and it was so neat to see the interaction between the girls! They are kind of playing together - still mostly doing their own thing, but side by side. We enjoyed a day at the park, played with the animals at Waterloo Park, visted St. Jacobs and saw some Old Order Mennonites in their buggies - cool!! We also enjoyed the MCC sale and all of the wonderful foods that come with that! Plus we went to our local pool a couple of times - the girls just loved going on the "little slide" though kept pointing to the bigger slide which looked much more fun!
We really enjoy spending these times with family, as so much of both our families live far away from us, and we don't get to see them as often as we like - so we really cherish the times we spend together!
Anyways, lots more pics of our time together, go to our pictures (up on the top right) and go to the "Mikki and Scott" album! Enjoy :-)
