Toddler Speak

So LC is really getting very talkative and I decided that one of my favorite things is the little quirky things she says. I've decided to try to think of as many as I can.

• Paper toilet instead of toilet paper
• One of the characters from her favorite TV show Backyardigans is Uniquewa (not quite sure how to spell that one) and since she's understanding the whole me you context, she calls her MY-nequa
• Her favorite game lately is to call someone the wrong name and then tell you it's wrong. i.e. Mom you're not Grandma? Then if other people are there she cycles - Grandpa you're not Grandma?, Lilly you're not Grandma? and then finally Grandma you're Grandma? And it's always spoken like a question, but she giggles afterwords, so she's fully aware of what's going on.
• She feels it's very important to establish that I'm her Momma. When I pick her up from daycare, and when I drop her off sometimes too, she feels the need to make sure that whoever she is playing with at the moment knows that I'm her Momma, not theirs. She has decided that it's okay that I'm Lilly's momma too, so at least there's not that issue. i.e. Jordon, that's MY Momma! but not angry just informative and always excited
• With this being the first Christmas that she really understands enough to be really involved and whenever Santa was brought up, she would say at least Ho, Ho, Ho! and at least half of the time add on a Merry Christmas.
• She loves music and has gotten to the point that she can actually sing some songs, she can sing Twinkle, twinkle little star, the ABCS, and the Wheels on the bus without help and a good number of other songs, she knows parts of and will join in while you're singing. Oh she also knows A Dream is Wish Your Heart Makes from Cinderella fairly well and can almost sing it on her own.
• If she wants to be held or carried, she always says, Momma hold you. Or Momma carry you, meaning Momma carry me, but while she understands me and you fairly well, she hasn't completely connected it to this yet, but she has said it right once or twice, so I'm guessing it won't be long before this is obsolete.
• She finally is calling Lilly her sister, while it just used to be My Lilly. While I loved that too, there is something really endearing about her talking about her sister. Last night at bedtime she was mad at me because I was making her stop and go to bed and she needed her sister to help her feel better by giving her a love, but she wanted to hold on a whole lot longer than Lilly was interested in. Although Lilly was interested in it for a few minutes and for an eight month old baby, that's pretty good.
• Just in the last couple of days she figured out I missed you. My dad is still giving us rides to and from work and daycare. Last night when I picked them up from daycare, we went out to the car and she ran to Grandpa and said "I missed you Grandpa" and just wanted him to hold her. He told her he missed her too. Then it was the night my girls spend at my parents house and when they came home and I was putting them in bed, she gave me a big love and said "I missed you too Momma" (before I said I missed you)
• Pretty much without fail when I first put her in bed and am trying to get her to settle down and go to sleep, she'll have to go potty. Well a few times I've said, you better hustle, and told her to go. So now, after I tell her to go ahead and go to the potty, she stops, looks back at me and says, "I hustle."
• She will sometimes fake cry and I was getting really frustrated with it one day, so I started doing it with her. She looks at me and in a fake sad crying voice tells you "You Alright" and then I did the same to her and now it has turned into a game for her. Lately she's added telling me "I Sad"
• "Thank you so much"
• When she's on the potty and lets out a little gas, she say excuse my bum-bum and giggles

I'm sure there's so many more that I can't think of right now, and I really should get back to work, but one of the greatest things about how she talks is unless she's upset about something or really tired, everything is wonderful and exciting. She talks so dramatically, everything is just completely wonderful. Her attitude is infectious and keeps me happier and more positive as well.