Salt Dough

I mixed some salt dough for Millie to play with one Saturday afternoon in October and needless to say, she had a lot of fun...and made a BIG MESS!

Mischievous...

Millie has figured out that if she wants something bad enough, she will just take matters into her own hands, drag a chair over to the counter, climb up on the chair, then up onto the counter and into the cabinet!

Halloween!

One morning, I had set out my clothes to wear that day. I was going to get Millie's clothes together for her to wear that day also, but she decided that she was going to wear my clothes instead. After she got dressed, I thought it would make a perfect Halloween outfit. But on Halloween, she was not interested at all in dressing up, so she went as herself. At least I was able to get a few pictures of her dressed up like.....MOMMY!

Millie dresses herself

Don't you just love it when your child takes it upon themselves to get dressed? You never know what the outcome will be but you know they have some satisfaction from doing it themselves. This was one of those days.

Millie loves to cook

One afternoon in October after church, Millie decided that she wanted to help Daddy cook lunch/brunch. We had scrambled eggs with cheese.

Millie goes fishing

One day in October Millie said that she wanted to go fishing. So we got all geared up and went out to the pond. Of course, we didn't catch anything and she didn't stay interested for very long, but I got some good pictures.

Millie cuts the grass

Well, not really. But she does like to ride on the riding lawnmower with her daddy and pretend to cut the grass.

Uploading pictures

I've been horrible about uploading new and recent pictures of Millie. I guess I've been a little busy! So I'm going to overload you with some new pictures of Millie from the past 2 months.

Reverse Psychology

Do you think it is wrong to use Reverse Psychology? I have been using that a little with Millie lately and it's been working. For instance, I have tried to get her to use the bathroom on several occasions and she says no. So then I said, "Let's see if you cannot use the bathroom." And she runs to the bathroom, laughing all the way, sits up there and uses it.

Or this morning when I tried to get her dressed and she resisted. I said, "Let's see if you can't put on your clothes." And she got dressed.

And the other night, she wanted to read the 12 little Christmas books she got from Mops. She pulled all the books out and after I finished reading them, didn't want to put them back in. So I said to her, "Millie, I can't remember how to put these books in the case. Can you show me how to do it?" And she did it, no problem!

Role Playing

Last night, Millie was trying to tell Jacade something as he was walking into the bedroom (and not paying attention) and Millie kept saying, "I'm talking to you. I'm talking to you." Like, stop walking and pay attention to me while I'm talking to you!

And then when I was getting her ready for bed, she told me to stay on the couch while she went to brush her teeth. She said, "Stay here. I do by myself. You hear me? Say yes ma'am." And I've been trying to work real hard with her about using her manners, so she was just repeating me, I guess.

IT'S OFFICIAL......

As of the end of 29 months, beginning of 30 months - MILLIE IS POTTY-TRAINED!!!! She now only needs a diaper when she naps or sleeps at night. And even if we have no panties clean and she has to wear a diaper, she always goes in the bathroom, takes off the diaper, uses the bathroom and then we have to put the diaper back on.

This past weekend we went to Savannah to celebrate Jacade's birthday and I only used 2 diapers on her all weekend, including the traveling back and forth. I put a pull-up on for the ride down/back and she went to the bathroom every time we stopped.

She always says, "I do like Mommy."

Millie asked her first "why?" this morning

Jacade and Millie had to take me to work this morning because Jacade's truck is broken (as of yesterday). Millie noticed that the sun was up, but that the moon was also up. And I've told her that when the sun comes up, the moon goes down, and vice versa. So she looked over at the moon and said, "The moon is up. But the sun is up. Why is the moon up too?" And Jacade tried to explain to her about the earth being on a different axis. And she was fine with that.

But it's funny that she is now starting to really comprehend things that we tell her. And she is just so hungry for knowledge. I know this is just the beginning of all the "why's".

She also said this morning while she was eating her Cheerios in the car, "Y'all want some?" OMG, she just said "y'all!"

Millie's first trip to the Dentist!!!

Today (11/4) was Millie's first trip ever to the Dentist. Jacade took her this morning at 9:30 a.m. He told me that when he arrived, there was a book called, "Dora goes to the dentist," and he quickly read it to her, showing her all the different tools they would be using.

When they were called back, Millie hopped right into the chair. They leaned her chair back and put the light in her face. They took x-rays and told her to open up real big and bite down. She did all of that with no problems. They put the little mirror in her mouth and looked around. They even poked all around in her mouth and on her teeth and she never once flinched.

The dentist and hygienist, everyone in there, were all just amazed at how well she acted and behaved. I made the appointment for her because I was concerned because she had a little discoloring on her two front teeth. But the dentist said that it was because all of the enamel didn't form there. She told Jacade not to be concerned about it.

She got a little goodie bag with a new toothbrush, toothpaste, floss and a couple of prizes. We're both so proud of her.

Panties!!!!

Millie has been bugging us all the time to wear panties. So finally, on Thursday when Jacade kept her, he let her put on panties. And she stayed dry until it was time to go to bed and we put a diaper back on to sleep.

On Friday, she wore panties all day. She only had 2 accidents. She just kept saying, "I wear panties like Mommy."

Over the weekend, Debbie (Mawt Maw) kept her so we could go on a little anniversary trip, and I am assuming that she was back in the diaper all weekend. Can't blame Mawt Maw though! But when we got home she was ready to put the panties back on.

Flashback Friday

I was looking through some old photos the other day because I wanted to show Millie that my mom used to rock me in the same rocking chair that I rock her in every night. So I came across this photo and was totally shocked.....that baby looks like Millie! How cool and sweet is that!

Whoa...Girl

Last night before bed, I was reading books to Millie in the living room. She kept zipping and unzipping the fleece sleeper I put her in. So we (me, Jacade, and MawtMaw) asked her if she was hot? And she said that she was, so she took it off herself.

She then started singing and doing her own dance routine. She was singing "Jesus Loves Me" and twirling around in a circle, faster and faster and then....she fell! And we were waiting and waiting and waiting for the wailing....and then we heard her say, "BOINK!" And she got back up and finished her dance routine with all of her fancy moves.

Never missed a beat!

Rebecca is thankful...

that Millie is NOT afraid of the thunder and lightning. And I think it's because we read over and over, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? In the book, it says, "Boom, Boom, Boom, Mr. Brown makes thunder. Lightning goes Splat, Splat, Splat and it's very hard to make a noise like that."

This morning when it was lightning and thundering very loud, I went into Millie's room just to check on her and she was awake and was laughing. It would thunder and she would say, "That's loud." And I told her, "Wow, looks like Mr. Brown is really busy." And she was fine.

Graduated again

I think Millie has graduated from using the highchair. She no longer wants to sit in it; we have four chairs around the dining room table and she just sits in one of the armchairs. Of course, if we have company, the seating arrangement would have to change slightly. But I am thinking that maybe I should just pack it up. She is growing up way too fast.

More artwork

Millie practicing quilting at Nana and Papa's house

One of Millie's masterpieces at Nana and Papa's house

Let's Paint!

One day this past week, I asked the press manager if I could get a roll of newspaper print for Millie to color on? And yes, he had one that he could give me. So I brought it home and Millie just had to paint.

It started out with the paintbrushes, then moved to her fingers, then finally her whole body! She had a great time though.