THIRTY-ONE

FHE last Monday: We went to the library to learn about native Texas critters. 

 2015 week thirty-one

V peaks under the toilet stall in a restaurant and yells, "Mama! That's people PEEING!!"

It is so hot. We've had to get creative to stay cool. Bass Pro Shop is always a big hit. I have irrational anxiety being near this giant shark. V, however, stuck her head in and yelled "It's a BIG SHARK!" No fear.

She could have stood here all day. The Pewitt side is coming out in her. :)

She has to wear a smock at all times around popsicles. I dont even know how so much of it ends up on her clothes. The good news is, popsicles are no longer a source of great consternation to her.

Vera loves riding in the car baskets at the grocery store. As we pulled away in this one it started to make noises. There was a TV in it! (?!?!) Murica at its finest right here. Her stupefied face says it all, I think. Gross. 

We went to a wedding for an old family friend and neighbor on Saturday. V and her little troupe of toddlers danced their hearts out. Everyone ended up crying at one point or another. 

Dancing with Papa was the highlight of her evening. Just kidding, it was the unlimited access to M&Ms and Hershey's Kisses at Grandpa's table.  

But this was the highlight of my evening for sure. I love my little brown bug and her great Papa. 

No stories this week, just a bunch of Vera Quotes. She was very talkative this week.

Vera doesn't often respond to questions with "yes" or "no". This is a new development. Usually she just repeats the question, especially if she doesn't know the answer. Vera, "Did you get your shoes?" "Get my shoes (read 'yes')." "Vera, where are your shoes?" "Where your shoes?!"

V grabs a grocery bag from underneath the counter. "Bye Mama going to grocery store!"
Comes back with grocery bag full of blocks. V: "Have my groceries!" Me: "What did you buy?"
V: "Chocolate, raisins, peanuts, water bottles. And apricots, cranberries, and strawberries, and chocolate, and fruit, and chocolate."

V: "No! No Kendall! That's where MY heart is longing to be!"

At Joann Craft Store V holds up a bottle of glue. "It's for noses!" and proceeds to stick the tip in her nose and try to squeeze the bottle.

Any thing that happened in the past, whether at breakfast, or a couple months ago was "yesterday." "I had cereal for breakfast yesterday?" "I go to Oma's house yesterday?"

Anywhere V sees words she will yell, "I SEE LETTERS!"

She's not allowed to yell or spit in the house, so when she wants to do those things she asks, "Mama, go outside to yell, please?" Then I'll let her outside she'll yell and spit and politely knock to come back in.

She really loves to pick up a notebook of binder paper and read the blank pages. I love hearing what she comes up with. Usually it is about running errands.

Me: "V, do you want to read this book?"
V: "No, I don't want to read that book, it's crazy!"

V: "Mama, scoop me up please!" (scoot her up to the table)

Her new trick is to get two books. She gives me one to read and while flipping the pages in her own book will repeat the words I am reading in the other book. It is so sweet.

Sometimes when I don't feel so miserably hot in the evenings I like it when we go for a family walk. On one such evening I was talking to Matt about maybe taking V to the zoo just the two of them after the baby comes to give her a really special treat with all of his attention. V was running around ahead of us (apparently) not listening. A week later I was talking to her about how hot it is outside. I said, "We have two more months of hot and then a couple weeks of kind of hot, and then baby brother comes." And V said, "Baby brother comes then I go to zoo with PAPA! See the giraffes, and monkeys (monkeys LOVE to bites you) and zebras, and giraffes and elephants and cats and monkeys!"

Me: "Gross V, why are you playing in the trash? Don't play in the trash, please.
V: "No! I Want to play in the trash! Play in the trash and go down to the middle and the trash and be STUCK in the trash! I love the trash!"



Happy August everyone!