Marching Along

Oh yeah, I forgot I have a blog. Happens sometimes.

The last month has been packed full of learning more vocabulary words. Dad and I talk all day, about the dogs, my friends, my TV show (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is my favorite), my toys, and whatever else I might happen to see. It's fun to surprise him with words that he didn't know I knew. We can sometimes carry a single thread of conversation for several minutes.

Of course, knowledge is power, and as I learn more I'm starting to figure out how much power exactly I have. I'll turn down stuff I like just because I can. I'm also less satisfied sitting in one place, especially when it's a new place -- I want to explore everything. Of course, that's not always appropriate for a little girl by herself, according to Mom and Dad. Sometimes that makes me mad, and I make sure everyone knows it. They call this the "terrible twos," I guess because I'm almost two. But I'm not trying to be bad, I just want to learn more.

So let's see, stuff that happened since my last post. Grandma and Grandpa came over Valentine's Day, and we had a lot of fun playing together, even though I wasn't feeling very good that weekend. Like, I wasn't interested in gym class, so we just had to leave rather than playing. Still, we went to the beach, we played in the backyard, and we had some good dinners together. We were planning to go to Disney World, but again, I really wasn't feeling good enough to enjoy myself out there.

Mallory and I had a couple of play dates the week after that. Her mom and dad needed a date, so she came over Sunday and we played on the slide and in the sand table. Then the dogs had a vet appointment on Thursday, so Dad took me over to Mallory's house and we played for a long time, until we were both ready for naps. (Mallory was falling asleep when Dad came to get me, and I almost fell asleep in the car on the way home from her house.)

We went to a wedding not long after that. Mom's friend Shene asked her to be a bridesmaid, so we all drove to Tampa and made it into a little weekend break. The wedding was at the Florida Aquarium, and it was cool looking at all the fish and water birds, and I even saw a ginormous spiny lobster and a big turtle. The most fun, though, was dancing with Mom and Dad (and Tony a little bit, too) during the reception. I didn't want that part to end. We were going to go to the beach with Melissa and Aditi (our usual weeknight dinner party guests) on Sunday morning after the wedding, but it was cold and rainy, so we decided against it.

I finally did get to go to the Magic Kingdom, with Nona when she was here last week. She didn't want to originally, but Mom sort of talked her into it. We rode a lot of fun stuff together, and I think in the end Nona was glad she went with me. While she was here, we also got to dig in the sand at the Contemporary (where she was staying) and play in the pools at the Polynesian (because the Contemporary pool was closed for some reason, so they directed us to the Poly).

Auntie Cassie and Uncle Ben were here last week, too. They brought their baby, Keegan, who was just too cute. He's still only seven months old, not quite crawling but he's really good at scooting around on his belly. We all went on a cruise together over the weekend, on the Disney Wonder. There was actually fun stuff for us little kids on the boat -- a splash zone, character greetings, the Playhouse Disney dance party. We stopped in Nassau, where we saw lots of fish and got three impromptu area tours (once on the glass-bottom boat, once on a cab ride to the Atlantis aquarium, and once on the ferry ride back to the ship), and on Castaway Cay, Disney's own private island in the Bahamas, where they had a really pretty and safe beach for me to play on.

Last night, we went to an Orlando Magic game. It was my first time seeing basketball in person. We sat way up in the stands, but I could still pick out the players and see who was doing cool stuff. Dwight Howard doesn't look as big from row S as he does on TV, but it was exciting to see him slam dunk. What I really liked, though, was when the dancers did a dunking routine during intermission. I also liked Stuff (the green alien mascot) and the giant floating milk bottle ridden by a cow that dropped stuff into the crowd.

Whew, that's a lot of stuff. I should update sooner next time so I can remember it better.