Tommy talk

Tommy is Molly's friend from school.  I've heard they actually play together (instead of the common toddler playing next to each other). 
There's been a lot of "Tommy talk" at home lately.  Here are a few that I'd like to share with you.

The other night I was rocking her to sleep.  Not common, but was doing it as she was feeling a little under the weather.  She had eyes closed and I thought she was out when all of a sudden she takes out her pacifier, opens her eyes, and asks "Where's Tommy?"  When I told her he was at his house (probably asleep) she said "Oh."  and went right to sleep. 

Yesterday when getting ready she asked again "Where's Tommy?"  She wasn't being entirely cooperative so I answered "Probably at school waiting for you, and if you brushed your teeth, we could go see him."  When we were in the car at the stoplight across from school I hear from the backseat "I'm coooooommmming Tooooommmy!" 

Also, there's a lot of putting dolls in time out lately.  And the response "Time out! Don't hit your friend, Tommy."  To be fair, she also doesn't wanting them hitting Morgan or Bodie.  But Tommy gets mentioned the most. 

Who are you?

Molly was recently playing with her Barbie dolls.  She was role playing a conversation between the two.  At one point I hear "Are you Fancy Nancy?" and then she yells "No!  I Barbie!" 
Maybe we need to put name tags on her toys for their sake when they're "awake" like in Toy Story. 

Sometimes you just don't want to talk

We were getting home from school on Friday and I told Molly "Go ask daddy how his day was." 
Molly responded with "No, I not talking.  I shy."

Telling it like it is

Today was Dr. day.  We went for Molly's 2 1/2 yr check up.  She's perfectly healthy and everything checked out.  Hooray!
At the end of the appointment, all three of us got our yearly flu shot. She did an amazing job and didn't make a peep as she received the shot.  While I know Molly is tough, I give tons of credit to the nurse.  She was really good.
When we got home tonight and were changing into pajamas, she was holding her baby doll.  She showed baby the place on her leg where she got the shot.  I asked how if her leg was ok and she said "Yeah," (looked at baby) "get that shot not fun, baby."

Dancing queen

This morning it was time to get Molly dressed.  After getting her out of her pajamas and changing her diaper, I walked out of the room for a moment.
I came back into the room and asked if she was ready to get dressed. 
Her response:  "Just let me dance....for a little while." 
Morning routine put on pause while we had a dance party.   Happy Friday!

Potty talk

At pot roast/veggie dinner tonight (like so many other nights), Molly declared "I don't like it." before trying it. A bit frustrated I said "Molly, it makes me sad when you poo poo the dinner I made."
She sat half a second before saying "Eeww, poo poo in my dinner? ... That's stinky."
Great, I think I just ruined any chance of her trying any "new" meals in the near future.

Candy and veggies

Tis the season for candy, right? We had a bag of candy corn as part of our Pumpkin Night festivities. Upon hearing us call it candy corn she asked for "candy." Then wanting to be more specific she said "I want some carrot candy!"

What does that mean??

This has been Molly's question the past few days...but it's really ramped up.   One of my favorite things is the tone in which she asks.  Sometimes it seems like she is really curious and wants to know what it means.  Other times, she sounds more annoyed at what I'm saying.  Welcome to life with a girl, right??
Let me give you some examples...

Molly:  "Tuesday, Monday, Friday, Monday, Friday, Tuesday..." 
Me:  "Molly, today is Wednesday."  
Molly:  "Ohhhh,  what does that mean??" 


At lunch she was sitting in my chair and I was sitting in Andrew's chair.
Molly: "Daddy can sit in my chair."
Me:  "Well, he wouldn't be able to because of your booster chair being there."
Molly:  "What does that mean?"

My pal, Monkey

Molly's been very fond of her purple monkey these days.  She snuggles up to him at night & this morning helped him get dressed.
After they got dressed, she said he needed to go potty.  She helped put him on the potty, encouraged him to go -  "You go potty, Monkey", gave him privacy (as pictured), and clapped when he was finished "Woooo!".  She even tried to get me to give him his two candies for going.  Sneaky.  

Never heard that before

On Sunday, I laid my clothes out for church before getting in the shower.  After I got out, I was ready to get dressed but Molly had been messing with them. 
I politely asked her for my panties so I could get dressed for church. 
Her reaction was waving them around her head yelling "No PANTIES!  No panties at church!!" 
But don't worry, I was able to wrangle them away from her while Andrew laughed hysterically.  No wardrobe malfunctions at church this week!

Get off my back

Lately, there's been a lot of talk about monsters.  While most of it is just that they are in the room, she doesn't usually show fear. 
The other day we were eating dinner and she said there was a monster at the table.  When we asked her about where it was she said "On my back."  I said, "Maybe you should tell it to leave."
"Monster, get off my back!"

Here's another story where there was fear.  I was bouncing her on my legs like a horsey (something she said "Like Aunt Jennifer does!"  ) and on the forth time she got a petrified look on her face.  When I asked her what was wrong she said "There's a monster on the pillow!"  I explained to her that there was no monster there, lifted the pillow, and we continued about on our horsey ride. 

Hopefully the "monsters" will go away soon.....