my girl

nora has been exploring the concept of discipline lately. When she is disobedient, I might ask,"Do you need a time out?" She used to reply 'no' and straighten up and fly right. She now says, "Yes" and promptly marches herself to the step we use. She waits until she is seated to start crying or yelling depending upon her mood. When I go to her, I explain why she is in timeout and request an apology. She jubilantly says, "I sorry!", gives me a big hug, and goes off to do whatever it was she needed to do in the first place.

today at dance class, nora did not participate at all. I'm not sure what to do about this. Instead of participating in the class, she wore her ballet skirt on her head like a nun's habit and hung off the bars and looked at herself in the mirror.

the other day, nora wanted me to play something with her. I explained that I was cleaning and that I'd play later. Nora brought a rag to Joe and said, "Here, Daddy, you clean now."

i didn't think there were any true games out there that we could play with a two year old, but nora found a "whackamole" hand-me-down game and she LOVES it. We've had such good times whacking those moles.

nora is now saying that things are her 'favorite' or that she LOVES them. I love this. I bought her Fruit-a-bu snacks (which I have trouble finding around here) and she took them, hugged me, and said, "THANK YOU, mama! These my FAVORITE!"

nora's babysitter was reading a book to her today. She pointed to a picture of a spider and asked Nora what it was. Nora replied, "Gross."