Time for a Daisy update

I'm long overdue for a Daisy update. The delay has been two-fold: first, we went to England for two weeks (for more on those exploits, head over to Ms.Ranty Pants) and second, life is crazy busy right now. There's barely enough time to take personal pics, let alone edit them and write a blog post around them.

But I'm fitting in some time this evening. Lucky you!

What's going on with Ms. Daisy?

She's a chatterbox. 


Her favorite phrases right now are questions:

• "Ahhh, where we goin'?" 
• "What ya doin' mum-mum?"
• "What ya havin'?"

We have yet to make it to the "why" phase but I'm sure it's not far off.

I can't believe it but, at just a little over two years old, you can now have a fully-fledged conversation with Daisy. I mean, real exchanges of value. It's crazy how fast they learn!

She's a ballerina.

Daisy just loves to dance. We enrolled her in a local ballet school this past week and she had a blast prancing around. The standing-on-one-spot-and-paying-attention part? Yeah, that needs work.

Of course, this means that she likes to practice at home now. This can mean we alternate between all sorts of cute (as above) or all sorts of hilarity (as seen below) when she insists that Hubby or I join in.



She's getting more adventurous.
Especially since our trip to England, she is getting less afraid of her own shadow. Which means that she had actually begun to truly enjoy her jungle-gym, just in time for summer.











She's a cooker but NOT an eater.

Missy loves a mixing bowl and a fork. She loves to whip-up eggs and pancakes. She has a blast smooshing cookie-dough shapes in the the counter top.

What she doesn't do is eat most of it. Kid is a spotty eater at best, as evidenced by her slight frame. You'd think with her being so active that she would need to chow but I swear that most days she barely eats one meal. We're trying not to obsess about it because toddlers go through stages but it would be really nice to know she's getting nutrition.

Saving grace is that she is apparently eating at school. Where she also apparently naps... without coddling. Kids!





What's in and what's out:

• Sit-down restaurant meals are out. Sitting down of any kind is out. Wriggling, almost falling off chairs, laying down, kicking, running around, standing, and squealing for effect are in. We heart Chipotle, Panera, Smash Burger, and the like.
• Tantrums are in. (SHOCKER!) They're usually not directed at us, though. For instance, the other day she was picking up books to read them in her room and then shouting (at nobody in particular) that she didn't want that book - as if someone forced it upon her! Crazy child.
• Baths are out. They are more like wet tantrums. 
• Mummy is in - still. When-oh-when will this phase end, folks? Some days I swear this kind wants to share my own skin with me. And I feel so sorry for her poor dad, who tries to bestow kisses and love on her but who she frequently rejects while wailing my name.
• Potty training is out. She 100% gets the concept, 100% knows what's what and when it's going to happen and 100% refuses to be any part of it. We've tried potties and now a Dora seat for the adult toilet. All to no avail.
• School is in. There is now happy talk around school. Phew!

Two, as expected, is proving to be an equal mixture of joy and frustration. As Daisy's little personality develops, it's wonderful to expand and deepen our relationships with her. But the tantrums and impatience are mind-bending to be sure.