Mika at 2 1/2

Weight: 28 lbs.

Height: 35.5"
Clothing size: 3T
Shoe size: 7
Favorite TV shows: Curious George, Mighty Machines, The Octonauts

My mini jetsetters

My favorite words/phrases:
Bidge= bridge
No touch it bew bew= don't touch the booboo
Picture me= take a picture of me
neaky = sneaky
nuggles = snuggles
hansitizer = hand sanitizer
pick my up/pick you up = pick me up
aaand my favorite- Hell Kitty = Hello Kitty

Eating a cider doughnut at the pumpkin patch

Her favorite books over the past 6 months: 

Today is Monday by Eric Carle (she dances and sings while I sing it)

"The Snowy Day by Jack Ezra Keats" (she especially liked the illustration of the boy when he was sad)
"King Bidgood's in the Bathtub" by Audrey Wood

Sleep:

She is not a good sleeper. She goes to bed in her bed but usually wakes up two hours later and won't stop crying unless she gets to get in "Mommy bed." I shouldn't give in, but I like sleeping with her.

Her lovey is a doll with a purple outfit that I creatively named "Purple Dolly." She takes a 1-2 hour afternoon nap.

Eating:

She's a good eater. She eats as much as a petite adult woman. She's not picky at all and always wants to try new food.

She loves Target as much as her mommy!

Potty Training:

We have her in cloth pull-ups (disposables if we're traveling). She will go #1 in the potty all day if I remind her every hour. Night time is a different story since she wakes up several times. I usually keep her in cloth pull-ups in public and she doesn't have accidents as long as I remember to have her use the bathroom every hour.

I guess the doll needed some Batman shoes

Things Mika likes to do:

• She likes to pretend to have phone conversations with people. She tries to keep up with Jackson and the imaginative play he tries to engage her in, but she's not at his level yet.
• She loves having her picture taken and looking at the pictures.
• Mika loves rocks. She loves collecting them and carrying them around the house. We'll be running an errand and I'll turn around and she'll be holding a rock from who knows where. I find them all over the house, including in her bed (sometimes she takes rocks to bed with her instead of a doll or teddy.)
• Mika is adventurous on playgrounds. She can climb up and down almost everything at the elementary school playground by herself.
• She loves drawing people. Her favorite people to draw are Auntie Rainey, Oma, and Opa. Jackson tried to teach her how to draw people, and now she can draw circles.
• Mika likes to be a drama queen. Geez, you'd think she is fifteen, not two. Half the time she throws a tantrum I'll ask her if she's being a drama queen and she'll instantly stop whining and laugh at me.
• She loved helping me with the garden. Her job was to water the carrots and cucumbers. I found a little watering can and wheelbarrow at Goodwill and she loved using them.

Fine motor snack activity! Moving marshmallows between containers with big tweezers.

Preschool stuff:

• She doesn't actually go to preschool, but she likes learning with me and Jackson.
• We are helping her learn colors. She knows orange, white, yellow, red, and blue. She gets purple and pink mixed up. 
• She knows circle, triangle, and square. 
• She has been able to sing the alphabet for a long time and now she is working on learning the letters.
• She can rote count to about twenty-nine by herself. She can count out objects up to about three.
• She likes cutting with scissors but always holds them the wrong way (thumbs down instead of thumbs up).