nightly repertoire

lela has been getting really, shall we say, "inventive" with her reasons to not go to bed.  here is our dialogue tonight:

me:  "night, night lela... bedtime!"
lela:  "water, please."
me: "no lela, it's bedtime now."
lela:  "milk, please."
me: "no lela, it's time to go to bed."
lela: "more tofu, please."
me (after bursting with laughter): "lela, bedtime."
lela: "cheyenne here?" (our babysitter)
me: "you need cheyenne to go to bed?"
lela: shakes head... and at the same time realizes cheyenne is indeed, NOT here... "go wash hands, please?"
me: "lela."
lela: "hiiiiiii!"
lela: "one more book."
me: sigh, laugh, leave  :)

two minus two

two years minus two months... almost there little lela lu.  :)

what is new...

• "ooooh my goshhhhh" and "what da heck!"  
• went to daycare a few times and did great... enjoys the extended time with kids of a similar age (however she returned with a sickness and crabby due to less of a nap than normal!)
• dances in her car seat and asks to dance nightly to music (and we both have to join her)
• loves being "nudey cutie" and will ask to strip down
• conquered jumping in the pool from the side and swimming in her life jacket solo!
• still insists on "wrestle mania" nightly and now "dance mania" too
• abc song and counting to 10 daily... pretends to count up to 30, but only throws in a few more numbers
• favorites songs are "twinkle twinkle", "someone's in the kitchen with dinah", "rockabye baby", "torah", "doggie in window", "rain rain go away", and most of all... "wheels on the bus"
• really, really witty little toddler
• ready to start potty training