Stop, Drop and Roll

Dear Sawyer,

Cute things you did today:

-We were at Ellie's house this afternoon for a play date and Ellie's bedroom faces the LIRR tracks, so a train zoomed by every several minutes. You missed seeing the first few trains because they were already gone by the time you waded through the mountains of toys all over the floor to get to the window. When you finally did see a train, you were so excited! And I mean, REALLY excited! You said, "I saw train! I saw train! Let me tell the guys!" The "guys" were JieJie and Ellie and her two sisters, who were playing the living room. You ran out to the living room, pointed excitedly to your chest and exclaimed, "I saw train! I saw train!" Your eyes were so wide and your smile was so big and it was so adorable!

-When we first moved into our house, I decorated your room with Snoopy wall decals. You have kind of outgrown Snoopy, though (*sniff sniff), so I put up new Thomas the Tank Engine decals last week. While you were in your room by yourself, you peeled a few of them off and rolled them into a ball. And you described this action to me by laying down on your mat, rolling back and forth across it and then getting up and saying, "I roll them. I roll them into a ball." Thanks for the bonus visual, sweetie!

Love,
Mom

Apologies

Dear Sawyer,

You and JieJie were playing together in your room and started fighting over something. JieJie got angry and stormed to her room and I went into your room and asked what happened. You said, "DiDi pull JieJie blanket. We fight over der" and pointed to a spot next to your toy shelf. I told you, "You shouldn't fight with JieJie. She's your sister." You replied, "DiDi say sorry. Can I go say sorry?" I said you could and you ran over to your sister's room and said, "JieJie! Sorry."

Thank you for apologizing!

Love,
Mom

Dirty Car

Dear Sawyer,

While I was cleaning the second floor this morning, you were playing by yourself in the play attic. When I finished cleaning, I went upstairs to get you for lunch and you were sitting in the Cozy Coupe. Normally, you run over and hug me when I come into the room but this time, you stayed seated in the car and hid your face behind the back part. Puzzled, I walked over to you and noticed that you had your left hand inside of a plastic Team Umizoomi cup. You said to me quietly, "DiDi hiding my hand." I asked you playfully, "What are you hiding?" and took your hand out of the cup. That's when I saw that your fingers were covered in a smelly, brown substance--POOP! You had pooped and then stuck your hand in your diaper, YUCK. A little bit of poop was smeared on the coupe's steering wheel and door but thankfully, you had at least realized that the poop was gross and hadn't gotten out of the car and touched anything else.

Like I said before, life with kids is never dull! (Or clean for very long, haha!)

Love,
Mom

Pretend Potty

Dear Sawyer,

We were playing in your room this morning when you suddenly pulled down your pants (but you kept your diaper on this time, haha), sat on your bed, put your feet on your drum as if it was a footstool and said, "I go potty! I pee!" When you "finished," you pulled up your pants and said, "I done!" Then you pretended to wipe your butt and wash your hands.

Now if only I could get you to do that in real life!

Love,
Mom

On Third

Dear Sawyer,

Your toddler talk is always so cute! When I was giving you a bath last night, you noticed the small mound of soapy suds on your feet and observed that you had "ho ho ho feet" because the suds resembled Santa Claus's beard--how astute of you! And while I was brushing JieJie's teeth this morning, you told her, "You brush away all you sugar bugs." My favorite, though, is how you always refer to yourself in the third person: "DiDi love it! DiDi hung-ree! DiDi go, too!"

Love,
Mom

Walking Compliment

Dear Sawyer,

Tonight, you rushed past me to my closet (where you love to play with my makeup and clothes) and, without stopping, said to me, "Hi Mama! You so pretty!"

Aww, thanks, sweetie!

Love,
Mom

Going Commando

Dear Sawyer,

After I changed your diaper this morning, I left you in your room while I threw away the dirty diaper and washed my hands. When I went back to your room, you were sitting in your blue armchair and said, "DiDi took off diaper!" I absentmindedly said, "Oh yeah?" but then I saw the diaper I had just put on you on the floor next to your chair. Ack! You were sitting on your chair butt naked! I asked you if you had peed on the chair. You said no. I then asked you if you'd been playing with your penis. You replied in a very serious tone, "Yes. DiDi play with my penis." Then off we went to the bathroom to wash your hands.

Seriously, life with kids is never dull!

Love,
Mom