A fun few weeks...Coloring and the YEEHAA!

I have finally started the school year. It has been getting better, I was struggling at first. It still seems like it should be summer! I have missed spending everyday with Nikelle, but yes, money does make the world go around. Plus I enjoy my job (most days). Speaking of Nikelle, she is cracking us up everyday! She will be two at the end of the month. We will be having a Yo Gabba Gabba party for her, because that is her favorite! Hopefully, we will make it to Yo Gabba Gabba live, tickets are quite pricy $50/person after all the fees!!! And yes, even for her! So, thanks to Aunt Lissa watching Good Things Utah, found the coloring contest. Nelle colored her little hart out. She loves to color! She will color and draw for quite a while if you let her. Here is her creation......





It's actually a drawing so I thought I would color one, and Nik colored Plex. Then she had to recolor over them. The little circles are fish by the way! She draws them on her magnadoodle deal all the time. The last few days she has drawn dogs too! Man, my kid is an artist!



Other things she does........

She now speaks sentences and if anyone knows her, she never really seems to be quiet. She loves "Donalds" for her "Nuggets". In the past few weeks she has heard people call me Chelle or Michelle and copies that! She enjoys the words: NO, MINE, and GIMMY more than ever! I can't wait for the teenage years, we might get more vocabulary in there! She also can ask for her orange or apply juice...and Milky. If you don't get the one out that she wants she says nope...and points to the one she wants. She won't take it until you get the right bottle out. This has caused us to be more creative. We need to pretend to poor the bottle, and then all is well...yes, we are so smart!! (haha)


And, (drum roll plllleeeassee).....she has graduated from the binkie. She did really well! Now, if we could work on potty training. hmmmm yea! I'll let you know when she wants to sit on the potty. She used to do it all the time. Then I got a potty seat from my sister in-law and now, she has nothing to do with it. She will kick and scream if you even ask her about it....that would be her dad's temper!



Nikelle has also learned to call things what she wants to call them. She calls my friend's little girl, Ellie, Calli....we think it's because our cats name is Ellie. And, don't worry, she gives you a dirty look if you try to correct her. So, now Ellie is Cali wherever we go! Last weekend, we went to Swiss Days, and Nik's Grandma bought Annie and Nelle a cowgirl hat. Nikelle calls these YEEHHAA's. She was super excited when she got it. It is pink and has fur on it. Well, this weekend she went up to Nik's uncle, got her hat, put on her shoes, and said.....I got my yeehaa, lets go ride horse. (He has a horse and has told the girls he would take them). Well, they were on their way to a car show deal for peach days, and he promised her later. After they left we were eating dinner and I turned to see her in this.......

don't mind the outfit. She was eating dinner and had an accident

through her daiper right before I came home...this is what her dad put her in.

She was so proud of herself. She had her "eyes" on and then ran to get her hat, then added my shoes. Then she said...now, I go ride horse?? She also had fun posing for the camera as I took the picture. She knew she was super cute!
One last thought....keep your shoes on when you are around her. She will take them and wear them anywhere! Poor aunt Lissa needs to hide shoes, because they keep going missing after her days with her.

This is my silly (almost) 2 year old! I'm so glad she's mine! Life would be boring without her.

Until next time........

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