Bad Reflection

Anna has become quite the mimic lately as her ability to talk improves, and she's already picking up those things that I'm least proud of. Recently she started saying "shoot!" When she says it, it's like a little explosion coming out of her mouth and her pronunciation of the vowel sound isn't always clear, so sometimes she sounds a little profane. Of course she picked it up from me. The word seemed so innocent until I heard it come out of Anna's mouth. Now I'm thinking that I need to come up with a more innocent expletive like yae yae, nay nay.

Anna's other favorite words/phrases these days are:

Fun: She uses this word anytime she likes something. A few weekends ago, Dan took Anna to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. I guess it was pretty traumatic. She didn't like the dark rooms. When she got home though, she stood by me as I fed Evie, and told me all about it. She had quite a lengthy description but the only words I caught were Daddy and fun. Although fun was uttered with such solemnity that I wonder if she was trying to tell me it wasn't fun.

Hower you?: She loves to ask, "How are you?" And she keeps asking until you say good. Don't try to get creative or honest with Anna. She just wants to know that you're good. I suppose if I were better, I would have already taught her that the correct answer is well, but good works for me.

Mom, are you? or in other words, where are you.

Anna's such a polite child. To be honest, I'm not sure where she gets it. She's pretty good at saying thank you and if she doesn't want something she says, "no thank you." She will also say "scu me" when she wants to get by and likes to say "I sorry Mama" even when I'm not sure what she could be sorry about. And if she's not too upset about me leaving, she'll yell, "Bye bye! Have fun!"

She often gets shy when friends or family try to talk to her, but she's always happy to yell "bye bye" when they leave. And lately she's taken to yelling, "Stop it!" when my mom walks in the door. I guess she knows that when Grandma comes, Mom often leaves. It's a good thing my mom's a good sport and doesn't let Anna get to her.