Growing Girl

It's hard to believe that Rachel will be 3 in less than 2 months. I love watching her development. If it's approved, I'll have a vacation day for her birthday and we'll celebrate it all day!
I hear you clamoring for examples. Actually, I can't, but for the sake of poetic license, I must soldier on.

Intelligence-We're sitting around the dinner table the other night and my wife asks me, "Do you think we give her a b-a-t-h tonight?" Before I can answer, Rachel says, "I get a bath?" Maybe we've spelled that word around her enough, but it was still adorable.

Her Palate-It remains very particular. When asked whether she wanted turkey for Thanksgiving, she replied, "No! French Fries!"

Music-This child loves music. She enjoys her toy maracas and harmonica and has shown interest as mommy teaches her the piano. When asked where d is, she presses the right note. On the way to school, she isn't happy unless she hears Gary Glitter's "Rock N' Roll, Part 2." She calls it "The Hockey Song", because she hears it at hockey games when the home team scores a goal.

Teaching-How adorable is this? I walked out into the living room the other day and she had her "Little People" arrayed in a semi-circle. She'd hold up different shapes and say, "What's That? Circle. Very good" Then she'd move to the next one.
When asked whether she wanted to be a teacher one day, she replied, "No, a little girl."

Guilt Giver-I took her to school one day and she didn't want me to leave. I told her, "Sweetie, daddy needs to go to work." She replied, "But I NEED you. Lie down with me!" I felt teeny-tiny as I left the room."

She's also had a good night at the minor league hockey game last Saturday night. We sat right next to where the refs and between-period entertainment entered the ice. She was determined to see the mascot, Maximus (Lion mascot for the Gladiators.)
Maximus saw her and gave her a hug. One of the camera guys shooting action on the ice and faces in the crowd used to work with me. He put Rachel's image on the scoreboard. Unfortunately, I missed it, because I was at the ticket window picking up our tickets for the Wiggles next Saturday. (That should be a great blog entry...a 1 1/2 year-old, 2 2-year-olds, a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old in a suite!) After the game, the season ticket holder in front of us got the ref's attention so he'd give Rachel an official puck, which we then got autographed by one of the guys who scored a goal. He actually had all his teeth. Rachel still has some to go!

She also displayed a little "attitude" during the game and shot me the dreaded "toddler face." I snapped a picture and will post it here soon.

And that, in the news biz, is what we call "a tease."