From the Mouth of My Babe

Videos of Skylie with one of her buddies

Last week I took the girls to a doctor's appointment for Kaitlyn. Matt met up with us for the appointment since he was working right next door. On the drive home (just me with the kids), I heard this song coming from the back seat:
"I want my daddy. I want my daddy. I want my daddy. Daddy. Daddy. Daddy..."

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The previous day while walking with the kids to the car after hitting the gym I prompted Skylie to talk to a nearby goose.

Me: "Say 'See you later, Goose.'"
Her: "See you later, Goose!"
Me: "Say, 'Have a great day.'"
Her: "Have a great day!"
Me (highly amused at this): "Say 'I love you, Goose!'"
Her: "I love you, Goose!"
Me (checking if she'd parrot anything): "Say 'I love you, Mommy!'"
Her (disgruntled grunt then): "No MOMMY! The GOOSE!"

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Sky really does love me, despite what she says! A few weeks ago on a daddy-daughter date to Wendy's Skylie announced to Matt, "I want to go on a mommy-daughter date."

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A few weeks ago while feeding Kaitlyn, I heard some noise in the bathroom. This is what I saw when I came in! (I was supposed to be keeping an eye on my friend's children.)

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Yesterday Skylie put all my jewelry in one of my running shoes. Later she had the shoe on the the kitchen table getting each piece of jewelry out. As she did so we overhead her talking to Kaitlyn (who was sitting in her Bumbo on the table). As Skylie took each piece out she'd say, "Look what I made Kaitlyn. Isn't it pretty?!"

(P.S. Sky's never made any of my jewelry. But I have made a few bracelets with her, which is where she's learned those phrases, I'm sure.)

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Matt has a metal box on his nightstand where he keeps coins, a few rings, tie tacks, and pins. Skylie loves to sort through the box and ask what everything is. A few weeks ago we had this conversation:

Her (holding up a pin from Des Moines University): "What's that?"

Me: That's a pin from Daddy's medical school.
Her: "I want to go to melcal school."