- "Whodat?": Marlee's favorite question to ask. She points to anyone, including people she knows and asks " Whodat?". When she is really excited she asks, "Whodat, Whodat, Whodat, Whodat?" as quickly as she can possibly say it!
- "Mar turn": When Marlee wants to do something, she boldly announces that it is "Mar's turn." This is something she has learned at school because they strongly encourage them to say something (rather than just yelling out or motioning) when they want to have their turn. My favorite part is that she now refers to herself as "Mar turn" whenever we point to her picture or ask who she is. She thinks it is her name!
- "Wa": She calls her friend, Olivia, "Wa." We have no idea why, but we crack up every time she says it. Her teacher, Ms. Abby, says another classmate has now started calling Olivia, "Wa Wa." Marlee has started a bad trend! Just this weekend we have noticed her trying to say "Olivia" and it makes me kind of sad. I will miss "Wa!"
- Speaking of "Wa": "Wa" is also her word for walk. She has a Charlie Brown doll that her friend Annie Kate gave her for her 1st birthday. Since watching "The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", Charlie has become her best friend. While walking through a parking lot this weekend, she put Charlie down next to her and said, "Wa." She put him down on his feet several times hoping he would walk along beside her. He of course fell right over. She then leaned over to help him walk but must have decided that was too much trouble. She picked him up and carried him the rest of the way!
- "Mo": Marlee has developed very strong opinions and quickly replies "Mo" (No) while shaking her head back and forth when she does not want to do something.
- Carpet time: Marlee had a bit of a difficult time adjusting to carpet time at school. It was, of course, very hard to sit on a piece of carpet and focus for a period of time when she would much rather be up and playing. She did, however, decide that she enjoyed sitting on Ms. Abby's lap during that time. Apparently, Ms. Abby's lap was a much more comfortable spot than her carpet square. One day Ms. Abby told Marlee that she did not have a choice, and she had to sit on her carpet square. Marlee marched right over to the carpet square, picked it up, put it in Ms. Abby's lap, and plopped herself right down on that carpet square...in Ms. Abby's lap :). She technically did follow directions!
- Letters: Marlee is a little obsessed with the alphabet. She loves letters! She especially loves recognizing the first letters in her friend's name. Everyday we have to write down letters and she tells us her friends' names. M is of course "Mar turn." and "Mama". J is "Jacob". L for "Lou" (Lewis). O for "Wa" (Olivia). K for "Ki" (Keith). A for "Akky" (Abby). S for "Sue". H for "Hu" (Hunt). G for "Dada" (Greg) and "G" (Gran). Anytime and anywhere she sees these letters, she excitedly says the name that goes along with the letter! She may be a little confused when she learns that A is actually the letter A and not Abby :).
- "Gagy": She loves her babies!! They go with her everywhere and she sleeps with one each night. She loves any type of pretend play with her dolls.
- Colors: Marlee loves to color and to tell us what color everything is. She even points to cars as they drive by and tells us what color they are. If she is playing with a certain color toy and someone has that color on their clothes, she puts the toy next to the clothes and matches and names the colors.
- "Row Row": Like all two year olds, she loves the iPad. Her favorite thing to do is watch nursery rhymes. When she wants to watch, she comes up to us saying, "row, row," quite persistently! Meaning, of course that she wants to watch "Row, row. row your boat." The funniest part as that she does the rowing motion with her arms as she is making her request known! If that does not work, she begins moving her arms in a circular motion indicating that she would like to watch "Wheels on the Bus."
- "Knock, Knock": Door, container, it doesn't matter...if it can be opened, Marlee knocks on it. She started by knocking and saying "Mock, Mock." then she added "Mock, Mock, Oten." Now it is an almost perfect sounding, "Knock, knock. Open Door!" (even if it's not a door) :).
This pictures was taken the weekend before Thanksgiving one year ago. It was Marlee's first time on a carousel. Look at what a little baby she was!!! I saw this last night and knew I had to write down some of my favorite "Marlee" things right NOW. It goes too fast, and I'm afraid I will forget so much. Oh, how much she has learned in just one year! Two is such a fun stage, as I'm sure all of her stages will be, but it would be ok for time to slow down a bit!
Eating pancakes last Saturday morning with her friend, Charlie, right by her side. He and/or her babies joins us for most meals these days :).
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