8-28-14

C:
- is now eating loads of baby foods: apples, mangos, pears, sweet potatoes, carrots, turkey and rice combo, spinach and fruit combo, among others.  She also eats baby oatmeal like a champ.
- lets her sister do things like put make- up on her face (pretend make- up, of course), and just keeps smiling when K admonishes her, 'Cah- ly, sit still!'  She lights up like a brilliant sky when K comes into the room, and she looks at K dreamily like a kid with a crush.
-  has been babbling, usually when in her Jolly Jumper.  We commonly hear, 'Ah, daaah- dahh!" and "Ga- abaaah!"  She clearly thinks she is relaying something to us and it's quite cute.  Love hearing her "speak," and she still squeals in delight a lot too. 

K:
- is very interested in the medical world as of late.  She loves pretending her Caillou stickers are band- aids and will mend you with them.  She thinks any freckle or mark is a boo- boo and will ask you why you have it, and then tries to patch you up.  She also believes that any injury means you need to go to the hospital-- so with any fall- over Carly has experienced, K has informed us, "Cah- ly needs the hospital."  Any person dressed in scrubs on TV or in person she believes it "Cah-ly's doctor."
- loves Hide n' Seek but hasn't quite mastered the roles.  She closes her eyes and counts to ten even when she is the one hiding. :)
- with language:
         - has lots of cute new colloquial phrases:  Answers in the affirmative with the word, "Sure!" instead of yes; often says, "Oh, yes!" to tell you something is VERY true; tells you, "I'm fine!" when she doesn't need any food etc; tells you, "See ya!"  or "See ya in the mornin'!" She is obsessed with asking us, 'What's so funny?" when we laugh, and says, 'That's too funny!" when she laughs.
         - comes up with a million excuses NOT to do something, even when the excuses don't fit.  For example, when she doesn't want to go to bed, she will try: "A scary monster is gonna come in," but then also: "I'm too big"; "I'm too little"; "I'm hot"; "I'm cold"; "I'm thirsty"; "I'm too tired"; and "I'm not tired."
        - sometimes confuses "why" and "why not."  The other day, I said we needed to pick something up at the post office, and she asked. 'Why not?'  But then she corrected herself quickly-- smart cookie.