Chocoholic

Dear Mackenzie,

Some recent developments:

-You probably say, "Mama up-eee!" more than anything else. You always want me to carry you!

-When you see Paw Patrol, you exclaim, "Ba-doo! Ba-doo!"

-You constantly identify what things belong to who. When clothes are on my drying racks, you point to them and say "Lila," "Mama," "Ngaw Ngaw" or whoever the clothing belongs to. In the bathroom, you point at the row of toothbrushes hanging over the sink and said, "GuhGaw, Lila, Me, Mama!"

-I ate some spicy food and my nose started running. When you saw me, you asked, "Mama, sue?" And then you ran and got a tissue for me!

-On Christmas morning, Daddy told you that Santa had come. You jumped up and down on the bed, pumped your fists in the air and shouted, "Yay!" I'm not sure you understand who Santa is but I think you were feeding off of your siblings' enthusiasm.

-When the candle on JieJie's birthday cake tipped over, you said, "Oh no happy bir-day!"

-You can sing along to the "Happy Birthday" song and even do the "Are you one? Are you two?" thing at the end by saying, "One! Two! Teee!"

-When something really upsets you (like seeing that your toy Olaf's arm had broken off), you put both hands on your cheeks and shake your head back and forth while lamenting, "Oh no! Oh no!"

-When you accidentally hit my head, you asked, "Mama, tay?" Then you hugged me with a sad, sympathetic look on your face.

-You saw your Elmo towel hanging in the bathroom and said, "Towel mine Elmo."

-I asked you where your necklace was and you replied, "Dada," followed by a few seconds where you moved your mouth silently but determinedly before you managed to slowly emit the word "awwfff"--as in office! 

-I love how you can not only sing along to "Let It Go" but also imitate all of Elsa's dramatic hand gestures.

-By the way, you can finally say "Elsa" now!

-When you want me to show you something, you shout, "I see! I see!" You also really love seeing our neighbors' Christmas lights and often pull me to the window and say, "See light! See more light!" Att this point, some of our neighbors have taken their lights down and when you noticed this, you said, "Oh no! Light go?"

-Other phrases you have learned to say: Dada bite me, hold me, help me, Dada eat nunu mine (Daddy is eating my noodles), Mama egg me (Mama, give me an egg).

-After Daddy said you couldn't eat anymore grapes (which you call "blue" because you think they are blueberries), you told me, "Dada no more blue," while solemnly wagging your finger and shaking your head.

-You love the Sandra Boynton book, Blue Hat, Green Hat, and can point out where the turkey has incorrectly put the article of clothing on each page and tell me where that article of clothing is supposed to go.

-When JieJie or someone else is hugging me, you often run over and throw your arms around both of our legs to form a group hug. This afternoon, you were sitting next to me on the couch when you put your arm around my neck and smiled so lovingly at me. I love how affectionate you are!

-I was giving you butterfly kisses on your cheeks and you were giggling so much! You kept covering your cheeks so I couldn't get to them but then you'd remove your hands and say, "More!"

-You are really good at puzzles! You can easily match the pieces on the transportation puzzles and like doing them over and over again. When you put all the pieces in, you say, "More!" And then you take the pieces out and start over.

-You can stack nine shape blocks on top of each other and make a tall tower without it falling over. Nice motor skills!

-When you do a countdown, you go, "Too-tee fofo nine!" And then you run or throw a toy up in the air.

-I packed a bag of chocolates for PoiPoi and didn't realize you had snuck one from the box until I had put the box back in the fridge and then turned to see you running into the kitchen with a big smile on your face--you gleefully pointed at your mouth, which was covered in chocolate! Then you proudly showed me the empty chocolate wrapper that you had taken off the chocolate all by yourself. I asked you, "Where did you get that chocolate?" You replied, "Mouf." (mouth). Then when I asked, "You took a chocolate?!?" you smiled such a happy, naughty smile! You love your chocolate!

Love,

Mom