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M is Two today. (Despite me, I should add! Smile

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Made it this far! And I have loved every minute of it. Even when she's been unwell, and though she prefers decorating the wall and carpet with her cereal to eating it. I love that she translates words from Hindi to English and vice versa for me, just in case I didn't understand. I love that she can't see a puddle she doesn't want to splash in. That she sits in her car seat behind me as I drive us to daycare and work or shopping or zoo or duckpond - and bangs her feet against my seat. I love that she throws things down and says: oh, it fell. I love that she hugs the phone to her face every evening when daddy calls to say goodnight to her. And keeps her lips stuck to it all the while he's talking to her. I love that she lies in bed and whines in the morning when she wakes up and doesn't see me there. And breaks into a big wide smile as soon as I walk in the door. I love her loud, emphatic 'no' when I ask her if she wants to eat blueberries. And her yuss yuss yuss, and then yuss peesh, whenever I ask her if she'd like to eat ice cream - morning noon or night.

Two years. I can't imagine how that happened.

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Awww, what a wonderful post!

Happy birthday M!

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Thanks, Sozobe.

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Happy birthday, m'kay?

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Heatwave--

Birthdays are always days of quiet triumph for mothers. You've earned your glory.

Happy B-Day to M.

Hold your dominion.

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Thank you, Noddy. Smile

She also likes to color the carpet instead of her book. Eats with two spoons sometimes. Loves bubbles. And trains. And says complicated Hindi words like badal garjey bijli chamki and complicated English words like rhodo-don (rhododendron).

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Thank you, DrewDad.

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Happy birthday, littleM - and congratulations on the good work Mom!

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Thank you, EhBeth.

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awww...

happy birthday mama. Smile

Happy birthday little M.

for beans 2nd birthday , we had a planting day.

Took several small plastic cups and dug dirt out of the yard and burried beans and other things in it to see what would grow.

We still have one of those bean plants now.. a year and a half later.
Some how, that bean plant is special too.

Funny.. how things like that can mean a whole lot isnt it?

( hug )

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_Heatwave_ wrote:

Thank you, Noddy.

She also likes to color the carpet instead of her book. Eats with two spoons sometimes. Loves bubbles. And trains. And says complicated Hindi words like badal garjey bijli chamki

badal garjey.. Smile

...now, that's cute.

Happy Birthday to M!

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Shewolf, thanks. That was a really nice idea. I can completely understand nurturing the bean plant along. Someday, when we have a house and don't live in a pokey apartment, M & I will surely do some planting as well. Hang a tyre from a tree too....

Sakhi, thanks. Isn't it cute? She's my little sponge. Just for your hindi-understanding ears, she also says mommy nangu when I come out of the shower.

M likes to play baby elephant mommy elephant and baby elephant daddy elephant. It means crawling on the floor with her.....underneath me. Her favorite present from yesterday is the manga noodle (magnadoodle).

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Aw. Happy belated birthday, M.

BTW, there's no terrible twos. The twos are great! It's the three almost four's you have to worry about. Enjoy!

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Thanks, FreeDuck. I kept hearing that it's the next stage that'll be harder. So far, it's still the next one. (We did just fine the day she decided to stop being stationary and crawled all the way, right across our livingroom. Did fine when she started walking and then running and now jumping up and down on the bed. Still fine though she climbs on top of the sofa and threatens to jump off the highest side.)

Hopefully, it'll always be the next stage that'll be harder. I can't wait.

Just a little while ago I called her daycare to find out how she did with her lunch. She fed herself her chicken stew with the spoon facing down. Ummm....yeah.

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Hope M had a fabulous birthday. I'd give anything for my girl to be 2 again!

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She did, thank you, Dorothy. Yes, I'm in no hurry for M to grow up. I enjoy every day with her. This can last a while, yes. I'm in nooooo rush.

I read about your daughter's raincoat elsewhere. I 'spy' on M too, every day when I drop her off/pick her up. Just to see what she does when I'm not there. It's a little thrilling, that kind of spying.

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Oops I'm late. I hope you and she had a wonderful day. Smile

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FreeDuck wrote:

BTW, there's no terrible twos. The twos are great! It's the three almost four's you have to worry about. Enjoy!

HA!
You beat me to it.

As i sit here with red cheeks, chosing to NOT battle over the fact that she wants a diffrent color soap then what she has and WONT use it again in the whole wide world ( her words) and tried to dump the entire bottle in the toilet .. Confused

yeah

the twos were great! Laughing

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_Heatwave_ wrote:

Sakhi, thanks. Isn't it cute? She's my little sponge. Just for your hindi-understanding ears, she also says mommy nangu when I come out of the shower.
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jespah - thank you for the wishes. She did have a wonderful day. She did not know 'presents' before, and since then - I field daily requests for pwesents.

Shewolfnm - how did that episode end?

Yesterday, as I work on the computer, M decides to pick up the empty waste-paper basket and put in near my chair. The chair sits on one of the plastic mat-thingys that protect the carpet and let the chair slide smoothly. Well. Once she places the basket on the mat, she decides to stand in it. I watch from the corner of my eye - waiting for the inevitable. One little foot goes in. Basket slides forward. M hops a little to keep up and not fall. I let her. Basket steadies up. Out comes the foot. M picks up basket and carts it right back to it's original spot.

It was hard not to laugh out loud. After 3 minutes I gave up trying. Sat down on the carpet with her and laughed. And picked her up and took her back to the basket and said: M - can you please put your foot in her again, and slide? I believe it's the first time I've seen her look sheepish.

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