Favorites of a 2 Year Old

 My little two year old will not slow down- always on the go, always on the move, always wanting to do something fun, exciting and new!  We definitley have found some new favorites around here and keep her entertained for a looooong time!  We've had some beautiful weather (aside from the snow today) the past couple of weeks but the mornings are still a bit chilly to go outside so we've been hanging around indoors.

Doing lots of water coloring...

 ... which Hadley now is asking to do at least 3 times a day!

We've also been coloring on lots of butcher paper spread out on the table...

But we are definitely getting outside every afternoon to go on walks, visit the park, play bubbles, and draw with sidewalk chalk!  When we first bought out house I was a little disappointed that we did not have a huge backyard but now I love the size!  Hadley can just play outside by herself and I can pretty much see her from anywhere in the kitchen (don't worry I still go out and check on her constantly!).  She loves the indepedence and just sits out there and plays and talk to herself...

LOVING this Spring!!

Hadley at 2!!

 Although I have loved Hadley at all ages and all stages, Steve and I are loving this stage!!  We were just mentioning the other day that we wish we could freeze time just for a little while and keep her here :)  She is talking up a storm, which makes it more fun for us and much easier to her to tell us what she wants, and she is seriously so sweet and kind most of the time.  We don't really have any tanturms or anything naughty very often.  Haddles, please stop growing!!

Here's some things about Hadley at 2:

Food:

- Favorite foods include: popcorn, hot dogs, chili, rice, noodles of all kinds, broccli, green beans, cauliflower, carrots, over easy eggs

- She loves to eat most things... still will not eat any fruit that doesn't come out of a can!!

- Won't eat sandwiches:  I wish, this would make lunch much easier some days!!

- Constantly asking for chocolate milk :)  My bad!!

We are always trying new hairstyles- this day we used the 3 barrel curling iron!!

Reading:

- We usually read at least 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes before bed

- Hadley often is pulling out books and reading to herself

- She in a stage where she only wants me to read to her.  If she tries she hold out her hand and says, "Stop, Daddy!"

- Favorite books: Last Night at the Zoo, anything Fancy Nancy, Hattie Hippo, and all the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books

 Toys/Playing:

- loves to play with her babies

- LOVES to play games (we play at least 3 a day)

- still enjoys doing at least 1 puzzle a day

- Always to wanting to color!!

- could play in the tub all day long

TV:

- I really try to limit her tv to like 30/45 minutes a day but she could watch WAY more if I let her

- watches all her Pooh movies but also loves Curious George and Word World

These pictures are from a few weeks ago but it's so fun to watch her develop.  The top picture is her coloring from about the beginning of February- scribbles everywhere!!  The bottom is just after her birthday- she is actually trying to coloring inside the characters!!  I LOVE watching her grow!!

 Other Random Things:

- completely potty trained except at night (I'm waiting to do that until she moves out of her crib)

- loves to play with friends

- still doesn't like nursery AT ALL!

- pbskids.org (we've been spending like 10 minutes a day on here playing number and letter games and doing fun songs)  She always asking to, "Play puter (computer) mommy?"

- Can count to 8

- Can recognize and name a circle, square, triangle, heart, star, oval, and diamond

- Knows all her colors but sometimes calls yellow blue

- Has a new obsession with flags... no idea where this came from!!

Well, congrats if you go through all of that!!

Here We Go...