1. Eden has a very specific bedtime routine: 1) rock and sing “I see the moon and the moon sees me…” song, 2) rock and sing “rock-a-bye baby” with “ch-ch” inserted after “the cradle will rock”, 3) lie down in bed with her blankie, puppy on one side, baby on the other side, Ariel in one hand, Sleeping Beauty in the other hand, and little green blankie on top of it all, 4) hugs and kisses for Mommy, 5) hugs and kisses for Daddy, 6) roll over and say “ni-night. bye-bye.” If she wakes up in the middle of the night, all steps must be repeated in order for her to fall asleep again.
2. She is an intermittantly picky eater. One day she’ll love pizza, the next day she’ll refuse it. Unfortunately, most days she will fall into the picky category.
3. Sky’s interpretation of #2 is that Eden likes to eat breakfast and lunch, but not supper. It’s true that the picky-ness rears it’s head more often at the supper table, but it’s also true that we never have mac & cheese with hot dogs for supper…
4. Eden is stringing together lots of sentences now, but they all come out one word at a time. For example: Daddy! home. watch. movie. sit. (It’s pretty cute to listen to!)
5. Because Eden goes with me to take Averhy to school, she is excited about school for herself. She likes going to her “class” at church for Parents’ Morning Out, Sunday School, and even the kids play room at the gym!
6. Eden pronounces “Dora and Boots” as “DoyaBoot”
7. If she wants you to sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, she’ll say “up-up-up” (as in “up above”…)
8. Her favorite cereal right now is Raisin Bran Crunch… but she calls it “up-up-up see-yul”… because there’s a sun on the box that must look like a star to her (see #7).
9. Eden loves anything and everything princess. Actually, in the pictures above, she said she was wearing a princess hat (maybe because it’s pink!) She loves dressing up and dancing around and wearing high heels… the whole 9 yards!
10. Eden adores Averhy… and repeats almost everything that Averhy does or says! It can be rather amusing, especially at the dinner table.
11. She is also a very caring and sympathetic girl – if she hears someone cry or even say “ouch”, she becomes very concerned.
12. Sometimes Eden chooses to pray before a meal, and she always prays for Meme, Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, and sometimes Grandad too!
13. Eden is getting very good at puzzles. She has a few 24-piece Sesame Street puzzles that she can almost put together all by herself!
14. She enjoys watching Sesame Street and can identify most of the characters.
15. She knows all of her colors, most of the time. The only one that’s a bit iffy is orange.
16. Eden is an Illini fan! Although she can’t yet sing the Alma Mater, she can say I-L-L I-N-I and cheers “go football!”
17. She is learning to count… with prompting she can count to 13, but on her own it’s more like: 1, 2, 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9…
18. If you ask her “How are you Eden?” she’ll say “Two!” and hold up each index finger to show you!
19. Eden still pronounces “princess” as “wah-whass.”
20. Like her big sister, she really enjoys the movie “Enchanted” and often requests to listen to “happy song” (Happy Working Song) or “wah-whass noooo” (That’s How You Know).
21. We’re starting to work on potty training, but on Wednesday, she peed on the potty twice!!!
22. She is usually pretty patient with me taking lots and lots of pictures of her. Usually…
23. Eden is a great helper – she can throw away her trash, she likes helping with laundry, and will help pick up her toys.
24. Eden loves wrestling… mostly with Sky, but if Averhy is just sitting on the floor, sometimes Eden takes that as an invitation to wrestle!
25. I love the way that she plays with my hair and my face while we’re doing the entire routine in #1… it’s a great end to a day!
by Allyson
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