Missing Monkey Mondays

I can’t remember when I wrote about my missing Monkey Mondays but regardless of when that was, I still miss her every day. Not just Mondays, but they are usually the most difficult. Well, Mondays and Tuesdays. There is something that really sucks about the day Tuesday. It is not expected to be as bad as Monday, but the weekend is still so… far…. away…

I looked at Emmy yesterday and it seemed as though she grew up 6 months in 6 days. She looks older and speaks such full sentences you forget she is only 2 ½. The things she says just crack me up. All day long I just keep thinking that I wish I could capture it all on video or something. A few things I can remember:

- She understands that “yesterday” means that is already happened but has no concept of time. So everything was “yesterday” which is pretty funny in the context of some conversations.

- She thinks going pee pee on the potty is some sort of rite of passage.

Josh “Hey big girl, you have fun at the park with mommy?”

Emmy “Yeah, I met a new friend.”

Josh “Oh yeah? Was she nice?”

Emmy “She is a big girl, she goes pee pee on the potty.”

Josh “Really? Did you ask her if she did?

Emmy “Yes I did”

She understands the difference between boys and girls

“I don’t wear pants because I am a girl, not a boy” (No idea where she got that

one!)

“Daddy does not wear necklaces because he is a big boy. We do because we’re

ladies, right mommy?”

- She is very polite always saying please and thank you. I think I already mentioned this but when she gets mad she yells “No thank you!” It is the cutest thing. She’ll yell at the coffee table if she stubs her toe.

- “5 more minutes”. I can just look at the kid around bed time and she automatically says “5 more minutes”.

- She is really into pretending to be a cowboy – she prances around the house yelling “Hee Haw!”

- She knows her name starts with “E”. Her school focuses on a different letter, number, shape and color every 2 weeks. The past 2 weeks have been “e” and her teachers say whenever they all sit down and talk/ask about what words start with the letter “e” she shouts “ME!”

"I'm all done crying". Emmy rarely cries, unless she is hurt. But when she does she'll tell us when she is done. It is so cute.

She doesn't understand how to describe flavors so anything she doesn't like is "kinda spicy".

- Listening Time. Emmy’s daycare does not have time out, they have listening time. We’ve never really had to do any sort of time out at home, I don’t know why but I tried to avoid it. However, recently there have been a few times we made her sit in thinking time to be consistent with daycare. After the first time we made her sit, she went to play with her dolls. Within minutes I see her firmly talking to her doll saying “Look into my eyes. You need to listen to me. You go into thinking time”. She dumps her doll in her room, trots by me and says “she not listening, she is in thinking time”. I could hardly contain my smile when I looked at Josh and asked if she was mocking us?

- Her latest response when I tell her she can’t have something such as another juice box or cookie “You not sharing with me Mommy?” How do you respond to that?!

- Yesterday I was in the kitchen when she called me “Mommy I have something to tell you!” So I cruise into the family room, she has me lean down and she whispered in my ear “I love you soooo much!” Greatest words in the world!

Now you understand why I miss her so much!