Reagan

My little 3 year old is so stinkin' cute! I figured I was well-overdue for a post about all the funny things she's been saying and doing lately. After all, that's what this blog is all about, documenting the little things that consume our days, but will one day be forgotten if they're not written down somewhere. So here are some random thoughts about my little Reagan:

Just typing "my little Reagan" brought to mind something she says ALL the time: "I'm NOT little! I'm BIG!" I didn't realize how often I called her little, until she started correcting me. I often refer to her, using terms of endearment such as, "my little cutie," or "my little bug-a-boo," or "my little munchkin." She takes a lot of offense to this and insists on telling me what a big girl she is.

She LOVES lollipops! Of the many different kinds she's sampled, she seems to favor those of the "circle" variety. I know, most lollipops are circles, so this doesn't really make sense. But whenever she asks for one, she says, "May I please have a circle lollipop?" I don't know where this came from, but it's one of her unique sayings that always makes me laugh. In the picture above, she had just eaten a blue ring-pop.

She's still learning all the little quirks of the English language. This is that bitter/sweet time-frame for a parent when it's sort of difficult to correct her mistakes because the mistakes just sound so cute! I can't think of all of them right now, but here are a few: she's often using the word "at" instead of "to" ("are we going AT preschool?" or "we're going AT Utah!"). She also has a hard time using the past tense of the word "say" ... if she's explaining what someone "said", she'll say "he say'd it" or "he says this." She loves to put her dress-up clothes on every single day. Today she wore the Tinkerbell dress and said, "Mama, fly me!" which meant she wanted me to lift her up and make her fly. She also says "you falled it" whenever I drop something or she says "it falled" instead of using the past tense "fell."

Reagan loves to sing! She sings all the time and I can't get enough of her little voice. Last week in preschool, the theme was nursery rhymes. Ever since, she's been singing "Bah, Bah Blacksheep" and it's the cutest thing ... instead of saying "have you any wool," she says, "have you any wolves!" I just don't have the heart to correct her :) I recorded her singing this on my phone, but she was hamming it up, over-doing it, rather than singing it the way she usually does: (but it's still really cute to hear!)

She's really good at imitating John and me which is sometimes adorable and sometimes scary. It's adorable when she's laying next to me and she cups my face in her hands and says, "Ohhh Mama, you are SO beautiful!" ... I've done this to her so many times that she says it back to me in the exact same way. She's so good at bringing a smile to my face. But other times, she yells at Brutus (our 150 pound Italian Mastiff) to get out of her way, and we realize she's saying it exactly the way we do. It can come out pretty ugly and our initial reaction is to scold Reagan for talking so rudely to the dog ~ then we realize she learned this from us and we better learn to be better when talking to the dogs!

Last week, I was having a really "off week" which started by me accidentally putting my iPhone into the washing machine! I was extremely depressed about this because I'm so attached to my iPhone. Reagan witnessed all of this and tried very hard to make me feel better about it. The next day, I picked her up from preschool and one of my favorite songs came on the radio on our drive home. I started singing and dancing, looking back at Reagan to join me (I do this all the time, yes, I'm a big dork when no one is watching!). She said to me, "Are you happy now Mama?" I couldn't believe that she remembered how sad I was the day before and she recognized that my mood was now different. The ironic thing was that her comment made me start to cry for 2 reasons: 1) I was so touched by her ability to be concerned about my feelings and 2) I felt very guilty for being so down the day before over a material possession and exposing my innocent 3 year old to my sadness.

Reagan loves to walk around in Papa's big shoes!

Last Sunday, Reagan and Avery were in the kitchen with me as I was cooking something for breakfast. Afterward, Reagan told me she was going to see her Abuela, or as Reagan calls her, "Aw-bay-a." I kind of forgot about her because I didn't hear anything for a very long time. After about 20 minutes, I went into Nila's room and found Reagan sitting on the bed, just talking with her grandmother. It was so sweet. I love the above picture I took. We don't know how much longer Nila will be with us so I want Reagan and Avery to spend time with her to enrich this last stretch of her life. I also want my girls to remember their grandmother.