1,2,5....8,9,10

That's how she counts..............

1-2-5........8-9-10.

These cards were one of many items from Mimi for

Valentine's Day. Elmo, Elmo, Elmo!

I'd say we need them!

Asparagus & Augmentin

I do declare! Royanne has the most unusual

palate for a toddler!

In addition to loving sharp cheddar, Asiago

cheese, chips & salsa and cold kidney

beans, she loves asparagus!

She shoved it in and wanted more.

I just started eating it in the last 6 years
or so, because I'd only had it from a can,
and discovered the fresh stuff is outta
this world! I am so glad Royanne
loves her veggies!



As you can see, in the background,
we are tracking the
medicine intake with Elmo faces.




Here she is showing me the Elmo collection.

Every morning, every night, it is

med-c (her way of saying medicine) and then

on to the Elmo wall.

We apply the tape and she sticks them

wherever. Sometimes she says "HIGH!"

so we will lift her higher.

Once it was all over, we had displayed

24 Elmo faces. When I bought the package

of Elmo faces months ago, I didn't know what

I'd use them for, but I knew she'd love them.

Sometimes putting up an Elmo made the

medicine easier to swallow.

Royanne, when in a calm and

pleasant mood, was given the opportunity

to pretend to draw up her medicine.
She was so proud! She really was good about

taking the nasty stuff.

We bought a canister of banana flavored

instant breakfast drink right before this

kidney infection thing happened.

She wouldn't drink milk and we were trying

to wean her from toddler formula.

The augmentin was banana flavored,

and since I hadn't yet opened the instant

breakfast, I returned it. Who would ever expect

her to take up with banana instant breakfast when

the med-c was banana? So, for the time

being we'll get our calcium in orange juice and

various types of cheese.

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Home From the Hospital

This post only has 1 picture. I still have not

had the time to complete my understanding

of how in the world to retrieve a picture from

the video camera, to log her hospital stay.

When it was time to be discharged from the

hospital, Bruce couldn't get away from work, so Kay

and Liam came to get us and take us home. I asked

Liam to stay until his dad got off of work & could

come and get him, and to play

with Royanne.

Kay brought Liam to the hospital in his pjs - he

loves his pjs - and she didn't realize he didn't wear

shoes. So, when we got inside our house, Kay made

Liam take off his socks because she didn't want

the hospital germs in my house. Liam said the tile

was too cold, so I gave him a pair of bobby sock

style striped socks, made from a polyester-spandex

blend. He managed to get them almost to his knees,

and while they were playing, I took this picture,

because it looked like the wicked witch

of the west,

under the house on the Wizard of Oz.

It cracked me up!

He asked me if he could keep the

socks- he is a sock lover also- and I said

sure! Mimi said he's worn them 3 or 4 times

since; they get washed & they're back on

his feet. Silly boy!

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Unhindered

The stool Bruce made for Ro has come

in handy when she wants to watch what

we are doing in the kitchen. Beats holding her

all over the place!

However, when she learned to PUSH IT

around, it had to spend chunks of time in

the garage.

Here, sporting a Christmas candy cane

confiscated from a kitchen snack drawer,

she has moving the stool on her mind.....

She threw down the candy - which she

doesn't even like (but it was snagged during her

covert operation)- when it was impeding

her progress.

Here she is turning it a quarter

turn so she can investigate another

counter top.

She grunts when it gets stuck in the

grout.



Almost done!



Climbing up........

Scoping out the possibilities.....

"OH! Mom's coupon wallet!.....

little pieces of paper......"

"WOW! Lookie what I've got!

And it was so easy!"

(Which is why the stool goes in

the garage from time to time).

Later, she decides to unload

the cabinet while I unload the dishwasher!


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A Smart One, That's What She Is.

Royanne was being held by Bruce when he

opened the cabinet to get the Pam

cooking spray. The lid was sitting cock-eyed

and she said "Ut-oh,....broke!"

She has been pushing that stool he made her

all over the kitchen when she pleases,

(so she can retrieve NO-NO things) & I now keep

it in the diningroom on the carpet (because she's

not yet strong enough to pull it off of the rug.

Sometimes it has to hide in the garage).

She knows it helps her reach the sink, or

whatever, because she stands on it.

So, last

night she wanted at the sink, so she stood on

a book. Today, she stood inside a

clothes basket. She has the right idea, just

the wrong item.....smart, smart.

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Latest Play Date With Liam

Liam came over real early a week ago Friday, and he

wanted to wake Royanne up so bad! So, I set

the timer so he'd know when it was O.K. to do so.

She was so glad to see him! Sometimes she calls

him Abby. I think she thinks Abby and Liam are

a set, and they are called ABBY.

We planned a lot for the day; first we'd go

outside on the deck and ride a while, then we'd

play in the sandbox, then the water table.

Afterwards, we'd have lunch & then practice

our golf techniques and run through the

sprinkler, if it wasn't too windy.

(It wasn't so we did!)

When his clothes were drying,

they watched a video.

Silly boy!

Her bangs are getting so long, and they
poke her in the eyes.

This is Liam's way of picking up the baby.

Liam pretended to have a crash and fell off the

truck with much dramatization, and it

kind of scared Royanne, and she

almost started to cry.

Here it appears he is telling her that it

is all a game, and how to play it. When they

play together, he's talking a mile a minute,

explaining the details of their next adventure

as they pretend this or that. She listens even though

she doesn't understand everything he says.

When I told him she didn't really understand,

he said "Sure she does, she plays soldiers really good!"

Well, O.K., then!

Here Liam is moving in for the

crash.

This time she copies and plays along, but I am

sure she doesn't know what she's doing it for!

Belly crash.

Second crash. Liam is drama filled, Ro.....

........not so much!

Playing in the water. She was soaked!

Messing Around

Drinking from the turtle cup that goes with

her outside water play station. I keep on telling her

to not drink out of it, but she doesn't

always listen. Can you believe that!?

This was a morning she woke up early -

complete with her morning hair -

and wanted to go right outside, bypassing

breakfast. She wanted to see Gee-gee.

Gee-gee is her name for Gilligan.

Here she is hugging him.

She has discovered the grill and always

tries to turn the knobs.

Once inside and dressed, it seems it is

time to wash the dishes! She can push her

stool all over the kitchen - only hindered by an

occasional delay when the stool gets hung on

the grout.

She loves to play in the water.




Tickled beyond words!