Felicia was really not crazy about us singing to her.
She didn't really understand the concept of blowing out the candle either. Also, she ALWAYS takes her elastic and bow out of her hair during her nap, and then she wakes up with hair like this:
The day before that, we went as a little family of four to the farm and let the girls ride ponies and play in the air conditioned play area.
On Felicia's actual birthday, we hung out at home, went to our local park, and then went to the Butterfly Biosphere.
At two years old, here are some things I want to remember about Felicia:
- She is getting better at playing with her siblings and loves to be a part of the group.
- Felicia is quite the mimic. She doesn't talk a lot, but she mimics people in very physical ways.
- At her two-year checkup, when they asked if she speaks in two-word sentences, I said yes, but it's still very rare.
- She begs for bites of whatever I'm chopping, slicing, or cooking, especially onions and garlic.
- Eric took her pacifier away while I was away at Young Women's camp. It doesn't seem to be the magic bullet for speech that it was for her older sister. But we're confident it's not going to hold her back either.
- She's a bit tyrannical. Actually, she's very tyrannical. We have a kid-sized chair in our living room, and she doesn't like anyone to sit in it, even if she is also not sitting in it.
- Felicia demands to say her own prayer after she hears anyone else saying a prayer.
- She adores our nightly hug-a-thon, when everyone in the family hugs everyone else in the family. She happily says, "hu-fon" while she hugs everyone in the family, usually multiple times per person.
- Felicia actually loves to get her hair done, and happily runs into her sister's room (where the hair stuff is) when I suggest we do her hair.
- She likes animals but is pretty nervous around them.
- Almost any time I ask her if she wants to ride on my back, she is excited to do so. I use the Ergo to carry her for far more than just hiking.
- She is my most cuddly child, often asking to be picked up and held. At bedtime and naptime, we rock her in the rocking chair and sing songs to her. She usually insists on holding her pillow, a blanket, and as many stuffed animals as she can fit in her hand. When I tell her to close her eyes, she covers them with her hands.
- She loves baths and frequently takes multiple baths in one day. I don't feel like arguing with her about the baths, so I just let them happen. She loves to dump water on her head over and over and over again.
- Along those same lines, she loves swimming. She especially loves jumping off the side of the pool into the pool and letting somebody pull her out from under the water. She has no fear.
- When not done, her hairstyle is definitely a mullet. Grow, hair, grow.
- She is so friendly and says hello to just about everyone we pass. She is also rather scared of big trucks. One day she was repeatedly jumping off our front step (a hobby of hers), when a UPS truck came up the street. I was on the side of the house watering the tomatoes when I heard her screaming, "Mama! Mama!" I ran over, worried that she maybe had been stung by a wasp and realized that she was just afraid of the truck. As it went on by, her shouts of fear turned into, "Bye! Bye!" as she gleefully waved at the passing truck.
- I hate to admit it, but she's looking more and more like Eric. She used to look just like me, so I'm a little sad to be losing my mini.
And here's a little video we made of her singing one of her favorite songs with me a few weeks ago:
Felicia is such a fun age. We love how she's learning, increasing her vocabulary, and discovering the world. We are excited to see what becomes of her in the coming year, and I'm really looking forward to having more individual time with her and her sister as both her brothers are in all-day school this year.
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