Pretend nap

Rebekah, as always, was eager to "get up there"- her way of asking to get in the baby's crib... anyway, yesterday she got in and pretended to take a nap- she said "nuh-night time...go to sleep...blankie..." She "cover up" with the aforementioned blankie and requisitioned a stuffed bunny to play the role of her special handheld bb (a small blankie). She closed her eyes and pretended to sleep...so funny! She got bored with that and began to kick the mobile animals, which delighted her immensely!

She continues to delight us- we are amazed at her ever-expanding vocabulary and understanding of context. Today at lunch, she figured out that someone doing an impersonation was being funny and so she said, "Dave's so funny!" and began to laugh...I know I'm the proud mom, but that seems pretty smart to me!

Rebekah also has figured out where the baby will sit in the car and points to the empty seat and says, "Baby's carseat!"

Another great one- my mom (aka Mamama) introduced her to peppermints a while back...anyway, Rebekah loves them and after every TX trip, I have to avoid them altogether to break her of the habit... :) it's not that I mind, I just get tired of biting off mints for her...anyway, this week, Rebekah convinced herself that I was eating a mint- let me tell you, that girl is good- she even recognizes the sound of the paper coming off the mint- however, I truly did not have a mint at this time. So, I said "I don't have a peppermint, Rebekah" and I showed her my tongue. She looked at Josh, who told her the same thing. To confirm this, I said, "No one has a peppermint right now." She looked thoughtful for a minute and then confidently said, "Mamama has peppermint." I reluctantly agreed. :)



Another cold day in Iowa...

Did you know that West-Mex existed?