Our neighbors have seen quite a bit of us as their two year old and Alexis have become inseparable. As soon as either gets home from daycare, they ask where the other is and then will immediately run for that house (or in the case of Wyatt, he drives his tractor over- you'll see him in the picture below). They play effortlessly for hours which is great for everyone.
Lexi has also become more vocal lately. Her vocabulary is growing pretty quickly and it's a very cool stage to see this growth happen, almost daily. She's been singing her own version of happy birthday for over a week now and has begun to try to sing some other songs as well. Mainly jibberash, but cool to listen to nonetheless.
If I had to describe Alexis to someone in as few of words as possible, I'd describe her as a helper or a mother. She loves to do jobs for us and absolutely loves to care for her baby dolls, even though she did throw one in the toilet this morning. I'm sure it did something very wrong to get such a harsh punishment from the Queen Mother.
Now that the weather is beginning to warm up, she spends most of her time in our garden beds or in Wyatt's sandbox. She loves to dig and fill up buckets with dirt. I guess she dumped a bucket of sand on her head and was quite amazed at what that felt like. I'm not really sure what she was expecting, but it took her off guard a little bit.
I should mention that she doesn't play with any of the toys of her own, rather plays with all of Wyatt's cooler toys. Anything you see in the pictures below is probably Wyatt's.
I have begun to teach her how to kick a soccer ball. Now I want to strap a zapper around her neck (think Pavlov) for every time she tries to pick the ball up with her hands. Is this wrong?
So, our baby girl is growing up so quickly and we are so lucky to have her be part of our life. Here's some pictures to go along with the items above:
I just thought this showed how old she's looking lately.
The famous scrunched face in her favorite chair with the aforementioned bucket and shovel.
Have I shared this already? One of my favorites!
Wyatt's four wheeler. The gas is by her right thumb and every so often she pushes it by accident and gets quite the surprise.
Not sure why I included this one, but I love it when she has that grumpy look on her face. Makes me laugh.
The not-so-Irish twins on St. Patty's Day.
You can't tell, but this is Alexis at our waterfront museum.
Alexis and her cousin, Addy, sharing a naked laugh.
Alexis, when she's not biting, is very loving (thus the motherly reference above). Here she's showing her other cousin Jack how much she loves him... or how much she'd like to eat him. One or the other.
She could play in this sandbox for hours.
On Wyatt's tractor.
The first video is of Wyatt giving Alexis a ride. This happens at least four or five times a day. The second video is of Alexis dancing. She has better moves than this, I just haven't been able to capture them on video.
