Alicia at 2 1/2!

Alicia is now 2 1/2! Wow! She is definitely our little non-stop spit fire. She talks constantly around the house. Singing, rambling and when she doesn't have anything real to say she chatters away in what sounds like a foreign language. Anything to keep sound coming out of her mouth. Whew! It exhausts me ; ) We are working on self-control and our inside voice...

We go through most days pretending that we are someone else. We rotate through 4 families now. Just recently she has started to become obsessed with Veggie Tales. Move over Sesame Street! Here come Bob and Larry! She is limited to 1/2 hr. of TV a day, but books and music go on all day!

We have been playing outside quite a bit enjoying the spring weather. She LOVES flowers, and we frequently pick the yellow dandelions and white clover flowers on our walks. Here is my flower princess!

After Easter we began potty training. She is adamant that she does not wear diapers - which is great but... she isn't quite there yet... We stayed home a week and did some high intensity potty training. She has had some very good days (50% success rate), but she can't tell me when she needs to go so we have a lot of accidents. Even 2 minutes after she sits on the potty!!! But she wants to wear underpants or pull-ups so we will push through. It just may take a while!

She does like the attention that comes with sitting on the potty! But lately it has seemed more like work to her - she doesn't like to sit still! We are trying to keep it fun!!

She also got her first haircut a couple of weeks before Easter. We trimmed ~ 2.5 inches off! That sounds like a lot, but most people didn't notice since she still sports a bit of a shag! But I was very glad to even out the back of her hair.

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