Along with new words you of course have created a bunch of new games. Here are some of your favorites:

1. The Ring. You say “Ring Dada” and this means you want him to take his wedding band off and you are going to run off with it, hide it in your diaper, put it on your toe, throw it to mommy, or simply show dada that you now have his ring and he can’t have it. As soon as you get it you scream “Oh gosh, o gosh” and act all scared b/c Dada is going to chase you for it. It is hilarious and somehow we have still managed not to lose daddy’s ring during this game.

2. The Brush: When mommy goes to brush your hair after the bath you immediately run to daddy screaming “Oh Gosh, Help me”. Then if he can’t save you, you try to divert mommy off of brushing your hair and you stick your foot out and say “brush tootsie”, so i brush your tooties, then you say “Brush nose” so i brush your nose, then eyes, then mouth, then belly, then leg, and when we’re all through you start repeating the whole process with tootsies again.

3. Chase: Oldie but a goodie. The has been on your hit list for a while now but the way you do it is what makes it so quirky. You yell out Mama or Dada and then you squish your nose up and put on a weird smile and that one simple signal means come chase me. You are so weird- i love it.

4. Tickle Rain: This game has its own post but deserves a mention here. When it is raining outside you say “Cmon dada, tickle rain. Diaper on.” which means take my clothes and diaper off pick me up and let’s go dance outside in the rain.

5. Bath house: When we are in the bath you say “make a house” and this means mommy or daddy has to put their feet up on the tub so that our legs make a house for you to crawl under.

6. Water spit: You drink a big gulp of water, swish it in your mouth, run up to us and show us you have something in your mouth, giggle, open your eyes big and then proceed to spit it out slowly on your belly and then the floor, bed, or wherever you little butt is. You also do this in the bath or pool which drives your daddy crazy bc he is always worried you are going to drink it but you always spit it out and that just makes the game more fun for you.

8. Hee-Haw: You cling on to our leg like a bear cub and then say “hee-hawwww” and this means lift your leg up and down so i can ride it like a donkey. You then have to tell whoever isn’t hee-hawwwing you to look and watch you hee-haw.

9. Shhhh: When we are at the beach and you find a little shell crab you tell us to pick it up and then say “shhhhhh” and that means be very quiet so the crab will come out and walk on our arm.

10. Dress up: You love putting on weird things and then walk out and show daddy what you are wearing. Your favorite is a santa hat or bear hat, halloween socks or leg warmers, and a weird giraffe shirt. You like to walk all around the house in your outfit and check yourself out in the mirror.

There are so many more and each week you seem to invent a new game so you keep it fresh. You are one spunky little thing. Just writing this post makes me smile. mwahhhhh.