Just Too Smart

Lily has been blowing our minds lately with how smart she is. She talks very well and has an amazing vocabulary of over 450 words. (Yes. We're nerd-parents. We counted.) She puts together sentences already and likes having conversations with us.

Lily is very observant and has started noticing that grown-ups have things she doesn't have. When she sees something she likes, she wants to know what it is, who it belongs to, and if she can have one. So far, Lily has asked us for a bicycle, a backpack, a watch, a ring, a car, and an airplane, but a small one.

"Lily a cycle?" "Lily a pack-pack?" "Lily a airplane? A small one?"

She has decided that she likes yellow apples better than red ones. She likes to ask us if things are big or small. She asks for things like "ock-pus tandy" (sour gummi octopus candy), cold "bater" (water), and "pink milk." She says "sess" (yes) more often than the traditional toddler favorite, "no." She says "domo" to the Japanese. For some strange reason, she needs to smell everything. She likes to go to the gym to get exercise. She likes going to the "ground" (playground) and the "shop-up" (military mini-mart actually called the Shoppette) and church.

We've talked to her a little bit about moving, but she doesn't seem concerned about it. She's excited about getting a backpack for our trip, a big-girl bed, and having a party for her birthday. I can't believe she's only turning 2. She seems older to me somehow.

If I have any complaint, it's that she doesn't hold still for pictures. Hence, the obvious absence of her most recent cuteness, something I hope to remedy soon.