Piggy Kiss

It's been a while since I did a general kid update - and with Maggie's big walking news - it was time. 

Here is Rebecca scarfing a sprinkle donut on Owen's birthday and showing us that she is 3.

 

Exciting pic, right? No, but I just love to see my 2 girls out in the backyard literally playing in the dirt.

I've got a cold and am not feeling very creative, so here is a list of stuff Rebeccas' been up to recently (mostly for me, you know).

• Wrapping things in masking tape. She'll use half a roll and completely make something unrecognizable.They even did a little box-construction project at school and hers was round because it was so wrapped in tape. Not sure what this is about.
• She saw a man smoking and told me she was very sad because he was going to get sick and die. I'm not sure where she learned this because we haven't really talked about the ills of smoking since we really don't have any close friends or family that smoke. 
• She gives a really really really good backrub for a 3 year old. I'm going to get in trouble for saying this, but Kyle could take some pointers. :) She just came up to me one evening and started working out some of my shoulder knots. I asked her how she learned and she said Bee taught her. Bee, if this is true I owe you. We just need to work on the length of her sessions - since they last about 8 seconds.
• She (like her brother) likes to set booby traps to protect things that she thinks I'm going to mess with or take away - like things from the pantry they're not supposed to get, or a bunch of toys that are all piled up that they know I'll make them clean up. They barricade doors and the like. Nothing actually moves to harm the intruder (they haven't picked up on that yet). But they have asked me several times why its called a booby trap and I have no idea. 
• Rebecca loves going to the dentist. Who knew? She was even super excited when we went to take Maggie. Perhaps she's not my daughter after all.
• She has gotten into the habit of telling Maggie "no" as "a joke" even when Maggie isn't doing anything wrong/dangerous. She just says with a big smile "no nooooooooo Maggie, no noooooooooooo." Maggie gets very confused so we're trying to curb this one. 
• Rebecca has always been a hugger and a kisser but lately her kisses have taken on animal qualities. She will give you a "horsie kiss" and basically just neigh really really loudly in your face instead of kissing you. The piggy kiss is her favorite and it sometimes actually has a kiss attached - but it always involves an incredibly loud (and shocking if you're not expecting it) oink in your face. Lovely.