Gwen's Favorite Cousin

As you can see from the title Gwen has favorite cousin. I always thought it would be one closer to her age but nope it is her cousin Jacob, he's eleven. But she really loves him. Almost every day she asks if she can go to Jacob's house. And sometimes when she is upset she says "I want Jacob." It's pretty funny. I'm glad she found someone to look up to.

Another thing she has been doing that we really enjoy is she has been eating the moon. First she eats it then she burps it out, followed by a giggle. Lately she has just become really funny and a lot more talkative.

Tuacahn

The other night I got to have a really fun experience with my husband. Someone at his work wasn't able to use a couple of tickets to the Tuacahn, so we got them. We went to see Annie and it was a lot of fun. I always enjoy watching a play. It always brings back memories of when I use to perform and how exciting that was. But this play was even more fun because of the type of theater it was in. Warm night air and the canyon wall for the back of the stage creates a whole different atmosphere for the play. I loved every minute of it. I'm really glad that we got to go.

The Joys of Potty Training

So I decided to try and potty train Gwen. This is her joy at receiving her training toilet. After I explained that the toilet seat doesn't belong on her head we proceeded with the training. It's been a couple weeks so far and I don't think she is quite grasping the concept yet. But I'm hoping that we'll get there soon.

Only as Kids

Here is my SuperGwen. She has been so funny lately. Yesterday we visited Grandma and Gwen was being cranky so I put her in a playpen until she could settle down. She can easily get out of it but will usually stay until she calms down. I also put a movie on for her in the hopes that maybe she would stay and take a nap. Gwen went quiet really fast so I thought my plan had worked but when I went to go check on her I found I was mistaken. There she was still in the playpen, four toy plates laid out as if she was going to feed some people and on top of each one of the plates were blobs of desitin. The tube was in her hands and she had a big grin on her face as if she had done something clever. It was pretty funny.

Later that day she was playing with a hollow wooden frog that has ridges on it and a removable stick in it's mouth. I assume it's a decorative musical instrument. She had removed the stick and placed it somewhere and when Grandma asked where the stick was Gwen said, "I eat it. I eat it" Then she sat down put her hands over her stomach and started coughing and in between saying "Stick, stick." Of course the stick was nearby laying in plain sight but it was fun to hear Gwen's explanation anyway. You just got to love kids.