"Help Me"

Paige is saying a ton of words now. I don't think I could count them all if I tried. A lot of her words are only things that Daddy and I can translate. There are some words that she picks up at daycare that it takes us a while to figure out what they are. Her newest phrase that she is constantly saying is "Help Me". Except when it comes out it sounds like Ow-wee. It's not really a cry for help. Just what she says when she is doing anything. If she is trying to pull out a toy from the cabinet she says it. If she's trying to sneak something through the small opening of the pantry with the child lock she says it. If whatever she is trying to do can't be done in less than 2 seconds, she'll be asking for help!

She is starting to put a few other words together as well. She mimicks us a lot. Daddy and I were talking during dinner the other night and he shrugged his shoulders when I asked him a question. Then I look over at Paige and she's shrugging her shoulders too. So then I say "I don't know" and shrug my shoulders. So she repeats "I dun know" with a shrug. I'll have to get a picture of the shrug, it's really cute.

Daddy is working 3 nights a week now, so Paige and I have really had a lot of time together. She's doing great as long as we keep to a routine. When we get home from school I make a quick dinner (quick is key) and then we usually watch an hour of Elmo (Sesame Street) while we play with some toys. She is having a great time building with her lego blogs. Around 7pm we'll turn off the tv and turn down the lights and either continue playing with toys or start reading books. Bedtime is at 8pm so at about quarter till we move into her room with really dim lighting and read a few more books in her pjs. Then I'll sing her a song and she knows it's bedtime. She's been doing great lately with going right to bed and being fairly quiet. There were a few weeks that she was really struggling with us wanting to stay up and play, but ever since we started this night-time routine she isn't as persistant.