What I {Watched Mia Play With} Today

Mia's new favorite toy is a set of flashcards.  

She couldn't care less about what is printed on the cards. 

She loves sorting them.

She carefully selects an individual card and carries it over to its new resting place.

If you watch her in action you see that she if very meticulous about where they go.

Nothing is random.

The storage ottoman has now been taken over by Mia's toys.

It used to store the DVDs. But now they are sequestered here... 

I think this means M & J have become "those people" that let kid stuff take over their house.
I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin...

Another step is handing each card to me, taking it back, and then placing it in its assigned area.

It's a lengthy process.

Once all the cards are sorted she may decide to sort some of her dolls.

First she lines them up on the couch.

Yes, she placed the remote there on purpose.

No, I have no idea why it counts as a doll.

Then she will individually toss them to the ground.

When sorting gets old, she may do some reading on her iPad.

When the technology begins to feel inadequate, she'll kick it old school with a magazine.

Then she sees her highchair and realizes she's suddenly starving.

If only there were audio to go with this.  Just imagine a nagging whine/moan.

So she eats her snack (oatmeal muffin and grapes)

And shows off her straw sippin' skillz (with a z)

And when she does this...

It means it's nap time! Yayyy!

I mean, awww I can't wait till she wakes up again...

What I {Watched} Today

As I mentioned previously, Mia is learning to crawl!

Today I watched her do the worm all over the living room.  I caught some of it on video.

My phone can only take video 1 minute at a time.  So there are 3 videos.  

I'm sorry.

I speak in all 3 videos so you have to listen to my obnoxiously high voice. 

Again, I'm sorry.

It's not perfect nor is it the classic definition of a crawl, but she really gets where she wants to and she moves pretty fast.  My day will never be the same.

Post Script - Have you noticed the new feature I added?  Just below each post there's a section for "reactions".  Since no one likes to leave comments except Mags (thanks Mags), I figured I'd make it easier for you.  You can anonymously check off a reaction.  Although I do know that SOMEONE has figured out this feature as they labeled one of my posts as "lame".  So thanks for that.  I don't need/want comments all the time but when I ask you a question I want answers! 

SO... 

Why do you suppose monkeys and other animals develop  so much faster physically than humans and humans develop so much faster intellectually?

What I {Did With Mia} Today

Mia thought it would be fun to document our thrilling day.

I asked, "Mia, do you really think anyone cares about what we did today?"

She replied, "Of course FGM! We are oh so terribly interesting."

Who can argue with that?

The day began at 7:00am with some shouting and some eating.  Oh and some peeing.

Then Mia woke up. Hahaha oh how I amuse myself.

Then it was study time.

Mia worked on her vocab...

And I worked on mine...

Man I am funny today!  I make myself laugh more than anyone.

Then after a short (too short) nap there was more screaming, eating, and peeing.

So then we decided to go for a walk.

I have had these long enough that they shouldn't look so clean and new...

How sweet is Mia's ride?  I wouldn't walk either if someone would willingly push me around.

After the walk there was a short (too short) nap, some screaming, and some peeing.

Then Mia asked me if I would pimp out her play mat.

I replied, "Of course! What kind of FGM would I be if i didn't?"

Lookin better already.

The addition of the chain really took the whole look over the top.

Oh what's that? A green line on your diaper? Yes, Mia peed again.

Now that we were all dry we decided to exercise a bit.

An attempt at standing.  Oh my, that onesie is too small.

An attempt at flying.

And then it was torture time! Oh um, I mean tummy time...

Doesn't that look like fun!? Lifting that melon is quite a struggle. Don't worry Mia I feel like that when I work out too...maybe that's why I don't?

Then Mia pooped while she watched me write this post.  How do I know she pooped?  Well, that is in fact a poop face she is making and if you were here, your nose would know she pooped.

What a day.  I think I may join her.

Post Script: You may be asking yourself, "What is this FGM business?" Well, that my friends is my self appointed title.  It stands for Fairy Godmother.  Rather than be her Auntie (I'm too young and fabulous for that) I will be her Fairy Godmother.  Just think how hilarious it will be when she's at school telling her friends that her Fairy Godmother is coming over for dinner...priceless!

What I {Learned} Today

If I want to take video with my phone, I must hold my phone horizontally.  Or else I end up with this...

Lesson learned.