"I was so brave, Mommy"

 I understand that a big stranger in a bright suit can be a little intimidating, so I was fully prepared for Amaya to just stand next to Santa this year, but being the brave little 2-year-old that she is, she did it.  She sat on his lap and yelled, "A bike!  A pink bike!"  and even stayed there for just an extra minute while Daddy snapped a pic.  I am so proud.

Amaya-isms

I just love to hear this kid talk, lucky for me, she talks constantly.

A while ago:
Amaya:  Mommy, there's a bird outside kind of like a flamingo.
Me:  There's a bird outside.  Wow.
Amaya: Yeah, but he has to stay outside.  If he comes in he'll eat my cereal.


Last night when getting ready for bed:
"Next time, when we go to the beach, I'm going to wear scuba gear on my face so I can go under the water like Diego.  Mommy, can I have some googles for my face so I can go under the water?"

Her new game is picking out words that are "kind of like" other words, such as:
"Gloria, kind of like Laura"
"Pizza, kind of like Peter Pan"

Hooray for spontaneous phoneme awareness!

Waiting For Dinner

Christmas Tree

A friend of mine is in Spain teaching right now, so she asked us to make a short video about our Christmas traditions.  I figured, everything is better with Amaya, so she helped make the video.  And if there is a video of Amaya out there, I should probably put it on the blog.