New Things to Eat and Say

Today we stayed at home. I love days like these when we have been running all week. Or when I have been running all week. We decided to invite our neighbors over to eat, play, and make caramel apples. While we have never had caramel apples in our house (it's not something I even crave), I figured it would be fun since apples represent fall, and the outside is nothing but sugar. But it doesn't count if it's surrounding fruit, right?

So we had Amber (mom) and Kylie from next door along with Rachael (mom), Lilyan, and Sara. Here's a picture of them eating the finished product.

Really the only part I let them do was put sprinkles because the caramel was super hot. Oh, and Lilyan was able to put her popsicle in the apple. Joshua devoured the apple, along with a couple of seeds until I told him not to eat the core. Tabitha is too young for this treat (and I still don't like her eating much sugar), but she kept making her way to the plate that had the sprinkles. After a couple of trips, I hid it from her.

The kids went down for nap and slept a long while. When they got up, we played together for awhile then somehow made it into our office where the computer is. My screensaver is all my pictures of the kids. I was holding Tabitha when I heard her say something I recognized. I thought I heard, "Gigi" with a slury sound. I looked and sure enough there was a picture of my mom. To make sure it wasn't a fluke, I showed more pictures of my mom. (She picked the name Gigi before Joshua was born. She says it stands for Groovy Grandma.) And she said it again. Her vocabulary now consists of, "Mama, Dada, and Gigi." Here is the video of her saying it. I have included dialogue so you can follow along.

Joshua: Gigi, Mommy, and Me!

Lyndsay: Okay. Tabby, who's in that picture?

Tabitha: trying to say Joshua-Dada

Lyndsay: Gigi

Joshua: Mama

Tabitha: Mama

Joshua: Say, "Mama", say

Lyndsay: Mama. Who else?

Joshua: Tabita, Tabitha, Tabitha

Lyndsay: Uh,huh.

Joshua: Right here.

Lyndsay: Who's in that picture, Tabitha?

Tabitha: Gigi

Lyndsay: You see Gigi!

Joshua: Gigi! Me.

Lyndsay: That is a clear "Gigi".

Okay, Gigi. Send this to everyone you know. Your granddaughter said your name!