My Silly Girl

My little Miss D like to play "the pokey thing"...

Pokey thing you ask?? Sounds a little sketchy right. Well let me assure you it is nothing to worry about. The pokey thing is our Nintendo DS. She has seen me playing it and is very hooked. So I let her take a poke and now she askes a few times a day to play it. I let her when I'm trying to get ready. A mommy enjoys a little peace while getting ready right... and I'll take it no matter how I can get it. So I set my 2 year old up with a little electronic game and I get like 15 minutes. She amazes me. I set the game up on Mario Brothers to play 1 player mini games. She doesn't have to use the arrows. She just uses the stylus and the touch screen. She has figured out to push B when she is done playing the current game. And to start a new game she knows where to touch on the screen and how to "quit" and "play again". It is neat to watch her tap so gently and "try" to play the games. There is alot of Mario dying and game overs... but she doesn't know that. She is so intrigued by the color, music and the fact that she is playing it BY HERSELF. Something that she is all about lately. She pushes the stool around in the kitchen like her walker and she pushes it up to the countertop to see what I'm doing. And what a "good" helper she is. She has yet to crack an egg... but boy she is ready for the day that I let her... maybe she will be like her 2nd cousin Miss M and like to cook. I could get use to that. My neighbors have a daughter that teaches culinary at the local community college... and man can she cook. Over the 4th they had bbq ribs, potato salad and much more. We didn't crash the dinner but we did enjoy their leftovers the next day from the garbage... not really. She fixed us a plate because she was headed to kids' camp and the food would have gone bad in the fridge with nobody to eat it. Hey send leftovers cooked by a chef my way anyday.. it will be miles better than anything I attempt to cook. Just ask Mr. D.