Getting Dressed

We've been officially potty training for a little over 2 weeks now. Aubrey is doing great. She wears her underwear all day, except during her nap and nighttime. With potty training and underwear, comes having to pull her pants up and down by herself and getting dressed all by herself. She's very independent and likes to put everything on by herself - from her shirt to her socks, even when we're running late. She can even put her jacket on by herself. Watch!

A Sunny Valentine's Day

We've had a lot of cold and rainy weather lately, but Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day with temps in the 60's, and the sun even came out! I shot this video of Aubrey having some fun on her trike. She's pretty good on it. Stay tuned for her message at the end!

Sesame Street Live

Yesterday we took Aubrey to see Sesame Street Live. It was a fun show, and she had a great time! She got to see all of her favorite characters, sing songs, and visit all the places your imagination can take you.

Aubrey and Daddy looking at pictures of Cousin Grace while we waited for the show to start.

The funniest part was during intermission, a man came out right in front of the stage to sell Elmo balloons. I think that's why they had an intermission. He had a line the whole time and then the whole arena was filled with balloons. It was quite a sight!

Big Bird's imagination took him to a parade, so they played Mardi Gras music and even sang "When the Saints Go Marching In". I think it's a sign!!

It's a Party in the MIA!

Aubrey's ready for the Superbowl. Who Dat!!

So Silly!

I came home from work a little later than normal to find Matt and Aubrey had started eating dinner without me.

What Aubrey's Been Doing in January

Cheering for the Tigers (Didn't do much good!)


Cheering for the Saints! Who Dat!


Taking pictures

Cooking


Baby-sitting our friend Ryan




Being Aubrey!

The Little Gym

Yesterday was Aubrey's last class at The Little Gym. Here are some of the highlights.

Aubrey's Birthday at School

I'm still a little behind, but this should be my last post from things that happened in 2009. Aubrey celebrated her 2nd birthday at school the Friday before we left for Disney World. Thanks to my new much closer to home job, I was able to go for the celebration and spend some time in her class. We brought juice and muffins for the kids and everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to Aubrey.

After she finished her snack, she raced around the room to show me all of her different "work". Aubrey goes to a Montessori School, where they emphasize individual work. Each child gets a mat or goes to a station and does their own activity (which they call their work) at their own pace. In Aubrey's class the work consist of lots of matching and sorting work (shapes, colors, the same object in different sizes) and also various activities that helps develop their motor skills (using tongs and spoons to move small objects or threading pipe cleaners through holes). It was so fun to see Aubrey in her school environement. Her teacher referred to her as her "Student Teacher". She always seemed to be listening to what was going on around her as she was doing her own work and assisted Ms. Dixie with correcting the other children in the room. (I wonder where she gets that from...)

Disney Day Four

The highlight of our last day at Disney World was meeting the princesses at Epcot. Aubrey was not scared of them like she was the other characters and walked right up to Sleeping Beauty and Belle on her own.

Here she is waiting in line to meet Snow White.

Waiting for Sleeping Beauty to come back from her break.

Aubrey loved Sleeping Beauty.

Aubrey is still talking about how Sleeping Beauty kissed her on her forehead.

We also met Marie from the Aristocats. She was as pretty as a princess.

As we were waiting in line to meet Belle, I asked Aubrey if she wanted to take a picture with the Beast, too, and she said, "Beast, walk away!" (That is what she's taught at school to say when someone is bothering her.) She kept repeating it over and over in line. I'm pretty sure when we walked up and I asked Belle if it was ok for just her to be in the picture, Aubrey told the Beast to walk away.

We had such a fun trip. Aubrey may not remember everything she did or saw, but she will see the pictures and know about it through our stories and her own. We watched Snow White this weekend, and she said "I saw Snow White at Disney World". There was so much we didn't do, but there was also so much we did do and saw in our short 4 days there. It definitely won't be our last visist there, and we can't wait to go back again one day!

Disney Day Three - Part 2

That afternoon, we met up with Daddy at the hotel, took a short nap, and headed back to Magic Kingdom to see the castle light up and the parade and fireworks. Since Matt missed It's a Small World in the morning, we took him on it again that evening. Aubrey kept pointing and saying "Look, Daddy!", and last week I heard her singing the song.

Stay tuned for Day 4 - Aubrey meets the princesses!