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Car conversation, on the way home from pre-school today…
Dylan: I’ve been thinking about going to see gramma in LA.
Me (glancing at him through the rear-view mirror): Oh? That’s sweet. How are we going to get there?
Dylan: ummm. By horse….

And, yes, he was totally serious…!

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It’s only been 2 weeks since New Year’s but, in a way, it seems like longer…especially since Cameron is just talking like a maniac. She has pretty much been repeating everything she hears for what seems like ages now (she even now says “ZhuZhu pet”!). So, now we have this little person who can request just about everything she feels like eating (nori, cookie, snap peas, blueberries, banana, strawberries, cuties, broccoli, pasta, cereal, chocolate chip, drink, you name it) and who now claims toys with a big, loud “nooo! mine!!” At times, she’ll even bend at the waist, stick both arms straight out in front of her and tell Dylan, “STTOPPP!”

I love asking the question “who wants ____” (like blueberries). If she wants it, she’ll give a big smile and say, “I do, I do!” She’s quite enthusiastic!!

She also constantly sings “no more monk-ehs” (with finger wag and all) and requests her favorite books: “Goodnight Moon” (“moon”), “Bedtime Peekaboo” (“peek a boo”), “Owl Babies” (“owl owl”), “Curious George” (“bunny. shot” — short for the line in the book that reads “but the bunny took off like a shot”), and “Peek a Who”.

One day, she surprised me by reciting some numbers in sequence on cue (she knows 4-5-6 and 8-9-10) and I discovered that she and Lola count the stairs whenever they climb them (which is apparently quite often!!). She also often says “pret-ty dress” and “pret-ty shoes” when she puts things on (often new clothes from Lola)!

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And, boy does she have good focus. While cleaning in the kitchen one day, I noticed Cameron at the train table playing with her stacking cups. She did not stop until she’d stacked them all up in the proper order!! She also likes putting crayons into their little box and stacking all of the square magna tiles into one pile.

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Oh, my goodness, how quickly time is flying by!

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This was the first year that Dylan didn’t spend New Year’s with his cousins! The weather was hideous and I think I wasn’t quite 100% recovered from my cold, so we ended up inviting Heather, Assaf, Taliana and Bozsi and Dennis (Heather’s parents) over for dinner and gambling instead of heading over to Cindy’s house as we usually do.

Cameron tried in vain to stay up, but she eventually sacked out around 9 or so. The bigger kids, however, rolled dem bones for us (we played Sharp Shooters, a dice game–oh, wow, and judging by the price, it seems it’s out of print and in-demand!) and played their own games until, finally, it was time to queue up the ol’ computer to watch the ball drop in Times Square (who needs cable when you’ve got a good internet connection??).

Everyone was so engrossed in conversation when the ball dropped, though (!!), we actually missed the countdown by a minute or two. But, we all clinked and “drinked” our Martinelli’s anyway–kids included!

Everyone ready for 2011???