Adventures of a 3 year old

Without a lot of time to catch up on all of life, here are a few highlights:

Cole had ear tubes placed last week after 3 ear infection and 4 drugs (3 different drugs essentially back to back).  The ENT said he had quite a bit of fluid behind his ear and we are hoping this creates a much happier baby!!

The little guy started crawling on Valentines Day and hasn't done anything but speed up from there!  He loves to get into his sister's toys, the dog's water bowl, and now the bathrooms are his favorite place to race to!  He's standing up and has pretty good balance, but hasn't showed any interest in walking  yet (fine with me!)

Elizabeth turned 3 on the 16th and is such a big girl!  We leave for Disneyland on Saturday and she cannot wait to see the princesses, and what a treat she is in for!  I can't wait to spoil her and see the excitement on the kids' faces.

Here are a few 'funnies' she has said the past few days that I need write down, otherwise I will forget all the cute and funny stuff!

* I was sitting feeding Cole in his highchair while Ellie was eating some yogurt at the table.  She looks at me and asks, 'Mommy, can you lick me?'  I look at her slightly confused, 'what hun?' 'Can you lick me mommy?' She comes over to me, sticks out her tongue to try and lick off her cheek, 'I can't reach it, can you get it?'  Cracked me up as I used my hand to wipe off her cheek.

* On our way to daycare yesterday morning we were talking about how many days there were to Disneyland and Ellie's response was, 'Tuesday, Saturday, Friday, and Christmastime.'  Um, not sure what day Christmastime is, but okay.  :)

* During her 'stalling' phase of going to bed, Ellie requested to go to the bathroom again after being put into bed.  Mark took her to the bathroom, where, after a few minutes of sitting there, exclaims that she didn't want to sit like that to go poo.  She proceeded to hop off the toilet, turn around, stick out her hips and try and pull her girly parts up so she could go potty like daddy.  Mark gently told her that only boys go potty like that and girls get to sit on the toilet.

* For her birthday Elizabeth received a cash register from Grandma and Grandpa and she uses it all the time.  This morning she told Mark about the 'Casterator Room,' and he looked a little nervous.  He asked me if I knew what the 'Casterator Room' was and asked Ellie if she meant 'Cash Register' and she said 'Yes, over there' and pointed to her new Cash Register.  I think Mark was quite relieved when he realized there was no special room in the house that contained God knows what!  :)

I wish I could remember all the silly little things she says because it absolutely cracks me up what she comes up with!  She is also starting to push back quite a bit and as frustrating as it can be, I have a feeling it's in response to her little brother becoming mobile, getting in to things, and taking a new amount of energy and attention from mommy and daddy. It is going to be a challenge, but giving her some alone time at night is going to be key to overcoming this wave of defiance (at least I hope so).  Let's hope it passes quickly.