Cuddle Time!

Somehow Violet has misunderstood the meaning of the word cuddle. When she watches TV, I snuggle up next to her and say, "Violet, let's cuddle."  She looks at me with those adorable brown eyes, smiles and screams, "Cuddle!".  Somehow she has developed the association of cuddling and watching TV, or maybe she thinks cuddling actually means watching TV.  In any case, the little sneaky cookie monster comes up to me all the time now and says, "Cuddle".  I get all excited and we sit on the couch together and before 3 seconds are up, she is pointing to the TV and screaming, "Dora, Dora, Dora."  Gets me every time!

I LOVE YOU!

After a week of trying to teach Violet to say, "I love you", she finally uttered the precious words.  It sounded more like I la la la you, but we'll take it!  Before she left for day care this morning, I said, "I love you" and she said, "I la la la you."  That little girl melts my heart.

Getting Dressed

You often hear parents complain about getting their kid ready in the morning.  Luckily, Violet loves getting dressed in the morning.  We talk about each piece of clothing in great detail...

Me: OK, let's get your diaper changed and put on a fresh new diaper with Elmo on it.
Violet: Elmo?
Me: Now, let's put on this really pretty shirt
Violet: Shirt...
Me: Here comes the skirt!
Violet: Skirt.
Me: Let's go and get your shoes.
Violet: Shoes!!!
Me: Now for the jacket
Violet: Jacket?
Me: Now the hat..
Violet: Hat? No no no
Me: OK, let's go to sadik
Violet: sadik!
Me: Violet, I love you!
Violet: you!

Violet is a master of the one word sentence.

Funny Sh*t Grandma Says

Grandma: (staring at me across the kitchen table with a look of disgust)
Me: What is it? Something wrong?
Grandma: No, I just really can't get used to you without make up.
Me: Umm, grandma, I am wearing make up.
Grandma: Oh. (turning away so she doesn't have to continue to look at the horror)

Circa Halloween

Since we were in Turks and Caicos for Halloween, we were unable to partake in any of the usual NYC festivities.  I was especially bummed about missing the Cobble Hill Park Halloween Parade - which is only a few blocks away from our house.  Violet did however get to attend the party at her daycare, which took place the Friday before Halloween. The kids all dressed up in cute outfits (kudos to the mom who dressed her baby as a burrito), carved pumpkins, wrapped each other in toilet paper and baked cookies.  Here are some snapshots from what looked like a very fun day!

In keeping up with tradition, we also went over to Kazhdanchik's house, a few weeks after Halloween, and took pictures of Audrey and Violet in their costumes.  Here are a few more pics:

In a somewhat related note: someone (Lana Weissbard a.k.a Lana Vaynshteyn) recently told me that I have gotten lazy and instead of writing started to mostly post pictures.  This is probably true for multiple reasons, with one being that is is much easier to take pictures than it is to come up with stuff to write about.  The second reason being that I want to reach my 400 page goal before I turn 90.  For those counting, the page total is now 120, which is pretty sad considering that I have been writing for over two years and the last 15 pages are filled with pictures.   

Not Quite Rapunzel

On Saturday, November 19th, I finally bit the bullet and took Violet to get her first haircut.  I can't quite explain it but parting with her first baby hair made me really emotional.  Even though the woman at Mini Max Toys & Cuts barely took off half an inch it was still sad to see those first brownielocks go.  These are the same little curls that were in my womb, and according to my grandma, giving me all that heartburn.  The process itself went smoothly and Violet even got to sit in a little NYC taxi cab chair and watch Dora the Explored on her very own personal TV.  Kids have it good!

Updating the Dictionary

Violet has been repeating anything and everything lately.  Here are some new additions to our little dictionary.

Ya-yet - This is actually Violet and she recently started to say it when you ask her what her name is
Pool - She would say this on vacation when we asked her if she wanted to go to the pool or to the beach
Shoes- she loves wearing my heels around the house
Apple- she is obsessed with apples and can eat them all day long.  Pineapples are also a top choice since they contain the word apple
Plov/Pasta/Pizza - All her favorite foods (or maybe just those she can pronounce)
Da - This is her word for Dora.  Yes, that's very confusing for us since it also happens to be the Russian word for yes.
Doggy- each one has to be pointed out along our walks
Dyadya and Tyotia - The Russian words for aunt/uncle or anyone of the human race.
Kaki? - She tends to say it as if she's asking a question, but it's usually said after the act is done.  Maybe she is asking us if we're interested in changing her diaper?
Elmo/Bird - this refers to the image of Elmo and Big Bird on her diapers
Juice or Pit'- She is a big fan of drinking from adult glasses (not sippy cups) and by that I mean that she is a big fan of pouring liquids all over herself.