Why, yes!

One of Roxanne's favorite phrases right now is "yes, it is." She says it clear as a bell. I think she thinks it's just a more emphatic way to say yes, because the response often doesn't fit the grammar of the question.

Sometimes it works: "Roxanne, is your birthday cake yummy?"

" Yes, it is!"

Sometimes it doesn't:

Roxanne, do you want to go outside? Yes, it is.

Roxanne, come give mommy a hug. Yes, it is.

Roxanne, you are so cute! Yes, it is.

We love that it doesn't always fit. Dan and I have been using "so's your face" and "your mom!" inaccurately for years, just to amuse ourselves.

Are we dorks? Yes, it is.

Smellovision

I can smell really well today. Weird. This was lovely when I caught whiff of a neighbor's pine tree this morning. It took me right back to Camp Mingus, where I went to summer camp near Prescott, Arizona. Not so lovely when I changed a diaper.

Birthday report

Roxanne, Dan and I had a quiet celebration at home on Monday. After dinner, we lit candles (all two of them) on the birthday cake (carrot cake, which seems to be a favorite) and sang Happy Birthday. Roxanne liked the song so much, she asked for, "more!" and we sang it again. She couldn't figure out how to blow out the candles, so Dan did it for her, and she cried when they went out. We relit them and blew them out one at a time, which seemed better.

We gave Roxy a big old slab of cake, which she ate heartily with her hands and a fork. This was so much better than last year, when she just sort of stared at the cake in awe and didn't even eat the icing (prior to food camp).

Yay for birthdays!

Happy 2nd birthday, Roxanne!

You are the best daughter. Ever.



Something cute: Roxanne and I were walking down a flight of stairs, and she got tired about halfway down.

"Carry you?" she said.

It took me a second, but I realized I had given her the following options:

"Do you want to walk down, or do you want me to carry you?"

She settled on the latter.