Silly Nilly

Gracie is starting to be quite the goof. ("Goof, moof!") Her sense of humor is starting to shine. ("Shine, mine!")

She's also into rhyming. ("Rhyme, mime!")

"What other words rhyme, Aunt Annie?" Poor Aunt Annie couldn't get a moment to herself during their last visit.

Our other favorite is that she has started a new car game: counting "Grand Ol' Flags." She's getting quite good at knowing what number comes next...and she can count on her own up to thirteen...and then we get all sorts of interesting "teens." I must capture it on video.

She told us the other day that she had a haircut a long time ago, but now "it was all gone."

She's also very much into knowing "the plan." Since we've been having fun summer days, the plan is always different. We are all excited for a little routine to come back to our days so that the question, "What's the plan, Mommy?" can be asked a little less frequently.

Last, but not least, we are constantly impressed with her memory. Today we pulled up to Joann Fabrics and she said, "Oh, this is where Uncle Ryan had his birthday party." She was actually referring to the pizza place next door, but she remembered going there back in MAY. She'll also remember sequences of outings that we had months earlier: "Remember when we went to the hospital [to see baby Lauren] and then we went to Asher and Mia's [for Bible study] and we saw the trains?" Sheeesh. I'd forgotten that was all in one day. We hear that Jeff had quite the memory as a young kid, so apparently she got it from him.

Oh, wait. The other funny was when she pulled out the measuring tape today and we heard her quote Mary Poppins beside our shopping cart: "Extremely stubborn and suspicious!"

She is cracking us up!