Calli-isms

Calli has done and said so many sweet, funny things lately that it’s hard for me to try and remember them, but I know that I may forget them if I don’t publish them somehow.

Two weeks ago we were walking through the outlets in Gaffney, and Calli saw a Clemson Tiger paw and said, “Look! A ‘coo’!” Michael and I looked at each other for a second, and then I realized what she was saying. We had been watching Blue’s Clues at bedtime for a few nights before. She was saying that she had seen a clue! So, we all had to take out our “handy-dandy” notebooks and draw the different things we saw. Since then, she has seen “coos” all over the place. Michael was watching the Clemson game last Saturday, and she ran up to the TV pointing to all of the paws on the players’ helmets! Hillarious!

Last night I was loading the dishwasher, and Michael was getting Calli some milk, so he sat her on the counter with her pink and purple pony. We heard her talking to it, and she said, “Hey pony! I love you with all my hott, fo’ eva’ and eva’.” We looked at each other, me almost in tears, and then we looked at her. She had gotten our spoon rest, which does look somewhat like a heart, and she was holding it up and showing pony. When she caught us looking, she said, “Here, Daddy, here’s my ‘hott’.”

Her heart truly does belong to her daddy. When she is told to do something during the daytime while Michael’s working, sometimes she will refuse by saying, “No!”, which is instantly followed by, “I want my Daddy.” She knows that she would rather not be on her way to her room for a “word of prayer” with me. She always refers to Michael as “my Daddy,” even when she addresses him. She’ll say, “My Daddy, let’s go play <pay> in my room <oom>.” She’s got him wrapped around her finger. I guess that’s the way it’ll always be.

We bought a put-together bookcase for our living room, and it came wrapped in bubblewrap. This has proven to be Calli’s favorite toy so far. Last Friday night she fell asleep popping the bubbles. After a few hours she, like many nights lately, ended up back in the bed with us at about 5 a.m. I got up before she and Michael the next morning and began making myself some hot tea. While I was in the kitchen I kept hearing a snapping sound. I just thought it was the house because the heat was on, but a while later, I checked on the two of them, and Calli was sitting in the bed playing with the bubblewrap! She calls them “snaps”, by the way. I decided to fill her stocking with them this year.

Snaps reminds me of when she first saw fireworks this past May. We were on the beach for her first time, and it was nighttime. I started to take Calli back in when I heard the fireworks because I thought that it may frighten her. I was wrong! She saw and heard them and wanted to go closer. She said, “Look, Mommy! Pops!” We still call them that.

Fall Fun

Calli has been able to experience some things for the first time this year, and it has been so much fun to watch. Here are some recent pics of her at our Light Up The Night trunk-or-treat at church.

This was the first smile I got out of her all night. Michael was officiating a wedding the next day and was at the rehearsal, so she was super happy when he showed up!

I went as a gardener–dyed my thumb green (Kool-Aid) and everything. It was a last minute costume that I saw on Regis and Kelly. 

Calli got three pumpkins this season, and she painted the first one, so she thought she had to paint the other two as well. I’ll have to post pics of them later–so cute. She is just too much fun these days!