More from our Liberty

(Playing at Grandma & Papa's house 7/26/09)

I try to write down the things Liberty does/says, and I have a little list that I need to document:

A few weeks ago we were in the dressing room in Old Navy. Liberty was holding onto one of those metal bars with one hand and sliding her feet apart from each other. She said (something to the effect of), “Mom, look at my trick!” I responded, “Wow, you’re doing the splits!” She immediately replied, “No, I’m doing the slips!” I tried teaching her they were called the splits but she insisted her trick was called the slips. Definitely cuter that way! Plus, it makes more sense.

The other day I was giving Liberty choices for breakfast, and she chose a bagel, and said, “And I want scream cheese on top.”

A few days ago Liberty was playing another one of her made-up games with Hadley, and repeatedly chanted and sang “I shopped hurray because I winned!” And, when Hadley was the winner she shouted, “You shopped hurray because you winned!” She is a riot!

If I could only have a recorder on that girl 24/7 (minus her occasional feisty times) to capture the things she says (sings) and does...

Oh, and she calls me, "Mom-pump." ... on a regular basis ... and even when she's creative playing with princesses, dolls, and animals, she refers to the moms as "mom-pump." I have no idea what it means or where she came up with it. It used to be "mom-punk," and revolved into "mom-pump."