She sits on the same cushion on the couch every time, there must not be anything extra on her cushion (unless she brings it there) and she must have a pillow behind her back. Oh and if she has a “baby” with her, baby must also have a pillow behind her and she must sit right next to Kendal. Very specific, and she let’s you know it isn’t right until she gets it just so.

Amy Volchko, Jane Wasyliw, Kelly Albee, Kelly-Anne Pounds, Casandra Garret, Mel Horbal, Ingrid Perri, Jen Finnerty, Ellen Edie, Crissi McGlynn, Mandy Yonts and I all had a BLAST!

I am still going to leave the cake decorating to Amy, but it was fun to try it out and learn everything that is involved. My cake is the one with the big heart.

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Some of my favorite things she says are

• Losh (Lotion) – when we change her diaper, she scraches the back of her knee and asks for “losh”
• Bach (Paci) – Kendal only gets her paci when she sleeps, but if she can’t find it in her bed she asks for it
• Go Gators – anything football or Gators – even Bobby’s cell phone ring – everything is Go Gators and chomp-chomp
• MMM (milk), Cooch (couch), T (TV) – this trio means she is ready for milk, and watching TV on the couch!
• Ride – Kendal loves to ride. When we get out of the car, she asks for “ride” AKA her stroller.

Counting – she says “Onnnne, Tuuuu” (two is as high as she can go) and points as she counts…

Colors – she recognizes her colors. I can ask her for the red crayon or blue and she is gets it right more often then not. She also repeats the colors when I ask her to. She even seems to love pink already, it is the only color she says with an enthusiasm – Pink!

Shapes – she loves to play with her shapes. She has several shape sorters and often asks to play with her “Sapes.” And she is learning to recognize when I name them and which ones go in each hole.

There is lots of learning ahead, so I am glad to see that she LOVES to learn and figure things out.

As excited as she gets when she sees Mickey Mouse, the first name she said was Goofy (Goof), next came Donald Duck (Quack Quack), then Daisy (Dais – which is what she calls Daisy and Minnie Mouse) and just today she added Mickey (Mick).

So for my little Disney girl, I am planning a Minnie Mouse (pink and white polka dot) 2nd birthday party! Yes, it is 2 months away, but planning mode is in full swing! Hopefully by the time her birthday roles around she will be able to say Minnie Mouse!

***Update – just 2 days after writing this post, Kendal busted out with “Min” her version of Minnie! Yeay! ***

During the “Hot Dog” song on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Kendal holds the last notes of the song… “Mickeyyyy Mouseeee Clubbbbhouseeee” She basically holds the notes (or something in that range) “Aaaaa Aaaaa AAA AAAA.” But she is most certainly singing!

I always sing to the radio – yes, I am the crazy girl in the car next to you jammin away – and now Kendal sings with me. If I turn down the radio to try to listen, she stops, but I can just hear her over the radio singing along with her own words.

Her new favorite song that I sign to her is Old McDonald. She loves EIEIEIO!

I can’t say whether or not she can carry a tune yet, so American Idol is safe for now… but she is definitely her moma’s girl and sings her heart out!