Miss Personality

We've been very busy in the last almost-month with the end of summer and beginning of school and Jeremy being out of town quite a bit. Along the way, Lauren has done and said many cute things:

-Right now, she's sitting and repeatedly calling Jeremy on my cell phone. He's at the Husky game and I'm sure she's driving him nuts, but she really wants to talk to him. Every time he answers (and she's doing all the dialing herself), she says, "I'm back" and launches into some description of what she did today or what zoo animal she is. It's really adorable.

-Speaking of zoo animals, we went to the zoo last week and had a wonderful time. Lauren was excited see all the animals and was buzzing between all of the exhibits, never staying long at one. She was most excited to see the giraffes, but probably spent the most time watching the elephants. She rechristened all the animals "Baby Lauren" which was pretty cute. If there was more than one in the area, one would usually be Daddy or Mommy or perhaps Sarah or Jeremy. The cute little one was always her, though. Of course.

-Lauren and I went camping a couple of weekends ago while Jeremy was out of town. We found a little farm outside of Carnation where you can camp on the edge of their property and then take part in some of the farm activities. She was so great in helping set up the tent and was just dying to get inside and hang out. I pretty much had to convince her to come up and see the animals, though she was interested once we got there. She just kept asking when we could go to bed! Finally, after making the poor child eat s'mores (I know... how terrible!) we made our way to the tent and read with the flashlights. After two stories, the lights went out and she was asleep in just minutes. She slept like a little log and woke up happy in the morning. We ate breakfast and visited the animals again and then broke camp. She was sad to go and talked about it for days. It was a great time and I can't wait to take her again.

-Her new thing right now is really wanting to be "Baby Lauren." She wants to held like a baby and often likes to baby talk. She also asks to wear a onesie and asked me to get out her bouncy seat. I think she's sensing that she's on the cusp of getting older and is trying to find a way to stop that from happening. Or maybe she just doesn't want to use the potty. Who knows?

-Her catchphrase of the moment is, "Is someone saying something?" in this very cute, sassy tone. It's adorable.

-She's loving Mickey Mouse Clubhouse right now, especially the episode where Pluto rescues Goofy. She's adopted Pluto's way of saying, "Yeah yeah yeah." Very cute.