The Monster- My Precious 2 year old

Matthew and I decided two must be our favorite age.
We love everything (um, almost everything) Kennedy is doing now, and remember going through this with Madison two years ago...though not to this extent with Miss Priss.
Examples of some of our favorite interactions....
Friday Night Matthew was out in Death Valley on a wheeling trip. As I rocked Kennedy at bedtime she said, 'I want Daddy'. I reminded her Daddy was on a trip. That's when she melted my heart. 'I luz you, Mommy', "I love you, Kennedy. And I love Madison..." 'And you luz Daddy?' "Yes, I love Daddy, too" 'I luz Daddy, too. Daddy makes me Happy. I smiling...see'. Now the lights were off, but it was tough to mistake that big grin as she thought about Daddy.
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Saturday night the kids were in bed and Uncle Matt and I were watching a movie. 45 minutes after the kids went down I heard talking in their room. I walked in to find Kennedy in her crib naked but for her diaper. She unzipped her footie pjs and took them off, then took her water 'tuppie' and shook it until water dripped from the 'dripless spout' and sprinkled all over her pjs. I leaned down and asked why she was naked. She said, 'Umm....because. because I want too'. After explaining why we don't take off our clothes at night and redressing her in nice dry pjs, I placed her back in bed (sans the water tuppie) and told her to go to sleep. Uncle Matt went in 30 minutes later when she was still singing to herself. Sometimes it takes a long time to work her day out!
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Sunday night Matthew was home from Death Valley and rocking Kennedy. She rolled over in his lap and looked at him and said. ' Daddy, you my bess fwiend'. He was beaming as he retold the story when she fell asleep.
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Today on the way home from school in my rear view I noticed Kennedy was covering up her ears. I asked what was wrong. She responded. 'Mommy, I has music in my ears. Can you make it quiet, pease?'. And so I turned off the radio and we chatted the rest of the way instead. She was having a 'peetend birsday paaty wif Donald Duck and Minnie' in her lap.
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This little girl cracks us up day in and day out. I just have to get better about remembering all these little stories and writing them down so we don't forget these precious gifts when she is a rowdy teenager!
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