30th Month Update - Avery is 2 1/2!

Little Miss Avery J is 2 1/2 - although she seems like she is about 5! Here are some funny things she said and did this month:

• Avery has been really into telling jokes. She was at dinner with Hung one night and kept asking why the table next to them was laughing. Hung said they were telling jokes and she wanted to learn all about what jokes are. So she now keeps saying funny things and telling us it's a joke or we'll say something funny to her and she'll ask if it's a joke. 
• She became really into where Pepper and Salt come from. We keep talking about salt mines and pepper seeds and how it eventually gets to our house - She is fascinated by this process.
• Her favorite shows at the moment are old school Scooy Doo, Martha Speaks, Sheriff Callie and Tom and Jerry (She has Tom and Jerry mixed up and gets really mad if you correct her).
• She told Hung that he had a terrible singing voice and that Mommy's voice is beautiful and her voice is beautiful. If anyone has heard me sing they know this is far from the truth but am glad I have her fooled. The other night Hung tried to put her to bed and Avery freaked out and wanted me. We asked why and she said "Daddy is a bad singer. His voice is weird." HAHA!
• She has become quite the negotiator - She always says "How about this idea" and then gives us a propistion and says "How does that idea sound?" This is usually an attempt to watch more TV before bed or to get another snack. 
• Avery started making fun of Hung's sneeze (which happens to be REALLY loud and dramatic). She says "Daddy, when you sneeze it sounds like GOOT AHH" and she makes fun of him every time he sneezes.
• We had a delivery guy here and Avery was really into. Kept talking to Carlos and showed her the dancing valentine pig my mom gave her. "Carlos - look. We turn on this pig and dance to it." Love how unshy she is around strangers. Was acting like Carlos was her best friend. And now sometimes she plays "Carlos" and carries around her toolkit and pretends to be a "fix it" man.
• Avery put on Hung's hat backwards and then said "What's Up DAAAWG". We died laughing and asked where she learned it. She said "G taught it to me." My mom swears she had nothing to do with it. Then she said Uncle Du taught it to her....We have no idea where it came from but it's too funny!
• My mom picked her up from school a few times and she always called her "Grandma" in this very serious, odd tone. It was like she was embarrassed to say "G" to her friends - As soon as they got in the car she would act normal but put on this other persona in front of the "big kids" at after care. 
• We watched the movie "Tangled" and she was really scared of the "bad mommy". Other shows like Scooby Doo don't freak her out in the least but the "bad mommy" really scared and she always makes sure our doors our locked at night so the "bad mommy" can't get her. Actually makes me sad that it scared her so much. 
• She does a dance now that she calls "Shaking my tailfeathers" and bends over, touches the ground and shakes her booty in the air. Looks a bit like twerking and we are not sure where she has seen it......
• Avery has become quite the sleepyhead. She was sleeping 10 hours a night and has started sleeping 12+. So we have made her bedtime a little earlier and her teachers tell us that sometimes she is skipping nap at school. Not sure how long this will last but the extra sleep on the weekends has been lovely.
• Avery still uses a pacifier at night - it's a battle we'll have to have at some point. I told her that my dentist said pacifiers are bad and we should stop using them. She said "Well...I think the dentist also said Paci's are really good when you need to go to sleep." Everything starts with "Well...." now.