Silly Billy Kajsa

Kajsa reading the sale ads at breakfast. I guess she thought she needed her glasses like Grandma needs her glasses to read.
(Note: Grandma doesn't wear sunglasses to read)

It is so amazing to me at what a 2 year old can pick up from your vocabulary. Kajsa has been picking up on a lot and it is fun to see what she says in her everyday conversations! When she does silly things I sometimes call her "silly billy". Now we all get called "silly billy." The other day we were watching 'Beauty and the Beast'. We were to the part where it shows the Beast and the magic rose dropping it's petals . Kajsa said, "He sad. And the flower is sad too." I responded back to her by saying, "Ya, the flower is sad." She quickly replies, "No, silly billy mamma, the flower not sad." Brynn gets called, "Silly billy Brynn." and Simon gets called, "Silly billy pappa." She doesn't think twice when saying it and it is pretty funny.

One Sunday I was getting dressed for church and Kajsa was so excited that I was putting on a dress. She is so much into princess things and she loves dresses. As soon as I got my skirt on she said, "Princess dress mamma, dance!" Dance means to twirl around in my dress like a princess I suppose. So I did it for her and she loved it. So I said to her to dance in her dress. She looked down at her dress and said very disappointed, "No princess dress, no dance." and then planted her sad little face into my bed. It was true she didn't really have a "princess dress" on. It wasn't frilly enough to "dance in". We haven't pushed any princess things on Kajsa. She has loved it all on her own. She doesn't even have many princess type toys. I guess that proves she is totally a girly girl and we love it!

Today Simon came home for lunch and we were hugging before he left. Kajsa was still sitting at the table eating her lunch and she said, "Hugging....in kitchen." We both chuckled a little and then she continued to growl at us. She knows that her growl can really get us to laugh.

Kajsa's favorite song is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. She can pretty much recite it word for word. I love to ask her to help me sing it to Brynn. Now when she sees a star anywhere, it is not just a star, but a twinkle star. It is so cute.

When Kajsa is having a tantrum, I have learned that I just need to let her be and the tantrum will end a lot sooner. (Plus I don't get kicked when trying to pick her up and console her) Sometimes I just leave the room and go about with what I was doing. Lately when I do this, I will hear her stop and then come running while saying, "I happy mamma." Sure has made dealing with the tantrums a whole lot easier.

Some milestones that Kajsa has achieved that are just so cute, and maybe they are silly to be considered milestones, are that as of today she can put on her own pants by herself. With a little help to get them on over the diaper and button them of course. It was so cute when she did it. She knew that she had accomplished something awesome. (In her world and mine!) Also a couple days ago, she started wanting to say the prayer without any help. She has done pretty well. You can understand the Heavenly Father part, then there is some mumbling, and then you hear "Jesus, AMEN!" What a big girl she is becoming!

Kajsa is becoming more and more quite the little helper around the house. When I give Brynn a bath, Kajsa is right there beside me to help. The part she loves to help with is washing Brynn's hair. She puts her hand in the water and then gets Brynn's hair wet. That is pretty much it, but she feels like she is helping so much. This morning Brynn was sitting in her bouncy chair and I was in the other room. I came back to see Kajsa rubbing Brynn's head. I said, "Oh are you playing with Brynn's hair?" She said, "I washing her hair. It crazy." She got the crazy part from me. Brynn's got some crazy hair. She has a good spot of hair on the crown of her head where her calic is and it is about 2 inches long. The other parts of her hair is kind of curly, but frizzy and so sometimes it is all over the place. So I will say "Brynn's got crazy hair" to Kajsa. I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know what crazy is. haha!

She has always been pretty good about smiling or posing when I want to take a picture of her. But this past week every time she sees the camera come out she says, "NO picture!" and then she whines until the camera is set down. I don't know what has gotten into her. Maybe the thousands of pictures I have taken of her has taken quite a toll on her.

She LOVES to count to ten. She has gotten so good at it and I am so proud of her. I am starting to work on the 11-20 numbers. But she usually says to me, "No mamma." I will just keep on working on it with her and then she will love those numbers as well.

Kajsa is so possesive of people these days. Whenever someone is at our house and then leaves (eg: Grandma, Poppy, Farmor, Farfar, Uncle Rik, Björn, Aunt Jenny, Paul, Korrine, Lisa, etc. all of her favorite people) she throws a fit. She is happy while saying bye to them, then the tantrum comes. Some fits are bigger than others depending on her mood. Then she cries, "MY (insert name here)! Where did MY (insert name here) go? I want MY (insert name here)!" The names I mentioned are just some of the regulars, but I am sure if some non-regulars came by she would do the same thing!

Silly billy Kajsa!!! She is at such a fun age right now. She is learning so much and such a joy and blessing in our home!