Spoiled by MeMe, Papa, and Uncle Canyon

Mireya and I went down to St. George today to see my Dad, my Step-mom, and my brother. She was super excited! She knows exactly who they are, and positively adores them! They all spoil her rotten. She gets homemade treats, favorite snacks, candy, TONS of love and attention, and always a special surprise or two. She never wants to leave, but when we do she always rattles on about how much fun she had.

It is really nice to see Mireya get treated as the special, sweet girl she is. All children need extended family to spoil them the way parents do not. ;) Mireya will never wont for love in this life.

WE HAVE DONE IT!

Mireya is potty-trained! It took almost two years of trying off and on. I tried EVERYTHING. I used: sticker charts, potty training videos, candy jars, special 'gifts' that she could pick out of a prize bucket, tons of praise, potty dances, pull-ups, big girl underwear, special potty time songs, having her see how her best-friend can go in the potty, letting her run around naked, giving her lots of drinks and prune juice, reminding her every 30 minutes, letting her read books on the potty, a froggy potty that sits on the ground, a fairy-themed potty seat that fits over the toilet, and a toddler seat that hides in the lid of the adult toilet. *sigh*

I finally tried what everywhere says not to do, I punished her for going in her pants. She went to the calm-down-corner for two minutes when she peed or pooped in her diaper. I also had an honest conversation about how she was too old to wear a diaper anymore. She must go in the potty or she was not going to be able to take the dance class she wants to take, and she would not be able to go to preschool either. I really think her success was a combination between her age, the threat of the calm-down-corner, and her desire to attend a dance class. She really loves to dance and asks if she can dance like the little girls on tv. Thank you 'Dance Moms'! :)

I LOVE THAT I DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE DIAPERS! Flushing messes down the toilet has got to be the best feeling ever! Also, do you have any idea how much money we are saving now!? Pull-ups are especially expensive! Jeez... HALLELUJAH!

Gorgeous!

Dad, I'm Sad!

I heard Mireya calling from her bedroom. She has only been in bed for about five minutes, but she is hollering to us. (She is doing that frequently lately.) She calls, "DAD! DAD! DAD! DAD!" over and over until someone goes into her room. I went in and asked her what she wanted. She said, "I'm sad Dad put me in bed." Really? Cute! Still... I'm sad that you won't go to sleep. ;)

The moon

Mireya woke up tonight. I went in to see what was wrong and she said, "I'm sad because of the moon." I asked her why the moon would make her sad and she said it was because the moon was going down. It was so sad and so cute at the same time. I held her and rocked her for a bit, then put her back in bed.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Today, I took Mireya with me to St. George to get our iPhone 5 back invisibleShield covers on from ZAGG. As we were driving around town to get where we were going, I heard Mireya say, "There's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!" I didn't know what she was talking about, so I just said, "Oh, okay." After we ran a few errands, we were heading to another store and Mireya said again, "Hey, there's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!" Again, I didn't know what she was talking about until I looked out of the window and saw the Carl's Jr. sign with a giant star on it! She is so cute! :)

Bunch of Updates

Mireya is the smartest little girl in the world! Ok, I am a little bias, but she is seriously smart. She is also incredibly beautiful and oh so naughty. She has a bossy two-year-old attitude with a sass mouth. It gets her into trouble!

 Mireya LOVES to play dress-up. I will hear her closet door open, and then she comes out dressed in one (or more) of her skirts. She always accessorizes too. In the photo above she is wearing jewelry Grandma Ruesch gave her. She usually had on shoes too.

One of her latest obsessions is light switches. She turns ALL the lights and every fan on in the house. I have to go around turning them off. That makes her scream and yell, "NO! LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON, MOMMY! NOOOOOO!!!" It is very pleasant to listen to.

On a happier note, she has almost got her ABC's down. She sings the song all the time. She also sings several different nursery rhymes. She LOVES to sing. It is the cutest thing to hear that little voice. She gets shy and embarrassed if she realizes that you are paying attention and listening to her sing. She will run and hide her face in the couch. :)

She has also decided that Sparty is her best friend. She hugs and kisses him all the time. He is a good kitty; he lets her maul him and never reacts negatively. I think he likes most of the lovies when she does not get too excited and smack him. (Sometimes she goes from petting to smacking.) His eyes bug out and he runs away. lol

Mireya also likes to stretch with me...