Oh! To be 2 again!

For the past two weeks our family, namely Anna, has been babysitting a two year old named Alyssa. It is an unfortunate name, but she is still cute. In these two weeks we have learned the extent of her vast vocabulary. I am listing all she ever said down below:

1. Go away!
2. Go away to!
3. Gimme' me!
4. No
5. My juice!
6. nana (banana)
7. affle (apple)
8. Juice (milk, or any other beverage, it's all juice)
9. nana (Anna, we never knew if she wanted Anna or just a banana)
10. Maggie! (She never just said Maggie, she always yelled it)
11. squeezy cheese
12. pretty toes
13. peas (please)
14. bebe (blanket)
15. bebe (baby)
16. bebe (anything she didn't know the word for, yes, it got confusing!)

My favorite thing that Allyssa did was actually the most disgusting thing she ever did. One day Maggie was eating club crackers with sharp cheddar squeeze cheese on top. Alyssa toddled over and said "gimme; me!" so Maggie handed her a cheese cracker. Instead of eating the cracker, Alyssa promptly licked all the cheese of and held up the cheeseless cracker for maggie to "refill". Disgusted, we all watched as she did this over and over again using the same cracker for an hour and draining us of all our squeezy cheese! Alyssa was a very entertaining two year old, plus she took like 5 hour naps, she was awsome!

Drive-by-lickings

In recent weeks it has come to my attention that Boomer's behavior has become increasingly erratic. As she ages in doggy years she has become more and more eccentric, not unlike an old lady. One serious problem has occurred numerous times now and i can no longer keep silent through my suffering. Boomer doesn't just lick us anymore, she attacks unsuspecting people with her vicious tongue. As she is running through the house to he kitchen because she heard the fridge open, she will casually stick her tongue out the side of her mouth and nonchalantly run it up down your bare leg, all while she is still in motion, leaving a trail of dirty slobber up and down your freshly lotioned and shaved leg. This often causes squeals of surprise from her many victims. And to those who know her well, an angry tirade of appropriate curses because they know that same morning Boomer got into the kitty litter and cleaned it out for us. Boomer was never so daring in the past, if you have witnessed her crime please don't hesitate to contact me and to offer kind words of support as we scrub our legs clean of kitty litter drool.

Thank you,
Boomer's victims