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Diella & daddy have this fun thing they came up with! Down in the basement, there's this light, daddy will "introduce" Diella, open up the pretend curtain, and put the spotlight on her. Then she puts on a show, and takes a bow, then he'll close the curtain and turn the light off. Its adorable! and she LOVES it! Always wants to Go Put On A Show! Cute!!

The other day she bumped her mouth, and I only laughed cuz she cried, "now I cant chew!" haha! we weren't even eating at the time! ha!

I've noticed her lately doing something she just started (one of those things you don't actually TEACH them, but they must have seen you do it?)… she puts a chair right in front of the mirror, and moves her hands around like she's putting on makeup, and doing her hair, and getting dressed. Then she'll turn around, and strike a pose & say, "mommy, how do i look?" even while batting her little eyes, cute!!! … I posted a video where she's doing this, but she's far away, and its hard to hear… (I was also recording Ethan waking up daddy one morning).

Diella says dandelions smell like pineapple & yellow cake. Ha, cute!

Yesterday when Diella was in the bath, the water was draining, and she put her hand over the drain & her little eyes lit up! I was like "you feel that?" she goes, "a magnet!" lol, i thought that was awesome that she described it that way! … thats when we learned the word 'suction' hehe.

And…. the other day…. she was putting on her panties & they were Fruit of the Loom. Ya know how some of those have the "tag" like printed right on the garment? Well she looked at that (there were words, and a picture of fruit, ya know?)… and she goes "this says…. if you wanna wear panties, you gotta eat fruit first." HAHAHHAAAAA!!!! Priceless!!!

Move the Sun

Quite some time ago, we tried to teach Diella to use a computer, like for games and things… but for some reason the touch mouse pad concept was a bit much for her. Well, a few weeks ago, we tried again, and she's a pro! She loves to play games on Sesame Street site, and they're educational, yay!

Diella has been quoting movie lines! Woo Hoo! She has memorized some lines from Veggie Tales, Kung Fu Panda, Robots, Shark Tale, and the Fox and the Hound. We'll even play a little quiz game, I'll say a line & she'll tell me what movie its from. Cooooool.

One day I said, "Diella I think you're funny," and she said "i'm not. I'm just serious."

Aw man, one day we were walking through Walmart, passing by the intimates section, and she said "look mom, there's panties, and socks, and…… whats those boobie things?" … huh, I told her bras. She said, Ya, Bras. Ha!

One day we were in the car, and you know the time of day when the sun in RIGHT in front of you, and the visor wont cover it, and you're blinded… well it was then.. and Diella was complaining that the sun was in her eyes, and I told her don't worry, we'll be turning soon. So a few minutes later, she complained again, with even more frustration. Well I was in the middle of a conversation with Jacob, and I got short with her & said, "What do you want me to do!!?? Move the sun!!??" … I should have seen it coming, but of course, did…. she said, "yes!" … and since then when this happens, she asks, "mom, can you move the sun please?" HAHAHAA!!

A few weeks ago, Diella was calling me in the middle of the night… I went to her, and she said, "I gotta go potty" … I was thrilled!! I mean, she hasnt had an accident for months now… but the fact that she's to the point where she can consciously prevent them, even that she was woken by having to go… I was so excited!

Every time we go to Aldi, Diella stands at the automatic doors, and says, "Open doors!" and they do. I crack up every time! Then when she's through the doors, she turns and also tells them to close. Ha! I wonder if she thinks it really works that way?

so the past few weeks for us have been NONstop!… well even before that, I've noticed we must just be a very on-the-go family… because every day now, Diella asks either "where we going today?" or "who we gonna see today?" … I think this is a good thing? I like them to go with the flow, for whatever we've got going that day, so I guess they're just getting used to all the running around!

oh man, just now we went for a walk… Diella picked up two little sticks and she was rubbing them together (I dunno how, but I knew exactly where she was goin with it)… and she said "this is just like Sid the Sloth!" …. thats what he does on Ice Age… and she goes, "make fire! make fire!" HAHAAAHAA!!

Well, Diella had kind of a big thing happen in her life. Unfortunately its not the best thing. She. Got. Grounded….. Diella, long ago, learned the lesson that when you're coloring or drawing, you ONLY draw on paper, nothing else. Well she had out some crayons the other day & drew on Ethan's rug, our bedroom door, and our hamper. Not good. So she was grounded from coloring or drawing. I'm hoping after being grounded, she's learned her lesson for good.

She's also gotten a bit bossy. She sometimes tries to tell Ethan what to do, and even mommy & daddy. Well, we've told her she's not the boss, and that mommy & daddy are. The other day I gave her a look… and she goes, "I'm not the boss right?"… well, she gets the point at least.

She has always sang Mary Had A Little Lamb like this "flinka white as snow"… it was one of those things I never wanted to correct, cuz its so cute… but I finally corrected her, and the she did this "mary had a little lamb, flinka white as snow… no wait, I gotta sing it Fleece Was White as snow" … corrected first time! Yea!

So she was riding the tricycle outside at Ahna's house once, and I was loading Ethan into the car. I said c'mon honey, and I look over & she's pushing the front wheel repeatedly over this one spot, and she goes, "just a minute, I'm making the bug dead" … I didn't even know she knew the word! But I was glad she didn't say K-I-L-L. Then she said "he's really dead." ha!

She said to me one day, "do you know why I have this line on my back?" (I think she was just talking about her spine)… "because God made me that way" … AWW!

Because of Diella's strong will, we are sure to outwardly praise her when she does well to obey. So the other day, she obeyed well, I praised her, and she said "I deserve a surprise!" … I just loved that she used the word Deserve! Cool!

Diella & Ethan, when the other is sleeping, they ask for each other. Its so cute! Ethan points to her room & says "Dit-da!" (sister) Aw!

Everyone was in town last week for Chris & Emily's wedding. Well the kids were playing, and Diella said to Colton, "you're beast, I'm beauty, lets dance" then she grabbed his hand & off they went! It was ADORABLE!!!

One day after Diella had watched Prince of Egypt, her prayer before bed was, "I pray for God that Moses feels all better" … Aww!!!