Taylee's new favorite task is pulling weeds. She demands to go "ousiii" at which point she says "mommy cawwee bucka" (mommy carry bucket). "Puw wees!" (pull weeds). Her weed pulling takes careful direction from me, as she thinks all plants, flowers, etc., are weeds. She tried to pull the neighbors vegetable garden today. Luckily I stopped her just in time! We have pulled every little bit of weed greenery in our yard now, much to her dismay. She says "Mow Wees!" (More weeds). Kent found a couple of hidden monster weeds in the bushes yesterday. He pulled them and tried to hand them to her. She was thrilled - "Whoa! Weee!" (Whoa, weed). She carried them around for 20 minutes. Funny girl! Who knew, right?

I realize that at this age the things Taylee says are not funny in a "oh the things kids say" kind of way. However, I (as well as Kent and the rest of the fam) think the things she says are absolutely stinkin' adorable. Much of this is due to the 'way' she says them. So, although they are cute only to those of us who love her to pieces, I'm puttin' em' in my blog, just to help me remember all the 'little things.' So, go ahead, roll your eyes and read on, or skip it altogether. You've been warned!

*She loves to remove things from my purse, or other random areas and place them into baskets, bags, buckets, etc. She then announces "I pui it!" As in I put it! (on a side note, I recently found a dirty diaper she stashed in a cloth grocery bag. Yummy.)
*She loves Sesame Street, and she calls it sneet. And her favorite sesame street episode has a little pet rock named rocko. She has been known to repeat "sneet, wocko" over and over.
*I've heard this from other moms - when she wants me to pick her up she says "hole you." Maybe because I ask "you want mommy to hold you?"
*When she finds a "unique" place to sit, she sits and announces "I sitting!"
*She loves to kick. She let's everyone know what she's doing by yelling "I keek!"
*When she wants to walk somewhere she's not totally comfortable going and she wants to hold your hand, she demands "han!"
*She is very opinionated. When she doesn't like something that is going on around her - ie, the song on the radio, the food I place in front of her, etc, she announces "no dis!"
*When leaving for work, etc, we say "bye, love you." Her version is more like "byyyeee, liyooo."
And she says bye to everything. "Byyyeee Elmo. Byyyeee Toys. Byyyyeee Car." And so on, and on, and on.
*We work hard on manners. She has perfected please - "pee." But thank you requires lots of prompting. When she finally says thank you, it's simply "q!"
*And last but not least, the infamous fruity shake. She calls it a "he." Maybe for fruity? Who knows, really. It's cute.

We enjoyed the company of our good friends
Lana, Danny, and little Tavin.

Tavin is just a bit younger than Taylee

and he was sure a good boy!

Kent and I were so impressed by how content
he was to chill in his stroller.
Our little Taylee is sure a busy body!

Taylee loved the elephant exhibit!

Not the real live elephants exactly,

but a huge metal elephant that played music.

Although the kids look kinda freaked out,
they both had a great time on the carousel!

Taylee was so excited to roam independently,

climb rocks, look at animals, AND people,

that she eventually wound up wearing

Tavin's monkey backpack.

All in all, we had a great day at the zoo!

We are so glad that spring (maybe even summer?!)

has finally arrived in Utah!

P.S. Is anybody besides me having a

difficult time with the spacing on blogger?!