Poor Uncle Pete. Violet has an uncle named Pete here that she sees quite frequently. She also has one of those cardboard skeletons with moveable joints on the front door for Halloween. His name is Pete, too. I had a similar skeleton as a child her age and named it Pete. (We also have a [...]

So, we finally got Violet to say thank you. The first time she did it? When it was already an hour past her bed time and she was in no mood to go to bed. My mom asked her “well, do you want to go and get in your bed now?” and she said “No, [...]

Jen at Suburban Mom has created Toddler Talk Tuesday. Be sure to check out her site to see all the great toddler stories! Violet is definitely a chatty cathy. Especially when you least need her to be. Sunday I did the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure here in Denver, and we were all [...]

Jen at The Suburban Mom has created this meme, so be sure to check her out and give her some love, too! Violet is talking up a storm these days. Unfortunately, I can’t figure out all of her words. I do my best, and I ask her to show me what she is talking about, [...]

Jen at The Suburban Mom has given us this wonderful weekly meme where we get to share some of the funny things that come out of the mouths of our toddlers. Violet just cannot seem to get the concept of “thank you”. Not only won’t she say it, she says “you’re welcome” in the place [...]

Check out The Suburban Mom for more great Toddler Talk Tuesday gems! Violet’s latest and greatest is how she says goodbye to us. She recently started saying “Miss you too!” when leaving (even if we’d only say goodbye to her), and then the past week she also started including “Have fun!” It’s amazing the things [...]

Jen at The Suburban Mom created a new meme called Toddler Talk Tuesday, where we get to share with you some of the cute things our kids say. Because to us, they’re the cutest, funniest, smartest kids in the world. Humor us. Violet will turn 2 in 3 1/2 weeks. Every day she is picking [...]