So as everyone with a 2 year old knows at some point you have to teach them to use words to say they are angry instead of the usual methods (kicking, screaming, head butting, generalized destruction etc. etc.) Apparently some of this is getting through to Jane (she may be missing the boat slightly on what is angering though)
me: "hooray"
Jane: "no mama. No say hooray. That not okay. That make me sad"

A Pirate Says "ARRRRR"

We went to the beach a month or so ago. Here are some of the pictures. Jane and Ian (cousin) invented a game called "stick my face in the sand". As you can see 90% of her face was coated in sand by the end (along with a lovely goatee (sp?) helped along by an extra bit of drool. Our little pirate :)

Jane started carrying around a mini book of mormon with her around the house. A little odd but harmless and not as hard to round up as the racquetball she used to be attached to. The other day we were getting out of the car and noticed she had it with her. We explained that she needed to leave it in the car and took it away. So there we are walking through the parking lot of Albertson's with Jane crying "I want my Jesus book. I WANT ME JESUS BOOK"

Jane was dancing in the car the other day. Dan start dancing too and here is jane's reaction

"NO!!! No daddy. No wiggle your hips"

How does one teach tact?

So on the subject of my daughter referring to whales around me... Yesterday we were enjoying the cool summer night on our newly mowed back lawn. Jane turns to me arches her back and sticks out her belly saying "Look, I mommy". Awesome. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Which of course only made her keep on doing this lovely new impression.

By the way Jane is 2 now. Happy birthday. We will have some pictures up soon. She detested the birthday song at first (I tried to sing it to her but she yelled "no mama. no sing") Later on My sister's and brother's families sang to her and she completely burst into tears. We had to hold the cake back for a while until she relaxed. Once she calmed down though she grew to like it. The next day she kept singing happy birthday to herself. I will have pics up soon.