Copper

Yea, ma.
No, ma.
Why, ma?
Kay, ma.
Oh, ma.
Don't know, ma.
Right here, ma.
Ready, ma.
Love you too, ma.

Everything she says to me ends with "ma."  It's really, really cute and funny.  She also keeps smacking her forehead with her hand and saying, "Oh, man!" whenever she finds something, runs into something, or the babies do something crazy. She says "Beep a Boo" when playing hide and seek from the babies.  She notices letters everywhere and does pretty great at spelling her name.   She's awesome at entertaining herself and doesn't mind playing on her own.  She loves kids and has started cheering on the babies when they hit certain milestones.  Once, last week, she ate scrambled eggs.  It was a super big deal.  If she wakes in the middle of the night, she walks across the hall into our room, rubs my arm or cheek gently, and says, "Ma?  I love you too.  Pillow, ma?"  Then she climbs right in.  She's a rock-star kid.

Every Wednesday Tim's mom comes over and spends the day's energy playing.  Literally they play non-stop all day.  I think both are exhausted by the day's end.  Numerous walks to the park, time outside running or jumping, coloring and drawing, building with blocks, playing with trains, decorating the windows, sidewalk chalk, bouncing balls, blowing bubbles, everything they can think of.  Makes me tired hearing about it.  But each Wednesday when I tell Copper her Oma is coming over, she jumps up and down and says, "Wahoo, ma!" It's a highlight of the week, for sure.