Kayla-isms

Whew! Oct 31st! I made it to the end of the "31 for 21" blog challenge for Down syndrome awareness. Thanks to Tricia for coming up with this idea. Remember, she's also coordinating a swap for all the participants who are interested (and don't worry if you didn't make it all 31 days, or 31 posts, as long as you tried you're in!) Today is the deadline to sign up, so go over to her blog and tell her you're in!

After posting for each day in Oct (and now spending all my time signing up for all the great contests going on in the fall giveaway carnival), I feel like I'll need a blogging hiatus next week!

For this last day of "31 for 21" I'm giving you 21 "Kayla-isms"

1. When we come to a door that opens automatically Kayla will say "Thank you!" Once we pass through she turns around and says "door shut" and we have to wait to make sure the door does shut before going any farther.

2. When I stop at a red light she'll say "Top yight!" When it turns green she'll yell out "Go!!!!" Sometimes when we pass through the light she'll say "Bye go! Bye-bye!"

3. There is a place in town where the road has two pretty big dips together and it feels like you're on a mini roller coaster. Down, up, down, up. When we go over this we say "Wheeee!" Then Kayla will say, "Again!" as if I could make it happen again.

4. If I yawn she'll ask me, "tired Mommy?" When I say "yes" she'll fake yawn and say, "I tired too."

5. When we're doing something together like a puzzle, or coloring, she'll see what I've done and say "Good job Mommy!" and clap for me.

6. Before we leave the house she always has to "fix" the floor mat, even if it hasn't been moved and isn't crooked...but especially if it is crooked. Then she has to line it up just so against the door and say "There!"

7. When I open the door to the van for her to get in she'll run to it saying "Seat!!!!" I don't know why she is so happy to get in her car seat!

8. If I go outside for just a minute to get the mail or paper, when I come back in she runs up to me with a big smile, arms thrown out wide, yelling "Mommy!" and then wraps those arms around my legs as if she hasn't seen me for days.

9. She's my little shadow around the house. If I walk down the hallway she'll take off after me yelling, "Mommy wait! Wait Mommy!"

10. When she comes home from school she usually has a sticker on her hand. She makes a point to show me how proud she is of her sticker, and than as we're walking home she always puts it on my hand.

11. I've mentioned before how she has to stop and pick up leaves on our walk to the bus. Some of the houses have rock landscaping with some small rock displays. These rocks inevitably make it to the sidewalk. Kayla thinks it is her job to throw each rock back on the yards.

12. After I've taken a shower she likes to touch my hair and proclaim "Wet!" Then she touches her hair and says "Ah dry" and rinse and repeat :)

13. She'll ask me "A doin Mommy?" I tell her "I'm making dinner, or washing dishes, or reading a magazine (or whatever) and she'll say "ooooh." 2 seconds later, "A doin Mommy?" We go through a few rounds of this until I reply with, "What am I doing Kayla?" She'll tell me, "A reading, mayin dinner, etc."

14. When we're coloring together she has to hand me the color crayon she wants me to use.

15. If I start singing or whistling she'll put her hand up and say, "No singing/sistle Mommy." If she's close enough to me she'll put her hand over my mouth. I can only sing, whistle, or dance when she asks me too.

16. If she sees a piece of lint, scrap paper, thread, or something like that on the floor, she'll pick it up and say "trash" then promptly brings it to the trash can (who needs a vacuum!?) If she sees me picking something up off the floor she'll point to the trash can and say "Trash Mommy." After I've thrown it away she'll say "thank you" as if I've done her a favor.

17. Out of the blue she'll put her hand up to her brow and say, "Whew, a close!" (as if she's saying "that was close!" but I don't know what was close).

18. She likes to put blankets, clothes, hand towels, anything that will cover her head and face and walk around the house (I'm surprised she can walk around without bumping into walls!) and saying "Ghost bunny!" (Thanks to Max and Ruby for that one.)

19. When she wakes up in the morning she'll call out to me "I up Mommy! I up!" over and over until I acknowledge her.

20. When I'm getting ready for bed at night washing my face I have to wet a corner of a washcloth for her too and then she washes her cheeks. She'll then go to my dresser drawer and pull out the pjs she wants me to wear "Blue ones!"

21. When she wanted another story read, or to play another game, or something like that I would tell her, "Just one more time." She now says that to me when she wants something again "One more time Mommy" with 1 finger in the air. She uses this when she just wants one more of something too, like another cracker, "One more time Mommy"and I just laugh.