Standing Corrected

I have a number of random ramblings almost ready to be posted -- some might still get posted but others will likely be forgotten. There are so many things I want to remember forever by noting them here on the blog (cause I keep a running document to use as a sort of appendix to her baby/scrap book and soon will do the same for Zane) but I have to accept that I can't keep up with it all and that by not noting doesn't mean we won't remember. (I really do believe that, friends. I just haven't figured out the root of why I obsess over making notes everywhere. :)

Yesterday I was thinking how Vanessa spent months introducing people to others. I loved how she would run into any place filled with people and shout greetings and introductions: "Hi! My name is Vanessa and this is my mother!" It even carried over a little after Zane's arrival: "And this is my little brother Zane!" And let's not forget how she would introduce people who already knew each other (loved it!): "Daddy! This is my friend, Mommy." I think the reason it popped into my thinking yesterday was because I noticed that she hardly does it anymore -- she now introduces herself to new friends and moves on quickly to play. I miss it already and wish we had captured a few of the many occasions on video. Maybe we did . . . ?

So here's a post that I started in early January that was based on things that began last October. :) Can you believe it's March?! I'm happy that it is.

Even though we would discourage her to do so, Vanessa could say I told you so. Her Daddy and I need to apologize for trying to correct her naming of a dinosaur. To be honest, my knowledge of specific types of dinosaurs is limited to common ones like the T-Rex or brontosaurus (thanks to the Flintstones -- which I would love for a cable channel to air again!)

At Christmas Vanessa was indulged with lots of dino play figures. One specific play dino she names as euoplocephalus, something Dino Dan has taught her. Her Daddy and I both have corrected her, telling her it's called a stegosaurus. Most often she just looks at us like we're crazy and moves on with whatever she's doing. But as Vanessa and I were flipping through her DK Dino book at the beginning of January, she turned to a specific page and pointed at a picture and asked "Mommy, what is this?" I almost said it looked like a stegosaurus until I saw it labeled in big bold letters as Euoplocephalus. (Ask Vanessa how to pronounce it, although she's not really on this specific dino kick any longer.) The two are VERY similar. They both fall in the Armored Tanks family. We've decided we have to look at the snout and tail to know for sure.

The reality that I no longer have more basic knowledge than her has set in . . .

And as a sweet addition to this dino post, it's fun to hear Vanessa use dino names. Here she's searching for one while trying to make a high wire. (This video is from the end of October.)