"Naynie" came to visit

For about 6 weeks after his last visit, Kadence walked around randomly saying "Naynie all gone" and asking to go in "Naynie's room" to see if he happened to be there. So when we got home from a playdate on Tuesday, she was very happy to go in the guest room to find Nate asleep in the bed. After a giggly greeting (on her part), Nate went back to sleep and I told Kadence when she woke up from her nap, she and Naynie could play. That's the first time in weeks she hasn't fought me on taking a nap.

When they woke up from their respective naps he gave her a Dora doll...which she was very happy about. Now we've gone from having to carry around her favorite baby everywhere, to having to carry around the baby AND Dora.

We went to have dinner with Patrick at our favorite hamburger place, where she turned into a hyper little clown. She loves going there because they give you baskets of popcorn while you wait for your food. Most of the time that's the only thing she ends up eating while we're there.



On the way home she and Nate had this conversation.
K: Naynie, want talk you on phone.
N: But I'm right here, so let's save the minutes.
K: No! Want talk you on phone!

That night her normal "I gotta go potty" excuse after being put in bed turned into "I gotta go potty. Dora gotta go potty." Dora of course didn't need to go potty...neither did the other baby who was almost dropped into the toilet.

The next night her excuse was "Gotta go potty! I hungry!" She had just finished eating right before bed, so I told her she couldn't have more food because it was bedtime. While she was sitting on the potty, she started singing "Ring round rosy, pocketful rosy, (and as she looked sideways at me) I hungry, ashes, ashes, I fall down." Couldn't help it...after she finished going potty (and I stopped laughing), I gave her a few crackers before putting her back in bed.

The next morning while waiting for Nate to wake up, she was watching me play a Mario game on my new DSi. She was already obsessed with the Wii (especially Super Mario), and frequently asks to go to Game Stop to "Check it out!" She also walks around saying "It's me, Mario!" So while watching me play on the DSi, she decided she needed a turn and begged me to let her try. She was unwilling to give it up however, and when her "turn" was over she cried.

Nate had to leave yesterday...but not before teaching her the all important word "Hemi." She can recognize most of the letters in the alphabet, so he showed them to her on the side of his truck and had her "spell" it out.

                                 
"Bye bye Naynie."