Old and a Half

At age 2 and 1/2, Raegan:

• wakes up around 7am
• takes one nap
• weighs about 25 pounds
• sometimes uses the potty, mainly if she's in the mood for a little piece of chocolate
• has curls
• wants all of her clothes to have pockets
• can dress herself except for getting the shirt over her head
• likes to pull her socks up as high as they will go
• refers to her favorite pairs of shoes as ruby slippers and shiny chocolates
• says she's "old and a half" = 2 and a half years old

Common phrases:

• "What's this call 'bout?" = "What's that all about?" which usually means "What is this?"
• "What am I doing today?"
• "Where are we going today?"
• "I love you whole lot"
• "Where are my ruby slippers?"
• "I'm getting big. I grown-up."
• "Maybe I can ..."
• "What can I get you for today?"
• "I need your keys."
• "Pretty sure I..."

Favorite books:

• Corduroy series
• The Night Before Christmas
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• variety of Dr. Wuse (Dr. Seuss)
• The Wizard of Oz
• Llama Llama series

Favorite Things to Play with:

• Gymbo the Clown
• Tea Set
• ball
• cars
• medical exam gloves
• Band-Aids
• her kitchen
• musical instruments (says she's Dave Matthews)
• cash register
• rolling suitcase
• markers
• stamps
• parachute
• babies
• U.S. map place mat (She knows that Dorothy lives in Kansas, Dave Matthews lives in Seattle, Washington, our family lives in Nashville, we live in NM)

Favorite Activities to play:

• restaurant server
• grocery store check-out
• tea party (pouring water)
• jumping on the couch
• delivering babies (hence the exam gloves)
• Critter Clinic (taking care of her animals and putting Band-Aids on anything sitting still)
• looking at pictures
• painting finger nails
• helping me cook, especially spreading butter
• hearing stories about herself as a baby
• sitting in her car and "running errands"
• going to school or work
• going to the airport
• reading