Here is the reason I don't blog as often as I would like: Wee Ninja Girl.
Yes, folks, Wee Ninja Girl is the true culprit here. I'm the victim!
Stop laughing! It's true!
I spend most of her awake time chasing her around while she tries to get away with stuff she KNOWS she isn't supposed to do.
How do I know she knows she shouldn't do things? (Forgive me, English language, for that sentence.) Well, she will actually shake her head and say "No," as she does them. For example, WNG will try to take the Dirt Devil dustbuster off its charger so she can vacuum, all the while softly chanting, "no, no, no, no, no."
What makes it really adorable is that she actually says "oh" for "no."
WNG has been honing her ninja skills lately, trying to sneak into the bathroom and scrub the toilet with the toilet brush. She will play peek-a-boo behind the dining room door, and then suddenly she will stop peeking. When I open the door to find her, she's usually about halfway to the bathroom. If she makes it all the way in or manages to grab the toilet brush, I just have to go in and give her "The Look" and she will hand me the brush (gee, thanks) and run out.
She also has developed an affinity for YouTube, particularly Muppet musical videos. I hang my head in shame.
Why? Well, I'll tell you. EP Dude and I have both been very strict with "screen time" for WNG. The only television she really watches is Wheel of Fortune after dinner (she has started to yell random letters at the screen, just like we do!) or some football during the season. We don't have cable or anything, so there aren't many options for her, so we figured that every once in a while she could watch a YouTube video or two.
As I'm sure you can imagine, every once in a while has quickly become every single day. And by a video or two I mean the same 6 videos over and over and over again until we are all singing "Mahna Mahna" in our sleep.
I limit it now to just before lunch and just after dinner, but WNG will still ask for it all the time. She invented her own sign for the computer, although it took us a really REALLY long time to figure it out. She sort of pinches at her face with all her fingers, as though she is stroking some really epic mutton chops. Finally, last week, she did that sign while saying "Tee tee?" (meaning "TV") and we thought she wanted to watch WoF. She said no to that, and then signed again while wandering into the room where the computer is. Then it dawned on us that she did that particular sign because the Muppet from "Mahna Mahna" has a wispy red beard, and that's what she related to the computer.
I know, random, right? But I think it's pretty cool that she came up with her own sign.
Lately she has been trying to pull off the whole "if I can't see you I can't hear you" schtick, so when I tell her to do or not to do something she will turn her head away and go about her business. So, I have started to preface things with "WNG, look at mama. Look at me." So far, she always does, and then will comply with my
When she wants me to do something now, she gets right up in my face and stares at my eyes before speaking or signing. It's a bit disconcerting!
Anyway, happy March, everyone, and let's keep our fingers crossed for Spring! Then we can actually be outdoors doing stuff in the sunshine, instead of sitting around inside shivering or scrubbing toilets.
