Fake Out!

Which is one of Petra's new favorite phrases. She really got me yesterday when picking her up from daycare she was crying and saying "no, no!" not wanting me to take her home. This made daddy VERY sad. But then as the gate squeaked as we got home, she burst out laughing, and was happy and sweet the rest of the day. I don't know if it was a fake out or not, but I was certainly glad that today she was happy to see me and very sweet.
That was really the only truly upsetting behavior I've seen. I can handle the "Go! Go!" first thing when she wakes up, but not wanting to come home with me was a bit scary.
Otherwise, she has been an absolute angel. She is talking up a storm, and has some very sweet phrases she uses. We were walking along holding hands with her smiling and, in a very singsong voice, saying "beautiful day." Every day with her is a beautiful day!

She's in love with dinosaurs at the moment, especially a game on the Caillou website where she (meaning me) can dig up bones and reconstruct the dinos for the museum. Pirates are also high are her list ("yar!", eyepatch and other words on her list).

She is also super girly sometimes though, picking and sniffing flowers, playing with jewelry, cooking in her kitchen, tucking her stuffed animals in bed. But at the same time she refuses to wear a barrette or a hair band, so she spends half her time brushing her hair out of her eyes.