Just a few of Little Bean's Antics

Little Bean regarding:

• Hunger

• Most mornings (sometimes as early as 3am), she wakes up and declares she want to go downstairs to eat breakfast. And Lists off foods she wants to eat "...peaches, cheese, blueberries, yogurt, cereal, pizza, toast, bagels, cream cheese, ice cream...."
• Nibbling is good, even if it means pulling all the blueberries out of muffins and yogurt.
  

• Independence
• Independence is important to her and very tiring for me. Much patience is needed for me to watch her climb down a few steps only to climb back up to check to see if her sister is coming downstairs and down and up again to check if her papa is coming.... a few more times for books, paper and clothes...etc.
  

• Name calling
• Mama is my usual maternal name, but lately Bean has developed a variety of names to call me depending the situation
• Mom - When she is serious and wants something done fast like. "Play CD Mom... put in Noodlebug Cd Mom"
  
• Mommy - When she is clingy or in a cuddly mood. "Maaameee" usually says this with a big smile and a high pitched voice.
  
• Jenny-Honey (Who calls me Jenny?) - When she is being just plan devious!

Note: She also does this with her Papa-Father-Dad-Honey and Sister-Didi-Honey

• Interior decorating (!)
• Color scheme - She has decided orange crayon would be better for an accent wall and multi colors for our couch. I guess she didn't like beige.
  
• Centerpiece - She thinks the flowers are out of date and she should be the centerpiece on our dining room table. How she got up there? I don't know... you just can't blink with this child.
  
• Other Decor arrangement - This mean arranging her dolls and stuff animals on the multicolored couch.
  

• Social behaviors
  
• Greets everyone... which is pretty typical for a lot of children. However, sometimes she says "Hello Moto"!
  
• When music is playing, insist everyone dances or sings, depending on the beat.
  

• Intellectually
• Enjoys reading most books but specifically enjoys the ones with a little spunk.
  
• Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner (Thanks Amelia at Mommycrowd for the recommendation... I mean it.... really) Bean aspires to be like the frisky kitty by jumping on her bed and coloring walls, calendars and potty chairs. Skippyjon is her inspiration for interior decorating.
  
• Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor. - The prestiges Bean can't resist wearing sunglasses (even smugged and at night) and fancy accessories. This is the time when Jenny-honey is heard the most.
  

In general Little Bean is happy and lets me know, "Mama, [I am] happy" (she also lets me know when she is mad, crying and being funny).

By mid-day she reflects on her morning activities before taking a nap. Well I like to think shes reflecting... but most likely shes planning her afternoon.