Hod Podge

I don't even know how to begin organizing this post, so I'm not really going to :)

Favorite words and phrases: ...after she is told, "No." "Come on, it will be fun!" and a favorite for many weeks, "I do it by myself."

Favorite Foods: Emerald green pluots, suckers, beef jerky

Firsts: Using her new scooter down the hall (slowly but surely) all by herself

Her interest in the potty comes in waves. Over Memorial Day weekend, over two long car rides, she asked to go potty. Papa pulled off the freeway, found a quick stop, ran in, and Juni held it until she was on the potty!!

She has an imaginary friend(?) piggy. Sometimes the piggy is nice and sleeping and she will sit next to the piggy and talk nice, other times she is truly terrified for her life and runs for us to pick her up as the piggy is trying to get her. The terror in her little body leads me to wonder if living in this historic old house has brought along some little piggy ghosts. The piggy arrived when we moved into this house, and she only sees it when we are home. Poor, girl :/ At 2 years old, a big piggy coming at you would be quite awful.

We spent Father's Day going for a 5 mile run, then went out to lunch at IHOP (worst experience EVER) and then went down to Vallejo's annual Pirate Festival. Juni had fun seeing all the people dressed up as pirates and mermaids. We got they with not much time left in the day, so we didn't have to pay to enter, but some of the attractions were already closing up.

We've had some fun little moments lately of playing just before bed with glow in the dark toys and yesterday Papa took Juni out to splash in the rain a little bit.

Juni has started asking to sleep in her bed for some nights and some naps, and it usually works out super well. (If you didn't know, yes, we are a crazy, hippie, whatever you'd like to call us family and still share a bed with Juni whenever she would like. It is not a choice made out of laziness, but rather a parenting decision we came upon with intention.)

at the Pirate Festival

Juni's painting for Papa for Father's Day

The scooter Juni won from a Father's Day photo contest because she has a family that loves her lots and lots and lots and spent the whole night trying to get everyone they know to "like" the photo on Facebook :)

Juni knew where Mama was keeping the chocolates. We heard an excited, "I got it, I got it!" from the kitchen after she had scooted the chair over, got into the cupboard and gotten the box of chocolates down.

 Playing in the rain with Papa

and last, but not certainly least, some zombie moves for your enjoyment...