Birthday weekend

Getting reacquainted with our great grand Elise on her birthday weekend.

Gary started off the weekend on just the right note by telling us he had a new job! We were all excited about this. Gary is a middle school math teacher and football coach at a small school 30 some miles from their place in Lees Summit as of last Friday.

Elise Colleen Teeter is two,
 What a surprise this little snippet is! Her vocabulary is astounding and there are many examples of this. Her Nana Susan was getting her dressed and she said she wanted to wear panties. I asked Susan incredulously if she was wearing big girl panties and she said that she was referring to pull ups. Although she is trained for the big job.  She told Elise they would have to see if her mom had sent any so a few minutes later as she was putting on her diaper she said "I want a different diaper."  A DIFFERENT diaper? That blew my mind. She not only has a large vocabulary she also knows the meaning of the big words she uses.
Later she was saying she had a hangnail. This "Hangnail" was on her sock and it was a loose string but she really does know what a hangnail is her grandma assures me.
Cheese is her favorite food and she still has a ravenous appetite. Yes, she is spoiled but that is what grandparents do. She has 'imprinted' on her Papa Gary and follows him around wherever he goes and the minute she is upset about anything she wants Papa Gary. Papa Gary is her go-to guy for everything.
Her birthday party was a big event for her and she handled it quite well with only little spots of upset. In the midst of opening gifts she wanted to do something else and started crying. Her Mom said, "Elise, there are more presents to open. She said, " I am crying". In other words, Mom I am busy right now, maybe when I finish. She talks all the time...and I mean ALL the time. Her mother was the same way but I believe Elise may have her beat. Everything she does she tells you. "Eating cheese. Now waffles and dip. Dip, by the way is syrup and just like her great grandpa Butch she likes the 'dip' better than the waffle. Go outside. Go inside. Vacuum. Fork. Heaven. (Wiley the cat went to heaven to be with God) and yes, she also says God.
I will relate more of her  vocabulary words as they come back to me or Nana Susan reminds me!
Below are birthday and other weekend pictures.

The skirt Elise is wearing is  a tutu...a craft project her mother found on Pinterest.

Part prep

Papa Gary and Elise

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