Jamie took some adorable 2 year old portraits of Lizzie and here is a little sneak peak...there are more pics to come soon.
I hope I always remember the little details about my little 2 year old Lizzie.. hopefully this will help:
There is never a dull moment when you live with a two year old. Especially a two year old with personality plus! This past year Liz's imagination has come into full bloom. Lenny, Meow, Misty, Purry, and Hoot are continual and ever present friends that talk, play, eat, have tea parties, laugh, dance, jump, and need diaper changes. I think Liz has categorized her little sister in with these animals as well. Julie gets played with in much the same way.. Since Julie is as silent as her animal friends, Lizzie includes her in the narration of emotions, needs, and even the pretend meals.
Lizzie is still a complete and total Daddy's girl. She tells me many times throughout the day, "Daddy at work! Daddy come home soon! I love daddy so much!" Its a favorite activity for all of us to go visit Daddy for lunch!
We've discovered this past year that Lizzie recieved a strong dose of mom and dad's indepent, stubborn-at-times genes. Even as an infant I described Liz as opinionated and now that she's two she's working on asserting those opinions!
Despite her many opinions and wants, she is very polite for a toddler! She uses please and thank you's all on her own, spontaneosly throughout the day. So many people and strangers comment to me on how polite she is.
Liz, you are so much fun to have around- we love you!
Favorite Activities: Coloring, Play-doh, Elefun, card games (memory), everything outdoors, going to the park, visiting family, reading, going to the movies, playing with her kitchen, and playing with stuffed animals.
Favorite Color: Yellow (Its been her favorite color since she was 12 months old)
Favorite Words/Phrases: Doo ba doo ba doo ba doo ba DAH!! doo ba DAH! and Peeeyah! (Ok so this is Dave and I's favorite things she says...family joke and made up words that have carried on since she was about 12 months)
Favorite Animal: Cats (including Lions)
Favorite Foods: Raisins, all fruit, french cut green beans, Go-gurt, and hotdogs (she thinks bratworst and other sausages are "hotdogs")
Favorite Candy: Jelly Beans and M&Ms
Favorite Song: The Beatles-- Come Together
Favorite Book: All David Shannon books like "Too Many Toys" and "Good Boy Fergus!" (We had to put away the ones about naughty David though because she was getting bad ideas!)
Favorite Movie: Beauty and the Beast
Toddler Academia: You've known your alphabet, numbers, and colors since you were 14 months old! At this point you enjoy learning to spell, recognizing written words, two letter phonics (ch, sh, etc), and reverse recognition and matching games. You're very good at answering questions like "Can you think of a "T" word?"
Nicknames for her sister: "Julie Jewels" and "The Giant One" (See below for explanation)
Funny Toddler Thoughts: I was unaware that tiny and giant were a part of Lizzie's vocabulary until the other day. I was saying how big Julie was getting and she said, "Baby Julie is a giant one!" Then I said, "If baby Julie's the giant one, what does that make you?" So she thought a minute and said, " A tiny one!" (She is still trying to work through her wanting to be a baby issue! She certainly seems to wish baby Julie would surpass her in size and age!) Lizzie has been calling her "The Giant One" ever since.
The snow was absolutely perfect for building a snowman! There was no grass showing when we stepped outside, but as we rolled the snow into balls it stuck so well that it seemed to lift every last flake of snow in those areas! Five minutes later we had an amazing snowman! Then five min after that Liz was ready to go inside! 
Julie opted to stay inside where its warm so Dave and I rotated watching her and playing with Liz. 
Julie has such a sweet, mellow attitude. She's very quick to smile and laugh. Although, she's just barely starting to be leary of strangers at times. She's a great sleeper still- down by 7 every night like clock work and usually up around 8 or 9. Her big smiles in the morning are my favorite. She always wakes up in such a cheery mood! 
After about a half hour she would give me this pleading look (these pics are well into that half hour mark) so I'd take off the head piece. Then all would be well again. 
Lizzie was such a good trick or treater/trunk or treater! She absolutely loved the whole experience!
