Marissa is Hilarious

I'm going to steal an idea from my friend Megan's blog... She calls it "Seen and Heard". It's a way to record some of the adorable/weird/funny things your kids do and say. No, it's not about gratitude per se, but I can say that it's moments like these that make me feel most grateful that I get to stay at home to raise my kids.

Seen and Heard:
Marissa comes into the office where I am on the computer. She has the box of Qtips in her hands, then I notice she has one in each ear. She says, "Look it Mom! I flying!!" and then moves her head from side to side as though it were an airplane gliding through the sky.

Heard:
Marissa repeating over and over and over the word, "whine" in her whiniest voice. "Whine, whine, whine!" This simultaneously annoys me and cracks me up.

Heard:
Marissa yelling downstairs, "Geo-orge! Geo-orge! Where are you?" I assume she was looking for the curious monkey and not her grandpa.

Heard:
Marissa whining her way up the stairs (this time with the more conventional whining technique, not the repeating of the word "whine"). When she gets to the top of the stairs, she stops whining, says, "Where's Mom?" and starts searching for me. There is not another sound out of her her, whine or otherwise, until she sees my face. Immediately, she starts "crying" and throws herself dramatically into my lap.

Seen and Heard:
Marissa throwing herself onto the ground dramatically. "MOM! I fell down. I stuck!" She neither fell down nor is stuck.

Seen and Heard:
Marissa making silly faces at her reflection in the window at Togo's as we eat. She giggles uncontrollably until she can make another face. She then looks at me and says, "Mama! I so funny!" and makes another silly face at herself. I ask, "Are you so funny, Rissa?" Marissa says, "Uh huh! I so funny. And weird!"

I think Marissa might be our little actress. She certainly has a flair for the dramatic, but for now, she's mostly just cracking me up. Thank goodness that little girl came to live at my house.