"happy monica"

It's been so sweet to see Maya get into Hanukkah this year. She asks to light the candles in the "nora," likes hearing the blessings and even finishes one with me and is giving enthusiastic shouts of "happy monica." We've only done a couple gifts with her and she has been truly surprised and delighted and it's so fun to see. Tonight she opened a gift from Angela (who watches her three times a week) Here are a couple photos of her excitement:


I've been on the barrette campaign with her- trying to get her to wear them is proving to be quite the challenge. She usually has them in for a few minutes and then is "all done."

It's December and Maya turns two soon- she is practicing saying she is 2, she is really getting good at counting, she's workin on the ABC's, can point out most colors and just yesterday she was playing with her little letter magnets and I couldnt believe how many letters she can identify. "W?" when did she get to know "W" so well!? I wanted to tell her "stop growing up so fast!"

This week is Tom's (Papa) birthday (love you Daddy!) and Sarah is in town. Big love for more girl time. :)