Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Two!

My Munchkin is two. Our Munchkin. Talking sentences full of "I want to go swimming" and "Mama stop the car and help you put the sandals on your ponies" and "Auntie Soo-see give you a kiss-o!" Asking to watch TV, demanding to wear a skirt, trying to put on her own shoes, her own pants, her own pyjamas. Still wanting her bottle and to hold my hand to come down the stairs: "I hold the railing! And your hand!" Two. A full head of curly hair, and round cheeks for smooching. Round belly and smelly feet. Two arms tights around my neck and a kiss on the lips.


Two.

She carries the empty gift bags around the house, "going shopping wif Mom!" and sits at the dining room table, trying to get a tiny pink plastic cowboy hat on a tiny pink plastic pony: "I figured it out! I figured it out!" and "It's very beautiful!"


We had a party, a couple of family members, a couple of friends, a couple of kids and cousins. A wading pool, a sunny day, a green lawn, a barbecue. Frozen watermelon cubes and cherry tomatoes dipped in ranch dressing. A chocolate cake.

A tricycle.


A moment: As Pynchon and I busied ourselves with the new barbecue, Munchkin ran up behind me, and threw her arms around my leg. "Hug, Mama," she asked, "Down here, give you a hug on your chest." And so I bent down, unwrapping her from my thigh and folding her into my arms, chest to chest. Our little girl. Two.

20 comments:

Amy Urquhart said...

Happy Birthday Munchkin! You sound like a hoot and a half.

alejna said...

Oh, what a cutie pie. I love to read about what she has to say.

Happy birthday, Munchkin!

Melanie D. said...

Oh my - what a sweetie face! So cutsie pie. I like your plan for arranged marriage for my little man. They would be set. Only his demand is "Put on a moo-vee. Now mama. Now. Moo-vee. You sit here. Now. By me Mama. Now"

I love the demands, if a bit exhausting at times. The sweet, sweet times of toddlerhood. Aw, I love this post!

Mad said...

Happy birthday, grown up girl.

the new girl said...

I forgot how close our little girl's birthdays were!

Oh, how I LOVE that picture of her with the bags. I covet the picture with the chocolate cake. And this post?

Gave me a lump in my throat. I'm already wanting to slow down time.

ewe are here said...

Two. What a great age. And so d*mn cute to boot!

Happy Birthday, Munchkin!

Jenifer said...

Happy Birthday big girl! Wow. Time does fly and she is getting to be such a girl now. Sounds like a perfect day.

kittenpie said...

oh my goodness, she's all huge and stuff now! Ack! How scary - and wonderful. Happy birthday, kiddo.

Cloud said...

Happy Birthday Munchkin!

BTW, Mimi, I posted my meme post last night.

Beck said...

Two is FUN. Happy birthday, big girl!

Cheryl said...

Happy Birthday to your little Munchkin! She looks like she had a blast with that cake all over her face! What a cutie!

Bon said...

oh Munchkin...so sweet. happy birthday, big girl.

Patti said...

Oh, your pics and stories make me momentarily question - "Are we SURE no kids for Spike and I?"

But it's just momentary.

Still...your Munchkin is absolutely adorable.

Run ANC said...

Two! It seems like I was just reading a post about her last birthday.. Happy, happy birthday.

Kyla said...

Happy birthday, Munchkin!

motherbumper said...

Happy Happy Birthday Birthday Munchkin!

Dawn said...

Oh Happy Birthday to Munchkin! So sweet. I miss two.

Cheryl said...

Hey Mimi-the meme is finally done! Sorry that it took so long. :)

Manager Mom said...

Oh! This post made my so wistful...my own is 7 now, and all traces of the chubbiness and the curls are long gone. I look in her face and I see the baby she was and the woman she'll be, all at once, and it takes my breath away.

neutron said...

Very cute!