What I can do...

Some of the cute little things Vivi can do...

- When we ask her what a monkey says, she makes a little monkey sound, "ooh, ooh, ooh" and smiles! (I have a picture of this, but believe or not, our camera broke during her party! Hopefully we can get the fotos off the memory card.)

- When we say, "Manda beijo" (send a kiss) - she puts her little hand on her mouth. Sometimes she starts to eat it or lick it, other times, she actually moves it back away from her mouth.
- She knows how to wave "tchau" (bye) - waves hand side to side.
- When we say, "Vem" (come here), she'll copy our hands by closing her hand (bringing her fingers to her palm) - she'll do this anytime she wants us to pick her up or get her.

- She loves to squat or bounce up and down, but doesn't walk much yet - she gets around way too fast by crawling.
- When we tell her "Vo te pegar" (I'm gonna get you), she crawls as fast as she can away and squeals so loud! We always end up laughing.
- When she doesn't want to eat anymore food, she'll start slapping the food on her tray as hard as she can, and laughs as she does it.
- When I brush her teeth at night, I have to tip her up-side-down to get her to open her mouth. She loves this and will always open her mouth when I do this.
- She absolutely loves balls, of all sizes - she'll even get excited about peas because they're round, but then spit them out once she's tried them.
- She loves the dog, but the cat more. The cat does not like her. Slight problem :)
- She is always captivated by Xuxa - a Brazilian woman who makes children's videos.
- Bed time is our favorite (at least I can say that since I'm typing) - because it's just Mama and Vivi time.
- She likes babies, but loves little kids - they can chase her around and she loves to be chased.
- At church, when we taker her out in the foyer, we'll ask her where Jesus is. She'll point to the picture of him they have on the wall. It's so sweet.

I could go on and on and on... How do they learn all of this in such a short period of time???

Eating her cake at her birthday party. 

Fulfilling her duty by making a huge mess!

(Do you like her butterfly cake and cupcakes we made?)