Boy crazy??

Well at only two years old, my daughter is exhibiting the behavior of a boy crazed teenager. I am so scared.
It happened again today, she spotted a cute boy at the playground, a considerably older boy at that. And began following him around.
As most of these interactions begin, she walks up to him and smiles sweetly, then shreeks and runs away. This gets their attention every time. Depending on the type of boy it is, he either gives her a funny look and goes on his way. Or he smiles back and follows. Now, being that they are always older (around the 4-6 year old range) they usually say something to her intelligent, such as “hi” or “you’re silly.”
Her response is always a shreek of excitement. You know, the ear piercing kind that could grab the attention of a deaf person.
I always get a chuckle out of this, because she is just so socially awkward, it’s embarrassing. I try to tell her
“Violet, why dont you say HI to him and ask if he wants to play??”
Her response is that of something I can only compare to the Tasmanian devil from the Looney toons. I just can’t believe you little girl. You are just, I don’t know.
And so the chase begins. They run around, she shreeks and plays peekaboo, rolls around on the floor in front of him, and in this instance, she started playing ball with him. It’s a cute interaction  to watch, but it makes me wonder what kind of stuff I will be dealing with her in the future.
I wish she played like that with everybody, and not just cute older boys. Because damn, I am so scared.

Painting with Tea

  It was an experiment I did with the girls on a day when we just couldn’t get out of the house. I looked through the pantry for all the different kinds of teas I’d unknowingly collected over the years.
  There was the peppermint tea, which didn’t have much color but the taste and smell was something I thought they would notice. There was the raspberry tea I got at the end of my first pregnancy because I heard it could start labor. It made water a pretty red color and worked great as “paint.”
  There was the plain old Lipton tea that I had a ton of, and it made different shades of brown depending on how long you let it steep. And then there was the green  tea, which, yeah you know.
I set out the girl’s plastic tea set, some extra cups and some old empty baby food jars. They dipped the tea bags in each of them, mixed the different colored waters, and wiped the tea bags on paper to make some what turned out to be some pretty strokes of color. All in all it was a really great experiment and they loved it. Was a bit messy but go figure. Will definitely do it again sometime. until then I need to browse through all the different kinds/colors of teas out there.