Mine! MINE!

Mine, Mine! Something Lexi is frequently shouting lately though I am not sure if she really understands what it means. Some times it makes sense: some other kid wants to play with the toy she is playing with, she doesn't want the other kid to play with the same jet of water at the pool, Daddy is eating something that looks good. Other times, you wonder what she is thinking: going up the escalator at the Metro, she shouts 'Mine' at a person going down the steps - who isn't carrying anything, so what could Lexi want? She doesn't want them going down the stairs?? Then why shout 'Mine'? There have been other similar instances where I can't figure out for the life of me what she thinks is hers. It's kind of embarressing that she is shouting at people randomly like this.

This morning we took the Metro 3 stops up to Silver Spring, MD. I had discovered by accident last week that in their downtown pedestrian area, on Wednesday mornings, they have some kind of kid friendly performance as well as snacks. It's right across from this flat fountain that kids can run around in. Lexi had a good time playing in the water as well as singing and dancing along to the woman singing songs like 'Oh, Susanna' and 'The Wheels on the Bus'.

The newest unexplainable thing that Lexi is doing is that she is crying like she is scared when she is getting her diaper changed. She doesn't want to lie down and clings to me like she is clinging to a life raft. We can't figure out what the problem is all of a sudden. We tell her that we wouldn't have to do this diaper changing thing if she would learn to go on the potty but we still aren't getting anywhere there.