The Pledge

Last night during dinner, Paprika surprised me with this little thing. I haven't posted a video of her in awhile, so I thought I would. If you've been reading my blog for long, you know that Paprika memorizes things the first (or maybe second) time she hears them. She's kinda funny that way. I haven't posted a video of her at her current age (3 years old), so I figured it's about time!

I have been having a lot of fun looking through old videos of her at various ages:

Age 1: Singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Age 1: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food

Age 2: Singing The Little Mermaid

Age 2: Reciting "The Big Honey Hunt"

Paprika's Song

Here's a quick video of Paprika singing and playing piano.

One Fish, Two Fish

Paprika with One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, recorded before bedtime a few weeks ago. :-)

Paprika Singing The Little Mermaid

Got a quick video last night of Paprika singing. Here she is at 2 years, 6 months old, singing "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid.

Paprika Sings Abba!

A quick video of Paprika singing "Dancing Queen" as she crawls into her favorite spot in our kitchen!

Paprika Reads The Big Honey Hunt

Paprika is now 2 years and 4 months old- and she loves books. Our biggest challenge with Paprika is providing her with enough books and other educational materials to keep up with her voracious appetite for learning. Every night, she reads at least a dozen books to us before bedtime. It's practically an all-night activity, but I don't mind one bit!

Paprika Singing!

Here's a quick video of Paprika at 28 months old, sitting on our countertop (she got up there by herself), singing "Someday My Prince Will Come!" She's also wearing her Snow White dress, which makes it all the more appropriate, since the song is from the movie. :-)

Disneyland!

Yesterday we took Paprika to "The Happiest Place on Earth," or Disneyland as it's called by most people. We had a GREAT time! We had the park practically to ourselves and there was very little (if any) wait time for rides. We even brought our own lunches, so we enjoyed a delicious picnic inside the park. Fun!

Paprika loved every ride she rode- even the really scary ones. She would sit very still during the whole ride, taking it all in, looking very serious, and then at the end of the ride, she would look up at us expectantly and say, "go one more time, please!" Then, if we said yes, she would squeal with delight, clap her hands, and say "Yea!!!!" Her favorite rides were the Carousel (we rode it at least 5 times- probably more), and the Flying Elephant (Dumbo) ride.

Here are a few of the videos we took during the day. I will upload photos later! We got some great ones!

The Three of Us on the Flying Elephant Ride:


Paprika made a big deal about wanting to meet "the Princesses." So, we did that, too! She met Sleeping Beauty, Mulan, and Snow White, and then we went to Story Time led by Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Success!

On The Teacup Ride:



It was all very relaxed and drama-free. We even beat the traffic both ways! It doesn't get any better than that, especially in LA!

Saying Good-bye On The Carousel:

Paprika Sings ABBA!

Here are a few recent videos of Paprika, 24 months, doing what she loves best- singing! She really loves singing ABBA songs from the Mamma Mia! Soundtrack. She is able to sing pretty much all of Dancing Queen, Supertrooper, and Honey Honey-(especially when she's singing along to the CD). I took these videos after she had already been singing at top volume for about half an hour, so she is a little worn out!

On these videos she sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Dancing Queen, and Supertrooper. At a couple points, she interjects "Oh The Places You'll Go" from the Dr. Seuss book she loves to read. She is a hoot! :-)

Paprika Reads A Dinosaur Book

Here is a video of Paprika at 24 months reading us a book before night-night.

Paprika Sings Her ABCs!

Although she's been singing her ABCs for quite some time now, we finally got it on video! This is Paprika at 24 months, singing her ABCs.

Twinkle Twinkle

This video was taken a month ago, in Florida, when Paprika was 23 months old. Since then she's learned to sing all the words, and she sings "Little" now instead of "Neener"- but honestly, I think I like "Neener" better! Note the hand motions! :-)

Groovin'