The latest Effet!

The latest with leen is her imitating mom. Mom sings to Leen something like... "Hena Leeen 3asaleya... Amooora meyya meyya"

And leen just liked that last part alot.. so all the time she goes and says "mooooora meyya meyya" but ofcourse you wont imagine it unless you hear it. The way she says it is so adorable.

I miss her today... and so does her daddy.

Here are some recent pics of her.

New word

Usually when Leen gives me somethign i say "Merci" and as i mentioned before in previous posts she now says meccii too.

But yesterday i was surprised when she even imitated her dad coz he usually says "shokrun" instead of merci... So yesterday while i was at my parents place.. my mom gave her somethign so she said "Meeci".. and then followed it by.. "Shokun"!

That was just too cute to keep a straight face!! It was adorable

Also, when her cousin was crying and when to her and ask "3ayza eh ya lamar" (ie what do you want lamar?)

After a while when i left them and lamar cried again for some reason.. Leen ran back tot he room askign her "sa Lamar?" (meanig what do u want but in her language ofcourse)

That was new too! It was a good day.. more or less! :)

Eid and Beyond

We went to Ein sokhna in Eid this last week. It was fun since a big part of the family was there.

Leen enjoyed alot since there were lots of kids who were eager to play with her and gifts to exchange.

She also went swimming in the sea for the first time with her daddy. According to him and his bros who were with her in the water, she was extremely hyper and happy... splashing away with every part of her body. She had some arm 3awammat and had fun.

When she woke up the next morning and saw her dad she started telling him "3ayza mayya". She calls the sea mayya (ie water).

Anyway we are back home now and yesterday, im glad to report that she used the potty correctly TWICE in one day! Thats just great news to us!!

Thats all for now!

Makes sense too!

Went to pickup Leen from the nursery. Her teacher came out with her and wanted to show me what leen calls her. The teachers name is marwa. so she asked her , whats my name leen and she said "wa7a". Now the teacher was telling me... i dont understand how she thinks my name is wa7a. We laughed about it and left.

Later at night when i was on my way home, i started thinking... what is it that Leen heard in her name that made her say wa7a. and what does wa7a actually mean to her.

Then suddenly a light bulb lit over my head and it all made sense. I realized that leen calls the fan "wa7a" which is actually short for the actual word "Marwa7a"... do you see the resemblence?? MARWa7a.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEH..... she must have felt like the lady has a problem with words and wanted to say her name is marwa7a but said the 1st syllable of the word only so she decided she already knew the real word and called her wa7a!! :)))

Honestly.. these kids are funny. She reminded me of my cousins daughter when she was asking about one of my other cousins names. Her name was "Mishkat". It isnt a very common name so she asked.. "does that mean ... mish (ie not) 2otta (ie cat)?

Kids and their brains work in mysterious ways!!

Thats New!

Yesterday, we were having iftar at y parents place. And while i was in the kitchen helping my mom out, Leen and her niece Lamar asked for french fries. Mom had some already fried so i gave one to each of them.

They kept on comong back for more. One of the times i gave Leen her french fries i said "etfaddaly" and to my surprise she replied " meeceee" (merci)

:)))) i almost laughed my head off. It sounded so cute and too good to be true. So i tried it every time i handed her one and sure enough.. she said Meeeceee!! :)

Totally adorable. I made my husband try to give her one and tell her the same thing and she told him merci too.

So adorable! :)

Potty Success

Lololololololeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!

This is a day to remember. Today is the first day that leen REALLY scores into the potty.
For the last week or more she used to say potty right after she poops in her pampers. This ofcourse was a success of some kind.. at least everything wont be gooey and icky!

At first we were happy she says potty but then the problem wasn't completely solved yet. So we started to tell her she is naughty even when she says potty but does in the pampers. And we used to put her in the naughty spot.

Ofcourse evey half an hour i remind her that kiko in potty bas and kiko in pampers kekh and naughty.

Anyway today she said 3ayza potty. so i took her and asked her 3amaty kiko fel pampers she said no. And sure enough i took the pampers off and they were clean. I was surprised. So i put her on the potty and gave her something to play with.

After a while.... there she was pooping in the toilet! and danced and clapped and hugged and kissed and did everything i can to convey my happiness to her and how proud i was of her.

She was adorable. I hope this isnt just a fluke and the next time she gets it right too!!! AMEN!