I am such a big girl that I can order my own entree!

Mommy and I read the kids' menu together. Then, when the waiter asked mommy what I wanted, I answered "curly mac and cheese, please!" Mommy cut it up for me into bite-sized curly macaroni pieces so I could spoon-feed myself. It was yummy. I especially enjoyed the M&M sundae at the end. I separated out all of the M&Ms!

Okay, bye! I'm going to Alaska!

I pack my bag daily and tell mommy that I'll see her later. When she asks where I'm going, I tell her I'm going to Alaska (clearly I enjoyed our vacation last year). She tells me I need warmer clothes, but I think she forgets that I packed a blanket. And a pillow. And my sunglasses. Clearly, I'm ready for Alaska!

Only in LA can I need a cool treat in March

Thank goodness there is a Baskin-Robbins nearby! I opted for a scoop of Strawberry and a scoop of Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry, topped with a sugar cone. PERFECT!

Tea! REAL tea!

I have tea parties at home, but I'd never had real tea before. Then we went to a Chinese restaurant and they served us a pot of tea. I saw mommy and daddy enjoying it and I wanted to try, too! So mommy poured me a little bit of tea and I really savored it. Now I know what I'm supposed to put in those pretty tea cups!

Hello, Kitty!

I got my acceptance letter for preschool. And yes, it's true, the application process on the uber-competitive Westside of Los Angeles can make the application process more complicated than when mommy applied to college. She had to take a mandatory tour, write multiple essays and go to an interview. She even did a toddler program with me so we would be on the "preferred admit" list.

Now that I'm admitted and have a start date (July 1 -- my preschool likes kids to start during the summer because they do so many fun things then, including taking field trips to cool places, because they find it helps with the transition), it's time to start thinking about what I need to start preschool. In an attempt to start preparing me for the transition from having a nanny and being in a preschool classroom with other kids, mommy started getting me things that I would need for preschool. One of my friends brought me the Hello Kitty lunchbox for my 2nd birthday (yes, the process began early). Then mommy bought me a Hello Kitty rolling backpack last week to match my lunchbox. We talked about how I would need the backpack to take a pillow and blanket for naptime, and a change of clothes in case I decided to paint on myself. There is also a protected area for my sunglasses! I put my sunglasses in there for safe keeping. I also put my mini camera in that pocket to keep my sunglasses company. Mommy also slid the lunchbox straps through the backpack handle so I wouldn't have too many things to hang on to! Super.

Mommy didn't fully appreciate how much I would love it -- I didn't stop playing with it all night that night, and I woke up in the middle of the night asking if I could SLEEP in it! I can be so silly.

Chow (LOTS OF) Fun!

I enjoy using chop sticks. I especially love using them on Chow Fun. It turns mealtime into funtime! As an added bonus, Chow Fun is absolutely delicious! YUM.

Picasso, eat your heart out

Do you see the doggie in this picture? I drew it all by myself. I also drew three people. Mommy was impressed!

Nuts!

I'm always curious about what people are doing. Mommy told me my squirrely buddy was eating nuts. I asked what kind of nuts. Mommy said Marcona Almonds. I said I wanted some. So we went inside and mommy gave me Marcona Almonds. BOY does this squirrel have good taste! I may just join him next time he's having a snack.

It's time for BANG BANG!

Now that the holidays are over and I'm done with holiday-related things (except maybe a few elves I keep on various shelves), I asked mommy if I could bang bang the gingerbread house. So mommy gave me a hammer and my gingerbread house and let the demolition begin!

Everything on the house was fair game.

Snack time! CHOMP.

Then I added insult to injury by smashing previously-smashed walls. I'll show that gingerbread house who's boss!

Demolition is complete. That was FUN! I enjoyed releasing my inner Godzilla.

Even my lemur wears jewelry

Lemur likes to wear pearls, just like me. Copymonkey.

Fine dining with a toddler

Utensils?! Who needs any stinking utensils?!

Pink nail polish!

At the book launch this weekend, a new Brentwood nail salon was passing out nail polish. They let me choose my own! Naturally, I chose pink. That night, I insisted that mommy paint my nails (and hers) and that she take a picture so I could share with my devoted fans. And so I could insist on looking at it all the time. Hooray for manicures!

What a busy Saturday!

Yesterday I was busier than usual... I went to daddy's dentist appointment with him and "helped" the dentist as he cleaned daddy's teeth (he even gave me my very own instrument!). Then we went to brunch at Nonna's Empanadas and had some mediocre empanadas (ah, it was worth a try).

Then it was off to Santa Monica for Dr. Seuss's birthday party! I got to choose a new Dr. Seuss book, I got an eraser with Horton on it and I even took a picture with the Cat in the Hat! Then we went to a special room Dr. Seuss had set up for his guests to color, do crafts involving green eggs and ham, have cookies and sip juice. What fun!

But wait -- the fun continued! In the afternoon, I went to the Brentwood Country Mart to celebrate a book launch (didn't care about the book, but I really enjoyed the activities!). I got a pink OPI nail color and had mommy paint my fingernails, I picked some cupcakes for mommy and daddy to eat, I got a yummy-smelling candle, I rode an elephant and some ponies (not real ones -- the coin-operated big metal kind), played with some toys, sang some songs, got tossed in the air in a parachute (this was a favorite), got a balloon doggie, had a butterfly painted on my arm, played the piano and generally just ran around having a great time.

I slept well on Saturday night. I must have been pooped from all that fun!

They're so small... why stop at one?

Besides, this one is CHOCOLATE. That's my favorite.

What a tasty treat!

I need to be sure to get every delicious bite! Err -- lick.

Oh cupcake baby, you're a little slice of heaven.

Eeny, meeny, miny... CUPCAKE!

Which one of you will be my lucky pick?

I choose you! Now get in my belly.

I love books so much that I even keep one in mommy's car

This book is special -- it even plays music and has lyrics for me to sing along!

Patience! Legal research takes time.

And concentration. Shhhhhhhhhh.

I went to mommy's office!

I was curious what this "work" thing was about, so I asked to go to mommy's office. It's kind of a nice place! Plus she has this super-comfortable Herman Miller chair. Fancy schmancy! I sat in her chair and pretended to be her. Do I look convincing?

Don't bother us -- we're working

Tending to clients' needs 24/7!

Boom!

I went boom while on a walk! At least I got a fun band aid for my trouble.

Can you hear me now?

Good!

Dave, let me help you get comfortable

This is a great rocking chair (thanks, Tracy!). I really like it. I'm sure you'll enjoy it, too.

This is a real milestone

This is my 1,100th post on my blog. Not bad for a toddler! Not bad at all.

And not bad considering I'm only 920 days old!

There's a new tradition in our house

Mommy comes home and I demand that she take off her pearls and put them on me. Mommy said I have excellent taste. They're Mikimoto, after all.

Baba took this picture of me - and mommy loves it

Pure innocence. Absolute perfection.

With summer coming up, I'm preparing early

First things first -- new sunglasses! Seahorses are so very stylish.

Where did Caroline go?

Tee hee hee!

RockSugar!

Mommy loves this restaurant called RockSugar in the Century City Mall that features Pan-Asian cuisine. She was pretty sure daddy would love it too, even though daddy doesn't like Asian cuisine. Turns out she was right -- and she got a bonus in that I loved it, too! Here I am dipping my flatbread into their delicious red sauce. I also had some potstickers and some of mommy's claypot beef. I topped it off with the chocolate ice cream that accompanied daddy's banana-caramel cake and about half of mommy's creme brulee! Now that's a tasty treat.

I would totally go back.

It's my half birthday RIGHT NOW!

So where is my ice cream cake?

Caroline logic: if I wear your shoes, you can't leave for work

What's this you say? You have other shoes? DRATS!

Oh my DOG!

Shoes. Clothes. Hair clips. Welcome to LA!

MP3s!

Mommy listens to an MP3 player when she goes to the gym. I asked to listen to it, too.

I loved it! I immediately learned how to wrap the armband around my arm and listen to the ear buds. I even learned how to operate the song selection and volume controls! Naturally, it took me mere seconds to learn that -- I'm 2 and therefore more technologically advanced than any adult.

Happy birthday, Daddy!

Here is a song for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIbBqX1z23Y

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm feeling a little bashful.

Amma taught me how to do the crab walk!

After I walk like a crab, I pinch like one, too! Gotta play the part!

Then I perused the book in greater detail myself

It's even better than I initially thought.

I read daddy my new book!

Mommy's friends and their fun little boy bought me a fun magnetic alphabet book that features an animal that correspondends to each letter of the alphabet! What a great learning tool. And what an entertaining book!

Happiness is...

A foot bath with L'Occitane lavendar bath wash.

Yeah, I can operate an iPhone

I can even offer you a tutorial if you need one. My favorite thing to do, though, is to scroll through pictures. Especially when said pictures involve kitty cats.

Yep, I'll call you out on that

Daddy was doing something silly and mommy called him an amateur. And I repeated it. Again and again. Everything daddy did, I asked him if he was an amateur. It was very funny. He laughed. A lot. And who could blame him?! I'm little Miss Personality!

I have turned into a CREATURE.

Mommy has always been so proud of how polite and proper I am. I always say please and thank you and dutifully do what I should. Then I got the flu last week and apparently turned into someone else. I didn't want to eat all weekend and I insisted on spitting out all of the food I was given, regardless of whether I asked for it and regardless of how much I otherwise like it. And it was clear to mommy and daddy that I knew exactly what I was doing, because I would smile right at them when I did it. I didn't want to drink anything other than water. That effectively meant I didn't want to consume any calories at all. Of course, this also means I lost weight - about 2 lbs. - and I have skinny little chicken leggies now. And that's not all. I started hitting (what?!) and kicking (whaaaat?!) and pitching fits. And this all happened overnight, with no warning. That left mommy and daddy wondering what on earth happened to their sweet little Caroline! Some have said I'm hitting the horrible threes. Mommy and daddy are hoping it is just a weekend thing and that I will revert back to my normal self.

Update: it was just a weekend thing. I'm back to myself now. Phew!

TINKERBELL SOCKS!!

Daddy saw these socks and knew that I would love them. He couldn't have been more right! I'm just kookoo for Tinkerbell!

Amma always brings me things

She always puts my presents in her red bag. Now I know to go straight for the bag when she gets here. Oh, the goodies!

Okay, who put the lion and the zebra in my bed?!

Lucky for you, I like these guys!

Monkeys fling poop?!

This was news to me.

Mommy and I were talking about my monkeys when my one of my monkeys needed to poop. Mommy agreed to take monkey to the bathroom. Then she asked if monkey was going to fling his poop. This perplexed me. I asked why on earth my monkey would fling his poop. She explained that monkeys do this. I demanded proof. She went to YouTube for demonstrative evidence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvD5OSkJ_Q

Enjoy the video! I laughed so hard I almost pee'd my pants!

Daddy was gone last week for work -- AGAIN

The only nice thing about him being gone is that mommy lets me sleep in bed with her if I tell her I want to. Then she gets to wake up to something like this.

Another funny Caroline story

I do and say funny things all the time.

Last night, I grabbed a big block of Tillamook cheese (it comes in a 2-lb. loaf) and walked over to the cabinet where mommy keeps the wine and champagne. I opened the cabinet and shoved the Tillamook in, snuggled inbetween two bottles of bubbly, and walked away. Mommy and daddy were impressed that I already understood that wine and cheese pair well. Mommy suggested I try it with brie next time. I take my brie straight up, with a spoon - hold the rind.

Meet the next Emily Post

Don't I look the part?