Voodoo Mama Juju

Guys, this little sweet potato just turned TWO!

She is awesome.  Here are just a few things that about Juju that I hope I remember forever.

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A few times a day she tells me that I look like Cinderella.  I like to think she means post-makeover Cinderella.

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She adores Popeye.  Whenever Popeye changes her clothes, Juj will say, "You are beau-sho, Pops!"

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She is very shy around anybody she doesn't live with.  She will pretend that she doesn't even know how to speak.  She does talk at home, though.  A lot.  The most common phrases she uses are, "That's not very nice, Popeye/Mom/Dad!" and, "Mom, Dad's not listening to me!"  She's a little bossy.

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She loves Monsters Inc.  She really, really loves "Mike Bigowski."

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She enjoys saying prayers.  Hers are usually incoherent and 5 minutes long.

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She doesn't like to go to bed unless we "shuggle" with her, first.  Snuggling is her favorite. 

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She loves to color.  She colors for at least an hour every day.  She can't get enough.

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She is constantly asking Popeye to play hide and seek with her.  Popeye usually complies.  Juj cannot stay hidden for more than 10 seconds, though.  If it takes longer than 10 seconds to find her, she pops out and says, "I'm right here!"  It usually doesn't take very long to find her, though.  She only likes to hide in 2 places, and she only uses one of those places a day.  Popeye has learned to act surprised when Juj hides in the same place 10 times in a row.

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She loves to eat.  She will eat anything and she can out-eat me. 

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If she gets hurt and it is not that bad she stands up and says, "Walk it off, Juj."

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Her favorite color is yellow.  That's what she says.   She doesn't know what yellow is, though.  She can't pick it out of the other colors.  She just always requests yellow things.  "Yellow popsicle, please."  "May I please have yellow paper?"  "I want a yellow blanket!"  We don't have that stuff in yellow but she seems to be accepting of whatever we give her.  I'm sure this is going to make learning colors very confusing for her.

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She loves to Skype.  She begs for it.  She gets a little heartbroken if nobody is on.  If you want to talk to this kid, Skype her.  She will love it.

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She likes to sing.  In church she gets frustrated if we sing songs other than "I am a Child of God" or "Sunbeam."  We usually don't sing those songs in Sacrament meeting, which presents many opportunities for her to be frustrated.  She combats this by singing those songs, anyway.  Really loudly.  A hymn will start and it won't sound familiar.  She will suggest, "How 'bout "Sunbeam?"  Obviously, nobody hears her because they are singing.  She sings with more volume, though, and it can be distracting.  Basically, you don't want to sit by us in church.