New Haircut & Budding Artist

Violet got her hair cut! My friend Sarah cut 1-2 inches off and it looks SO CUTE! It curls right up on its own and she now actually *gasp* wears it DOWN instead of always in pigtails or braids. Hurray!
Here is a little video of her and her new haircut. She is meowing like a kitty:



She has also become quite the artist... although she prefers to draw on herself instead of paper. A budding tattoo artist, perhaps? These were supposed to be washable markers so I didn't stop her when she started the body art, but it took a good scrubbing in the sink and later in the tub to get it mostly off. We visited the Science Museum today - it was really cool! Very kid friendly and lots of room to run. Here are Violet and her pals manning (and womaning) the space shuttle.
And later, riding llamas in from of the llama exhibit.
They also have a fun kids area where Violet played in the bubbles
And tried to blow them.
Since turning two, she has decided that she can finally string 2 words together (Bye-Bye Daddy!) and has been doing that a little more which is fun. We also got her to say "Love you!" too which, of course, is the sweetest thing we've ever heard. It sounds more like "Wuv ewww" but you get the picture. One other funny thing she is doing is learning her shapes. Circle. Square. Pizza. That last one is a triangle. Of COURSE! But she makes sure to point it out wherever we are.

She has taken a break from potty training (sadly) but always wants to wear her "undies" regardless of the accidents she has in them. The Hello Kitty ones are her favorites.

We had her 2 year checkup last week and she has grown a TON! In fact they measured her twice because they couldn't believe it! She is now 34 inches tall and 25 lbs (tall & skinny). Everything else looks great and the doctor was very impressed with how well she's walking and running - no limp!