Tidbits

This morning when I gave Mia a choice of eggs or oatmeal for breakfast, she replied, "Chicken nuggets." This surprised me. At our house we make large batches of baked chicken nuggets and put them in the freezer. For some unknown reason, Mia hasn't been interested in eating said chicken nuggets for weeks, so I was more than happy to serve them for breakfast. I even offered her barbecue sauce. (She declined. Maybe I should have offered ketchup.)
Last night as we drove home from Mia's swimming lesson, she stopped licking her "reward" lollipop long enough to announce, "I wanna go out to eat" in her most pleading voice. She has said that several times over the past few weeks and every time it cracks us up. I don't know why, somehow it just seems like she is too young to be saying that. Besides that, given the way she behaves (i.e., badly) on those occasions when we go to restaurants, you'd think she dislikes eating out. At any rate, Jeff and I have now concluded that she keeps saying it because it gets a guaranteed laugh. And by the way, we didn't go out to eat. Jeff informed Mia, "You are eating out. You've got a lollipop." Oddly enough, this seemed to satisfy her.
Speaking of swimming lessons, Mia continues to make great progress. The only thing holding her back is that she really doesn't like putting her face in the water. I think she is overcoming that. She loves standing on the steps then swimming underwater to get to Mom or Dad. We stand all of 3 or 4 feet away, so she just has to swim about 2 strokes. She really really wants to be able to dive off the diving board. During adult swim period (the last 15 minutes of every hour), she pleads, "Wanna watch kids jump!" We keep telling her she can dive after she learns to swim. Maybe I shouldn't be making such promises. On Sunday we saw a couple of families who were letting their (I'm guessing) 2-year-old boys jump off the diving board into 12 feet deep water. These boys were much smaller than Mia. One of the kids was barely able to swim to the side- his Dad had to grab him. I can't imagine letting Mia dive off the diving board anytime before she is 6, but maybe I'll change my mind.