Day 7: Gimme a Beat

If Ariel isn’t going to be the next Olympic gymnast, then perhaps I can mold her into the most adorable Triple Threat ever. Mad singing, acting, and dancing are what will make you Broadway star.
Ariel has quite an ear for music and anything that pleases her, is destined to be repeated at naseum ( I think she gets this from Auntie Vicki who drove the fam crazy in this fashion with N’Sync). Her favorite tune is “Kingdom Dance” from the Tangled soundtrack. It’s got an Irish/Celtic flair with varying tempos and tons of energy.
Her other musical favorite at the moment includes, “I’m Sexy and I know it,” by LMFAO. She calls it “Little Girl Body Song.” Not sure how I feel about any of that.


When we’re driving in the car, she tries her hardest to sing along, even though she doesn’t know the words. Its so cute, it doesn’t matter that she’s off key. But then again, she probably gets that from me.

Day 8: I Spy with my Eagle Eye

Ariel is quite the lover of the I Spy books. And she’s even pretty good at locating items in the books geared toward school aged kids. This is probably why she is so good at the Busy Town Mystery Game. I wouldn’t go toe-to-toe with her in the spying category. It would be embarrassing.

Day 9: Fowl in Need of Anger Management

Angry Birds is another of Auntie’s doings, but Eric has really nurtured this affection for destroying perfectly good bacon. She has the attention span of an older child but with the fierce determination to wreak some havoc. FYI, she doesn’t like to take turns, so get your own screen!

Day 10: Ready, Ready, Ready, Ready to Run

Ariel with Cousin TJ

Since Eric is addicted to running, he feels the need to foster that love in his daughter. Ariel is fond of going out in the running stroller. She enjoys the fresh wind in her face, the sightseeing opportunities from her cushy point of view and the fact that she gets to say “Whee,” like the Maxwell the Geico pig. Its cute when she says it, not so much when daddy does.

She has also physically run in 2 Kids’ Fun Runs (about a quarter mile each). Perhaps the next Olympic distance runner if Daddy has his way.

Day 11: Saaaweet!

Hand in hand with chocolate, Ariel’s sweet tooth is definitely genetic. In fact, despite the fact that she received clothes and toys on Easter, the first thing out of her mouth was, “I got candy!”

 

  

As you can see, candy is never far out of reach.

Day 12: Chocolate Divine

Chocoholic.

Pretty much sums it up. I suppose we had a bigger hand in this than what I’m willing to admit. When we were weaning Aril off her silicone sippy cup in order to switch to a hard tipped cup, she refused her milk. So the concerned mother that I am, made her chocolate milk. Now we can’t get her off the stuff. Who’s the smart one now? M&M’s, Nutella, and True Moo made up the trifecta of this under appreciated food group.

Day 13: Trophy Girl

Our little competitor loves games. She is the Queen of Candyland with an impressive 97% win rate. She is also fabulously good at the Match Game, Disney Princess or Dora edition. (the one with the tiles you turn over and match up). But her favorite game is Busy Town Mysteries Games (a Christmas gift from Auntie Vicki). The characters race to Picnic Island before the pigs eat all the picnic food. Along the way, you have to find clues using little magnifying glasses. Really fun, but a bit time consuming. Ariel is quite the eagle eye.


We are so grateful that she hasn’t figured out that losing is a bad thing. We’ve taught her to say, “Good game” whether she wins or loses.