Candy Cane Cookies

Annie's grandmother's Candy Cane Cookie recipe one of her family's signature food items. Josie got to try her first last week.


Politely asking for a cookie:



Pointing out the cat Reno and her fur color:



Enjoying her cookie and singing Jingle Bells:



Naming her facial parts:



Naming some more facial parts and emulating Grandpa Bob:




At this point Josie can name the following body parts with what her parents consider reasonable clarity: eyes, hair, nose, mouth, teeth, cheeks, neck, boobs (no longer beebees), belly, "junk", heiny, knee, leg, toes, feet, elbow, arm, and hand. Occasionally she'll say "Bye-bye, junk!" when she gets a new diaper.

She is quick to pick up and remember words to describe food items (waffle, cookie, cake, muffin, mushroom, and beans to name a few) but has a harder time remembering , for example, new animals she sees at the zoo. Priorities! She is truly her Grandpa Bob's granddaughter. Having said that, she is quite adept at remembering book characters to request particular tomes. Her current favorites are: A Plump and Perky Turkey ("turkey!"), Good Night Ocean ("ocean!"), Christmas Mice ("mice!"), How the Grinch Stole Christmas ("Grinch!"... She impressed another mom at Stroller Strides by clearly identifying the Grinch on a poster in Balboa Park), The Bunny Hop ("bunny!"), and Johnny Tractor's New Friend ("tactor").