"thank you mama"

sadie and i have been working hard on manners. she is getting better and better at saying please and thank you. there are times when she mixes them up, and for about a two days she wouldn't say anything other than thank you. when she whines or wants something all i have to do is give her "the look" and she will at least say one or the other, which is so great. she's really catching on to things. there are still words that she says that we aren't quite sure what they mean but we are working at listening better to what she says.
sadie is still a very independent little girl. she loves to try to do things on her own, especially when it comes to meal time. she won't let any of us help her anymore, and she really likes to eat with utensils. she'll ask for a fork or spoon if we don't give her one right away. she's a pro at eating most things with utensils, cereal is the latest. we are so proud of her! yesterday when i gave her breakfast she said "thank you mama" it about melted my heart. what a sweet sweet girl.
she also loves her bubbles. when we get into the car from daycare she often asks for bubbles, and i mean the entire way home she asks for bubbles. she loves to carry around the container and try to blow them. she's not very good at it yet, sometimes she gets a few that come out, but most of the time it ends up in a big mess. yesterday we were at my parents house playing outside and she took the container from me and started to carry it around. she must have spilled bubbles earlier than evening because there was bubble liquid all over the deck, sadie was going a little too fast, she slipped and fell right in the bubbles. she didn't hit her head that hard but certainly cried. i think it scared her more than anything. when i picked her up i realized that her entire backside, not just bottom, but shoulers, back, hair, arms, legs, everything was covered in bubble solution. most moms would probably have taken their child indoors to get cleaned up but i knew as soon as we got out of the bathtub she would be right back outside reaching for the bubbles, so we played a little longer. she was more careful the next time she picked up the bubbles thats for sure.