Better two weeks late than never!
Her vocabulary has exploded in the last month, so I won't go through the list. But a few favorites are her most common word, "mow?" (more), "pees" (please), "flag," "beach," "poo" (pool).-LOVES the beach- has just started in the last two weeks loving splashing in the ankle-deep crazy cold water- runs towards the waves, then turns and runs away when the foam comes up to her, thens goes and splashes in it
-loves playing with chalk outside
-points up and says some version of "airplane" every time she hears one
-can walk down small stairs independently, can walk down normal stairs if holding onto a rail
-LOVES the playground- the swing, the tunnel, the slide- and can do all of the above on her own
-eats a diet mainly consisting of veggies and fruits- but has also acquired a homing radar for any treats Jake and I are having... and automatically says, "nummy nummy!" even if she has never had it before
-still loves her books, Baby, the elephant we brought her from NYC b/c that's her favorite sound to make, boxes to sit on, Piggy, and her new Little People Noah's Ark
- has acquired three teeth in the last month and is really working hard on a molar
-pumps her arm like the Fight Song to get us to sing it, and waves her arm in the air for us to do "Waaaaar Eagle! Hey!" Sometimes she helps with the "Hey!"
On that note, she was very atypically having a hard time sleeping last night due to the aforementioned molar, and I went in to rock her. She snuggled in, then said, "Aubay?" So I said, "Yes, do you see your Aubie?" Then she started pumping her arm like the fight song... while she's snuggled in my neck. So I start to sing it, nice and quietly (who would believe the fight song is a bedtime song for a distraught, uncomfortable child?) After several rounds, I stopped, thinking she was asleep. She groggily lifted her head, still sniffling a bit, and said so sadly, "mow?" So I sing the song another 10 times or so. Then stand up to put her in her crib- she IS asleep- and she wakes up, turns her head toward me and says, "mow?" and pumps her arm (like perhaps I'm not sure what she wants more of.) And that's how she went to sleep in her crib, listening to the fight song.
That story delights our souls like few stories can!
But it turns out that all a girl needs is two eggs, one for each hand. I put two more in her basket for posterity, though! Our little section was for 2 and unders, and some of those almost-3 year olds had overflowing baskets! One little girl tried to take one of Abby Jane's two eggs out of her hand and put it in her big basket, but parents intervened before that tragedy transpired.
"Tell me again why we hunted eggs yesterday if today is Easter?"
"Excuse us, Mama, we're playing here."
2. Ridiculously good dessert that same night at Cafe Lalo, where "You've Got Mail" had a scene
3. Poured rain much of Monday, but we had a really neat walk through Central Park in the rain, mostly alone... which was such a cool experience
3. Dinner at this brand new cute place in West Village and dessert at 
5. Staten Island Ferry- great view of Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the city
