'Rachel-y'

My husband has been in Peru since Saturday, so Grandma has been here helping out.  (She left this morning to go see my brother and his wife, but she'll be back in a couple of days to help some more, so I'm only a single mom for a day and a half or so, thankfully!).  The other night my dad called to talk to my mom and he must've asked, "How's Rachel?"  My mom's answer:  "Very Rachel-y!"

So what does Rachel-y mean?

*talking non-stop from the time she wakes up until the time she goes to sleep

*boundless energy--running, skipping, or dancing from room to room all day long--the girl is in perpetual motion!

*endless enthusiasm and a zest for life like none I've ever seen!

*constant talk about princesses and Care Bears (her current passion)

*imaginative stories and role-playing

*talking with her hands, using signature 'Rachel-isms' in her speech

And here's a new Rachel-ism to add to the collection....tonight she was across the room from me and she said, "Mommy, I'm going to blow tickles at you!"  So instead of blowing me kisses, she was blowing me tickles, and I had to laugh when the tickles reached me.  What an imagination!

I said to my mom the other night after she coined the word, 'Rachel-y,' "I wonder what we'll consider to be 'Rebecca-y' in a couple of years!?"