We had the girls party yesterday. It went well! They got so much stuff that I'm still trying to find places for it all! Elsie may be getting a new toy box soon!!
We've had lots going on, which is one reason I haven't been writing. Elsie is walking more and more, but also realizes crawling is still faster. She is blowing kisses and loving on us all. Baby dolls are her latest thing. While watching my cousins 3 month old baby, Elsie kissed her at least 30 times on the head until I made her stop! She also brought her a baby doll bottle and tried to feed her! She is SO sweet like that. She seems advanced in her thinking that way to me. Of course I am her mom though! :P She took a spill down a few stairs and is currently sporting a wonderful bruise on her forehead! :D
Annabelle is still cracking me up daily. The other day she was telling me a story from school and said what she was doing that day. Then she follows that with "MEANWHILE, the other girls were...." and I cut her off to ask "did you just say meanwhile?" haha. She used it correctly.
I can't believe Elsie is almost one and Annabelle is almost done with preschool. I am marking my calendar for kindergarten registration thinking "HOW did this happen??"
It's crazy how time can fly.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
My big 5 year old!
And so yesterday Annabelle turned 5! It seems crazy! We let her open one small present in the morning before Chris went off to school. She played with it most of the morning....play doh scissors...
Later we went to the nursing home where my mom works. We took a little tour and even went in the kitchen. We had to wear hairnets and the girls looked super adorable. Annabelle told everyone there that it was her birthday and she was 5. Super proud of herself for turning a year older!
We also did some shopping and got Annabelle some much needed rain boots. She's outgrown her old ones. She also found $5 on the floor in WalMart. No one was around and so I let her keep it. She bought a Polly Pocket and couldn't have been more happy. She swore it was her birthday luck that she found it. We also played in the mall and Chris met us there. He took her to the candy store in the mall because she requested a visit there on her birthday (after I told her we couldn't go to the zoo haha) We went out to eat, went home, opened presents, had cake, and watched a movie together. It was a nice day!
As for Elsie, she has been walking! She's taken up to 7 - 8 steps all on her own. She loves to do it, but has to feel safe. She won't venture out into the middle of the room unless one of us are there with our arms open wide, waiting. She will walk from the doorway to the chair, chair to the couch, etc. She falls in between but gets right back up :) She is so proud of herself and so am I!
Elsie is also understanding things a lot better. She will do simple things we ask like "sit down."
Both girls are loving the warmer weather. They adore taking walks and playing outside. Today Annabelle put her boots to good use at the MUDDY park. First we fed the geese and Elsie found it totally hysterical. She would laugh every time Annabelle threw out a piece of bread. I kept telling her "geese! geese!" and finally I said "bird" and she picked that up and said "bir bir bir!" And eventually I told her they were like ducks. She also picked that up and said "duh, duh, duh" She's said both words before and since "geese" isn't a top priority word to teach her (hehehe) I let her call them ducks :) We'll let it slide for now!!
Of course there were some geese dominating the food and so I was calling them names. As we were walking away Annabelle asked if it was a bad word. I had no idea which word she meant, though I didn't think I said any BAD ones. So I said no and she said "BYE YA JERKS!" haha.
They are both pooped out at the moment. All this fresh air does us good!
Later we went to the nursing home where my mom works. We took a little tour and even went in the kitchen. We had to wear hairnets and the girls looked super adorable. Annabelle told everyone there that it was her birthday and she was 5. Super proud of herself for turning a year older!
We also did some shopping and got Annabelle some much needed rain boots. She's outgrown her old ones. She also found $5 on the floor in WalMart. No one was around and so I let her keep it. She bought a Polly Pocket and couldn't have been more happy. She swore it was her birthday luck that she found it. We also played in the mall and Chris met us there. He took her to the candy store in the mall because she requested a visit there on her birthday (after I told her we couldn't go to the zoo haha) We went out to eat, went home, opened presents, had cake, and watched a movie together. It was a nice day!
As for Elsie, she has been walking! She's taken up to 7 - 8 steps all on her own. She loves to do it, but has to feel safe. She won't venture out into the middle of the room unless one of us are there with our arms open wide, waiting. She will walk from the doorway to the chair, chair to the couch, etc. She falls in between but gets right back up :) She is so proud of herself and so am I!
Elsie is also understanding things a lot better. She will do simple things we ask like "sit down."
Both girls are loving the warmer weather. They adore taking walks and playing outside. Today Annabelle put her boots to good use at the MUDDY park. First we fed the geese and Elsie found it totally hysterical. She would laugh every time Annabelle threw out a piece of bread. I kept telling her "geese! geese!" and finally I said "bird" and she picked that up and said "bir bir bir!" And eventually I told her they were like ducks. She also picked that up and said "duh, duh, duh" She's said both words before and since "geese" isn't a top priority word to teach her (hehehe) I let her call them ducks :) We'll let it slide for now!!
Of course there were some geese dominating the food and so I was calling them names. As we were walking away Annabelle asked if it was a bad word. I had no idea which word she meant, though I didn't think I said any BAD ones. So I said no and she said "BYE YA JERKS!" haha.
They are both pooped out at the moment. All this fresh air does us good!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Today's fun
Tonight before bed Annabelle was getting tired. She went to get a piece of toilet paper to wipe her nose. She came out of the bathroom yelling "mommy!! I threw the toilet paper in the toilet!!" I went to see what she meant. She had thrown the roll in there!! She was so worried!! She "got mixed up" I'm guessing she wiped her nose and went to throw the small piece in the toilet and threw the whole roll. HAHA. She started to cry and kept saying "it was an accident! Please don't be mad at me!!!" I just laughed and told her I wasn't mad, double bagged up my hang, reached in, fished it out, and threw it in another waiting bag. Ha! Being a mom calls for all kinds of adventures!
Elsie also made a small mess. She was rolling a crayon around on the tile while Annabelle was at school. I let her do it because I was just pleased she wasn't eating it. Later I found the same orange crayon laying on the furnace register, half melted. Super! :)
But she made up for it with her total cuteness. Annabelle was jumping on a floor mat at my parent's house. Elsie jumped along with her (with my mom's help) and Annabelle kept saying "jump! jump! jump!" Finally Elsie tried only she said bump! It was so adorable. My heart melted!
Always fun times with these kiddos!!
Elsie also made a small mess. She was rolling a crayon around on the tile while Annabelle was at school. I let her do it because I was just pleased she wasn't eating it. Later I found the same orange crayon laying on the furnace register, half melted. Super! :)
But she made up for it with her total cuteness. Annabelle was jumping on a floor mat at my parent's house. Elsie jumped along with her (with my mom's help) and Annabelle kept saying "jump! jump! jump!" Finally Elsie tried only she said bump! It was so adorable. My heart melted!
Always fun times with these kiddos!!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Busy busy!
First let me start by saying I finally have a niece!! :D Nora was born a couple months early on 3-1 (on her big brother's birthday!!) and weighs just over 3 pounds. She is doing well! My brother got to come home from Iraq for it!
My sister-in-law has been having serious troubles with blood platelets being super low, and kidney and liver problems. She has HELLP syndrome. Thankfully delivery usually helps resolve a lot of the issues and her liver is doing much better today. We're still keep them both in our prayers and we're so excited to have another member of the family.
As far as the girls, they're doing great. School and dance for Annabelle, making messes for Elsie. I am thinking Elsie may be having a growth spurt. She is eating like a fattie butt.
Funny things she's done today include: Eating yogurt off all the yogurt covered raisins and then spitting the raisins out...Stealing Annabelle's apple to eat...repeatedly trying to eat a piece of fake cheese, it does look so real!....trying to feed my cousin Cassie's little baby a play baby bottle (sooo sweet)....opening and spilling one of those Dole plastic things of Pears all over the kitchen floor and then messing in it....probably more I'm sure.
Today Annabelle got out of bed this morning and came and laid with Elsie and myself on the couch. We were all 3 sleeping together. It was really sweet. She also has asked me if we're getting her anything else besides play doh scissors for her birthday. She was with me when I bought them and is afraid that's all she is getting. She told me it's ok if that's all she gets though :) Coming soon! Last week as a 4 year old!
Here they are today. Annabelle did it then Elsie had to try too!
With her stolen apple.
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