Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Spring 2014 (March - May)

Spring 2014 (March-May)


What a great spring we have had! It started with snow and ended with swimming. You keep getting bigger and bigger and smarter and smarter. You are so funny, especially when you don’t even mean to be. You have become a fantastic big sister. You adore Ariani and are very helpful by keeping her company, singing to her, bring her toys, and talking to her. She loves you too and always smiles great big when you walk into the room.


You are still in the middle of your “WHY?” phase. You ask “why” about a million times a day!


Here are some of your “funnies” from this spring:


3/1 - “Kipper is on Amazon now; he’s not on Neck-flix anymore.” (I knew you meant Netflix!)

3/3 - Snow day!


3/4 - When daddy puts you in bed at night he always says, “Don’t let the bed bugs bite.” And you always respond with, “Don’t let the bugs bit bite!”

The silliest Snow White I've ever seen!

Practicing writing your name

3/6 - You feed the dog every day. Today was a special treat, however, as you fed her in your Snow White dress. It was difficult for you, but you managed.


3/7  -
Penny: “When you get old, Daddy won’t be your prince anymore.”
Mommy: “Why?”
Penny: “Because he’ll be my prince!”
Mommy: “Why is that?”
Penny: “Because when you get old you’ll die! I think you’re gonna die before him. And then he’ll be MY prince.”


3/10 - It was Ariani's first time to come to the zoo with us!


3/11



3/12 -
Penny: “Why did the fairy want to change Aurora’s dress to pink?”
Mommy: “I don’t know.”
Penny: “Why don’t you know why?”
Mommy: “I don’t know.”
Penny: “Why?”


3/13 - Daddy talked to you the other day about being a good steward. You had broken off pieces of your window blinds and he had explained why it’s important to take good care of our things. So today, when you spilled your popcorn, you picked it all up and told me that you were being “a good studor.”

Talking to Daddy on the phone

3/14 - Today you went to Jenna's birthday party! She invited you and Zuri to a salon to have manicures and hair cuts. It was so fun and it was your first time to have a hair cut by a real stylist! You loved it!



3/15 - “But Mom, stinky farts happen sometimes.”


3/18 - You were telling Ariani a story and it went like this: “One day there was a goose in my backyard. But his heart was dead.”


3/23 - This morning you told me that your morning breath (which you call your “stinky breath”) tastes like chocolate.


You love to sing “Let It Go” from Frozen but instead of singing “to test the limits and break through” you sing, “to test the lemons and make fruit.”

3/27 - A sweet sister moment...

...and a goofy girl.


4/1 - Yet another sister photo

4/5 - Your cousins came for a sleepover and you had a blast, of course! Here you are getting ready for a race.

4/5


4/8

4/9 - We went to the zoo with the Hefners and Burgetts (Tracy, Natalie, Savannah, Austin, Ai, and Kayla) and I took this photo which is now one of my favorites!

4/11 - You called a bluebonnet flower a “blueberry bonnet.”

Here you are with a "special drink" from QuikTrip

We went for a walk tonight and you got to bring your baby in her stroller. :)


4/12 - You just had to have a picture with your baby sister in your jammers.

4/13 - I Love My Church Sunday! Where else do you get to play the kazoo during church?

4/15

4/16 - Tonight was your first time to be in church during the Lord’s Supper. You were so interested in what was going on. When they passed the grape juice around and Daddy got one, you asked him if you could taste his wine. :)

Some photos from today:



Your cousins, Jordan, Alex, & Tatum left a surprise Easter egg hunt in our yard today. It was so fun! Here you are with some of your stuff.


4/17 - I can tell you are learning a lot about Easter. You talk a lot about “Jesus’ empty tube.” (I know you mean His tomb!)




4/19 - You call the theater the “movie theadador.” Also today you made up this story: “ ‘I just farted,’ said Grandpa. ‘You just farted!’ said Grandma.”

You pushed your baby while we passed out tracts today.

You also convinced Daddy to plant a garden with you.

Getting ready for naptime.

And later hanging out with your baby sister

Then this evening we went to Grams' & Pops' house for some Easter fun! Here you are getting ready for the egg hunt.


4/20 - Easter!





4/22 - You are a bit confused about the word “mistaken” and you use it like a verb. So you often say, “I mistaked a little bit,” or “I was mistaking.”


4/23 - Today when I was chopping onions for dinner you looked at them and said, “Mom, what’s that called? Is that called worm?”

4/25 - Today you ordered coffee with your breakfast. Seriously. And you drank it! (I got you decaf of course.)


4/26 - We love Josh's Sno Shack!


4/27 - You had a lot of questions about Jordan’s “piano recycle.” Haha!


5/1 - We were watching TV and someone on the show was milking a cow, so naturally you said, “That cow is peeing milk!”

Girl, you are CRAZY.


5/5 - Kayla came over to play today!

5/11 - Mother's Day! Daddy took you to Target to buy my gift and he let you pick it out all by yourself. You bought me Strawberry Ice Cream Oreos, fuzzy pink slippers, margarita glasses, and a card that said "Happy 3rd Birthday." (You don't know that I don't like Oreos and don't drink margaritas - haha!) You were very excited to show me what you got for me! It was so sweet.




5/13 - You keep walking around saying, “We need to have a compersation.”

Today was parents day at your gymnastics class. Daddy and I got to watch you and see how much you have learned! It was fun.





5/16 - You get the word “Pre-K” mixed up with “capris.” So you asked me this morning if you could wear your “Pre-K leggings.”


5/19 - When talking about the temperature you use the word “disease” instead of “degrees.” For example, “I think it will be 58 disease outside.”

5/20 - Just swinging in your pajamas and cowgirl boots :)



5/21 - Your first "swim" of the season!


You told me you like to play beach. :)

5/22 - We just bought the card game Uno to play. You call it “Oh-no.”

AWANA Recognition Night - You're the cutest little Cubby!



5/23 - First visit to Krispy Kreme

5/25 - I was trying to explain Memorial Day to you. I told you that it is a day to remember people who have died. But being so young, you don’t really know about anyone who has died. Then you remembered that the sea lion from the zoo died last year so you said that you would just remember Briney the sea lion.


5/26 - I love when you say the phrase “each others.” You always make it plural like that.

5/28 - “My tummy just hurts so I need a blankie to rub it.”

5/29 - First splash pad visit of the season

5/31







Saturday, March 1, 2014

January - February 2014

You have been so much fun lately. I can’t believe you’re my big preschool-age girl! You love listening to me read books, even chapter books. We have read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and now we are reading Mary Poppins. You LOVE your baby sister. You like to talk to her in a high-pitched voice, sing her songs, and “read” her books. You constantly ask to hold her. She loves you too! She likes to look at you and listen to you. Sometimes she will get fussy and when you start to talk to her she calms right down. She is lucky to have a big sister like you!



It has been an adjustment for you, having her around. Sometimes when she is in bed you beg me to get her up because you want to see her. And sometimes when I am holding her you ask me to put her in bed. Haha! Also, we stay home a lot more right now since she is so little and spends so much time nursing and sleeping. And you always tell me that you wish we could “go somewhere today.” But you are adjusting very well. We all are!



January 2 - I love the way you call a onesie a “winsie.” And today you told me you needed a “chopping plate” to cut food on. You were talking about a cutting board. :)



January 6 - Sister love



January 8 - We had a blast cooking dinner in the matching aprons that Nana made for us for Christmas.



January 17 - You were learning about money and coins with Daddy and you said that the quarter is the one with a dragon on it.


January 21 - You brought me a chicken nugget today during lunch and said, “Look what’s inside it; turkey!”


January 25 - You laughed at something I said and told me, “That cracks me out!” Then later in the day you were playing with your baby doll and said, “She’s pretending to cry because she’s a pretend baby. She’s a toy.”

January 29 - Quality time with your daddy



 February 1 - Sister pictures!

 

 


February 2 - "I got thirty cents dollars on my phone!" (I have no idea what that meant, but I loved the way you grouped all those money words together.)

First week of February - Uncle Jacob took some photos for Valentine's Day - CUTE!

This is our first decent family photo since Ari was born.








February 5 - "I almost crushed my arm ankle!" (The funny thing is, you weren't even talking about your wrist.) Also . . . "Mom, I'm done with my puzzle. After I finish it."


February 7 - "It's been thirty half an hour!"

February 8 - "Mom, I changed my name to Madame Lucy Grace."

Here are some videos from your gymnastics class today:





February 9 - "I have to go to the store to buy some money."

February 10 - photo with Mommy 

Matching pajamas with your baby - a Christmas present from Nana

February 12 - Movie day with Savannah & Natalie

February 13 - Making "Valentimes cookies"

February 14 - Practicing your letters

Ready for your date with Daddy


February 20

February 23 - "helping" Daddy bring Ariani into church

You love to twirl!



I almost forgot to include this . . . I can't believe it! You are quite a little singer right now. You love to sing Disney princess songs (especially the songs from Frozen right now) but you also like to make up your own songs. And they make absolutely no sense. It's so funny! You just throw in a bunch of phrases that don't really mean anything. It's so funny! On February 1st, you were singing a song to help Ariani calm down while she was upset and it was so odd that I decided to write down the lyrics as you sang them. It's quite a treat. I missed the first few lines, but here is most of it:

...down no dashing
we can touch it
we can touch it
we can touch it
touch it
we can no matter how
day or day
like we can all do
we all do this like we all can do
we break each of them
we break each blood
we break each blood
today i no matter how
like no matter how
we can do this
to understand that you
but like my house
is right like my house
there’s mind that i can be in the house
but i am nice like they do
they don’t do very well
like they do
like they do
well my dear
it’s crystal clear
well i’m always after me
well it’s crystal clear
my way is crystal clear for me
a whole new world
is fast asleep
I know that it’s better to be with you
I like the iguana
as you seen
we don’t know how to break
where your house
squeeze this into your feet
it’s spilling
like it’s crystal clear
look at this
crystal clear
what you let me go
like we put these in your buns
take them out put one right here


Here is a video of another one of your gems:




Thursday, January 2, 2014

November - December 2013


We have had a great couple of months - and very eventful. Your baby sister has finally arrived and you love her so much! You are getting to be so big and grown up. You now have "chores" which include setting and clearing the table at dinner time. You LOVE to sing and even sing made up songs all the time. We are currently working on teaching you the importance of being polite and helping you to obey "right away."

Here are some photos and some fun things that you said these last couple of months.


November 6 - “It’s my birthday today, I’m going to be 8:30!”


November 11 - You make up songs to sing all the time. They are so funny and cute. Tonight you were singing to your doll - “Have you ever held me before? Have you ever picked me up? I was a mommy to you. I was a good mommy to you…”

November 16 - You went fishing for the very first time! We got together with the other families from our Adult Bible Class at church for a bonfire and fishing in the little pond. You had the best time!

November 19 - Playing with your pretend makeup and being very silly!



November 20 - You usually yell “Mommy! I’m awake!” in the morning when you wake up. Today it was “Mommy! I’m awake! And I have a booger!” Today you also let your plush Ariel doll go swimming. In the toilet. After you had peed. Before you flushed.

November 28 - Thanksgiving Day - You were excited to learn that Pops was cooking a turkey. When he pulled it out you asked, "Does it have a face?" You also enjoyed the traditional fun of jumping in the leaves with your cousins. Later that day we went to Nana & Grandpa's house and you helped Nana make cookies. And before we left Nana's you found some lipstick in Aunt Jessica's purse and knew exactly what to do with it. :)





November 29 - Not only did you dress up like Snow White, but you used the tree skirt as your cape. Haha!

November 29 - Our Elf on the Shelf, Noelle, is back!


December 1 - Today your baby sister was born! We changed our minds at the last minute and decided that instead of naming her Ariana we would name her Ariani. You had a hard time with that and called her Ari-eena for a couple of days until you got it right.

December 5 - When it snowed you couldn't wait until the next day to get out in it. You bundled up on top of your pajamas and went out with Daddy to play.


December 6 - Every time you pray for a meal you say, “Dear Jesus, thank you for this good food and for this good day. And thank you that Ariani came out of mommy’s tummy. Amen.”

You love to hold your baby sister!

Today your baby cousin Ralee was born!


December 7 - You went to the circus with Nana, Grandpa, and Jase today. When you came home you told me that you liked the fairies that were flying around up high and that some of them were boy fairies. Also, you picked out your own outfit today... it was insane. :)


December 8 - Today you put some of your green beans from dinner in your purse “to keep them safe.” You also enjoyed some time sledding with Nana, Grandpa, Daddy, and Jase.



December 9 - Loving on your baby sister

December 10 - When you were praying at bedtime you prayed, “Help Aunt Jessica and Uncle Jacob to get their airs fixed.” (Their furnace was not working.)


December 11 - You didn’t want to eat the pasta I was making for dinner and you got in trouble. When Daddy told you to come apologize to me you said, “Mommy, I’m sorry.” “Sorry for what?” I asked. “I’m sorry I have to eat that food.”

Also today you spent some time "reading" a book to Ariani. It was the sweetest moment!


Here is a photo Grandpa took of you with Ariani.

Penny’s Christmas List - 2013
  • Ariel panties
  • Sofia the First dress
  • princess nightgown
  • puzzles
  • Belle towel
  • Hello Kitty lip balm
  • Snow White movie



December 21 - You call Finding Nemo “Finally Memo.”


December 22 - You said, “Christmas is my life!”


December 23 - You call it Pizza CiCi’s instead of CiCi’s Pizza.


December 24 - I told you we would have candles at tonight’s church service and you said, “And balloons?”

December 25 - Christmas Day








December 26 - When asked if your room was clean you said, “I left my clothes on the floor. I mistaked."

December 28 - Yesterday you went to Nana's to play with Aunt Carole and somehow you hurt your foot just getting off the couch. Go figure. You got a bandage at the doctor's office, which you thought was pretty cool. :)