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:

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. :)

September - October 2013

You are getting to be such a big girl! You are very proud of being a 3-year-old and talk about it often. You have become quite independent for the most part. It is nice having you completely potty trained. (You even sleep in panties at night now!) You also dress yourself and usually even pick out your own clothes - although sometimes your outfits are quite strange. You would still rather wear a skirt or dress every day. I have to make you wear pants when we are going to do something that requires them, like playing on the playground or going to Uncle Sam’s football game.

You are very excited about your baby sister’s imminent arrival! You have been excited throughout my entire pregnancy. You touch and pat my belly all the time and give kisses to your little sister. You even talk to her sometimes. It’s so cute! You have mentioned that you hope I’ll be able to hold you in my lap and snuggle you better once Ariana comes out of my tummy and I have more room for you again. I’m looking forward to that too!

You are definitely in your curious stage of life. You ask “why” about everything. It is exhausting! I probably hear you ask “why” questions hundreds of times a day. And often it’s not the kind of question I can answer. For instance, you will ask, “Why is that slide green?” and I just have to answer, “Because it is.” You are learning a lot by asking so many questions though!

Here are a few things I journaled that you did or said these last two months as well as some photos from our adventures:

September 4 - Practicing your big sister skills.


September 6 - We pass out tracts every Friday and most weeks you get to "help Daddy drive" in the neighborhood afterwards.


September 7 - Daddy bought you a fishing pole! (He has yet to take you fishing though.)


September 8 - Trying on my big hoop earrings. You thought they were super fancy.

September 17 - I mopped the kitchen today and left the mop and the bucket in the kitchen while I went to take a shower. When I came out of the bathroom I found that you had tried to mop by yourself. The floor was soaked but you were so proud of yourself for “helping!”

September 19 - Today was your first official cleaning at the dentist and you were very brave! Miss Sarah, the hygienist, polished and flossed your teeth. She had a special toothbrush that looked like a zebra and let you choose the flavor of toothpaste that she polished with. You chose grape and said it was yummy. You were nervous at first, but handled it like a pro!


Also today, you told me that when I’m little and you’re big, you’ll be my mommy and you’ll fix my hair.

September 20 - At CiCi’s Pizza your hands and face got very messy so Daddy took you to the bathroom to wash up. You told him, “Just the women’s bathroom, Daddy” and were pretty sad when he made you go to the boys’ bathroom to wash your hands.

September 25 - I have no idea where you got this but it was super strange. You said, “Jesus doesn’t like it when I fart.” Yikes!

September 26 - We went to Disney On Ice at the Tulsa State Fair today with Grams and you loved it! It was especially wonderful because your two favorite princesses, Rapunzel and Ariel, were both there.


September 27 - We went to the fair today with Daddy and had a great time!

September 29 - Today you were talking to your baby doll and being very sweet. “You have to spread your legs so I can buckle you,” you said while putting her in your play car seat. “If you don’t, then you’ll die, and that would be sad!”

September 30 - In the Halloween costume aisle at Target you asked if I would buy you a wedding dress and save it for you so that when you’re big like Jordan (who is 12 right now) you can marry your daddy.

October 2 - “Santa must be lonely. We should get him a little kid!”

October 3 - Grandpa took you on a "date" to the fair and here you are playing with the bubble gun he bought you while you were there.


October 6 was Pumpkin Sunday at church. How fun!


October 10 - Today we had Grandpa take some family photos for us one more time before baby Ariana arrives. You made my maternity pictures look extra special!

 

 

October 12 - Today you whispered in my ear, “I told you a secret.” And that was your secret! Haha! You also called yoga pants “yogurt pants.”

October 13 - Today was Fall Festival Day at church and you had a great time eating snacks, playing games, hanging out with Jordan, and cheering for your daddy while he played football.

October 15 - You called a fire truck a “fire injury truck.”

October 16 - We went to the donut shop this morning - Daddy, Mommy, and you. You love going to the donut shop, of course!
  

Daddy reads you a Bible story each night before we pray and you go to bed. You always listen very intently.

October 17 - Today you finally started wearing your big girl panties to bed instead of a pull-up! (You have had 3 accidents since then, but I think you may have the hang of it now.)

October 20 - We went to Jordan's house after church to celebrate her 12th birthday. You are so cute with her. You adore her!

October 21 - “Why does God not have a body like us?” (I love that you listen in your Sunday School class at church and think about the things you are learning!)

October 24 - Daddy and I took you to the pumpkin patch.


October 26 - For Halloween this year you dressed as Snow White. We went to a community event in downtown Broken Arrow with "Aunt Lyndsie" Dar, Zuri, Hudson, and their cousin Alex. And on the following Wednesday we had Trunk or Treat at our church. (I didn't remember to take pictures there.)



How can I not include this video of your famous "knee dance?" It is the cutest and most hilarious thing. Your dance moves crack me up!