14 Months

This little lady is now 14 months old!

She loves to color! Today she discovered you can color on walls (yay for magic erasers!).

Her hair is getting longer, and she has cute curls in the back. The second photo below reminds me of my sister. P2 loves shoes now! First thing in the morning, she will find her shoes, bring them to me, sit down and wait for me to put them on her. We went to Payless the other day for new shoes, and she was in heaven!

She enjoys playing in the water: swimming pool, splash pad, or bath time.

She loves her stroller. She got mad that she couldn't push P1 around because he is too heavy. She can throw quite the tantrums now. Thankfully they are usually short lived, but she likes to yell and throw herself on the ground when she's upset.

She has 6 teeth on top, and 6 on bottom. She is starting to be a more picky eater. Now she will spit her food up, and it drives me a little crazy. She takes 2 naps, and sleeps through the night. She loves to sit on your lap and read books. She also loves to cuddle and give hugs and kisses. It's fun to watch her play with her brother. She still likes to take toys and run away so that you will chase her.

She can say "bye-bye", and "yes". She will shake her head for "no". She loves ducks and will say "quack". She used to quack for any animal sound, but now she is starting to say "moo" for a cow, and "ruff, ruff" for a dog, etc.

All in all, she is a very sweet and adorable little girl!

Odds and Ends

Our power went out a couple weeks ago. P1 was watching "Jake and The Neverland Pirates" when it happened, and he was quite upset that the wind "blew off Jake." But the kids thought the lanterns were cool

We like to go on walks around the block. P2 likes to collect pine cones.

I peeked in to see if P2 was still asleep, and I just had to take a picture of her sleeping like this!

Being silly kids:

I took the kids to a family reunion at great-grandma's house. P1 had been excited to go because they have a mini golf course there. The kids had fun, and I'm glad that we went. But it is hard to be away from home because of my colitis. It definitely makes traveling harder.

P1 playing with his second cousin, it was fun to watch these two play! 

P2 loved playing in the sandbox, and she made great strides with being sociable. She let other people hold her, and she would actually smile around others, etc.

 

We've watched my nephew a few times this week, and P1 has really enjoyed that. We went to the park one day, and the Discovery Gateway another day. P1 got lost at the Discovery Gateway for a few minutes. Three kids are a lot harder to keep track of than 2! But some nice ladies found him trying to leave through a fire escape door and brought him back.

 

P1 was playing in the dirt, when a bee started flying around him. So he put his hands over his ears and came inside crying. So not only did he have mud on his hands, but mud in his ears as well!

We had a random stalk of corn that grew in our front yard, and produced a single ear of corn. The silk on the end was all dry, so we thought it was ready, but turns out we should have let it grow some more. Oh well! We also have a giant pumpkin plant that has taken over our front walk, but at least we actually planted that one! And our zucchini plants have been giving us lots of zucchinis!

Bees Baseball Game

Our friends invited us to go to a Bees baseball game with them. The game was at 7 pm, and bedtime is at 8 pm, but we decided that it would be a good experience for the kids. I'm glad we went, the kids had a lot of fun!

The kids really liked the mascots. Bumble the Bee was there and signed P1's foam finger, and the Jazz Bear was also there. P2 would get really excited whenever she saw one of them. We also got to watch the Jazz Bear smash a birthday cake into a guy's face.

 

 

 

The kids enjoyed the soft pretzel and popcorn. I don't think they ever realized there was actually a baseball game going on. We did see a home run. And we stayed a lot longer than we thought we would because the kids were enjoying it!

Almost 3

Can't believe this boy is getting close to 3! P1 has started to love coloring again. He didn't do it for a while, but now wants to color all the paper in the house!

P1 likes to help with the garden. And he likes helping me turn the zucchini into green noodles.

He loves to play outside. We've been going to a new park each week, and trying to get him more familiar with playing at parks. It helps when we go with friends who can show him the ropes. He also loves watching the birds. We have hummingbirds come visit our feeder. One of them likes to sit in the apricot tree and guard the feeder. Whenever another hummingbird comes, he will dive bomb at them. We also see lots of chickadees.

 

P1 still takes an afternoon nap, yay! He has been having a little separation anxiety lately. He's had a hard time letting me go when I drop him off at nursery, or at Grandma's house when I have an appointment. And he usually wakes up around 4 am crying for help with his blankets. If Dad goes in, he just cries louder for Mom.

 

He also loves to read, and is memorizing some of his books. He is constantly asking what letters words start with. One morning he had asked what letter "green" started with, so I told him it was a "G". Then later, he asked what "green beans" started with. So I asked him, "Well, what does green start with?" thinking we would do one word at a time. But he kept getting frustrated with me and would say "No, not green, what does green beans start with?" This now happens several times a day with other 2 word things.

I can usually understand what he is saying, but when I can't, he gets very frustrated with me. And he will say "No Mom, I'm saying          !" The other day he was trying to tell me that Peter Pan says "Stinky Codfish", and it took me the longest time to figure out the codfish part.

He can spell his name, and he actually tried writing it out. I thought it was a very good attempt for a 2 year old. He did it when I was out of the room, and when I came back he showed it to me, and I could definitely tell what he had been trying to do. He also tried to spell his sister's name, but hers is a little harder to do.

I also started reading the Book of Mormon with him, just 1-2 verses a night. I've been surprised at how well he seems to follow. We used to just tell scripture stories at night, but I think it's been good to actually read from the scriptures too. I also started helping him say his own nighttime prayers. He has been helping say prayers for a while now, but they are usually very repetitious. So at night I ask him what made him happy that day and what he needs help with. Then I help him say his prayer. He does have a hard time sitting still for prayers though, but he is a 2 year old!

We have not tried potty training again. It would be nice to have that done before he's 3, but we'll see. Oh, and when he needs a haircut, he will tell me that his hair is too big and that I need to cut it. Love my little boy!

13 Months

At 13 months, this little girl is a walking pro! She walks everywhere now and is pretty sturdy. It's fun watching her follow P1 around and play with him. She loves her shoes and will always go get them and sit down for you to put them on.

P2 is a very good sleeper. She takes 2 naps, and sleeps through the night even when P1 wakes up crying.

P2 loves to sit on laps. She will grab toys or books, and then pat your knee until you let her sit on your lap. She loves reading books!

She enjoys coloring with her brother. And she likes to put things in and out of bags.

Playing at the Discovery Gateway.

She loves putting food in her hair, especially peanut butter. She is a mommy's girl who cries if other people get too close to her. But at the same time, she is more adventurous than her brother. More willing to go explore on her own, and try climbing up things. She doesn't speak a lot, but is very good at letting you know what she wants.