Kyle Sara Abigail Andrew

Abigail is into space. She talks about spaceships and being an astronaut.

She just said “it’s a great time having fun with my brother” They play together and laugh- so cute.

She also loves swimming. We’ve been going to Amazon Pool.

We found trees that are flagged to be cut down on campus. Abigail is sprinkling magic water to save them. http://twitgoo.com/17y6pd

Andrew is almost one! His two front teeth are coming in. He know how to say hi. He says it while waving- too cute! He also waves bye. I think he learned this because Abby loves to wave to people on the porch when they leave the house.

Abby is starting to understand weather- she notices when it’s hot/ cold outside.

We went swimming this weekend at Amazon. It’s finally hot enough. Abby did the slide with Kyle for the first time. It was Andrew’s first time swimming.

Andrew does this cute thing where he bring Kyle or I a book when he wants us to read to him. He pulls himself up to the couh where we sit and brings us a board book. He loves the lift the flap Karen Katz board books.

Abigail is finishing up preschool with a real fun week- they painted with their feet Tuesday and Thursday they are cooking pizzas. She is thrilled.

Abigail just said “I have two granddaughters- Indy and Ria” She makes up names lately. That is her new thing. I think she gets this from a book I read her about children all over the world.

Now she is pretending to grocery shop with her cart. She put her baby dolls in it. She said “I’m out of milk and bread for my babies.”

Andrew does this thing where he tilts his head and smiles and really hams it up. He’ll do it for strangers even! What a show off. I need to get his picture taken doing this!

Andrew hates bath time now all of a sudden. It’s horrible- he screams through the entire thing and tries to climb out of the tub. I think it’s because I’m putting him in a bath seat . He hates not being able to move and crawl all around the tub. I had to do it because he was slipping.   

Lincoln City view http://twitgoo.com/xsh9l

$9 cocktail http://twitgoo.com/xsh8i

Rogue Brewery http://twitgoo.com/xr8k6

I learned yesterday that Abby can ride a tricycle now! She just went round and round the playard at preschool.

Today I noticed Andrew’s second tooth has popped out. It’s so cute seeing him smile with his little teeth.

We moved into our house today. The kids are so happy and of course me too!

Abigail is really into playing pretend – she pretends to cook, call people on the phone. Oh and she loves grocer shopping. I let her take her own cart now- she is in heaven I will have to get a picture of it.

Abigail has a buddy at preschool. She and Sylvia are inseparable. They ride their bikes together at recess. They sit together at recess. They are so sweet to eachother. They love to tumble together too and play a little rough. She had a playdate with her Friday- here are some pictures.

Here is Abby before ballet today:

She is doing so well. She follows along, listens to the teacher so well. She is so brave going across the floor by herself- not shy or scared at all. All the other moms are amazed she’s only 2. She the youngest in the class but does so well.

Andrew is on the move- all over the house- he can climb all the way to the 2nd floor at my parent’s house. I’m exhausted keeping up with him. He doesn’t want to be held. He squirms out of my arms to get to the ground. He can crawl so fast! He is a sweetie- so friendly. He smiles at strangers and charms them by smiling and tipping his head back or to the side. He can also do one arm up with his finger pointed just like his sister.

Andrew is an eater- he is serious about his food. He thinks it’s work, he concentrates on the task at hand. He loves mash potatoes and avocado and carbs of course- crackers, bread. He likes bananas, scrambled eggs, pancakes, strawberries. When he’s ready for more he yells. I’m trying to teach him baby sign language- the sign for more like I did with Abby.

Abigail loves the Signing Time videos. She loves learning all the signs.

Here’s our current routine- morning activities- monday ballet, Tuesday/ Thursday preschool, Wednesday preschool with Alexandra and Skye, Friday playgroup. After our morning activities we eat lunch, nap. When Abigail wakes up she watches a video and then has snack. Then we go for our walk around the neighborhood, then while I make dinner, she goes outside to help my dad work. If he rakes, she rakes, if he shovels, she shovels. It’s hilarious watching them together. They always listen to Meme’s favorite song- Owl City. Then it’s dinner at 6pm, bath at 7pm, bed at 8pm. And then it all starts again at 7 am the next day. 🙂 Abigail loves our routine!

I am finally having time to read to her before bed. There are nights when I put Andrew to bed first and then can take my time putting Abigail to bed. Before I had to put her to bed while Andrew was fussing in my arms- that was hard.

We brush her teeth- we sing Baby Bear from Sesame Street’s song- “Up Down up down you ‘ll have the cleanest teeth in town, …” She takes her fluoride. Then we curl up in her bed and read the latest library books. Then I tell her a story about her of course. She likes to pick which one. Tonight she wanted a story about preschool. Then I tuck her in for the night. (Most nights that is followed by her running out her room for 30 minutes. Then she finally stays in and talks herself to sleep. )

I love going with them to the library. We used to go to storytime on Tuesdays and we’ll start again in June. After storytimes, then we go to pick out books and videos. Sometimes we sit and read a few. Then we go to the cafe and eat a snack- bagel or muffin. She loves returning the books and help checking them out. She also loves helping to pay for parking and holding our ticket. I always feel so rich going home with all those books, CDs and DVDs. We always check out about 30 things! I love having all the new books to read together. Kyle loves reading them to her too. I keep a big bag of them in our bedroom and he pulls them out to read to Abigail.

They are truly exhausting but cute as heck!

I like to journal and I just ran into an old quote of Abby’s that I journaled in my online journal- “mommy you are my best” (3/4/10) It made me want to cry. I needed to read that today.

Another quote of hers – today she said, “I texted Teacher Phyllis an email on the computer.” It’s so funny to hear them copy us. I guess she has picked up the word texting from me and Kyle.