Can you think like a 3 year old?

We recently bought an dining table from one of my friends since our black table never really worked well in our current breakfast nook. We however don’t want to get rid of the black table since it works really well in small houses (like those in VB). So, I moved the table into the playroom and the girls now have an art corner, where they can color or do play-doh at their own liking.

They love having their own table!!!

 

So in honor of the art corner, I want to know if you can think like a 3 year old…

 

What would Brady say these play-doh shapes are….(scroll down for the answers)

 

 

1st picture (which Brady made all by herself) is a hot dog

2nd picture is birthday candles

3rd picture is a gumball

4th picture, well if you know Brady then this should be an easy one, and I will give the answer with another picture…

How many did you guess correctly? If wrong, what did you think it was?

Sly as a Fox

So I love that my girls are trying to be sly in their own right.

Reese's thing she has been doing for a couple weeks is when she gets food she doesn't like she will hover her hand over her food and say "haut" (hot). She thinks she can fool us into believing that the food isn't cooled off enough! I think that is pretty sly for a 20 month old!

Brady;s calendar has been updated recently because we have quite a bit of company in the next few months. And since she asked me everyday if she gets to go to preschool, we decided to notate preschool days with a pink star (drawn with crayon). This morning she asked to go to preschool and so I took her to her calendar and showed her there was no pink star on there and told when the next day would be. Well tonight when I was putting her to bed, I noticed her calendar had been modified. She had taken a red colored pencil from her art supplies and added scratches I am assuming were her attempt to be stars, on today tomorrow, and the next day and all the Mondays of the month. I guess she enjoys preschool!

The other time she was cunning, she actually fooled me, but Daddy knew better. As many of you know, I am not big into bribing with candy or sugar filled treats when it comes to rewarding behavior. the only thing I have really given her a sweet  treat for on a regular basis is waking up with a dry pull-up since we have such a tough time of it. So the dry mornings are now happening once or twice a week, which is great progress. Earlier this week we had two straight mornings with a dry pull-up. I was SO excited and thought we were having a break through. I was about to get her candy when Daddy walked in and informed me that she woke him up at 5ish and changed her pull-up since it was wet. The things she will do for sugar!!!

I have a feeling this is only the beggining, once they team up to be sly I am in trouble!!!!

Wordless Wednesday: Budding Taylor Swifts (well, at least they have the hair)

Sweet Little Reesey-Poo

I love how at such a young age, toddlers are able to express a love for their families!

 

Today was the first day that Brady was at preschool for the whole 3.5 hours (last week was orientation). So I ask Reese after running a quick errand what she wanted to do. I listed such things as getting a snack, going to the playground, going home and reading books, etc. Reese’s reply was “Baidy?” I had to explain to her that Brady would be at preschool a little longer. Reese’s reply to that was “Daddy home?” Then I am left to explain that daddy is at work. So she says “Brady home!” AWWWW

 

I am glad to know she is happiest when we are all home together! Me too, Reese.

Another uh-oh moment

You remember the post about when Karl and I look at each other and say we are in trouble….

 

I was cleaning out the garage and decided to put the doormat that we had in VA out in our house.  It is a geometric pattern of squares that are navy and tan. This morning Brady stands on it and says “this is from Baginia”

 

I even texted Karl at work to see if he told her that last night….Nope. She has memories from 9 months ago!

Wordless Wednesday: You only wish you could be so cool!!!

Day 2: preschool update

No, I am not going to do this everyday, but I know Brady’s family is curious about the transition into preschool and want to hear about how the beginning goes.

 

Today,I brought Reese with me since yesterday went so smoothly. As I knelt down to sign Brady in, her lead teacher Gaylene, opened the door. Brady ran over and gave her the biggest hug!!!! Then she walked in without saying bye. The teacher reminded her to say bye to me, which she said quickly because she had more important things on her mind.

 

Well, this excitement tickles me pink and is of course great news. However, today is the first day that Reese witnessed the dropping off of Brady. She was hysterical when I walked away with her (and not Brady). She whined/cried for the next hour. The only thing that I could make her happy with is, of course, Taylor Swift music. So ironically the person that is going to have the hardest time with this separation during preschool time is not me, nor Brady but Reese. That sibling bond between them is amazing and more then I could have asked for. My hopes are the bond stays this strong for their whole life.

 

After pick-up the hot topic thus far (I get little snip-its through out the day) is the potties again. “The kids flush the potties!” “They have little sinks, there are two!” “They have paper towels, but they aren’t white!” She has always been obsessed with restrooms.

First day of preschool

Today was Brady’s first day of preschool. She has been looking forward to this day for a long time. It was like Christmas morning today, she woke up an hour early. She immediately asked to go to preschool.

 

 

The school prefers that if kids are crying when they are dropped off. SO I had a friend watch Reese in case there wasn’t a smooth drop off. Well, the drop off couldn’t be any smoother. She walked in the door without and without looking back.

 

The teacher at pick up told me she did really well! YAH!!!

 

Here are the snip-its of her day I haven gotten so far:

• she played with yellow play-doh.
• she meet a girl named Emma.
• The teacher said all of their names.
• She shook the teacher’s hand that had on the white jacket.
• They didn’t play on the playground today.
• She used the potty three times.

I will have to tell you, I miss her during the time she is gone and I was worried about not getting to know what she is doing every single second. But I felt like I got a goo snip-it of her day.

 

This picture below is of Maddie and Reese. That is the friend that watched Reese for me. I swear I think that Maddie looks more like Reese’s sister then Brady does. This isn’t the best picture, but they have the same eyes and face shape, and of course blonde curly hair.

Sweetest little girls in the world!

I have had many moments in the last couple months where I saw to myself…”wow, how did I get so lucky?” Life is just really good for me right now. I have a caring, supportive husband that supports (emotionally and financially) as I fulfill my life dream of being a long-term stay at home mom.

 

Here are some pictures of the girls that remind how good life is for me, I hope they make you smile.  

Meet the teacher night

Tonight Karl and I had to opportunity of going to a parents’ meeting for the preschool. How am I already at this point in my life?!?!?! WE talked about PTO and everything!

 

The meeting was very informative and I was glad to learn everything. I already volunteered for a couple things, like organizing and submitting the Scholastic book orders for the classroom. I have a hard time being hands off!

 

When I was talking to the lead teacher, Gaylene, after the meeting we discussed my decision to place Brady in the preschool only two days a week. They strongly encourage for Brady to be able to stay in the swing of things, that we enroll her in 3 days a week. I obviously want her to fully benefit from their program, but it is hard to not have her with me that often in the week.

 

Should I keep her at 2 days a week where she eats lunch there: tues. thurs. 8-12:30 or should I add the day and drop the lunchtime: tues. wed. thurs/ 8-11:30? What are your thoughts?

 

Brady gets to meet her teachers tomorrow morning. I told her tonight that was the plan for tomorrow. She said “No. no, no I don’t want to go tomorrow” And I was like uh-oh this is going to be tougher then I thought. Then she said “I want to go tonight instead” AWWWWW I love that little girl so freakin’ much!!!!

Wordless Wednesday: “Eyes, and ears, and mouth and nose…”

  

Hot Hot-Lanta

Even though I have so much I could blog about right now, I am having well not writers’ block, but I guess writers’ laziness.

 

We recently went on a weekend trip as a family to Atlanta. Here are some pictures to give you a snip-it of the fun filled weekend.

 

World of Coca-Cola:

 

 

WE each stood in front of our favorite bottle:

They had all 160+ beverages that are made under the coke name around the world, Karl tried the Bahrain one first, ironically he never tried it when he lived there.

 

Girls got to try soda for the first time in their lives. Not fans…

 

We got a kick out of this bumper sticker we saw:

Chick-Fil-A Drawf House (first one ever built): Yes they serve burgers and okra there.

 

Atlanta Braves vs. SF Giants game:

 

We got to walk on the field!

 

Cooling down with frozen lemonade.

The view from our seats:

Tid-bits about the Curly-Ques

I have just a couple random thoughts to share with you about my beautiful girls..

 

This is somewhat a Bradyism, but not quite…

 

• Yesterday, I was cooking dinner, Reese napping, and Brady and Karl were hanging out at the new reading corner in my bedroom.

 

Brady runs into the kitchen: B-“Are you doing great, Mommy?” I respond “Yes, I am” B-“Okay, I am going to check Daddy out” (even though she was just with him) she runs off. A minute or two later, Brady comes bobbing back in “You still okay, Mommy?”

 

Man that Brady girl is a sweetie!

 

• At another time when I was hanging out in the reading corner (per Brady’s request) I was reading my Picoult book and Brady grabbed a book off the shelf. She choose “A Million Little Pieces” she likes it because the cover has a hand covered in sprinkles. She was ‘reading’ it aloud. Her story went along the lines of this…There was a little girl who slammed her hand in the door. But now she is a mommy now.

 

That made me smile.

 

• I was watching Reese yesterday and thinking boy she has REALLY grown up (developmentally) this last month. Then I thought about how when Brady was this age she did the same thing, but at the time I thought it was because Brady had just become a big sister, but I guess it just happens to all kids.

 

• Today Brady had her post op follow up appt. It was not smooth in that it was painful for Brady to have the bandage removed, however, healing is on course. Her hand is no longer in an ace-bandage she just has a band-aid over the tip of her finger.

She is currently playing doctor on me with the supplies her doctor gave her. I have the ace bandage on my wrist. My elbow is wrapped in gauze and I have two pads taped to my shoulder. She loves playing doctor. 

Wordless Wednesday: TOO-TOO CUTE