Early on in the month, my kids were happy recipients of lots of vacation souvenirs (from trips taken by my grandparents decades ago) . . . and Isaac proved to be the cutest two year old who's ever worn a sombrero. Just sayin'. :-)
Isaac got a little help from pint-sized cousin, Bailey.
Owen ate. And ate, and ate, and ate. This is what he does. All day.
And still somehow weighs not quite 19 pounds at 14 months old.
We worked on a little strength training . . .
I know I should have picked one of these three pictures to post, but I couldn't help it -- they're all so adorable in their own way. These two just melt my heart.
Annie is ridiculously buff. A few days ago we were at the Safe Kids Fair and she totally surprised the police cadet when she hopped up and did five chin ups with no help.
Annie even pulled out a laundry basket and a pile of text books so she could practice on her own another night . . .
Isaac cuddled up with his various blankets and animals before bed (in my bed . . . I'm finding it SO much easier to get him to sleep in here, then move him to the shared bedroom later. Will I kick myself later for this, possibly, but for now, it works, so I'll take it. Man, that was a lot of commas.)
Owen dyed himself green -- and was pretty happy about it. And I had to get some pictures of his finger sucking -- I even managed to get one of him twisting his neck skin with the other hand (this is how you know he's REALLY tired). Not so fun when you're holding him and he reaches up and tries to pinch your neck skin to soothe himself . . .
Then, as far as catch up goes . . .
Owen's fourteen months old now -- and while he's FINALLY walking behind push toys and whatnot, and will even hold our hands and walk forward (that only started this month -- he was opposed to anything but side stepping 'til he was 13 1/2 months old), he's seems to be a ways off from walking still. He has stood on his own once or twice, for a second or two. And he now crawls a little faster and will go up stairs and climb up on his climbing toys. But still, at 19 pounds and not super interested in mobility, people often mistake him for a good 6 months younger than his actual age!
February 26th:
Annie's
so practical. Watching the Wizard of Oz, and the wizard has just told
them to bring back the witch's broomstick before he'll grant their
requests. One of the characters asks something like, "What if she kills
us first?" To which Annie replied, "Then you don't really need it
anymore, do you?"
February 25th:
Annie
came into our room around 4AM, upset from a nightmare. There was a
skeleton T-Rex trying to get them. It tricked them by telling them he
had something to show them, and Owen went towards him to see . . . but
Aunt Star dove forward and rescued Owen while Annie stood behind her,
"like she was a shield. And Ellie might've been standing behind Lacy,
but I don't remember." Oh, and it was Dia de los Muertos. Then the
T-Rex was turning into Pinocchio, "But it was scary Pinocchio . . .
which doesn't sound scary, but it was." Then, she added, "And Owen had
earrings. That part was just weird."
February 22nd:
"Ellie," I moaned while checking out her fingers, "You have GOT to stop chewing your fingernails!"
"But sometimes I get hungry," my four year old whined.
"They're not FOOD!"
"But they taste good . . . "
Then 2 year old Isaac, exasperated and with an eye roll, "Els, we CLIP fingernails, not eat them, clip them! Sheesh!"
(Also, Isaac has taken to calling Ellie "Els", Annie "Ans," and Owen, "O") :-)
"But sometimes I get hungry," my four year old whined.
"They're not FOOD!"
"But they taste good . . . "
Then 2 year old Isaac, exasperated and with an eye roll, "Els, we CLIP fingernails, not eat them, clip them! Sheesh!"
(Also, Isaac has taken to calling Ellie "Els", Annie "Ans," and Owen, "O") :-)
February 19th:
Annie's
been responding to me all morning in Spanish (fortunately for her, she
never knows the answer to my questions like, "Where are your brother's
shoes?" so she can just keep responding, "No se." But the one that
cracked me up the most this morning was when I was looking for something
and asked the kids if they had it, and my two year old responded with a
shrug, 'No tengo.' I'm so curious how much he's going to know once he
actually gets into the Dual Immersion program in like 4-5 years!
February 11th:
Ellie's
being grumpy, and I'm not the only one who thinks so. Annie during
prayer tonight, "And please bless that Isaac can feel better. And
please bless that Ellie can just be happy." Amen.
Trying to make a phone call where I have to deal with an automated, voice response type system -- had to hang up, 'cause every 5 seconds it was saying, "I'm sorry, I couldn't understand that, let me repeat the question." All the while, I'm trying to get the one year old in my arms to stop chattering away and stick some food in his mouth or something so he'd stop confusing the voice response system that could hear his babbling :-) Guess I'll attempt to make that phone call again during afternoon nap today . . .
February 10th:
I
love to hear Isaac's take on the world, and how he's growing his
vocabulary and uses it to express himself -- today he came in crying and
told me he'd 'Jammed up my finger on the door," and later, "Mom, Owen
was smooshing my book" (by standing on it). I love hearing him say new
things in new ways :-)
Last night I told Isaac we were going out to
dinner. "At a fancy restaurant?" he excitedly asked. "Well, a
restaurant." He has talked nonstop about our 'fancy restaurant'
experience ever since. He asked if I wore my "Sunday pants 'cause we're
at a fancy restaurant?" (I was wearing a skirt.) He excitedly told
the people who were waiting alongside us to be seated that he was going
to eat fancy restaurant food. He told us he loved his 'fancy restaurant
crayons'. And one of the first things he said to me this morning, "Mom,
'member how we went to a fancy restaurant the other day, with you and
me and Daddy and Owen, and not Ellie and Annie?"
Yeah, we went to Chili's. We've set the bar low :-)
Yeah, we went to Chili's. We've set the bar low :-)
February 8th:
Ellie has just discovered Greg's really old
Nintendo DS, and she just came in the room excitedly yelling, "I am SO
good at the Star Wars game!" She showed me the epic lightsaber battle
she's involved in and happily explained, "That one's me, I think I'm
Perry the Platypus."
(Turns out she meant Jar Jar Binks. So not even close.) :-)
February 6th:
Dear Self: Stop placing Scholastic Book
Orders. We do not need anymore children's books. Also, stop buying
children's books from yard sale sites, we have fun out of space on all
of the bookshelves in our house. You have a pile of books up in the
closet just waiting for excuses to give to your children, you do not
need anymore. Ooooh, look, Fancy Nancy just came out with another
chapter book -- must buy!
Isaac just told me, "Mom, when I grow up, I wanna be a Mom like you." Awww, be still my heart!
February 4th:
"Hey
Mom," Isaac says from the back of the van, "Remember that time we went
to Cafe Rio, back when I was younger." Ah yes, the glory days of my two
year old's youth . . . :-)
The kids were battling the evil Aunt Star with pillows and toy swords while playing 'Musketeers'. My favorite
was when Isaac ran up, stabbed star with his foam sword and exclaimed
triumphantly, 'I muskachoo'd you Star!"
February 1st:
Annie came home from school with her 'future career' picture she'd drawn, and happily announced she was gonna be a "entrenador de delfines" when she grows up. (Dolphin trainer, all the social sciences portion of her school day are in Spanish). Ah, my little girl wants to be a marine biologist! When are we going to Sea World again!?
Annie came home from school with her 'future career' picture she'd drawn, and happily announced she was gonna be a "entrenador de delfines" when she grows up. (Dolphin trainer, all the social sciences portion of her school day are in Spanish). Ah, my little girl wants to be a marine biologist! When are we going to Sea World again!?
[Turns out, later this summer! Woo hoo!]
