Princesses

When I came home last night K asked if we could play princesses... I said sure and we proceeded to be princesses at a ball. I was Ariel and she was Aurora... we were sisters and best friends. She would only call me by sister and not mommy. She let me know that we were sisters and best friends even when we slept. K went to bed and this morning woke up still wanting to play. We determined we were on our way to the grand ball. Our ball would be school for her and work for me...

We chatted at breakfast and had daddy cereal as that is what princesses eat. the flakes were poisonous unless you were one like C who was able to eat them... we could not eat them for fear of dying. Cinderella ate them and died... (of course we all know K is not a fan of Cinderella because she wears gasp a blue dress... as a result she is not a fan). We went to the dentist office everyday to get her teeth brushed because we didn't brush our teeth. I drove the car even though we both knew how to drive. In this princess land if you were five you were an adult.

We are still princesses.. I dropped her off to school with a final dance on the playground and of to work I went. An awesome morning especially because we had no arguments about food or dressing.

K...

K asked me today if she could cut her hair to match a girl in school's haircut... I had her describe the cut... a bowl... "a round cut all the way around her head" ... ahh the style at 5... I suggested that we were indeed due for a cut, but that I would prefer we start with a small trim...after all much easier to go back and cut more versus feeling sad you cut too much... As a girl I have definitely had this experience before... anyway so disaster averted... hoping for time to cut both kids hair... have to find somewhere for the first professional haircut for both...

And C's vocab is growing... spoon, water and flower... and hurrah dada!!!

Mothers Day 2010.. a few shots

Really babies shake lamps

Ok, so it appears that I should have realized kids are different months ago... and I did know that sorta... well ok not really... After all C.. was calling clone for many months by T... as she gets older the differences become more and more apparent... in ten years I am sure this will be even more the case... the differences we are seeing now.

eating... C loves to eat... loves it... she tried to nurse a couple weeks ago with her mouth so full of banana she couldn't shut it... that is my girl! T described her morning nursing sessions as a lion eating.. they are rather excited affairs for one of us... the girl eats all food with gusto! K although has finally shown some sort of appetite. The other day she could not take the granola bar I offered when she mentioned she was hungry as we got to school as she would have to sit to eat... no time to sit and eat... C on the other hand points to her chair and tries to get anything anyone is eating... really anything is good...

mobility... K lived to walk... by ten months she was walking and happy.. shaking leaves, carrying sticks happy to be like the adults around her... She would hold her hands sitting before walking crying as she waited for someone to help her walk... C loves crawling... grins happily and crawls around... she has taken quite a few steps by herself she has no interest in doing it... if offered a chance we see her drop to the floor and start to crawl to get to anything..

kid proofing.. K was so focused on being with her parents she never left our side... we never childproofed outside of a few electricity covers on outlets... C needs childproofing... I would take a pic but don't want to encourage this... she loves to go over to the lamps shake them grin and look back at us with the clatter... she especially loves the part when we all run over to stabalize the lamps... if we are really lucky she shakes her head no as we run over... once again not sure I can provide photographic evidence despite this is ridiculously cute and infuriating... The other morning as I was feeding MoCa I realized she was holding herself up with the tupperware full of cat food and helping herself to quite a meal... I told you ... she loves to eat. K although interested in MoCa's food would never have gotten past the first taste.. especially if we said no. C also figured out how to open shampoo bottles... I was unaware of this technique until I found a bottle of shampoo in her mouth and the lid in her hand.. this is similar to when I was emptying the contents of my purse at her one year appt and the dr and I learned she could open lipsticks and chapstick.. and take both and put them in her mouth... this fact worried the poor dr who was worried C would choke in her office... that would take away my favorite doctor in the world award I want to give her everytime I see her.

sleep.. K was sleep trained at 8 months... last night C spent half the night standing up crying with the binky in the mouth as we kept reminding her night was for sleeping.

Ok, so now I know should we ever do this again... you really don't know what you are going to get... and even more so pregnancy is not an indication of personality outside of the womb.. if so C would have been given away months ago...

And in the new developments... C is giving kisses... and finally said da... that is right T and K were ahead of us at the park yesterday and C felt left out being stuck back with Mom and I heard a da... heard it again this morning so it is official!

C turns one!

Just the girls

T is out of town on his mancation... Bandon Dunes with golf friends and fraternity brothers... pretty much heaven... a nice way to celebrate his bday!! Very fun... so I have been home with the girls the last few days...

K has been excited to have only girls in the house... we have had time to play animal bingo, read books and since C thinks 5:45 not 5:46 or 5:44 but 5:45 is the perfect time to waken we have had lots of morning time to catch up... all three of us.

The best part may have been C walking back and forth between K and me... three - six steps at a time C kept walking back and forth giggling and smiling at her accomplishment... K was laughing louder and we had one of those wonderful look at what C can do moments...


Sometimes having two mobile children when you are solo can be difficult... K closed the door on C when I was getting the bath running... I stuck on the otherside of the door got to C just in time to find her hanging off the ledge of the bathtub trying to get in head first... ahh... this was all in the under two seconds of no parental supervision... That girl loves baths... if the bath goes on and she is downstairs she recognizes the sound shrieks battttttttttttt her version of bath.

C's 6th word... book... right now the vocab consists of balloon, kick, bath, Kate, Mama, and now book...

K has also started working on paragraphs at school.. she is able to write in upper and lower case and now is working on sentences in her journal... the reading is progressing and her word identification is improving... and she really seems to enjoy math... we know that is not from me...

Four shots to prove it

It is official... she is one... we had four shots to prove it. C is not impressed with life or the doctor.. In fact the doctor mentioned she got the stink eye on the way out the door when C saw her from across the hall... Oh you... what I would say to you if I could talk... C weighed in at 20 pounds and 30.5 inches... doing wonderfully... she is going to be less thrilled about the end of the binky and the bottle per the dr.s request, but at least she is on her way to becoming a big girl. Boo!

K is also on her way to being a big girl... I feel like we made a mistake with the school we picked for her... so much structure.. it is unlikely she will return there in the fall to finish k and right now I am debating the summer... today she broke into tears about her skirt not being long enough and that she needed shorts under her dress... In disbelief I went to the teacher to learn that yes they did ask for shorts underneath and yes in fact long dresses are ideal as girls are not ladylike about sitting with dresses... I am and was steaming... really ladylike while she climbs on the jungle gym, the slide and monkey bars... who really cares... after all we are only going to see princesses and ponies... isn't she too young to be made aware that underwear should be hidden... ahh as I am sure you can tell I am not impressed. And since she didn't get the school we had been working for in the public school we are going to have to find a k that works for everyone... busy researching again...

NO...

C has learned to shake her head no... when nursing on Saturday I asked her if she wanted more mommy milk... she looked at me shook her head no and got off the bed feet first... When she eats something she doesn't like she shakes her head no and won't take it... already no? Can't believe it.


Her other new trick... hand clapping... so cute.. she breaks into a beaming smile claps her hand and applauds looking around so proud... also very sweet.

And we have mama... C is now saying mama... ever since I got home from Spain I hear a little girl saying mama while she pulls on my pants to get into my arms..... apparently Gma told her some of the kitchen things are mama's and so we also get a lot of mama when the kitchen cupboards are open.

Stairs are going ok as well... she likes to bump down on her bottom and or go feet first...

so many accomplishments... so hard to keep up!

K is doing well also... finally adjusted to kindergarten and loving it... she walks in sits right down to a "job" or runs outside to play with a friend... so great to see. Oh transitions... so hard!

Swimming is going well ... despite the fact she thinks it is boring... a lot of things are found to be boring... she is doing great!