Quotes of the day: Eli: (when I asked him if he wanted to play lego chima with Liam) "Nah. I'm a busy, busy man." Liam: (when I told him I was looking at a recipe for Falafals): "Yes. Me want that. Dirty Waffles!" I then asked Liam what he wanted for dinner... "Chocolate!!!" Me: Just chocolate? Liam: And 'nilla! (vanilla). Kuya likes chocolate. Me like nilla. Well ok then. I guess we're having dirty waffles with chocolate and vanilla tonight.
Later, when I asked Eli to get me a diaper, his response was:
OH maaaan. Why am I the man who has all the hard work?
Friday, March 14, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Eli
Eli called me over to help him with his Z homework. He asked if I could help him spell out the Zebra's name. I started with Z...E.. and he said no, mommy. I started again.. Z... NO MOMMY, his name is ODONIS. Lol. So he labeled his homework Zebra, "Odonis."
correction... OTONIS.
correction... OTONIS.
Eli quotes
Some Eli quotes, as of late:
He likes to tell me "If you don't let me do _____, I'm going to scream/be crazy/bother you/wake up Brielle." Testing his limits, that one.
ALLLLL day long in February and March, he sets up animal battles, like... lion vs. tiger. He wants you to pick which one you think will win, but if you pick the wrong one, he makes you re-select which one he wants you to pick. He then describes an entire battle in detail, using words from all of the animal shows and books that he sees.
Yesterday during nap time, I wanted him to lay down. He kept sitting up. Finally, he said "Mommy, I want to sit here and think about my behavior."
On March 5th:
Eli was taking waaay longer than he should have in the bathroom so I went in to see what was going on. What did I find? He was laying on the floor, sucking toothpaste. You can't make this stuff up.
He likes to tell me "If you don't let me do _____, I'm going to scream/be crazy/bother you/wake up Brielle." Testing his limits, that one.
ALLLLL day long in February and March, he sets up animal battles, like... lion vs. tiger. He wants you to pick which one you think will win, but if you pick the wrong one, he makes you re-select which one he wants you to pick. He then describes an entire battle in detail, using words from all of the animal shows and books that he sees.
Yesterday during nap time, I wanted him to lay down. He kept sitting up. Finally, he said "Mommy, I want to sit here and think about my behavior."
On March 5th:
Eli was taking waaay longer than he should have in the bathroom so I went in to see what was going on. What did I find? He was laying on the floor, sucking toothpaste. You can't make this stuff up.
Brielle turns one!
Brielle is one! Mike took off of work for her birthday so that we could all be together. We started the morning out with pancakes... brielle loved hers! Then she opened her presents... she got a new copy of her favorite book, Peek-a-Who, a little kid sized broom that she loves, a copy of TIME's 2013 reflection (I thought that would be cool for her to see when she's older), a book to fill in all about her over the years, a new car seat, and a beautiful hand-made owl blanket (that arrived a few weeks later). After we picked Eli up from school, we ate lunch and then cake for the big girl! She LOVED diving into it with both hands and smashed it to pieces. Then, we headed to Legoland... Brielle had a great time running around, playing with the jumbo legos, looking at the giant lego people and chasing her brothers. Daddy had to go to work after that, so we dropped him off and came home. It was a great 1st birthday!
We had her party a few weeks later. Oliver, the baby who was born on the same day as her, came over with his mommy and his big brother Owen, and we had a lot of fun taking pictures of the babies. We put them in baskets with balloons attached, wearing matching "I'm one" shirts, took the FINAL "Thing 1" and "thing 2" picture, and then gave them matching cakes to smash. Oliver was NOT happy about having to touch the cake, but Brielle dove right in! They had fun and it was a super cute little party.
Now she's 1!!! Here's what she was into at 12 months:
-Climbing everything. She especially loves climbing up on the couch so she can be with her brothers
-Emptying all of the recycling. Definitely her most favorite thing to do.
-Following anyone into the bathroom so she can...try to climb into the tub (she can get her leg over), try to empty the trash can and try to shoom off all of the toilet paper.
-Walking around with her sippy cup. She loves drinking water, shaking water all over the floor and spitting it out all over so her clothes get soaking wet. When she wants her water, she comes over and puts her arm up and starts screaming.
-Eating, eating, eating. Aside from about 1/2 carton of yogurt, she will not let us feed her any baby food anymore. She starts shaking her hands in front of her (her version of NO) and will not let the spoon get anywhere close to her face. Her favorite things to eat are chicken nuggets (she can eat 3!), french fries, veggie straws and bread.
-She likes to say "uh oh" and "baba." She rarely says mama or dada anymore. When I take her to put her down for a nap, I always say "NAP!" over and over while jumping with her and she laughs and laughs and say "ap!"
-She understands what I means when I say "baba?" (She runs over to the couch), "Where's your baby?" (she looks for one), "Hungry?" (she goes over and points to her high chair). "Daddy's coming!" (she looks at the door)
-She is super clingy in the mornings and wants to be held for the first 15 minutes or so.
-Has been having a very hard time sleeping at night. Partly because her pack n play has grown uncomfortable for her (she's getting a new crib very soon!) but partly cause she's had a cold for a while. She's had a taste of sleeping in our much more comfortable bed and she wants THAT. It's been hard to get her to stay in her crib at night.
-Her favorite toys remain Optimus Prime and Captain America and she likes walking around with them.
-She is still in size 4 diapers and wears size 12-18 month clothing
-She loves getting into EVERYTHING, especially all of the drawers in the bedroom, the containers of kids' socks, the shelves with paper, anything inside boxes, the diaper containers... she can make a quick mess in a very short amount of time.
-She still (most days) takes a 30-45 min nap in the AM and a 1-2 hour nap in the PM.
-She LOVES bath time and always takes a bath with Liam. They get out at the same time and she's taken to copying Liam's "brrrrrrr" when he gets out of the water. They like to lay next to each other, snuggled up in their towels, and laugh and laugh at each other. Liam makes her laugh a lot these days.
-She likes dancing and understands what you mean if you tell her to dance.
-She HATES when I try to put her hair up and runs away from me every single time.
I can't believe we've had her for a year!
We had her party a few weeks later. Oliver, the baby who was born on the same day as her, came over with his mommy and his big brother Owen, and we had a lot of fun taking pictures of the babies. We put them in baskets with balloons attached, wearing matching "I'm one" shirts, took the FINAL "Thing 1" and "thing 2" picture, and then gave them matching cakes to smash. Oliver was NOT happy about having to touch the cake, but Brielle dove right in! They had fun and it was a super cute little party.
Now she's 1!!! Here's what she was into at 12 months:
-Climbing everything. She especially loves climbing up on the couch so she can be with her brothers
-Emptying all of the recycling. Definitely her most favorite thing to do.
-Following anyone into the bathroom so she can...try to climb into the tub (she can get her leg over), try to empty the trash can and try to shoom off all of the toilet paper.
-Walking around with her sippy cup. She loves drinking water, shaking water all over the floor and spitting it out all over so her clothes get soaking wet. When she wants her water, she comes over and puts her arm up and starts screaming.
-Eating, eating, eating. Aside from about 1/2 carton of yogurt, she will not let us feed her any baby food anymore. She starts shaking her hands in front of her (her version of NO) and will not let the spoon get anywhere close to her face. Her favorite things to eat are chicken nuggets (she can eat 3!), french fries, veggie straws and bread.
-She likes to say "uh oh" and "baba." She rarely says mama or dada anymore. When I take her to put her down for a nap, I always say "NAP!" over and over while jumping with her and she laughs and laughs and say "ap!"
-She understands what I means when I say "baba?" (She runs over to the couch), "Where's your baby?" (she looks for one), "Hungry?" (she goes over and points to her high chair). "Daddy's coming!" (she looks at the door)
-She is super clingy in the mornings and wants to be held for the first 15 minutes or so.
-Has been having a very hard time sleeping at night. Partly because her pack n play has grown uncomfortable for her (she's getting a new crib very soon!) but partly cause she's had a cold for a while. She's had a taste of sleeping in our much more comfortable bed and she wants THAT. It's been hard to get her to stay in her crib at night.
-Her favorite toys remain Optimus Prime and Captain America and she likes walking around with them.
-She is still in size 4 diapers and wears size 12-18 month clothing
-She loves getting into EVERYTHING, especially all of the drawers in the bedroom, the containers of kids' socks, the shelves with paper, anything inside boxes, the diaper containers... she can make a quick mess in a very short amount of time.
-She still (most days) takes a 30-45 min nap in the AM and a 1-2 hour nap in the PM.
-She LOVES bath time and always takes a bath with Liam. They get out at the same time and she's taken to copying Liam's "brrrrrrr" when he gets out of the water. They like to lay next to each other, snuggled up in their towels, and laugh and laugh at each other. Liam makes her laugh a lot these days.
-She likes dancing and understands what you mean if you tell her to dance.
-She HATES when I try to put her hair up and runs away from me every single time.
I can't believe we've had her for a year!
Eli's Second Report Card
I had Eli's parent teacher conference on Tuesday and all went well (despite me having to bring all three kids with me!). Eli's doing great academically and is a pretty good kid all around. He's still having trouble containing his energy (big surprise) but is always willing to correct his behavior and is getting a little better. He's started name-calling in school, which they are working on, but thank goodness he isn't pulling the "I'm not listening to you" stuff he is doing here.
I tried to make a copy of the report card, but my printer isn't working, so I'm going to write all of the comments here. I want these for his little scrapbook.
Eli has a passion for both fictional stories and information books. He loves to draw, write, listen to and act out.
Eli continues to demonstrate many exciting early reading skills.
Eli is writing words independently! He is off to a great start.
Eli has a mind bent around problem-solving.
Eli is doing careful noticing of details in the changing natural world, as well as our class lima beans.
Eli has made a lot of progress with social problem-solving.
Eli continues to love to hop, jump, and play any action-games.
Eli has been working hard to control his body at the right times, but it remains a challenge. Trying again seems to help, as does taking a deep breath and thinking "how would I feel if..."
He got 3s for everything (meets grade-level expectations) except for listening, speaking and language, science and physical activity, all of which he got 4s (exceeds grade-level standards).
Pretty good report card, buddy!
I tried to make a copy of the report card, but my printer isn't working, so I'm going to write all of the comments here. I want these for his little scrapbook.
Eli has a passion for both fictional stories and information books. He loves to draw, write, listen to and act out.
Eli continues to demonstrate many exciting early reading skills.
Eli is writing words independently! He is off to a great start.
Eli has a mind bent around problem-solving.
Eli is doing careful noticing of details in the changing natural world, as well as our class lima beans.
Eli has made a lot of progress with social problem-solving.
Eli continues to love to hop, jump, and play any action-games.
Eli has been working hard to control his body at the right times, but it remains a challenge. Trying again seems to help, as does taking a deep breath and thinking "how would I feel if..."
He got 3s for everything (meets grade-level expectations) except for listening, speaking and language, science and physical activity, all of which he got 4s (exceeds grade-level standards).
Pretty good report card, buddy!
Friday, March 7, 2014
Liam in February
Liam is obsessed with Toy Story again. Every morning, after we get back from dropping Eli off at school, we watch one of the three toy stories. He usually picks #1 ("The claw one!") or #2 ("The Jessie one!"). He looooves this beat up old Buzz Lightyear toy he has. It's missing wings, very faded and most of the time the sound effects don't work, but he LOVES it. He carries it around all the time, bangs it on the floor a lot, throws it a lot, makes me push the button to see the "wings" pop out, and doesn't really like Eli or Brielle touching it.
He does NOT stop talking now. He likes to say "Hey Mommy" over and over and over and over 50 million times a day. He also likes to say "Guess what."
He loves building his "house" out of cushions on the couch. He gets very upset if anyone tries to touch it or enter the house with him.
He likes to play the Toy Story game on the iPad.
He wakes up at 6:15am every. single. morning. Like clockwork. Except for the weekends with mike, when he always sleeps in.
He likes to eat ALL DAY LONG. it's endless. He eats about 3 breakfasts, always asking me for "somepin' else!" His ability to wait for that somepin else is about .03 seconds.
He still LOVES his applesauce and also really loves Cliff kid bars.
He also loves watching Jake and the Neverland pirates and often refers to the da-dile (crocodile) and hook when on his own adventures throughout the house.
Has his hands down his pants ALL DAY LONG. All day long. Sigh.
LOVES taking baths.
Adventures in February.... we went to Legoland for Brielle's birthday, went bowling with lolo and lola and linamarie and went sledding for the very first time! Grandma came up to stay with the kiddos while mommy and daddy escaped to the poconos for a night. It was a fun and VERY SNOWY month. (He loves walking in the snow when we go drop eli off and pick him up).
He does NOT stop talking now. He likes to say "Hey Mommy" over and over and over and over 50 million times a day. He also likes to say "Guess what."
He loves building his "house" out of cushions on the couch. He gets very upset if anyone tries to touch it or enter the house with him.
He likes to play the Toy Story game on the iPad.
He wakes up at 6:15am every. single. morning. Like clockwork. Except for the weekends with mike, when he always sleeps in.
He likes to eat ALL DAY LONG. it's endless. He eats about 3 breakfasts, always asking me for "somepin' else!" His ability to wait for that somepin else is about .03 seconds.
He still LOVES his applesauce and also really loves Cliff kid bars.
He also loves watching Jake and the Neverland pirates and often refers to the da-dile (crocodile) and hook when on his own adventures throughout the house.
Has his hands down his pants ALL DAY LONG. All day long. Sigh.
LOVES taking baths.
Adventures in February.... we went to Legoland for Brielle's birthday, went bowling with lolo and lola and linamarie and went sledding for the very first time! Grandma came up to stay with the kiddos while mommy and daddy escaped to the poconos for a night. It was a fun and VERY SNOWY month. (He loves walking in the snow when we go drop eli off and pick him up).
Brielle at 11 months
So this post is way overdue...
Brielle at 11 months:
-moved up to size 4 diapers. Now she and Liam share diapers!
-is in size 12 clothing, mostly.
-loves shoes but does not like wearing them
-is into EVERYTHING. She loves climbing up on the couch, knocking everything she can reach off of tables
-is still taking two naps a day... the first one around 10am, lasting 30-45 minutes and the second one around 2:30, lasting about an hour.
-wakes up between 7 and 7:30am...goes down between 7:30 and 8pm.
-is drinking 3 8 oz bottles a day, but usually only drinks half of one or two of them
-LOVES to eat. She really isn't letting us feed her baby food anymore. She prefers to eat real food, especially bread.
-laughs and laughs and laughs when playing with her brothers.
-has been sitting down reading books a lot more! She doesn't last more than a few seconds per page and doesn't like to be read to... she likes to flip through herself.
Almost one!!!!
Brielle at 11 months:
-moved up to size 4 diapers. Now she and Liam share diapers!
-is in size 12 clothing, mostly.
-loves shoes but does not like wearing them
-is into EVERYTHING. She loves climbing up on the couch, knocking everything she can reach off of tables
-is still taking two naps a day... the first one around 10am, lasting 30-45 minutes and the second one around 2:30, lasting about an hour.
-wakes up between 7 and 7:30am...goes down between 7:30 and 8pm.
-is drinking 3 8 oz bottles a day, but usually only drinks half of one or two of them
-LOVES to eat. She really isn't letting us feed her baby food anymore. She prefers to eat real food, especially bread.
-laughs and laughs and laughs when playing with her brothers.
-has been sitting down reading books a lot more! She doesn't last more than a few seconds per page and doesn't like to be read to... she likes to flip through herself.
Almost one!!!!
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