A Day In The Life

Brynn decided today that she wants to practice walking. She is right now as I type using the walker toy that she got for Christmas to cruise around the living room. She's not great at it, but she CAN do it. She'll be walking by her birthday.




"Hey Libby, look at me! I can walk like you!"


We have this house toy box and today Brynn decided that it would make a good clubhouse. "What's in here? I think I can go in to see."


"This is fun!"


"Okay, that was fun!"


My friend Lisa has recently cleaned out lots of her daughter's old stuff and this Ariel dress was one of the things. Libby LOVES it. She wanted her bear, Charlie, to dress like Ariel today too. They are playing mommy and baby mermaid.

Libby says some very funny things. A few days ago when I went to pick her up from school, I came walking down the stairs and she says, "There's Tricia!" She and her friend Piper often play "mommy and baby" and one of them is either me or Piper's mom and the other one is either Brynn of Piper's baby sister. Way too funny!

Libby's First Parent-Teacher Conference

We had Libby's first parent-teacher conference tonight. She's doing great in her academic stuff. She knows most of her letters (upper and lower case). She can count to 14-15 consistently. The directors of her preschool said she's one of the smartest 3 year old kids they've had in a long time. Her social skills/problem solving skills are just were she should be but all her academics are where she needs to be by the time she gets ready to go to kindergarten in the fall of 2011. They have no doubt she'll be reading before she starts school. She can already read "Libby" "Brynn" "Mom" and "Dad" and an occasional other word. We're so proud of our little girl!

Shh... Libby's sleeping

Two or three nights ago Libby came into our room in the middle of the night. I asked her what woke her up and she said, "My curtains were talking." Oh?! I asked her what they were talking about. She replied, "They were talking about St. Patrick's Day." Oh? "They weren't scary. They were loud." She will come up with anything to sleep in our room!


The girls are wrestling around. Just having a good time. They do this pretty regularly.


Watching "The Princess and the Frog"


Libby's fancy hairdo that she wanted last week. She rarely wants more than 1 ponytail or a headband. But this day she wanted 3 ponytails, so this is what I came up with.

Brynn

We have taken a few pictures of Brynn lately that I wanted to share.

Libby took this picture of Brynn and Daddy. Brynn's new favorite game is climbing on Mommy or Daddy.


Brynn is trying to get to Daddy again. She often comes with her mouth open... We're not sure what her goal is!


Cutie making music. She really wants to get into this chair. She tries all the time. She has taken to really liking it when she gets her picture taken. She smiles so big and waits for the flash.


Having fun in her jumper.


Libby took this picture this morning and I thought it was cute.

Libby-isms

Libby does not like spaghetti and when we eat it for dinner she refuses to eat any. Last night when we served her spaghetti she came up with a good Libby-ism.

Libby: I'm allergic to spaghetti.
Mike: How do you know about being allergic to things?
Libby: At school, Paige says that all the time.
Mike: What does it mean to be allergic?
Libby: Kids say that when they don't want to eat something and then they don't have to eat it.

Out of the mouths of babes! But what Libby doesn't know is that her friend Paige is very allergic to peanuts so she really CAN'T eat a lot of things were as Libby doesn't want to eat them!

Another funny Libby-ism yesterday was about a dress that she likes to wear. She had been wearing it all day and wanted to continue to wear it as pajamas. I didn't want her to and told her she'd have to change. She then said in her most serious voice, "Mommy. I like it. It's short sleeves. I want to sleep in it." She even held up 1 finger for each point she was trying to make.