I didn't do it....she did it!

Friday, September 30, 2011

Isn't she lovely?

Rino made this for me on Tealie's first day of school. She had been in school for a couple of weeks and Tealie was sooooo excited to start Pre-pre-K! I told them how happy I was that they both got to go to school but that I would be sad that they wouldn't be with me as much anymore. Love her empathetic heart!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The double ED

So Tealie Bear is in the cutest stage right now. She is right on the edge of still being a toddler and moving on to a big girl. I have to remind myself that she is still little and sometimes, she reminds me. Every word that she says that ends in an -ed, she adds another ed to it. "Mommy, I workeded really hard at school today", "I really likeded that pink shirt", "We goeded to the lake!" You get the idea. Now, I'm not usually a fan of encouraging my kids' bad grammar and I definitely don't talk baby talk back to them (yeah, cannot stand when adults do that). I just think it's so cute, I don't have the heart to correct her. Maybe it's just one last ditch effort to hold on to what will likely be my last baby. Do you see a theme in all of my posts - yeah....cute kids.

"I scoreded my first goal!" (actually 5 but we're trying not to be all braggy about it!)

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The time that I don't want to forget

I can count on more than one hand the amount of times this year that I've said I love this time in our lives. Our girls are a little "older", the baby stuff - naps, feeding, diapers, tantrums are long gone (mostly), and we have been able to enjoy so much quality family time. Case in point, we drove for hours on our first big family vacation (see previous post) without any complaining from the kids. They kept themselves entertained for endless hours in the car. During our trip to D.C., we walked for almost 6 hours straight. Hubby later google mapped it and our little girls walked close to 10 miles that night. No strollers.... I won't say they didn't complain about this one. They did get tired, but they still did it.

One of my favorite things about "this time" is their personalities. It's a time when their little personalities are mostly developed into who they are deep inside and have not yet been changed by friends, media, etc. They are in their purest form and I love it. The other night at dinner, I stopped and just watched my girls in all of their glory. So happy, so proud to have this unbelievable family. I just stared at them while they ate their dinner, acted silly, and just looked plain cute! Then I looked over at Tom.....and he was doing the same thing. We just watched them and didn't say a word. "This is perfect"....is what I'm pretty sure we were both thinking.

Rino is and has always been our happy, smiling girl. She is caring and empathetic even when developmentally, most kids are not able to show concern for others, she does (and has for a while). I love her positivity. It is contagious. I hope she always has this attitude. Yesterday, after a long night of tossing and turning and hardly any sleep, I was getting ready to take her to school. She busts into a song. "I'm walking on sunshine." How could that not make you smile. Seriously, sometimes I think she truly walks on sunshine. What a life!

See how much they love eachother??

Up until 3 1/2, Tealie has always been feisty. She knows what she wants and will go get it. She is outgoing, and imaginative. She can play for hours with all of her stuffed animals having hilarious conversations with each other. Did I mention she is HILARIOUS??? She always wants to know if she if funny. It's obviously part of her untouched personality. But in the last month or so, she also has developed an empathy that cannot be taught. She came downstairs after watching a Tigger movie. She was crying and could not be consoled. I thought she was hurt until she finally told me that Piglet was being mean to Tigger. She doesn't want anyone to hurt. Even cartoon characters. She has been known to tell me when she is sad by saying, "You hurt my FEELING". Just the one feeling. :) And one more thing, she LOVES school. She goes three days a week (which this momma thinks is a lot) and she is still upset when she can't go.

My FAVORITE thing about this time is the closeness of these sisters. I used to wish I had them just a little closer together so that they could be closer but so far, it doesn't seem to matter. They LOVE each other and have a constant playmate. My hope is that they will continue to stay this close and always have a best friend in each other. Sisters are such a blessing. :)

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Post Much???

Okay, so it's kinda been a long time since I blogged. Summers are kinda busy around here. My Dad's birthday, Mikey's birthday,our anniversary, then Melly's birthday, Tom's p's anniversary, Grandpa D's birthday, Mom and Dad's anniversary, my birthday, Tom's birthday, Gabby's birthday. Throw in Father's day, Mother's day and a typical summer vacation and lots of other fun summer activities, we are BOOKED!!!

Anywho....thought I'd post a photo collage of what we've been up to. First up, Deep Creek Lake, MD. We went for the Rimbey/Wheeler family reunion, and most importantly, to attend GG's Memorial. What an awesome lady!

View from our cabin in the mountains

A great pic of my handsome hubby at Uncle Lew's house

My girl Rino. She is determined!

Tealiegirl. Having a blast just bouncing around.

New "Maddie's Garden" statue just for GG!

Uncle Lew's yard. Where the bear and the buffalo roam...

We're on a boat!

First time tubing with her Wheeler cousins!

View of the house from the lake

Seriously?? Like father, like sons. :)

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Tealie-isms

Thing 2 says the funniest things. She is a comic in training. Some things she says are developmental or accidental, but I know as of recently she is understanding that she is very funny!

Here's an ongoing list of the funny things she says:

"Mom, do you have a song stuck in your hair?"

"Look at me play my -flupe-" (it was a harmonica)

"Hey Momma, I have something to tell you something."

"Zippity doo doP zippity ay - OH MY GOSH ITS A WONDERFUL DAY!" (this is her dance recital for the 2010-2011 year)

"Look I'm dancing on a skage!"

Me- "Graygirl, Why did you _______?" Tealie - "Because I did"

"Boomynaaahhhhn" - Her favorite 3 year old made up word.

"Last one in is a Rock and Egg!"

Teal and Friends during what was supposed to be naptime.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Hawaiian Party and 1st birthday Memories

As you will see, this blog contains a lot of ADD. Rino's class filled their marble jar again and voted on a Hawaiian theme party. She was so excited! We pulled out her most "Hawaiiany" looking outfit that we could find on short notice and then I remembered that we had a lei made out of foam flowers. We even listened to Hawaiian music at breakfast on Pandora Radio.

Here's my Hawaiian girl decked out in her Hawaiian best.

OK, Back to the ADD part. P.S. Blogger, why are you not letting me align left when I clicked on "align left twice??? Squirrel! Anywhoo....yeah, see that foam necklace she is wearing? It's from her 1st Luau themed birthday party. (Yes, I almost always have a theme. I can't help it) Soooo...this morning, I was explaining to her that she first wore that when she turned 1. We went down Memory Lane and looked at some pictures from her first birthday.

Some of the decorations including the foam lei (attached to the pink bucket)

My smiling girl eating her breakfast with her birthday hat on

I'm not sure about this everyone watching me while I eat cake thing.

So, of course, with all of this talk about Rino's first birthday , Tealie Bear wanted to see pictures of her first birthday too!

3 1/2 years ago...

Mmmmm.....cake!!!

enough singing already!!!

As we were scrolling through pictures, Rino, says, "Oh wait wait wait, I think I remember this party. I had Smarties and I handed one out to everybody at the party." Then we came to this picture. She was only 3 1/2. They say you have no memories before the age of 5? I think not.