I can't believe Ashley is almost 2 already! How did that happen so fast? She has been growing and maturing so much lately - she's a little girl and has no part "baby" left in her. Here are a couple of her latest and greatest:
Monday, December 3, 2012
Ashley Update - 1 Year 11 Months
Ok so between computer problems and then blog problems, I'm finally getting on here to get Ashley's pictures and latest happenings posted about...
I can't believe Ashley is almost 2 already! How did that happen so fast? She has been growing and maturing so much lately - she's a little girl and has no part "baby" left in her. Here are a couple of her latest and greatest:
She is talking constantly! (much different from Bennett at this age). Most of the things she tries to say we can understand - even if it is her own version of the word. When she is talking she is mostly saying 2-3 word sentences but I have counted a few occasions lately where she has said up to 5 words at a time which is great! Her favorite phrase is "No Mom, No!"...ugh.
We are occasionally starting to work on potty training with underwear. I can't get her to go on the potty chair at all yet but she comes to tell me every time after she has peed and has wet her training pants. She has also brought me a diaper multiple times and tells me 'poop' when she needs to be changed. If she can tell me when she is wet or brings me a diaper when she has pooped her diaper and wants to be changed, I am hoping that she'll be pretty easy to actually train.
She really like pretending to cook with her play food. She will bring me a play plate, pot or cup for me to "eat". Her other new favorite thing to play with is Barbies. Kristen got out all of our old Barbies and that is now her favorite thing to do at my moms house. I feel like she should be too little to play with them but she loves it.
Right now she is about 23.5 lbs (my petite little girl!), wearing size 18-24 month clothes, size 5 shoe and size 4 diaper.
I can't believe Ashley is almost 2 already! How did that happen so fast? She has been growing and maturing so much lately - she's a little girl and has no part "baby" left in her. Here are a couple of her latest and greatest:
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Bennett's Latest - 3 yrs. 10 mo.
Wow it has been an extremely busy fall around here and it has been forever since I've gotten a chance to get on here!
So Bennett's second day of Preschool he was supposed to bring in a picture of his family to show the class. Well, when I had to actually search for a picture of us and had to go all the way back to last May at Laura's wedding and grab a terrible picture of the four of us from that day, I decided enough is enough, we need family pictures done! I mean seriously, it had been over a year since we had a picture of all of us taken - Ashley was still a baby!!! So, that was the last straw - I called up my friend Melissa to see if she'd take some outdoor pictures of us this fall. I don't want to show you too many of the actual family ones since they will obviously be a Christmas Card picture but, here are a couple of Bennett's. (I will get to Ashley's latest happenings and a few pictures of her also in a couple days).
Bennett has been going to preschool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and he LOVES it. Some days he even has a little fit when I'm there to pick him up because he doesn't want to go home. So far he has had units on family, apples, shapes, fall, pumpkins, and next weeks unit is pilgrims. It's a struggle to get him to actually talk to me about what he did when we get home which frustrates me alittle just because I'm so curious. But I know he's learning alot and having fun. I've caught him singing a few times which is fun cause he NEVER would sing anything with me when he was "little". One of the weekly notes that was sent home said that they are working on the songs for their Christmas program already so I'm getting really excited to see how cute this is!
He has been really catching on to his counting and he seems to really like numbers. He can count to 14. It's kinda cute because when we ask him to count he will get up to 14 and then say the following, "10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14!!!". He gets stuck on fourteen but knows that there are lots of numbers that come after that so with each 14 that he says, it gets louder and more excited. He also really likes clocks and has been trying to figure out the time. If it is on an hour, he can usually tell me what time it is. And he knows that when the little hand is on the 6, it's nap time or bed time - 12:30 and 8:30.
He really takes after Mike in the techie department. We have an Amazon Kindle and it amazes us how Bennett can navigate through it and play the games or do the puzzles and how he understands all of it. I can guarantee you that Mike and I wouldn't have been able to do any of that at 3 years old.
Bennett still loves to play with tractors and cars, he really has fun playing with sand and water, and his interest in tools and musical instruments continues. The only reason he really liked going to all of Kristen's volleyball games is because he might get to watch the pep band play!!! - he's obsessed with the drums and cymbals.
So Bennett's second day of Preschool he was supposed to bring in a picture of his family to show the class. Well, when I had to actually search for a picture of us and had to go all the way back to last May at Laura's wedding and grab a terrible picture of the four of us from that day, I decided enough is enough, we need family pictures done! I mean seriously, it had been over a year since we had a picture of all of us taken - Ashley was still a baby!!! So, that was the last straw - I called up my friend Melissa to see if she'd take some outdoor pictures of us this fall. I don't want to show you too many of the actual family ones since they will obviously be a Christmas Card picture but, here are a couple of Bennett's. (I will get to Ashley's latest happenings and a few pictures of her also in a couple days).
Bennett has been going to preschool on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and he LOVES it. Some days he even has a little fit when I'm there to pick him up because he doesn't want to go home. So far he has had units on family, apples, shapes, fall, pumpkins, and next weeks unit is pilgrims. It's a struggle to get him to actually talk to me about what he did when we get home which frustrates me alittle just because I'm so curious. But I know he's learning alot and having fun. I've caught him singing a few times which is fun cause he NEVER would sing anything with me when he was "little". One of the weekly notes that was sent home said that they are working on the songs for their Christmas program already so I'm getting really excited to see how cute this is!
He has been really catching on to his counting and he seems to really like numbers. He can count to 14. It's kinda cute because when we ask him to count he will get up to 14 and then say the following, "10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14!!!". He gets stuck on fourteen but knows that there are lots of numbers that come after that so with each 14 that he says, it gets louder and more excited. He also really likes clocks and has been trying to figure out the time. If it is on an hour, he can usually tell me what time it is. And he knows that when the little hand is on the 6, it's nap time or bed time - 12:30 and 8:30.
He really takes after Mike in the techie department. We have an Amazon Kindle and it amazes us how Bennett can navigate through it and play the games or do the puzzles and how he understands all of it. I can guarantee you that Mike and I wouldn't have been able to do any of that at 3 years old.
Bennett still loves to play with tractors and cars, he really has fun playing with sand and water, and his interest in tools and musical instruments continues. The only reason he really liked going to all of Kristen's volleyball games is because he might get to watch the pep band play!!! - he's obsessed with the drums and cymbals.
(those of you who really know Bennett know that he is full of facial expressions - this picture is a classic Bennett face)
Not really sure why he had his hand on his face like this but it's still cute. He looks so big!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Living Room Paint
After looking at an off-white wall in my living room for 6 years, I FINALLY got brave enough and got enough ambition to get my room painted! It is a color called Parking Meter which is a sage green/silverish color. I absolutely love it! After the painting was done, I did alittle furniture rearranging too which also helped spruce up the room. Here are a few before and after pictures.
Before - Right side
Before - Left side
After - Right side
After - Middle
After - Left
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Preschool
Bennett started 3 year old Preschool today at Zion. He was pretty excited and had no problem with me leaving him. His class has 12 kids which is the max that they would accept. One of the nice things for me is that I know a good handful of the kids and parents in his class already. I actually went to grade school and high school with 2 of the mom's! And, his teacher Mrs. Aurich is a family friend of ours - she taught me piano lessons for years!
His class is on Tuesday's & Thursday's from 8:30-11:00am. During that time they will be doing individual and group play, projects, Jesus time, snack time and a theme for each week (this week's theme is about getting to know each other). They are also being taught some of the basics about going to school like walking instead of running, walking in a line, raising hands, sharing etc. which will be great for him! I got there a couple of minutes early to pick him up and peeked in on the 'walking in a line'.
Like I said, Bennett had no problem with me dropping him off and leaving him. Ashley on the other hand... After I dropped off Bennett, Ashley and I were going to go to Target during the time that he would be at school. For at least 5-10 minutes, she was in her car seat, almost in tears, saying Bennett, Bennett over and over again. And then when we were on our way back to pick him up she kept repeating "Bennett up, Bennett up". She has so much fun when he is around and she doesn't know what to do without him!
I am really excited about this for him. I think the socialization will be great for him. And I'm excited to watch him continue to learn and excel!
His class is on Tuesday's & Thursday's from 8:30-11:00am. During that time they will be doing individual and group play, projects, Jesus time, snack time and a theme for each week (this week's theme is about getting to know each other). They are also being taught some of the basics about going to school like walking instead of running, walking in a line, raising hands, sharing etc. which will be great for him! I got there a couple of minutes early to pick him up and peeked in on the 'walking in a line'.
Like I said, Bennett had no problem with me dropping him off and leaving him. Ashley on the other hand... After I dropped off Bennett, Ashley and I were going to go to Target during the time that he would be at school. For at least 5-10 minutes, she was in her car seat, almost in tears, saying Bennett, Bennett over and over again. And then when we were on our way back to pick him up she kept repeating "Bennett up, Bennett up". She has so much fun when he is around and she doesn't know what to do without him!
I am really excited about this for him. I think the socialization will be great for him. And I'm excited to watch him continue to learn and excel!
He was ready to go with his new Mater shirt and Thomas backpack.
Mom, enough with the pictures - put the camera away!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Big Girl Bed!
I can't believe I'm writing this blog already! Two weeks ago, at Ashley being 19 months, she got moved to her big girl bed. I had Bennett moved over to a big bed too by this time but that was because I was pregnant and wanted to give him plenty of time to get used to a bed before I needed the crib again. That is not the case this time around!
Ashley was a GREAT crib sleeper. I would put her to bed or nap and I wouldn't hear a peep from her. I didn't really want to disturb that routine and get her out of the crib yet but, I still set up her big bed - for two reasons. The first reason was that she is a terrible sleeper in the pack n' play at my mom's house (more like she doesn't sleep - she stands there and screams to get out) and since vacation was coming up, I wanted her to sleep in a big bed for a couple of naps so that in case she refused to sleep in the pack n' play on vacation, at least she might be alittle used to sleeping in a real bed. The second reason I set up the big bed was for Bennett. He goes to sleep in his bed downstairs every night but during the night, he makes his way upstairs and in to our bed. I tried to put him in her room a few nights to see that if he was upstairs by all of us if he would sleep the night and stop coming to sleep with us. Well, it didn't work for Bennett - he still woke up, which in turn woke up Ashley!
And Ashley, well she took to it very well that week before vacation and ended up actually sleeping the nights! (And, of course, she slept just fine in the pack n' play on vacation!) So anyways, I have a full-time, big girl bed sleeper. The only disadvantage is that she is now waking up by 7:30 in the mornings instead of 8:00 or after. Now, what to do with the crib until we need it again...
I also lucked out with her bed. Since my brothers are both done with college and back home, mom ended up having an extra twin bed in her house that she didn't need and didn't have room for. She offered and of course I took it! And, I was able to get her really cute girly bedding - bedspread, sheets, pillow sham, curtains and some butterfly wall decals on a local garage sale website for $25!!!
The big girl side of the room
The baby side of the room
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
More Vacation Pictures
Bennett got brave and wanted to go on the Iceberg with Kristen, David & Josh
Ashley "swimming". She loved it!
The early bird catches the worm. Mike was up really early to go fishing and catch this awesome sunrise (along with some Northerns)
Monday, August 6, 2012
Vacation Pictures
Mike and Ashley
This is called "The Point" which is a spot just yards away from the lake where they hold evening devotions for the campers.
Kristen, Bennett & Josh
Kristen, Bennett, Josh, Ashley & David
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