My kids are darling and they keep me busy. I have not kept up, but I have tried to write a few things down so maybe I can keep some memories in written form.
They are constantly hiding from Mommy and from Monsters...thankfully Mommy is not a monster...YET! I do see that coming soon.
Their vocabulary continues to grow...we now say cool, duh, busted, my favorite and I am sure many more, but these are the ones I have written down. Also I now often hear coming...when I call for them.
Logan loves to learn...Alyssa loves to play.
Logan can recognize his upper case alphabet and we are working on lower case some now...but we still do not have our numbers...I think it would be easier since there are only 10 digits, but I guess we have focused on the letters.
Our imaginations are growing....I mentioned it on FB today but on our G block there is a lower case g and the other day Logan identified it as a toilet...yes...it does look like a seat, upright lid and a flushing handle. The same day we popped some popcorn and Alyssa and I were holding the bowl and she took a piece and set it on the rim of the bowl and said it's a duck.
We are big helpers. Still love to help "clean" and make beds. Logan is our offical shower turner oner (Alyssa can't quite reach) and he loves to open the door for you...and I think Alyssa is our official prayer giver. She always offers and is so cute. We pray about so many random things that happen each day...like Logans bug on his finger and falling and getting ouchies and playing with friends and their Mommy & Daddy.
My kids also love to pretend they are animals now. Alyssa will even wake up and the frist thing she will do sometimes is meow...typically she opts for the kitty cat. Logan typically is the doggy, but they are also sometimes frogs, lions, bears, monkeys, and even a time or two Logan has been a dog/frog.
On September 11th this year we switched out their toddler beds for full on twin beds. For about a week they would get up at least once after being put down, but now we are sleeping WONDERFULLY...we even let Alyssa sleep in her undies (instead of diapers)...we have had a few accidents and still do randomly during the day soemtimes...mostly in the bathroom, but she is doing awesome. We started both on July 1st this year...less than a week and Alyssa had it down...Logan on the other hand we backed off of...until today I since he has been telling me randomly that he needs to potty...so today we are in shorts with no undies or diapers and we have succssfully used the toilet twice...he is currently napping so we will see how that went/goes.
Did I mention they are sleeping well?...it is so nice that they are sleeping well. Not that they have been that bad lately, but oh so wonderful now. Although I fear they are going to wan tto stop napping soon and that sadddens me...but then again I have been tryign for weeks to get them to stay up on Tuesdays so we can go swim with our friends during nap time and they are consistently napping then so we will see.
The last couple of weeks they have also started packing their back packs and climbing on their bikes and heading off to the office and telling me they are going to school. I guess they picked that up from friends and/or the TV.
Speaking of bikes...a guy from Alex's work just handed Logan down a Lightning McQueen bike with 2 sets of helmets and pads. AWESOME! I was a bit concerned tha tis is a bigger 16" bike, but the kids are riding it in the house (with their helmets on...since the fall is fairly high for them). We went to the consignment sale this weekend and picked one up for Alyssa for $35, but I don't think the training wheels on it came with it originally so we may need to pick another set up. I was planning on starting off with the much smaller bikes, but their legs reach and they are doing it...so why even consider spending another $160 on bikes they will outgrow super fast.
We pretty much shop at Wal-mart and Sams and the kids LOVE the smiley faces that they put on the receipts for them at Sam's so recently no matter where we are shopping...ie Joann's, Hobby Lobby, Target...when we are walking out the door Alyssa wants to hold the receipt and I get to draw a smiley face on it for her.
We decided about a month ago that the kids shirts were getting a little short so we moved from size 2 and a few 3 tops and size 2 bottoms to mostly size 4 tops and size 3 bottoms. Just kind of skipped over size 3 tops, but size 4 long pants are way too long still even for our tall Logan.
We have been to the Doc a few times recently for Logan and probably about a month ago they were both 36# and 37" and 39". Which is super exciting b/c this fall we decided out of nowhere that we are going to take the kids to Disney Land just before they are 3 (still free,but old enough to enjoy it a lot) and to ride the cars in cars land you have to be 40". So here is hoping for that Logan...sorry Alyssa I don't think you will get there :(
Right about the time we switched clothes we also decided on Disney so most of their t-shirts right now are disney and come to find out Alyssa loves Jessie right now. I think it is her favorite shirt...sorry Merida I thought you would be the one.
But Alyssa does however LOVE showers recently and I almost feel like a newlywed again and can not seem to take a shower alone anymore, but I am glad she is loving them now. She even likes to stay in after I am done and she will sit on the seat and jsut kind of chill. Logan has started staying in too and they play while Mommy gets dressed then I get them out and dressed. Thsi system is working much better than all of us out at once and Mommy gets you dressed then herself.
Although Alyssa does not usually want to sit and learn with us she has picked up how to count backwards. She will be counting and I will hear 1-2-3-2-1. I don't think she understands what she is doing, but she is awlfuly cute doing it.
Last thing I have written down is they are doing better in Sacrament meeting. Still a little roudy/loud at times, but we are staying in our row and Logan is especially doing well while I run Alyssa to the bathroom EVERYWEEK and he sits and plays and couldn't mind any less if we were there too. I have been changing stuff up. We had 2 bags that had a bunch of activities in them and we would swap bags each week, but I am trying to minimize them now and this week I only brought a few cars and some colors and we survived. I have also been tryign to cut back on treats. We used to bring their cups and refills...now only 1 juice box each...which they want as soon as we sit down...and only a small container of snacks...instead of snacks, fruit snacks, and apple sauce. Again I am trying to hold off on the snacks until after the sacrament is passed, but we are not quite there yet, but definately improving all around.
We had a fun trip in July to San Antonio and got to see everyone but Mike and Momo...we even got to meet Caitlin (Stephen's girlfriend). Yep, both sides of the family showed up for bits and pieces :) We took the kids to Sea World and they had a blast with all of their cousins. We also went to Katy a few times and College Station...and have taken quite a few friends out on the boat this season. We are really looking forward to see Uncle Stephen and soon-to-be (December 29th) Aunt Caitlin this fall while we visit California and hang out with our Disney pals a bit.
This post would not be complete without mentioning that Aunt Jenny & Uncle Chris are expecting our little girl cousin Henley at the end of February and Uncle Stephen and Aunt Caitlin are expecting about 2 or so weeks later...gender to be announced soon.
We will be adding a summer in pictures post as well to back up all of my claims :)
