Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Kidbits

Bennett
9 years old
tall for his age
gets a kick out of the fact that he is catching on to more and more jokes that he hears on tv or reads.
changes his voice from deep to more childlike depending on who he's talking to or what he's talking about.
has a hard time losing.
loves to play football at recess with his friends.
sometimes thinks he's older than he is.
homebody.
usually sweet to his sisters.
key lime Dannon Oikos yogurt is probably his favorite "healthy food."

Annabelle
8 years old
tall for her age
has a few favorite clothing items she will wear over and over including a Nike sweatshirt and an Under Armour sweatshirt.
fussy about things relating to her hair and clothing.
gentle hearted.  has a genuine concern about not hurting the feelings of others and sensitive when her feelings are hurt.
she has many ideas that she thinks would be neat/fun to do.  I'd never be able to accomplish all she wishes we could do!
loves dance class.


Eliza
4 years old
confident
likes watching clips from youtube with Elsa and Anna, Barbie, and play dough.
loves dance class.
laid back about most things.
her favorite toys are her play food items including the Melissa and Doug cookies, cake and pizza.
using the play food, we have a "birthday party" almost every day.
she sometimes gets away with being a little stinker because she has a way of doing it sweetly.



CallaMae
2 years old
vocabulary is expanding rapidly and she's speaking in two (sometimes 3) word sentences.  Today she used the words "almost done" together, which was so cute.  Another cute one is "hot cocoa please"
she looks for trouble.  yesterday she colored her face with brown marker.
she like playing hide and seek and will even "count" using a few actual numbers in order.
she laughs hard when you kiss/blow raspberries in her neck.
she's not afraid of jumping, swimming, or swinging.
she likes to be read to.
loves to snack!


Adelene
4 months old
just learned to stick her tongue out and blow raspberries
can roll, usually from back to belly.  she doesn't as often roll from belly to back
giggles when you wash her hands with a wipe or kiss in her neck.
hates her baths.
smiles readily.
is starting to have a pretty normal routine.  she goes to bed usually between 7:00 and 8:00. and will sleep until about 2:00 (most nights).
is really starting to enjoy her exersaucer.
loves to be held and is still exclusively breastfed.