Wordless Wednesday

a day at the park

We went to the park with some friends from our neighborhood this morning. I forgot my camera, but Gina had hers and shared. :)
I love the 2nd picture... so sweet.

"B, E, N, & H"= proof that there is no such thing as average, all our children are extraordinary.

never say never

I said I didn't think I'd use pull-ups in the potty training process.

I was wrong.

I'm having to step back and give Hannah and myself a break because she has become more resistant to using the potty and that has led to more accidents.

So while we're out and about, she's wearing pull-ups. If she's having a bad day, I put away the big girl pants and stick her in a diaper because it's cheaper than pull ups. Why she can stay completely dry in a diaper but leaks in her undies/fabric training pants stumps me.

The funny thing is, when I took her Cinderella pull-up out of the package, she felt it and said, "pretty diaper!"

Hannah's responses to her brother's 1st gift

"I play with it!"
"It's so cute!"
"It's very special!"

motherly instincts already?

We went out to eat tonight. Hannah pulled my shirt up enough to see my belly and stuck her dinner roll against it.

"I feeding brother!" she said, matter-of-factly.

outdoor fun

meeting gordon the caterpillar

tulip thief

taking matters into her own hands

Bear has figured out how to open the fridge by herself. I heard her asking for milk and was about to go downstairs when I heard her clopping up the stairs, and a sloshing sound. She held the 2/3 empty bottle of juice in one hand and sippy cup in the other. I wish the camera had been up here, it was too cute.

Of course, the mean mommy is not letting her drink it until she picks up the dry cereal she spilled on the floor.

So now she's pouting.

The battle of the wills is on.

tulip girl

The purple tulip was on its' last leg, so I let Hannah pick it out of the flowerbed.

She helped herself to an ivory/yellowish one, too.

Two Toddlers

Since Juliana lives over an hour away, the girls don't see each other often enough. Becca and Juliana came over tonight while Joel and I went to a "very portan meetin." It was a last minute arrangement, and Hannah was thrilled to spend time with them!

SMILE!

checking out daddy's new ride

It was raining last night, but that did not stop him from playing with his new "baby" a little. Hannah was thrilled to get to wait up past her bedtime to see Daddy.





So far she's keeping a safe distance between the bike and herself. Although the pics don't seem to indicate it, she seems to like it. Now if I can get her to not want to pet our woodchuck.


She did sit on the motorcycle with Daddy for a few seconds today. Then she got mad that she could not ride it with him.

tell me the story of Jesus... and the motorcycle?

After he arrived home with his new toy, Daddy explained to Hannah that after the baby is born, Mommy will be able to ride on the back of the motorcycle with him. He also told her that when he was a little older than she, Papa used to take him for rides on his motorcycle.

"Baby Jesus ride motorcycle?" she asked.

future counselor?

In the midst of a hormonal teary moment today, Hannah's sweet, sensitive side came out.

• "You sad, Mommy?"

• "Yes, sweetie, I'm frustrated and a little sad."

• "It'll be ok, Mommy."

regression

Our potty training is up and down... today has been a down day. Thankfully she held 2/3 of the poop in after messing in her pants so clean up was not too terrible. Then, when she was brushing her teeth after lunch, she peed a river all over her Dora step stool and the bathroom floor. At least it was the bathroom floor and not on the carpet somewhere, right?


She is in a diaper (today, anyway). I don't have the patience for this today.

playing with animals of all kinds

No pics to share, but Hannah met her first tarantula on Sunday night. Our neighbors have one in a terrarium. She thought it was a pretty spider. She was also fascinated by the live crickets which they have to buy to feed it.


She also enjoyed playing with their jack russell terrier, which in the pattern of jack-russelhood is a hyper dog. very hyper. No wonder she slept until almost 10 yesterday morning.

random

• When we come home, Hannah tries to hang her jacket on the door knob to the closet, and gets mad if she can't get it to stay.

• She is learning to put her shoes by the front door after she takes them off. She tells me she's doing it (so I don't remind her, perhaps).
• She does not like mommy to have extra facial hair. When my lip hair gets too noticeable, she pats it and tells me to get a haircut. (Sorry if that's tmi for some of you.) She did that tonight as I tucked her in.
• Apaprently she wants to be like a basset hound/ beagle mix and sniff the dirt. We were looking at a motorcycle for Daddy today, and she leaned over and started sniffing the dirt with her nose. Or kissing the ground. Or eating it. I'm not sure which, though I suspect the latter because there was dirt around her mouth. Tonight I figured out that she may have been copying their dog. It was kind of embarrassing.
• Her favorite shape seems to be the octagon. She noticed the attic vent above the garage at preciously mentioned house was shaped like an octagon, and proudly exclaimed "it's like an octagon!"
• She likes to help me make iced tea. She pulls a chair from the table to the counter, puts the teabags in the pitcher, dumps 2 scoops of sugar in (with my help), and then watches as I pour the boiling water in a safe distance away.
• She likes putting the special soap bar into the dishwasher before Mommy turns it on.
  
• She spilled her goldfish crackers and pieces on her granola bar on the carpet upstairs tonight. I asked her to pick them up, and she asked for a bowl to put them in.
  
• She wants to go to the doctor to hear the baby's heartbeat again. I asked her if she would like to go with us to see them take pictures of the baby next week. "With Daddy?" she asked. Doctor's visits are always better with Daddy. :)
• When we vacuum, she finds her toy vacuum and tries to help. Or she just pulls the wand extension for our hose out of its holder and tries to use that.
• She likes putting dirty clothes into the washer and pushing wet clothes into the dryer.
• She likes "helping" in the garden... picking flowers and watering rocks are among her favorite tasks.
  

Outdoor Fun

Hannah LOVES to help me in the garden. Sometimes she is more helpful then others, and she inevitably makes a big mess. Here she is helping put potting soil into the whole for our "blue girl" rose bush.

Spring "Break"

Our friend Catey came over to hang out with us on Monday and Tuesday during her Spring Break from school. She was a big help to me, and Hannah loved having a big sister/playmate for a couple of days. She even let her dress her up in scarves.

then and now...

October 11, 2006

sharing because the mommies said to


March 23, 2008

sharing willingly

Easter Fun

opening her treats

rockin' with grandaddy

sweet hugs

Hannah "won" the egg scramble...

Juliana had just hunted for eggs with her other cousins and was more interested in the goldfish.

sharing

running around the empty, carpet-less master bedroom...
the girls loved how it echoed