"I can't because I don't." She says this all the time when I ask her to do something. AKA, Mommy, I don't want to.
As I am starting to prepare dinner, "Mommy, Mommy, can I help do the meat box? Open the door! I want to help with the meat box!" (she wanted to help Daddy grill the meat out on the patio...grill=meat box)
Watermelon= "melon aiden"
Love= "lub"
Where? = "Vayer?"
Girl="gale"
Privacy="privasty"
yellow=lellow
Sparkles/Sparkly=sprinkles/sprinkly
We're really working on counting to 20 with Maddie....we can get up to 12, then it's 13, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20. It used to be 12, 18, 20. Progress...
After the woman leaves, "Mommy, I saw stamps on her arm, did you see them?" Yes, I did, honey, and they are called tattoos.
Driving in the car talking about who-knows-what, "You are one smart cookie, Maddie." "No I'm not! I'm not a cookie, I'm Maddie."
After passing a teenage girl. "One day, you will be a big girl just like her. What are you going to do when you are that big?" She replied, "I'm going to be weely tall. And I'm going to tell Carter "no" and give him a spanking. And I'm going to be a mommy just like you, Mommy."
I hadn't made our bed yet and Maddie came out of our room. "Mommy, your bed is a mess. That's not my job. That's not Carter's job." Well, okay, thank you, dear, let me just drink my coffee first :-)
On another note, Maddie understands in which contexts she is supposed to say "Danke schön" versus "Thank you."
Carter's favorite words:
Bug/Bus="buuuh!"
Tractor/Cracker="kacker"
Dog="dah"
Cat="ee-ow"
Mama
Dada
color=gago
baby=baybah
carrot=kahkah
door=doh
down=dow
When he gets a booboo, he says "bohboh" and rubs where it hurts. When Maddie hits, pushes, or hurts him, he cries and accusingly grunts "Nahnah!!!!!" pointing at her.
These kids are cracking me up lately. My birthday is coming up and Maddie keeps holding up 4 fingers (one more than her) telling me that I'm that old.
They are also both very into dancing and singing to "Let it go" (Frozen fever came around our house a little later than everyone else...we were introduced last Christmas, so it's still fun for us, but maybe, just maybe, on it's way out).
Monday, November 23, 2015
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Fall 2015
Here are a few photos from last week when the kids and I went for a long walk just before the sun went down.
The leaves and the weather have been beautiful these last couple weeks. This season is definitely my favorite. I find myself wanting to take pictures of nearly every bush or tree that's changing.
And can I just say, taking good pictures of two toddlers is almost impossible. I had .2 seconds to snap a couple when they were both laughing because Maddie started throwing leaves on Carter's head. Then when I tried to recreate the smiles, the moment was over and they were ready to move on.
We walk about .5 a mile to the edge of town and the start of farmland and forest. Then there are miles of trails that go all over. Our town is just behind those yellow trees.
There are fields and fields of these beautiful purple flowers all over our area right now.
Then we walk by the military base into the forest. There are tons and tons of trails that go through the forest and along the edge of it by farm fields. PERFECT for running. Too bad that half marathon I was training for didn't work out at the end of October. But in the next 6 months, it WILL happen. Training and running a race feels like it's a minor miracle since time isn't on my side lately and coordinating the training runs is even harder now with less sunlight. Anyways, enough of my whining, other moms make marathons happen with multiple kids, which really is a miracle in my eyes!
"Guys, go over there and just stand there. Now look at me."
Kids: ???
"Now hold hands, smile, and look at me."
....
It's obvious that I just have to keep the camera handy and let natural moments happen like this. Even if the pictures end up blurry. I'm working on it.
The leaves and the weather have been beautiful these last couple weeks. This season is definitely my favorite. I find myself wanting to take pictures of nearly every bush or tree that's changing.
And can I just say, taking good pictures of two toddlers is almost impossible. I had .2 seconds to snap a couple when they were both laughing because Maddie started throwing leaves on Carter's head. Then when I tried to recreate the smiles, the moment was over and they were ready to move on.
We walk about .5 a mile to the edge of town and the start of farmland and forest. Then there are miles of trails that go all over. Our town is just behind those yellow trees.
There are fields and fields of these beautiful purple flowers all over our area right now.
Then we walk by the military base into the forest. There are tons and tons of trails that go through the forest and along the edge of it by farm fields. PERFECT for running. Too bad that half marathon I was training for didn't work out at the end of October. But in the next 6 months, it WILL happen. Training and running a race feels like it's a minor miracle since time isn't on my side lately and coordinating the training runs is even harder now with less sunlight. Anyways, enough of my whining, other moms make marathons happen with multiple kids, which really is a miracle in my eyes!
"Guys, go over there and just stand there. Now look at me."
Kids: ???
"Now hold hands, smile, and look at me."
....
It's obvious that I just have to keep the camera handy and let natural moments happen like this. Even if the pictures end up blurry. I'm working on it.
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