Thursday, April 7, 2011
Two Years Old
Dear Trey,
I can't believe you are two years old! You have had a lot of firsts this year.
-1st trip to the beach
-1st time swimming
- 1st time overnight away from Mommy and Daddy
- Walked for the first time
- Ran for the first time
- 1st time being a big brother!
- Slept in a big boy bed for the first time
You have had so many changed in your little life this year as you learn how to communicate, express your opinions, and get used to having a little sister. You have taught your mommy and daddy the best way to ask you questions, like "Where do you want to put your carrots on your plate?" NOT "Do you want your carrots?" You like to pick out your clothes and tell us exactly where things are supposed to go. You are learning how to clean up and sing the song Mommy made up every time we clean up together!
Some of your favorite things to do are:
- play outside and collect rocks and chase bubble
- play with stickers and crayons at the table
- throw balls, although we are working on only doing this outside
- sing songs, especially The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Row Row Your Boat, The Wheels on the Bus, Baa Baa Black Sleep, and Jesus Loves Me
- Buckle, zip, or velcro anything!
- Puzzles- Your mommy and daddy can't believe how well you can do puzzles!
- Count things, you line up items (like crayons) and point to each one as you count
- Wear Shoes- especially those that are not your own.
- Read books. The toddler Bible is your favorite. It has been greatly loved this year.
- Pray Anytime you are happy your will just fold your hands together and say "Pray."
Your mommy and daddy are so proud of you. You are learning to be a good listener and to obey the first time. You don't even mind going to time out. You are so sweet to your sister and love to hug her and hold her. When you come downstairs in the morning you look around until you find her and give her a kiss. Your new favorite thing is to wink, especially at the ladies.
We can't wait to see how you grow and develop your sweet personality more this year!
~Mommy and Daddy
I can't believe you are two years old! You have had a lot of firsts this year.
-1st trip to the beach
-1st time swimming
- 1st time overnight away from Mommy and Daddy
- Walked for the first time
- Ran for the first time
- 1st time being a big brother!
- Slept in a big boy bed for the first time
You have had so many changed in your little life this year as you learn how to communicate, express your opinions, and get used to having a little sister. You have taught your mommy and daddy the best way to ask you questions, like "Where do you want to put your carrots on your plate?" NOT "Do you want your carrots?" You like to pick out your clothes and tell us exactly where things are supposed to go. You are learning how to clean up and sing the song Mommy made up every time we clean up together!
Some of your favorite things to do are:
- play outside and collect rocks and chase bubble
- play with stickers and crayons at the table
- throw balls, although we are working on only doing this outside
- sing songs, especially The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Row Row Your Boat, The Wheels on the Bus, Baa Baa Black Sleep, and Jesus Loves Me
- Buckle, zip, or velcro anything!
- Puzzles- Your mommy and daddy can't believe how well you can do puzzles!
- Count things, you line up items (like crayons) and point to each one as you count
- Wear Shoes- especially those that are not your own.
- Read books. The toddler Bible is your favorite. It has been greatly loved this year.
- Pray Anytime you are happy your will just fold your hands together and say "Pray."
Your mommy and daddy are so proud of you. You are learning to be a good listener and to obey the first time. You don't even mind going to time out. You are so sweet to your sister and love to hug her and hold her. When you come downstairs in the morning you look around until you find her and give her a kiss. Your new favorite thing is to wink, especially at the ladies.
We can't wait to see how you grow and develop your sweet personality more this year!
~Mommy and Daddy
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Bathing Beauty
Charlotte gets a bath every evening around 8:30. I am so excited she is following nicely into a schedule and bedtime routine. It makes evenings so much easier for me! Trey goes to bed between 7:00 and 7:30 each evening. 7:00 if he didn't nap or has been playing hard outside and closer to 7:30 if he took a long nap or we were outside playing until 7:00! The light outside lasting longer has pushed dinner back a bit as we play outside or he and Jay work in the garden in the afternoons. Plus with an infant, dinner isn't always served at the same time every night so we have learned to be flexible with bedtime!
Charlotte usually takes her last nap of the day from 7:00-7:30 and then she is happy to play until her bedtime. This works out great because Trey is able to get the attention of both his parents during his bedtime routine and Charlotte gets to play on the floor because there is no big brother that might fall on her or poke her as she plays! She has a bath at 8:30 and then I take her upstairs, feed her and put her to bed around 9:00 in the crib. Most night she finds her thumb and puts herself to sleep and occasionally I have to go upstairs one time to give her the paci. The past week and half she has slept from 9:00-4:30 until she needs to eat. Last night she slept until 5:15! Some days she is up for about 45 minutes before she goes back to sleep again. But I don't mind because I am getting 6-7 hours of sleep myself, so getting up for the day at 5 am is no big deal. I can get a lot done in those early morning hours!
I think having her bath every night is a signal to her she is about to go to bed. Sometimes she is a little fussy while I get the bath ready, but as soon as we put her on the towel and start taking off her clothes she is happy as can be!
Charlotte is so big she has completely outgrown the basket part of the bathtub. Look how she fills up the whole tub!
She relaxes during the bath and just smiles and coos during the whole time.
There is nothing sweeter than a little one fresh from a bath! Please excuse the blue bath towel. Her baby towels are inherited from her brother :)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Happy Birthday Trey!
Trey turned two yesterday! It is so hard to believe he is 2 years old! Trey had his birthday party this past Saturday. We kept telling him all week he was having a party and who would be there. I don't think he really understood until the actual party. The whole time he was having fun and staying busy. When I would ask him if he was having fun at his birthday party he would smile really big and nod yes.
At the party were grandparents, uncles, and cousins. Trey had so much fun playing with his cousins. They arrived a little early and Uncle Stephen was in charge of pre-party entertainment so we could finish getting everything ready.
I got most of the decorations for the Barnyard theme online and at Captain Party in Roanoke. I also used some farm toys Trey already had. Luckily I had already decided to have the party indoors, because it poured down rain all morning. As a result, the tractor rides had to be canceled, but I don't think anyone even noticed!
The first thing you do at any good party is eat. We had some pigs in a blanket, veggies from Trey's pumpkin patch, pig slop and other yummy treats.
Trey turned 2 this year so there were 2 activities at his party: coloring/stickers with an animal book and Pin the Tail on the cow.
After the games we opened presents. Trey was much more interested in his presents at his birthday than he was at Christmas. He knew exactly how to tear the paper and get into the gifts!
Anything with bubbles was a big hit. Halle helped Chandler and Trey with the bubbles.
Don't worry, Charlotte got lots of attention during the party too!
I decided to do cupcakes for Trey's party instead of an actual cake. He doesn't like cake very much so I thought a cupcake would be better. At first he wasn't sure why he had to wait to eat it until we sang to him, but once he realized he was the center of attention he enjoyed everyone singing "Happy Birthday." Trey ended up only eating a few bites of ice cream and none of his cupcake, but hey if he wants to skip out on all the sugar that is fine with me!
Trey's "big" present this year was a play kitchen that Jay made for him. Jay has been working on it for a while, but he worked long nights this past week to get it all ready for the party. It was a big hit with all the kids!
Charlotte says, "Happy Birthday Big Brother!"
At the party were grandparents, uncles, and cousins. Trey had so much fun playing with his cousins. They arrived a little early and Uncle Stephen was in charge of pre-party entertainment so we could finish getting everything ready.
I got most of the decorations for the Barnyard theme online and at Captain Party in Roanoke. I also used some farm toys Trey already had. Luckily I had already decided to have the party indoors, because it poured down rain all morning. As a result, the tractor rides had to be canceled, but I don't think anyone even noticed!
The first thing you do at any good party is eat. We had some pigs in a blanket, veggies from Trey's pumpkin patch, pig slop and other yummy treats.
Trey turned 2 this year so there were 2 activities at his party: coloring/stickers with an animal book and Pin the Tail on the cow.
After the games we opened presents. Trey was much more interested in his presents at his birthday than he was at Christmas. He knew exactly how to tear the paper and get into the gifts!
Anything with bubbles was a big hit. Halle helped Chandler and Trey with the bubbles.
Don't worry, Charlotte got lots of attention during the party too!
I decided to do cupcakes for Trey's party instead of an actual cake. He doesn't like cake very much so I thought a cupcake would be better. At first he wasn't sure why he had to wait to eat it until we sang to him, but once he realized he was the center of attention he enjoyed everyone singing "Happy Birthday." Trey ended up only eating a few bites of ice cream and none of his cupcake, but hey if he wants to skip out on all the sugar that is fine with me!
Trey's "big" present this year was a play kitchen that Jay made for him. Jay has been working on it for a while, but he worked long nights this past week to get it all ready for the party. It was a big hit with all the kids!
Charlotte says, "Happy Birthday Big Brother!"
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