She BIT me!

What the heck! Today was our first day of Spring Break. This morning, we got up and decided to be a bit lazy. Reagan and Maddy workout with me on the weekends - Maddy does Pump with me and Reagan walks on the treadmill or rides the bike to her favorite program. Anyway, after my workout, we were relaxing on the couch. Then one thing started and someone got tickled. Then the other one. Then the three of us were in the middle of a tickle fight.

It was lot of fun until Maddy pretended to bite me. I quickly reminded her that it would not be a great idea to bite me. Within a few seconds of her warning, she flat out chomped on my forearm. Luckily I had on a thick sweatshirt for my cool down period or I might have had broken skin. She made my skin turn purple and red right away and bubble up like a pimple.

It's taken about 12 hours for it not to hurt to the touch. Sigh. She did tell me that she had just decided she didn't want to be tickled anymore.

Loves Arnav

Maddy can't stop talking about Arnov. Apparently she really enjoys him. She wants to do playdates with him all the time and even wants to do a sleep over. How funny is that? She told us today that Arnov was her first boyfriend and that she had a middle and a third boyfriend too, but they weren't as important. I'm so glad she has her priorities :)

Little Gymnast

Maddy is obsessed with wearing her gymnastics leotards. It cracks me up. Today, she put on Reagan's old one and played all day. She decided today she would make envelopes and crafts for her friends at school. She has two boyfriends apparently - Chase and Arnov. Arnov is always first though. :)  Later today, we hung out in the basement. Her Barbies decided they were going to the zoo. The zoo was made up of cardboard blocks that she had set up near her toy box. I think she had every doll she owns lined up and "playing" in the zoo area. It was sweet to watch her - so precise and particular about how things were set up. She even had full conversations that were fun to listen to.

Gymnastics girls

Reagan loves her gymnastics. She had her second lesson today and came home smiling. She was able to ring the bell because she mastered something. She was able to get her hands down onto the balance beam for the first time on one leg. So proud of her.

While Reagan is in classes (Maddy has to wait). Maddy loves to practice at home. She has been putting on her leotard for weeks and wanting to workout with me daily. She gets on the mat and will do all sorts of summersaults and fun stuff - her exercises. :) Love watching her have fun.

Catching butterflies

The girls have such an imagination. They both grabbed their bug nets tonight and proceeded to catch butterflies in our living room. I don't recall seeing any in the house, but ya know... it happens. I had a cage for them with two doors. They ran around screaming until they caught one. They'd then show it to me and then keep going. Sometimes they were too big for me to keep. They'd have to put those back.
So cute and fun... and loud.

Lost another tooth and spitting

Oh geez. This kid loves to mess with her teeth. I noticed that it was loosened, but she was playing with it. A lot. Within two days of me asking her to quit playing with it, it was out. I picked her up today from school and she was beaming with pride - it was gone.
She was so happy the whole way home.

In contrast, this was the day that Maddy got in trouble at school for the first time. She was a little frustrated and threw some things on the floor. When she was confronted, she spit on her teacher. Geez really? When I got there, she was fine until I confronted her. She started freaking out and crying. She took a long time to settle down. Once she did, we had to talk about why. She didn't have any answer except she was upset. Sigh.

So following up with the tooth - I totally forgot the tooth fairy. We woke up the next morning and had totally forgotten to put money in her pillow.

First night alone

My girls had a sleepover at my parent last night. They were so excited. They packed up half of their rooms and gladly took a bath before going on their adventure. When I called to check in, they were happily playing Princess Pop-up - a game they had gotten for Christmas.

It was a strange evening for us. When we got home from the movie, we had no kids to worry about. Just us.

This morning is even stranger. No fighting at the breakfast table. No begging to get dressed. Just silence. While it is nice, I do miss it.

Halloween 2014

Well my girls went out as Elsa and Anna - big shocker for everyone out there.  They were perfectly set for this combo tonight. Reagan is the oldest and a blonde. Maddy is the younger one and a brunette. Perfect. They walked around together.

They were both super excited. Jim and Papa took them around. Maddy and Papa apparently were running from house to house. Jim stuck with Reagan. Maddy made it all the way down the street and back and called it a night. She was done. She walked in the house, found Mimi and called it quits. Wow

Reagan wanted to keep going. She and Jim took off while the rest of us handed out candy and watched some Halloween spooky shows. Reagan made it almost 90 minutes before she decided she was cold enough. I was pretty impressed. She actually came inside and said "I want to go back out when I get warm". I just smiled. She had enough candy and it was time to settle down.

Both of them were tuckered out from the full day. It was a successful fun time, as always.

Dresses

Maddy is obsessed with dresses and the dressy ones. I got all of her fall clothes - or shall I say dresses - and she won't wear any of them. She still wants to wear the sundresses. Today she had on her princess dress and yes she wore it to school. It's funny. She did this last year too. I had forgotten a bit, but she really hates dressing warm. But once she gets really cold, she'll give in. :)

Maddy's first birthday party

Maddy had her first friend birthday party today. She was so cute. She had actually totally forgotten about it. When we reminded her, she got hyper. We got to Silverlake and she saw her name - so happy. They both posed for me super fast and then went on in.

She bounced with her friends for a really long time and then they went swimming. She basically played with Arnov the entire time. It was really nice meeting some of the moms and meeting some of the kids too that she talks about.

Once we got to the party room, she had sweetly saved a seat for her best friend, Arnov. They are literally inseparable.  I was amazed at how well she did with all the kids and activities. I hope she had  a really fun time.

Jim was scheduled to go out of town after the party. She looked up at him on the way to the car and said "daddy do you have to go now?" and got really upset. It broke his heart, and mine too. But at least she had a really nice party.

Turning Four

My baby has officially grown up on me. She's four. It's amazing how much she's grown and it almost seems as if she grew up overnight.  She is getting so articulate and specific with her words. She has been able to communicate so well.

She also wants to help a lot more - with everything. She wants to be considered as part of the team, not just the baby anymore. She really inserts herself into what is going on and it's so fun to watch her grow up.

The biggest thing for her at this age is dolls and pretending. She still loves Princess stuff, but she has branched out from Aurora and loves just about any princess.

She identifies me with Cinderella. "You and Daddy should get married like Cinderella". It's so sweet. I love how she views the world.

Barbie Central

Once we got home, the girls decided to camp in the living room. Jim had turned on the football game and the young ones were ready to play. The first started with Maddy's new Barbies that she got for her birthday. When that wasn't enough, they broke out the car. And then, they brought up every Barbie and Princess that they own. They lined them up below the TV - three rows of them. Then Reagan got her car too. It was hilarious.

Then Jim brought in the tube that the rugs were wrapped around.  Then we had a slide.  The took every doll they had and slid it down the tube. Cool slide.  They played for 30 minutes before we had to break up the party.

What a Gash!

Today was a fun day for us all. The girls had a half day at school and as soon as we got home, Maddy immediately got into her pjs. She was ready to snuggle under covers and watch cartoons and play dress up. We played peacefully for a while - I even got to dose off on the couch for a bit.

About 4:15, Maddy decided to ride our couch like a slide - she slid down the back of our couch. The bad thing - she had done it enough that the backing had pulled away from the couch and there was a nail exposed. She ended up sliding right down on that nail.

She ended up with a gash about eight inches long. I knew as soon as she started screaming what had happened. I scooped her up and took her upstairs to get Jim. She thankfully had done a good clean scratch. We washed her off and put on some polysporin. Geez. It's mean looking.

We took her to the doctor and he said that it was a bad scratch, but did not need stitches. Thank goodness. We got an antibiotic just in case and was told to keep her dry as much as we can and watch for infection. She should be fine in about 10 days.

Sunday school is good

Today we had a breakthrough with church. Maddy finally decided she liked it. We purposely did not tell Maddy that we were going to church this morning because we didn't want her to throw her fit.  She's been super hard to get to church. We'd get to the driveway to the church and she would start flipping out. This started on Wednesday nights this summer.

This morning, we got to the road and she said "oh we're going to church. good i like church now mommy". What? Really? Well, I'm not sure what happened, but I am ever so grateful that she is happy to go.

She is still a bit shy going into the room, but there were no tears or fighting today.

It was all because of her new friend, Ms. Cindy. She's the woman that helps out in the pre-school wing. We never have spoken too much. But when all this started, she just walked over to me and took care of Maddy. Ever since then, Maddy has been latched on to her for comfort. I'm grateful.

First day of dance

The girls had their firs day of dance class this year. Maddy was super excited about her first class in the "big girl" studio. I picked her up first and got her ready at school. She squealed with excitement. It was so adorable. She bounced and showed off her new leotard. I was so happy that she was excited.

Reagan was excited as well, but in a 6-year old way. She ran back into the after school class and let them all know that she was going to ballet. She was so impressed and happy. I find how they both react so sweet and fun.

We got to the school and Maddy was all giggly while she was waiting. Once the teacher called them back, she stopped in her tracks. She didn't know where to go or what to do. So I called for Reagan and had her take her little sister back and show her the ropes.

Once Maddy saw the mirrors, she was in heaven. :)

Reagan was a little more grown up about it all. She knows the routine, but she still wanted mommy to help her. I'm fine with that. She got ready for class and seemed really confident. It is on a new night - it's not her Saturday class. But I'm glad. She's in with older girls so I think she will learn more. I hope at least.

She was excited and when I picked her up, she was still happy.

Both girls were starving and wiped when we got them home. It was a good first day.

Cubbies success

Tonight was a rough night. I told Jim that I would take Maddy to Cubbies since I didn't have choir. As soon as I walked towards the Children's wing door, she flipped. She started screaming and put her arms and legs out as far as she could.

I had to pry her little hands off the door to get her in and then sat her down next to Jeanine. She and I calmed her down. She told us again how much she didn't like boys. I eventually walked down the hall carrying her - she was not happy. She was screaming like crazy. Not interested at all.

I tried talking to her. She was still very upset. Crying and screaming.

Then Cindy came down the hall and said "I'll take her" and she did.

That was it. She went in kicking and screaming. I left crying.

Apparently she loved church. She told me all about it when she got home. I am so happy and grateful that she enjoyed herself and was able to calm down.

First week of Cubbies

The first week of Cubbies and Awana this year went really well for Reagan and not so well for Maddy. Reagan loved her new classroom. She was so excited about all the new things she got to do. She loved her new teachers and was so happy to be there. I love it when she comes home singing her music.

Maddy, on the other hand, didn't do so well. She actually never made it to Cubbies. She freaked out so bad that Jim didn't drop her off. He came to get me so I could hold her so he could go to the restroom. They sat in the car and watched a movie for an hour and a half. She was happy.

The only thing she kept telling us is she didn't like the boys. Oh my. Well I'm happy to hear she doesn't quite like boys yet. But I felt bad that she couldn't go. Next week!

Pretend time

We are playing while Reagan is in school. We did have played dress up as Princess Diva. Cooking time. Piano - which she proceeded to tell me I can't play. :( Then we played on the trampoline. That was fun. This, of course, was all done in her princess dress that Mimi gave her, plus her rainbow scarf, leopard print jacket, sunglasses and crown.

But today, when I mentioned I was hungry, she said "hey mommy, can I make you a quinoa sandwich"? Whaaa? How funny is that.

My belle

For breakfast, my husband decided it was a good idea to give the girls pie. Hmmm. Maddy loved her little lemon pie. Not too surprising though. She ate it all up and enjoyed every bit.

When Reagan decided she didn't want it, Maddy was right there saying "can I have it?" Hee hee. No folks, we didn't give it to her. We aren't that bad.

Little Maddy wanted to go to the basement to play. So we did. For the first time since Christmas, she wanted to be Belle and not Aurora. So strange. She usually is so stuck on the pink dress. But I do have to say she looks really cute. I really wanted to take her and Reagan to the park this morning, but I think they are so scheduled, they really like to just stay home. :)

Kona Ice rocks

We decided to take a quick walk down to my parents house. When Jim went outside, he saw the Kona Ice truck. What a treat. So we grabbed some treats and walked right down with some extras for Mimi and Papa. What a fun surprise. We love doing that to them - just showing up randomly with the kids (and sometimes ice cream)