Addy's Latest

Remember when Addy would never look at the camera or ever smile?

She's become a little poser. She loves to tell me to "take a picture" and then tilt her head and pull a big cheeser.

So, a couple of funny Addy-isms:

I was singing the new song that Addy was learning in Primary, which I love. "I Know My Savior Lives" Addy says, "Mom, will you please stop making that noise?"

Addy was eating a bowl of Rice Krispies, not a cereal I normally buy, but just had leftovers from making an ice cream topping, so she was experiencing the "snap, crackle, pop" sound for the first time. After a little time had passed, she said, "Hey Mom, can you turn that bubbling back on?"

And Addy's latest obsession is letters. She loves learning about them, talking about them, watching shows about them, etc.
When we are in the car, Addy always askes, "Hey Mom, what starts with A?"
 Then I go through all the "A" words (g-rated) that I can think of.
She will keep saying, "What else starts with A?"
 until I say, "That's all I can think of." Then she moves on.
 "What starts with B?" And we go on and on and on.
We can't just pick up where we left off the next time we get in the car, we have to start over everytime. So, I think we've made it to L, but haven't been any further. One time we were on G and I drove by the bank and said, "Oh Addy! Bank! that's another word that starts with B (yes, I really did get that excited to think of a new word that started with B)."
She couldn't just accept that and move on. Oh no.
We had to start ALL OVER again at A, and remember to say "bank" when we got to B.

(Isn't this how OCD starts? Should I be concerned?)

So, not only does she love to talk about letters, she also loves to write letters. (Thanks Super Why!) She loves to write them on paper or in the air.
Just today, London was in the tub and Addy had to use the potty, so I moved so I was sitting on the edge of the tub facing Addy on the potty. I had an "aerie" shirt on. Addy told me to point at each letter and she would write it. So, I pointed to the A, and she would write an A in the air. Next letter, E. She started doing an uppercase E and then realized that she was supposed to be doing a lowercase E, so she erased it with her hand in the air to start again. Made me laugh.

Reminded me of when I was on my mission in Japan and the Japanese would write various kanji on their hands, not with a pen or anything, just with their finger, and then show each other to clarify which particular meaning they were talking about. Random.

So, a couple of days ago, Addy came up to me holding this.

and said, "Mom, I wrote 'pig'!" Now, I know I'm her biased mother, but I'm pretty sure Harvard will be knocking at my door any minute. :-)

She had me come and sit by her and she would say, "Okay Mom, now let's spell dog." So, then I would tell her the letters and she would write them. Then she would sing under her breath, "Old MacDonald had a farm...and on that farm he had a...(thinking, thinking)...DUCK! Mom, how do you spell duck?" And on and on until she couldn't think of any more animals that Old MacDonald had on his farm.

We love our Addy!  Only 2 1/2 more years til Kindergarten.

London's Latest

8 1/2 months...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this age!

I can't believe that my baby is already climbing in my dishwasher!

Yes, I do feed my child. Those 2 bottom teeth need something to sink into...better the barstool, then me!

Took these yesterday. She was just hanging out on the floor, kicking her legs with a big smile on her face.

We love our London!

Cute Cousins

Oh Addy & Annie.

They sure have come a long way since their "frienemy" days when we saw a bit more of the enemy than the friend. These days, they play GREAT together. They have dance together Wednesday mornings and then we just take turns picking them up and letting them play together.

One time I called Jenni a few hours after she had picked them up and she said, "I think they're okay. They came home, closed the door, and I haven't heard from them since."

So, last week when they were quite for a long while in Addy's room, I peeked my head in and saw this:

both of them still in their dance clothes, playing "babies" and putting each other to bed by reading books.

Sidenote: If you don't know about the "Little Hoot" "Little Pea" or "Little Oink" books...get them. They're hilarious!

Arts 'n Crafts

This is a common occurrance at our home on a daily basis. I transformed my old cookbook cupboard into "Addy's Art Cupboard" and she is always working on a project...usually before she even gets dressed. She loves using her own scissors and masking tape. So almost every project always ends up with the corners cut off, rolled up and secured with oodles of masking tape. After I get a pile of said projects on my counter, I will toss them in the garbage when she's moved on to other toys. However, Addy knows that I do this and so at least once a day she opens up the kitchen garbage and starts pulling everything back out.

I bought some "jewels" at the craft store to make "Jeweled J's" for joy school. Addy was so excited that she asked to use some of them in her early morning art project. I gave her 3, but then she asked for one more to put "right here" (pointing in between her eyes). I laughed and went into my room to finish getting ready. When I came out, here she was. She had glued the jewel in between her eyes and was so proud, but also a little frustrated that it kept sliding down her nose. Too funny. She said she learned how to do that from her cousin Annie.