Oh my Presley Pie.....Steve and I (and mom and I) have been talking over the last couple weeks about how GOOD she has been recently! It's amazing and wonderful and you can just tell that she is growing up. She is polite (most of the time, if I ask her to 'try again', then she'll realize she was whiny and ask nicely), she is very helpful with Piper, she actually listens (most of the time, she isn't perfect! :)...she does what she is told, she is more outgoing and friendly and I just love watching her learn and grow.
She was talking about being 8, 9, 10 years old and so on and I told her that we just need to enjoy her being 6 years old before we talk about her being older and how she has had such a good year being 6 year old that I didn't want her to be older! :)
Monday, October 12, 2015
Piper - 3 years
Our baby is 3! I can't handle her cuteness, she is SO funny and so sassy and can be so sweet! Sarcasm and funny should not come in little people like this! I love it and I know that she just listens to everyone around her which is where she picks up the things that she says!
She :
- 32 lbs and 36 inches (she gained about 2 lbs and 2 inches in the last year)
- wearing mostly 3T clothes and size 6 diapers at night
- is down to an hour nap (though she LOVES naps and would sleep for 3 hours if we let her). Really if she is asleep before 9 on the week nights, that is a success!
- is 'potty trained', meaning she will only potty....no pooping in the potty. She has accidents maybe twice a week in her underwear and is nice enough to save her pooping for bedtime (when she has a diaper on!)
- LOVES Frozen and Annie (the new one) right now....she would watch them every day if we let her. Her attention span is still short, but we can get maybe 30 minutes out of her now...much better than she was 2 months ago!
- loves snacks. She is our sweets girl. She would snack all day, candy, chips...doesn't matter.
- still has her pacifer. Shhh...I know! I hate it but she loves it! She doesn't have it all day at daycare and now has regressed into wanting it ALL the time at home. So I've been working on this over the last week and hiding it from her until bedtime. I keep telling her that she is a big girl and when she is 3 years old the paci is going away and to another baby!....then she'll look at me and tell me she is a baby and still 2 (so that she can have it!)
- can identify about half her letters, she always amazes me with what she has learned in school.... when she draws a circle and asks me what letter it is. I said 'O'...and she'll say 'O, for Olivia'. Then she drew a 'tail' on the O and I thought she was just doodling and I said 'Q'...and she said 'Good job mommy...Q for Quintin!' HA!
- if you call her Piper Rebecca she'll super snotty turn around and say 'I not a Becca! I'm a Piper!' and she'll do anytime you call her anything but Piper! Then occasionally she won't be Piper anymore. Tonight I called her Piper and she said "I'm not Piper! I'm Presley!" Ok, whatever child!
- loves her big sister and they CAN play good together. Presley is a big help but is also the main cause of the fights. However Piper does good at wanting quiet time. When she is pouting or sad, she wants her paci, her blanket and wants to watch Annie by herself.
- is our little firecracker for sure! If you want a hug, she will smugly walk by with her nose up in the air and shake her head no. Or she can be SO sweet and give you a super big hug and pat your back during it.....You never know what to expect.
There are not enough words or stories to fully describe this child. She is amazing and awesome and adorable and I can't get enough of her cuteness and comments. We love you Piper Rebecca!
She :
- 32 lbs and 36 inches (she gained about 2 lbs and 2 inches in the last year)
- wearing mostly 3T clothes and size 6 diapers at night
- is down to an hour nap (though she LOVES naps and would sleep for 3 hours if we let her). Really if she is asleep before 9 on the week nights, that is a success!
- is 'potty trained', meaning she will only potty....no pooping in the potty. She has accidents maybe twice a week in her underwear and is nice enough to save her pooping for bedtime (when she has a diaper on!)
- LOVES Frozen and Annie (the new one) right now....she would watch them every day if we let her. Her attention span is still short, but we can get maybe 30 minutes out of her now...much better than she was 2 months ago!
- loves snacks. She is our sweets girl. She would snack all day, candy, chips...doesn't matter.
- still has her pacifer. Shhh...I know! I hate it but she loves it! She doesn't have it all day at daycare and now has regressed into wanting it ALL the time at home. So I've been working on this over the last week and hiding it from her until bedtime. I keep telling her that she is a big girl and when she is 3 years old the paci is going away and to another baby!....then she'll look at me and tell me she is a baby and still 2 (so that she can have it!)
- can identify about half her letters, she always amazes me with what she has learned in school.... when she draws a circle and asks me what letter it is. I said 'O'...and she'll say 'O, for Olivia'. Then she drew a 'tail' on the O and I thought she was just doodling and I said 'Q'...and she said 'Good job mommy...Q for Quintin!' HA!
- if you call her Piper Rebecca she'll super snotty turn around and say 'I not a Becca! I'm a Piper!' and she'll do anytime you call her anything but Piper! Then occasionally she won't be Piper anymore. Tonight I called her Piper and she said "I'm not Piper! I'm Presley!" Ok, whatever child!
- loves her big sister and they CAN play good together. Presley is a big help but is also the main cause of the fights. However Piper does good at wanting quiet time. When she is pouting or sad, she wants her paci, her blanket and wants to watch Annie by herself.
- is our little firecracker for sure! If you want a hug, she will smugly walk by with her nose up in the air and shake her head no. Or she can be SO sweet and give you a super big hug and pat your back during it.....You never know what to expect.
There are not enough words or stories to fully describe this child. She is amazing and awesome and adorable and I can't get enough of her cuteness and comments. We love you Piper Rebecca!
Happy Birthday Piper!
Piper's birthday party was Saturday, we started celebrating early by giving her whatever she wanted for breakfast....a waffle. Done! Then Presley and I ran some errands to get ready for the party!
She wanted a Mickey Mouse party, NOT Minnie Mouse. I wasn't going to get a cake because neither one of our kids eat it, but about 2 weeks ago she said she wanted one, so I gave in!
Our favorite cookies from Confections by Kelly in Ankeny. Love them, so cute!
Steve made an awesome dinner spread (with cheesy potatoes provided by mom!) and then we did presents! She got some good stuff, that she is loving! Thank you everyone!
She even sat on Aunt Roxanne's lap!
Then it was cake time! Love her cheesy smile!
We never know how they are going to respond to the singing of Happy Birthday since Presley cried the first 4 years. Piper was nervous, but she smiled the whole time!...she refused to blow out her candles though.
Presley had been hiding in her room for most of this b/c she got something in her eye and didn't want people to see her crying. So I was attending to her and these pictures are courtesy of Samantha! Thanks sis! Once we dished out cake, cookies and ice cream Piper took her ice cream to Presley's room to eat with her! So freaking sweet! She loves her sister! It was a great party, thank you everyone for coming and hanging out! I asked Piper if she had a good party and she nodded her head and said "I'm happy!" (LOVE HER!)
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Photo Dump
Center Grove Pumpkin Patch........
Piper calling the goat over to her...even though she would've ran the other way if he would've actually listened.
The jumping pillow/trampoline.
She liked it best when no other kids were out there. We couldn't get her off after her groups turn.
The slide! Presley loves it...Piper says she loves it, but doesn't REALLY want to go down it!
Presley is getting more and more into cheer and dance....but always with her tongue out!
Newsletter
Here was her section of the newsletter for gymnastics! :)
Congrats Presley!
Everyone, meet
Presley! This star student caught coach Katie's eye with her hard work,
timeliness, and devotion to improving each and every time she attempts a
skill. Her passion for bars, specifically, is obvious as this sparkling gem
just mastered her pullover! Way to go! When Miss Presley is not at the gym,
she enjoys swimming, playing with friends, drawing pictures, and cheering on
the Iowa Hawkeyes. In school, she looks forward to reading time, and aspires
to be a school teacher one day!
We are all so proud of
you and your great attitude, Presley! Keep up the great work and you are sure
to go far!
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Week in review
The cold I had last week has lingered and now Steve has it! Oops! I keep telling him to stay away from me! ;) HAHA!
Last week I had to work late on Wednesday and Steve took on the challenge of taking Piper to gymnastics, which is fine if you DON'T actually want to watch Presley! He took the ipad for her and she seemed to do okay, minus the fact that she does not have an inside voice! Presley's Athlete of the Month board was posted and she is in the Sapphire newsletter this month! I'm so proud of her and she works SO hard, I'm so glad it is paying off for her!
Thurday my employer gave us some not-so-good news about our department. Let's just say I'm still employed but the next couple months are up in the air with how our department (and a couple others) will proceed. Technology is not on our side, so we need the smart techy people to step up and get us back on track!
I got home after drinks with work people and saw an incident report from daycare for Piper...she had an accident at nap time (they don't put her in a diaper at nap time and usually does pretty good). But the note said "Piper threw a fit (threw herself on the ground) when we asked her to go potty before nap time. Then she had an accident at nap time"....Really? Threw herself on the ground? I expect this from her at home but never thought she would tell them no! Hopefully this was just a one off situation!
Friday I picked up both girls. We came home had dinner, got organized and then headed up to Jester Park to join Sam, Scott and Boston. They bought a new camper and a bunch of us joined them for a couple hours to hang out and enjoy the awesome fall night! It was fun and I'm sure we'll be joining them for camping fun in the future!
Saturday morning Piper woke up at 7. Way too early, she had been up past 10 so I knew that she didn't really want to be awake. She was poopy, so I changed her diaper, tucked her back in bed and said night, night, see you in the morning!' I went back to bed with my fingers crossed, hoping it would work and it did! We all slept until 9! :) Once we got up and moving I had a bunch of errands to run and I took Presley with me, she was rather pleasant and good! We ordered balloons for Piper's birthday part and I got a pair of jeans hemmed, which I have never done before! I loved them, they fit good and I needed 3 inches taken off (with my boots on!) and now they fit perfectly! Then we went to Target to get Piper a birthday present...taking Presley to pick out a present for Piper was not smart. She only found a million things that SHE wanted, so I grabbed a couple things and went on our way!
We got home to watch the end of the Iowa game and then decided to hit up the pumpkin patch (photos to come later). The weather was nice and our next couple weekends are busy....and you know what, we didn't even get pumpkins! We did all the activities and didn't want to wait in line, so we'll pick some up this week somewhere else!
Sunday we had another early morning with Piper. She woke up at 7:30 and couldn't find her pacifer, I found it, covered her and snuck back into bed...2 hours later she woke up! I'm loving this morning routine of sleeping in! Our house has been a diaster and just filled with crap and unorganized. Steve and I went on a rampage of cleaning and organizing Sunday morning, of course we still have a lot to do. But toys were put away where they should be and toys were thrown away, Presley helped by going threw all the markers to see which ones worked and which ones didn't and could be thrown away! The 25 million color book pages that have been colored or ripped out for no good reason, all got tossed. It was nice! We did this for hours, then Steve did stuff outside and I did some laundry and we all got ready to go to Holly and Jerry's to watch the Packer game! Another win!
Last week I had to work late on Wednesday and Steve took on the challenge of taking Piper to gymnastics, which is fine if you DON'T actually want to watch Presley! He took the ipad for her and she seemed to do okay, minus the fact that she does not have an inside voice! Presley's Athlete of the Month board was posted and she is in the Sapphire newsletter this month! I'm so proud of her and she works SO hard, I'm so glad it is paying off for her!
Thurday my employer gave us some not-so-good news about our department. Let's just say I'm still employed but the next couple months are up in the air with how our department (and a couple others) will proceed. Technology is not on our side, so we need the smart techy people to step up and get us back on track!
I got home after drinks with work people and saw an incident report from daycare for Piper...she had an accident at nap time (they don't put her in a diaper at nap time and usually does pretty good). But the note said "Piper threw a fit (threw herself on the ground) when we asked her to go potty before nap time. Then she had an accident at nap time"....Really? Threw herself on the ground? I expect this from her at home but never thought she would tell them no! Hopefully this was just a one off situation!
Friday I picked up both girls. We came home had dinner, got organized and then headed up to Jester Park to join Sam, Scott and Boston. They bought a new camper and a bunch of us joined them for a couple hours to hang out and enjoy the awesome fall night! It was fun and I'm sure we'll be joining them for camping fun in the future!
Saturday morning Piper woke up at 7. Way too early, she had been up past 10 so I knew that she didn't really want to be awake. She was poopy, so I changed her diaper, tucked her back in bed and said night, night, see you in the morning!' I went back to bed with my fingers crossed, hoping it would work and it did! We all slept until 9! :) Once we got up and moving I had a bunch of errands to run and I took Presley with me, she was rather pleasant and good! We ordered balloons for Piper's birthday part and I got a pair of jeans hemmed, which I have never done before! I loved them, they fit good and I needed 3 inches taken off (with my boots on!) and now they fit perfectly! Then we went to Target to get Piper a birthday present...taking Presley to pick out a present for Piper was not smart. She only found a million things that SHE wanted, so I grabbed a couple things and went on our way!
We got home to watch the end of the Iowa game and then decided to hit up the pumpkin patch (photos to come later). The weather was nice and our next couple weekends are busy....and you know what, we didn't even get pumpkins! We did all the activities and didn't want to wait in line, so we'll pick some up this week somewhere else!
Sunday we had another early morning with Piper. She woke up at 7:30 and couldn't find her pacifer, I found it, covered her and snuck back into bed...2 hours later she woke up! I'm loving this morning routine of sleeping in! Our house has been a diaster and just filled with crap and unorganized. Steve and I went on a rampage of cleaning and organizing Sunday morning, of course we still have a lot to do. But toys were put away where they should be and toys were thrown away, Presley helped by going threw all the markers to see which ones worked and which ones didn't and could be thrown away! The 25 million color book pages that have been colored or ripped out for no good reason, all got tossed. It was nice! We did this for hours, then Steve did stuff outside and I did some laundry and we all got ready to go to Holly and Jerry's to watch the Packer game! Another win!
Monday, October 5, 2015
Photo Dump
These were from a couple weekends ago when fed the ducks at the Jordan Creek pond after lunch.
Piper, being Piper.
Presley, being Presley.
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