These are a few of their favorite things

My girls are still little but I am always amazed at how fast they grow and how their likes and dislikes change with their age. I want them to be able to look back and see how much they've changed so I am documenting some of their favorite things. Some of the answers are my own and some are theirs.

Addie

Favorite snack: Hands down, popcorn and M&M's. In the pictures that I lost I have a few of her eating it around the time she was one or so. I remember when I used to have to break the popcorn up so that she didn't choke on it. (Sorry to say, I don't think I would do that now.) We eat it almost every single day at our house. If you come to my house and we don't have at least 3- 4 lb. bags in the pantry you know something has gone terribly wrong!

Favorite meal: Steak and baked potatoes. We have to cut her steak up into little tiny pieces and only give it to her after she eats a few bites of the other food on her plate, other wise she will devour it! She also loves hamburgers, spaghetti (had it for dinner tonight in fact) and pizza- homemade preferably. She loves to top her own.

Favorite outfit: Definitely her jeans with the "stripes on the pockets" (a pair of Old Navy jeans with velvet lined front pockets.) and her purple peasant top. She also loves her little red velour outfit. (She is wearing it in the previous post.) The thing about that outfit is that it is size 3T, so a size too small.

Fruit: That's a toss up between grapes and strawberries. She loves them both and eats them by the handful. Those are the only two she will eat, as hard as I try to get her to try others.

Veggie: Corn. No doubt. The only other vegetable she will touch is tomatoes. We are going to work on that when she helps with the garden this summer. This should help too.

Place: Annie's house. She LOVES her Aunt Annie. I mean, who wouldn't? She's cute, she's fun, and she's totally cool. Not to mention she is only 10 years older than Addie.

Vacation: Disneyland and the beach. She said it not me. Although I have to agree.

Toy: Barbie's and her Polly Pockets. She (although I should say WE) plays with them everyday for at least a few hours.

Song: I lived in Heaven. She knows the first two verses perfectly and sings it all the time. Right now in fact!

Favorite thing to do outside: Oooh, do I say play in the sandbox or swing on the swing set? Since the swing set is still new it's a wonder of sorts.

Show: It's a tie between Hannah Montana and Calliou. Side note, I hate Calliou! But, that's a topic for another day.

Kimber

While I was writing this I realized how similar my girls are! They love so many of the same things.

Favorite snack: Again, no question. Popcorn and M&M's!

Favorite meal: Steak and potatoes, hamburgers and spaghetti. She likes pizza too but not to the degree that Addie does.

Favorite outfit: Pajamas! She is her mother's child!

Fruit: Bananas. (Sick! I hate them!) Of course she loves grapes and strawberries too. Thankfully she will eat pretty much any fruit I give her.

Veggie: She will eat pretty much any vegetable I give her. Thank goodness! And I really try to push them. I don't think that I can pin point just one but she has been big on cucumbers and tomatoes lately.

Place: That's a hard one because she can't tell me where she loves to be. (Although she makes it pretty clear where she doesn't love to be! Nursery being one of those places.) But, if I had to pick some where I would say with one of her Aunts, Bethany, Heather or Annie. She loves all of them Just today she was asking to go to Bethany's house.

Vacation: Okay, she is sort of ripped off here. Her vacations consist of trips to the Valley to see the family. Poor girl. We are talking about another Disneyland trip soon and this time she gets to go.

Toy: Right now she never goes anywhere without her sunglasses, a purse filled with things from their toy kitchen and a stroller and baby. She has even tired sleeping with the stroller.

Song: This sounds crazy but I catch her singing the part from The Little Mermaid her Ariel goes "ahahahahah." That little bit is probably more confusing than anything. Hopefully you will know what I am talking about.

Favorite thing to do outside: Again, it's a toss up between the sandbox and the swing set. She also loves to ride bikes and drive the Barbie Jeep.

Show: Dora. She loves it! She also loves Calliou- ugh.

It's a sad reality that kids grow too fast. I know how fast the last 4 years have gone with Addie and the last 2 with Kimber. I also know that it's not going to slow down so I better enjoy the little moments. They'll be grown before I know it.

These are a few of their favorite things

My girls are still little but I am always amazed at how fast they grow and how their likes and dislikes change with their age. I want them to be able to look back and see how much they've changed so I am documenting some of their favorite things. Some of the answers are my own and some are theirs.

Addie

Favorite snack: Hands down, popcorn and M&M's. In the pictures that I lost I have a few of her eating it around the time she was one or so. I remember when I used to have to break the popcorn up so that she didn't choke on it. (Sorry to say, I don't think I would do that now.) We eat it almost every single day at our house. If you come to my house and we don't have at least 3- 4 lb. bags in the pantry you know something has gone terribly wrong!

Favorite meal: Steak and baked potatoes. We have to cut her steak up into little tiny pieces and only give it to her after she eats a few bites of the other food on her plate, other wise she will devour it! She also loves hamburgers, spaghetti (had it for dinner tonight in fact) and pizza- homemade preferably. She loves to top her own.

Favorite outfit: Definitely her jeans with the "stripes on the pockets" (a pair of Old Navy jeans with velvet lined front pockets.) and her purple peasant top. She also loves her little red velour outfit. (She is wearing it in the previous post.) The thing about that outfit is that it is size 3T, so a size too small.

Fruit: That's a toss up between grapes and strawberries. She loves them both and eats them by the handful. Those are the only two she will eat, as hard as I try to get her to try others.

Veggie: Corn. No doubt. The only other vegetable she will touch is tomatoes. We are going to work on that when she helps with the garden this summer. This should help too.

Place: Annie's house. She LOVES her Aunt Annie. I mean, who wouldn't? She's cute, she's fun, and she's totally cool. Not to mention she is only 10 years older than Addie.

Vacation: Disneyland and the beach. She said it not me. Although I have to agree.

Toy: Barbie's and her Polly Pockets. She (although I should say WE) plays with them everyday for at least a few hours.

Song: I lived in Heaven. She knows the first two verses perfectly and sings it all the time. Right now in fact!

Favorite thing to do outside: Oooh, do I say play in the sandbox or swing on the swing set? Since the swing set is still new it's a wonder of sorts.

Show: It's a tie between Hannah Montana and Calliou. Side note, I hate Calliou! But, that's a topic for another day.

Kimber

While I was writing this I realized how similar my girls are! They love so many of the same things.

Favorite snack: Again, no question. Popcorn and M&M's!

Favorite meal: Steak and potatoes, hamburgers and spaghetti. She likes pizza too but not to the degree that Addie does.

Favorite outfit: Pajamas! She is her mother's child!

Fruit: Bananas. (Sick! I hate them!) Of course she loves grapes and strawberries too. Thankfully she will eat pretty much any fruit I give her.

Veggie: She will eat pretty much any vegetable I give her. Thank goodness! And I really try to push them. I don't think that I can pin point just one but she has been big on cucumbers and tomatoes lately.

Place: That's a hard one because she can't tell me where she loves to be. (Although she makes it pretty clear where she doesn't love to be! Nursery being one of those places.) But, if I had to pick some where I would say with one of her Aunts, Bethany, Heather or Annie. She loves all of them Just today she was asking to go to Bethany's house.

Vacation: Okay, she is sort of ripped off here. Her vacations consist of trips to the Valley to see the family. Poor girl. We are talking about another Disneyland trip soon and this time she gets to go.

Toy: Right now she never goes anywhere without her sunglasses, a purse filled with things from their toy kitchen and a stroller and baby. She has even tired sleeping with the stroller.

Song: This sounds crazy but I catch her singing the part from The Little Mermaid her Ariel goes "ahahahahah." That little bit is probably more confusing than anything. Hopefully you will know what I am talking about.

Favorite thing to do outside: Again, it's a toss up between the sandbox and the swing set. She also loves to ride bikes and drive the Barbie Jeep.

Show: Dora. She loves it! She also loves Calliou- ugh.

It's a sad reality that kids grow too fast. I know how fast the last 4 years have gone with Addie and the last 2 with Kimber. I also know that it's not going to slow down so I better enjoy the little moments. They'll be grown before I know it.

Keeping Busy

We are on week 4 of Jared being gone to the Valley...but who's counting? He has been down there remodeling a house for my parents. He leaves on Monday and comes home Friday night. I've tried to keep the girls and myself busy to pass the time but I've had to get pretty creative!

I am wondering if I made a smart choice when I taught them how to have a musical parade. In the house. Using metal bowls and utensils.

Addie realized that wooden spoons were not the only thing that made noise. Everything worked!

Kimber realized it was more than a drum.

The other night I told them that after their baths we could have chocolate and strawberries. One of the funnest nights we've had in a long time. We talked about all kinds of stuff. I loved it! That looks like one heck of a bloody nose!

Why won't blogger let me fix this picture! Grrr!

Addie thought this was hilarious!

Today we made a fort (thanks, Raygon!) and got inside to read books.

And since it was doing this outside:

it was nice to cuddle up on the couch and enjoy the books.

Addie's favorites right now are Little Mermaid, Gregory Groundhog and the Lucille series.

She is actually obsessed with The Little Mermaid right now. She loves to watch it in the truck anytime we drive somewhere and if she gets really lucky I might let her watch it in the house. I try to really control their TV time. I read all the books to her today but in this picture she is showing me Ursala and the Sea Witch. To her they are two different people. The same, but different.

When we are reading a book that she is really familiar with I will read part of sentence and stop so she can finish it. She is almost always spot on!

Kimber loves anything about shapes, numbers or animals. If she would have held still for just a second we would have pictures of that too. But I got plenty of others!

We've also been working on preparing for spring and summer. We juiced the rest of our lemons in order to save the juice as ice cubes. I read somewhere that you can actually save lemon slices for up to 3 months in your fridge just by slicing them, covering them in water and storing them in an airtight container. We are trying that method too. I really don't go through that many lemons but I'll have them just in case.

I think my favorite part of all of that was getting Kimber to taste the lemon. Lick #1

Lick #2 Lick #3 (Yes, that is my finger. Maliciously giving her another lick.)

I took my girls to the dollar store today and let them both pick out a prize. Addie chose markers and Kimber chose this...this thing. Basically it's a dehydrated towel. You just place it in warm water...

and it turns into a dollar store quality washcloth. They thought it was cool so that's all that matters.Hey, how did this get in here? Thanks to my sister I can't get enough lentil salad. She has me eating it and going nusto for lentils. I have to eat it while Jared's away because he hates them! Tonight I made up a recipe for sausage and lentil soup. It turned out pretty darn tasty!

Not only am I trying to keep them busy but they are trying to keep themselves occupied too.

This was before we had to leave for a baptism tonight. Addie loves this little dress and trench and was so happy that she got to wear it because it was cold. I love one this because she is looking at her reflection in the oven and saying "I look so cute!" Oh, to be 4 again and to truly believe that about yourself.I know I say it all the time, but I seriously love these girls!

I think my computer is telling me to go to bed. I have more pictures to add and it is refusing. I guess this will do for now.

And I realize that almost all of the pictures are of Kimber but the ones that I was trying to add were of Addie. I'll apologize to her when she understands.

Keeping Busy

We are on week 4 of Jared being gone to the Valley...but who's counting? He has been down there remodeling a house for my parents. He leaves on Monday and comes home Friday night. I've tried to keep the girls and myself busy to pass the time but I've had to get pretty creative!

I am wondering if I made a smart choice when I taught them how to have a musical parade. In the house. Using metal bowls and utensils.

Addie realized that wooden spoons were not the only thing that made noise. Everything worked!

Kimber realized it was more than a drum.

The other night I told them that after their baths we could have chocolate and strawberries. One of the funnest nights we've had in a long time. We talked about all kinds of stuff. I loved it! That looks like one heck of a bloody nose!

Why won't blogger let me fix this picture! Grrr!

Addie thought this was hilarious!

Today we made a fort (thanks, Raygon!) and got inside to read books.

And since it was doing this outside:

it was nice to cuddle up on the couch and enjoy the books.

Addie's favorites right now are Little Mermaid, Gregory Groundhog and the Lucille series.

She is actually obsessed with The Little Mermaid right now. She loves to watch it in the truck anytime we drive somewhere and if she gets really lucky I might let her watch it in the house. I try to really control their TV time. I read all the books to her today but in this picture she is showing me Ursala and the Sea Witch. To her they are two different people. The same, but different.

When we are reading a book that she is really familiar with I will read part of sentence and stop so she can finish it. She is almost always spot on!

Kimber loves anything about shapes, numbers or animals. If she would have held still for just a second we would have pictures of that too. But I got plenty of others!

We've also been working on preparing for spring and summer. We juiced the rest of our lemons in order to save the juice as ice cubes. I read somewhere that you can actually save lemon slices for up to 3 months in your fridge just by slicing them, covering them in water and storing them in an airtight container. We are trying that method too. I really don't go through that many lemons but I'll have them just in case.

I think my favorite part of all of that was getting Kimber to taste the lemon. Lick #1

Lick #2 Lick #3 (Yes, that is my finger. Maliciously giving her another lick.)

I took my girls to the dollar store today and let them both pick out a prize. Addie chose markers and Kimber chose this...this thing. Basically it's a dehydrated towel. You just place it in warm water...

and it turns into a dollar store quality washcloth. They thought it was cool so that's all that matters.Hey, how did this get in here? Thanks to my sister I can't get enough lentil salad. She has me eating it and going nusto for lentils. I have to eat it while Jared's away because he hates them! Tonight I made up a recipe for sausage and lentil soup. It turned out pretty darn tasty!

Not only am I trying to keep them busy but they are trying to keep themselves occupied too.

This was before we had to leave for a baptism tonight. Addie loves this little dress and trench and was so happy that she got to wear it because it was cold. I love one this because she is looking at her reflection in the oven and saying "I look so cute!" Oh, to be 4 again and to truly believe that about yourself.I know I say it all the time, but I seriously love these girls!

I think my computer is telling me to go to bed. I have more pictures to add and it is refusing. I guess this will do for now.

And I realize that almost all of the pictures are of Kimber but the ones that I was trying to add were of Addie. I'll apologize to her when she understands.