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Monday, August 23, 2010

Liberty


Liberty went to her friend Kaelene's birthday party the other day, and got a Disney princess prize pack to go, which included a princess sticker. She came to me with it in her hand and asked, "Whose birthday is coming up?" Which I knew meant she wanted to make something with her sticker on it for someone. I told her a few, but they were either boys or adults, so she wasn't too thrilled about that. I suggested she make something for herself, but she wanted to make something for someone else. I thought that was super sweet. Taught me a little lesson! Anyway, she decided to make a card to send to Haylee. She put the sticker inside the card along with other little stickers and colored. She also wrote several "L's" for Liberty and "H's" for Haylee. Then we sealed the envelope, and put addresses on the front. She also wanted to decorate the back of the envelope. Then she asked me to write, "Friend-ish cousin, I love you, Haylee." It took all I had to not laugh at how cute that was! She was so serious about it to. She has been into the "ish" words lately. I wish I could remember the other times.

Liberty has been such a good big sister to Bowen. She seriously loves the heck out of him, and is always telling him that she loves him. Lately she says to him, "Bowen, you are the best baby I always wanted!" She also recently started adding back into her prayers "We're thankful that Baby Bowen came out of Mom's tummy." (As a sidenote - before Bowen was born, she would say in her prayers, "We're thankful that Mom has a baby in her tummy, and that he's a boy, because we only have one boy.")

The other day Liberty came to me and asked me where the box with kleenex in it was. I didn't think she was talking about an actual kleenex box, because we haven't had one out since we moved. I didn't know what she was asking for, so I kept asking questions about it, telling her to describe what it looks like, or what we do with it. She kept telling me that it was a box that had kleenex inside of it. I was still totally confused because I knew we hadn't had an actual kleenex box for awhile. Then she said, "You know your sheets on your bed, the box looks like that." So, right then I knew exactly what she was talking about. The sheets on our bed are green paisley... just like the green paisley kleenex box we used to have! She WAS talking about the actual kleenex box we had before we moved. That girl is so observant! Oh, and even more than that, she then told me she needed kleenex to wipe Bowen's boogies. She is such a good sister!

The girls have been watching a dvd in the car called The Alphabet Zoo. Basically it talks about animals and which letters they start with. One day after it talked about the letter "u," she said, "Mom, I know what lowercase "u" looks like. It has a line, and then a (pause) taco thing."

On the same dvd it talk about frogs. The other day she sneezed a few times in a row and then said to me, "Mom, I think I'm allergic to frogs because there is a frog on tv and I just sneezed."

The other night I rented "Alvin and the Chipmunks" on redbox for us to watch. Liberty wasn't with me when I rented it. When we were putting it in the dvd player she asked, "Is this dvd from Ghostbuster?" She actually has referred to to "Blockbuster" as "Ghostbuster" once before. Of course we just play along with it. I hope she calls it "Ghostbuster" until she's 14!

I'm pretty sure I have fun little stories about Liberty everyday to report to Trever when he gets home from work. These are just a few I remembered. We sure love our Liberty!

Friday, August 20, 2010

TGIF

When Trever works during the weekend, it doesn't really feel like a weekend. Obviously the kids don't know the difference, but I do. I always debate whether to treat it like a weekend and plan fun things, or treat it like any other day so I'm not as bummed that Trever is working on the weekend. Tonight actually felt like a Friday night, aside from Trever not being home. We had "fancy" nachos for dinner - what I think of as a weekend meal - complete with guacamole for the girls to devour, sour cream, corn, beans, cheese, and tomatoes. After dinner, Bowen went to bed, so we had some girl-time. Liberty had talked to Becky on the phone earlier, and apparently she told Liberty she needed to make some sort of racetrack for toy cars to drive one. Together, Liberty, Hadley, and I created a little town to drive our cars on. Liberty was in charge of the project, and told me what to include in our town: the Wilkins' house, the gym, church, Costco, Dad's hospital, a park, Kaelene's house (her new friend), and Mango's (Papa, Grandma, and Becky ate their today which reminded Liberty how much she liked eating there, so that was on her mind.). I drew most of the buildings - I'm quite the artist - and I sure impressed Liberty! Liberty meticulously colored in the buildings and parking lots, and I bet you can guess from the pictures which parts Hadley contibuted to. Afterwards, we drove around and visited all of our favorite places. It sure was nice sitting down with the 3 of us and having a little weekend fun!

*Notice Hadley is sporting another swimsuit.








*Earlier, we made a fort for the girls to play in.


I caught Hadley "reading" the friend. I love when the girls just sit down and look at books and magazines.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

First Day of School

Liberty started preschool this year. We formed a group of 6 moms and 7 kids and are following the Joy School curriculum. It is every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30am-12pm. Each week we rotate to a house and take turns teaching. So I will teach every 6 weeks. I think it will be perfect for Liberty! Liberty was a little nervous to go at first, and when I told her preschool was starting she responded with, "But I'm not old enough!" I was pleasantly surprised that although a little hesistant, she was very cooperative when I dropped her off, and was totally okay with me leaving. She came back with positive reports and is excited to have some new friends.
Hadley on the other hand, I think is having a hard time understanding why Liberty keeps leaving her! The first day I dropped Liberty off at school, Hadley was asleep in the car. After I dropped Liberty of we went to the gym, so I had to wake her up when we got there. She immediately asked for Liberty, and couldn't understand why she wasn't there with her to go to the child care at the gym. As we walked away from the car on our way up to the door of the gym, she kept looking back and the car asking for Liberty. It was pretty sad! She did the same thing the next time we dropped Liberty off and then went to the gym and then back home wondering where her sister had gone! She was SO excited when we picked Liberty up. I'm sure Hadley will get used to it, but for now - although it's very sweet - it breaks my heart to see her miss her big sister.
I love all of Liberty's different smiles - some more natural than others!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Saturday

This was our Saturday...

"Photo-shoot" with Bowen, turned photo-shoot with Bowen and Sisters.









Hadley wasn't exactly her photogenic self.

Liberty requested "silly faces" several times. "Here's a good one, Mom!" "How about this one, Mom!" She moved her entire body around expecting me to capture all of her silly movements along with her poses.




Milk-tongued Bowen

Hadster's "Why are you taking all of these pictures, Mom?" look

Liberty kept trying to steal the shot getting closer and closer to the camera.

Hadley still asks to wear swimsuits on a regular basis, often changing from suit to suit throughout the day. This time, since I had already gotten her dressed, I thought I'd see if she'd go for wearing the suit OVER her clothes. It didn't even phase her! She wore it that way pretty much all day, until we left the house in the evening. I had to document the outfit. For some reason she wasn't excited to pose for these pictures...

but Liberty sure was!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Sleeping Beauties

We must wear these girls out! These were taken only a couple of days apart.

Liberty sleeping mid-apple in front of the TV.

Our church meetings are right during Hadley's naptime, 1-4pm. This particular Sunday, we got home, ate a few snacks, and then were all doing our own thing. We noticed Hadley was being quiet, and looked into the family room to find her asleep in the floor! We wished we could have seen the process that got her to the floor! Take note of the partially eaten cracker in her hand and the crumbs on the floor.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Popcorn

I've been wanting to buy an air popper for a long time now, but just never had. Lately I have heard and read that studies are saying that the lining of the bag in microwave popcorn "may" cause cancer. I don't think we eat nearly enough microwave popcorn for this to affect us, but I used it as an excuse to buy an air popper. Since Trever has been working a lot, I try to do little activities to excite the girls a little. So tonight we popped some popcorn in our new air popper. Both Liberty and Hadley wanted to sit on the counter and watch the corn pop. They both just stared at the kernels for the first couple of minutes, until the corn popped. Hadley was totally excited and "ooo-ed, and ahh-ed" at the sight of the popped corn piling into the bowl. Liberty was pretty intrigued too. They thought it was hilarious when a couple shot up at me! They took turns seasoning it with "ch-ch-ch" (ranch flavoring). I gave them both a bowl that was way too big (they're spoiled), a sippy cup with water, and let them watch Strawberry Shortcake while I put Bowen to bed. We'll probably be making popcorn more often!

Working backwards

I have been wanting to update my blog for months - probably years. I'm SO behind! I am going to make an attempt at getting "caught up" - whatever that means. For now, I am going to start with today and go backwards, and see where that takes me. Although this blog is mostly family journaling, someone might enjoy seeing what we are up to, so I thought I'd give "you" a heads-up.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Dr. Wilkins


Since I wasn't there to take a picture of Trever on his first day in the ED, I took one the other day. He looks so official!

He also got his first paycheck as Dr. Wilkins! Woo-hoo!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Baby Bo-Bo

These cute sisters can't get enough of their baby brother!