a.little.tune

Guess who can whistle.

I must say that I found this extremely impressive at 4 years old. Not only that, but I was thrilled for Meredith! Claire can't yet whistle (although she tries as hard as she can), and being the younger sister myself, I thought it was fabulous that Meredith did something before her big sister.

I always wanted to do everything at the same time that Jill did it. (I'm so competitive that way.) We were joking the other day that things change once you get older. Because once you get older, you want your sister to get gray hair and wrinkles first! I'd like to take my time with these things thank you very much.

So, way to go Meredith! Oh, and she can also curl her tongue...she's building quite a resume, you know.

 

birthday.money

Meredith asked me to save this 1 GALLON JUG for her the other day....

Me: Why do you want this?
Meredith: Weeeeellllll, I want it for my birthday. (which isn't until Feb. by the way)
Me: What are you going to do with it on your birthday?
Meredith: We're going to set it on the table and the people that come to my party are going to fill it with money.

Attention family and friends: If you think you might get an invite to Meredith's party, you will want to start saving your change now.

Or, you may want to fill up your calendar the week of Feb. 16.

 

perfect.timing

Who needs a jack-o-lantern when you have a 6-year-old that's missing most of her front teeth?

Perfect timing. :)

pretend.mom

Life has been pretty busy around here (what's new?!)...hence the lack of posts. However, I will be posting some exciting happenings soon!

I'll leave you with this....

Claire: Mom, let's pretend that you're the mom....ok?
Me: Ok.

Not quite sure why I need to pretend. I feel like I'm pretty cut out for the role at this point. :)

magical.excuse.me

Meredith and I were sitting on the couch together a couple of days ago.

Me: Did you toot?
Meredith: Yes.
Me: I can smell it.
Meredith: Excuse me.

A few moments later:
Meredith: Wasn't that magical?
Me: What?
Meredith: After I said "excuse me" my toot didn't stink anymore. It's magical!

Unfortunately, it wasn't magical, but it was funny.

 

let's.go.fly.a.kite

This was fun. We were able to head to our local park a couple of weeks back and fly our kites. It was a blast for all of us!

Josh did a lot of helping to get the kites back in the air. Claire was really good at flying her kite. She figured out how to run into the wind to keep the kite up in the sky!

A little airplane flew by while we were there.

And when we went to play soccer, Amelia ended up tangled in the soccer net. Who hasn't had this happen to them? :)

So, the next time that you say, "What should we do on this breezy day?" Definitely consider taking your kids and your kites to the park. Fun. Fun. Fun.

 

first.day.of.school

I know we're a little late in this, but I just had to post about our first day of school.

So, if only Meredith had an ounce of personality, her pictures would have been much more exciting. First day of Pre-K:

Claire's first day of first grade:

Meredith telling Grandma all about her first day of school:

Claire telling Grandma all about her first day of school:

And who can forget Amelia....doing what she does best.