Sunday, March 28, 2010

Ridge's Update

My little Ridgey-where to start

Ridge is truly a crack up. All boy!!

He loves to sing. He still sings Happy Birthday, Jingle Bells or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, but now we can add "Follow the Prophet" and "Popcorn popping"and "I am a Child of God"

He is officially in my preschool full-time which has been an interesting venture. He is great in there, but also one of my hardest. He loves the kids and songs and doing the crafts but he doesn't understand that the way he plays, or the things he likes, isn't necessarily what everyone else likes and quickly becomes the person everyone fights with. So he's still my little bully of the class and yet half the age and size. Kind of funny. He's a smart cookie though. He can count to 10 and tries to 20.

Play fighting is truly a love of his. Whether with fists or whatever he can make into a sword. He once said that he has a bog sword like Peter Pan. Luckily he's still soft when he hits. I worry for the day that might come when he will hit harder and cause real harm. For now, its funny. I know I will probably eat my words very soon. He always starts or runs saying "You wanna bight"-

He truly believes that his name is Ridgey and not Ridge. Thanks Cambree :) He's huge into pretend. It is HILARIOUS to watch him with his little dinosaur on his hand. He will start yelling at his own hand for doing something. He pretends he's a tractor all the time. The other night he was picking up and we couldn't figure out why he was doing it the way he was-he was using his arm like a tractor bucket and literally scooping up the things he was cleaning like he was the bucket. It was cracking us up. To top it off, he was making the noises with it.

I've said it before, but Ridge and Brecklynn are so cute to watch. He loves his bebe as he puts it. He will watch her and make sure she isn't putting anything in her mouth she shouldn't be. Can make her laugh like no one else.

He is my early riser by far. My two girls will usually sleep in till at least 6:30, but somtimes later. Ridge is usually up at 5:15-6:00 the latest. Why I still can't figure it out. Scares me with the summer coming and how he'll be. He also still gets up once, sometimes twice a night for no reason. Sometimes I think its a bad dream because he's crying about Cambree hitting him, or his arm getting hurt etc. Other times its hard to know why he wakes up.

Spiderman is his new love. I doubt anything will ever take over his love for Tractors, but we can now add spiderman to the list.

Most words like Spiderman start with a 'B' is Ridgey terms. So Spiderman is Biderman. Like Fire Truck-bire truck, or sword-bord

He's my sweet tooth. He's always asking for candy or juice. Healthy stuff just doesn't go with him. He loves gum.

Cambree and him play pretend a lot, and its funny to me how he always wants to be the 'mom' or 'the princess'. Ticks Cambree off :) There's times where you can convince him to play the right role, but he's adamant at times of playing the female role.

Ridge has mastered the art of 'dying'. Not sure I should really brag about it, but its hilarious to watch. Cambree will tell him she got him and he dramatically will fall to the ground like he's dead. Or if he gets 'shot' he will throw himself to the ground and make a huge 'uhh' sound.

Now more than ever, we are constantly getting people asking us if we dyed his hair because it is so dark. Ridge has a great little memory and won't let something he likes go. So he still talks about Disneyland all the time and asks to go there all the time, but now we can add the Zoo that list and seeing giraffes and the elephants.

These pictures were fun. He's so easy to photograph. He will laugh at anything and has the cutest smile. I love it.



Update on Cambree

Its been awhile since I did single updates on the kids, so I thought I would take the opportunity to do so.

Today Cambree gave her first talk in primary. I have never seen a more eager little girl. She LOVED it. And she did AWESOME!! I was so worried she'd be the type to be all excited up until she gets to the actual moment and then freaks out, but she surprised me. It was so cute watching her up on the stand getting ready, she was all smiles and waving to everyone she could see.

She also turning more and more into a little adult. Kind of scary. But I love it too. She helps keep the peace with Brecklynn and Ridge and comforts them if they need it. She helps Ridge take of his shoes or get him water. A little mom :) She loves playing with Ridge. They can play for hours alone laughing at each other laughing. Cambree loves outside still and first thing in the morning asks if she can go outside.

She loves to eat yogurt and cantaloupe. If you let her, she would choose to eat that all day every day. She hates new food but then she'll try it and she LOVES it-in her words. Always a battle with food with her.

Her favorite movies right now is: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Prince and the Frog, Spidermand, and Nim's Island. She also loves to watch that series called Life (about animals). She's an eager learner still and so mature for her little age.

Her hair is probably the longest I have ever allowed it to get and I'm debating on whether to cut it or leave it. I hate this decision. But the great thing is she's cute either way. We are constantly being told how beautiful and striking she is.

Scary for me to think that she is turning 4 in May and only has 1 more year of preschool, then I have a kindergardener.

Taking the pictures below, Cambree just knew the way she wanted to pose. Cracked me up. I seriously wonder where she comes from at times.






Friday, March 26, 2010

Brecklynn 8 months

Brecklynn is 8 months-actually it was on the 21st so we're a bit late but oh well. I was wanting to get her picture taken but this week has been HECTIC so hasn't been time and today, well its blowing like a tornado outside so there's no chance for that. So these pics will have to do.

Brecklynn is doing so much this month.
She started clapping
She sticks her tongue out ALL the time
She says yes with her head and nod very exaggerated. Looks like she's head banging a lot.
She is so close to crawling, and could if she really tried but just won't. She is on her knees all the time but won't move her legs. She's crawled a few 'steps' but that's it.
She LOVES her siblings. They can make her laugh like no other.
She loves outside and playing in the grass and going on walks
She's an early riser. Depending on the day, she's up around 6:15 for the day-yeah me!!
Still refuses babyfood and about to give up completely on it.
Says "a-Da-Da" a lot.
Her cry is unbearable- not in the way that I hate to hear my baby cry, but literally, her cry is ear piercing. Kind of annoying. She goes from nothing to blood curdling crying in 0-60.
She can go from laying to sitting by herself very well.
Her hair is getting darker and longer
Her eyes are multi-colored and I love it!
Oh, and the big news, she got her first too on Wednesday the 24th. She is my first horrible teether where she is crying like she is in pain. I think she might be even getting tooth #2.
She loves to head butt and attack you with open mouth kisses

I love seeing her get so much more personality. I LOVE IT!!

This is the head butt that she always does and its so cute



The lovely tongue- not the best picture but it showcases that tongue:)

Ladybug and Butterflies

In preschool, we got to raise ladybugs and butterflies. We watched them change from little beetles to ladybugs and caterpillars to butterflies. It was really neat to watch over the past couple of weeks. Cambree and Ridge loved looking at them daily. Today we let them go. The kids were so excited about it.


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They all circled round to watch the butterflies fly away

The ladybugs didn't seem to want to leave so we let them stay outside while we finished preschool.



I will definitely do this from now on. What an experience, to watch these creatures change before your eyes. LOVE IT!!!

Friday, March 19, 2010

Spring Cuteness!!


While down for Spring Break, I had to break out their Easter outfits since my parents wouldn't see them on Easter Sunday. They looked so stink'n cute!! I love the colors. Obviously not the best pictures but we'll get another one on actual Easter Sunday...



Dr. Seuss Week!!

We just got done with a great two weeks studying the wonderful Dr. Seuss in preschool. Each day was something different! It was a blast and the kids were great at participating. Here are just some of the fun days we experienced.

Mixed up Monday- they wore clothes backwards and in-side-out
Funny hat day

Funny Sock Day

Green Day

Green Eggs on Green Day

Favorite Book

Spring Break and Phoenix Zoo

For Spring Break, I went down to the valley with the kids and stayed for a couple of days. Saturday we went to the zoo and it was so cool. We went right when it opened so it was perfect weather and there was NO ONE!! We got to be alone with a lot of animals, see them eating breakfast, and see them awake and wild. Really fun. Ridge loves telling everyone about all the animals he got to see.