Here are some short video clips of Analese in the pool. She does the "waterslide" now. She is FEARLESS! And in the last video she is showing off her snow angel (a.k.a breast stroke) stroke:
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Family Relationships . . .
Just as I was getting Analese out of the bath, she was chattering away. Here is what she said:
"I'm your daughter, and I'm Daddy's daughter, and I'm Mariele's sister, and YOU are Daddy's husband!"
Hee Hee!
"I'm your daughter, and I'm Daddy's daughter, and I'm Mariele's sister, and YOU are Daddy's husband!"
Hee Hee!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Pretty Random stuff!
*We walked to the duck pond yesterday. I could not believe how much those baby ducklings have grown! Here they are in April:
And here they are now!
This is one of the babies close-up. You can see that he still has some down that is turning into feathers:
They actually stopped traffic crossing the road! Notice the duck crossing sign!
Then we walked to the playground. Mariele LOVES the bucket swing. She was laughing every time I would push her. And it is so funny when she laughs because she snorts! By the time I got my camera phone she was getting over the swing, so this is the only "good" pic I got:
*Today we met our friends for lunch at this restaurant with lots of outdoor patio seating and I big giant sandbox play area for the kiddos. And being an early Thursday lunch, our kids had the entire sandbox to themselves. Analese LOVED this Step 2 roller coaster car track that they had in the sandbox. She did it 50 times if she did it once! Emailed Lee the link and told him we just may have to get one of these things.
*Mariele is grabbing her feet and rolling from side to side now! Here are some pics, and if you wonder what she is looking at, it is Analese singing Wheels on the Bus. And notice the cute pic where she is laughing (and snorting;) at Analese!
*I am a sucker for children's books. I enjoy story time every bit as much as Analese does. I decided to order her this box set of Janette Oke's Animal Friends:
I did not realize until they came that they are actually little chapter books for kids ages 6-10. They are about 60 pages long with large font and color illustrations thrown in here and there, but chapter books nonetheless. I decided to try reading her the first book. The chapters are only a couple of pages apiece. After each chapter I would quiz her on what happened to see if she was paying attention. Well, she WAS paying attention and she always begs for another chapter! I'm so psyched that she has the attention span for small chapter books now! I thought I was going to have to give this book set away to a certain young reader that I know, but I think I will keep them! I will probably still get a set for this certain young reader that I know for her birthday though;)
*Who is that Star Wars thing that inverts the sentences? Yoda or something? You can tell I'm not really a fan. Well, the reason I bring this up is because Analese is doing a lot of sentence inversion lately. It goes something like this:
"Mommy, I want orange juice please. Orange juice I want."
She begins with the traditional sentence structure, then she inverts it. I guess she is just experimenting with grammar a little bit. Now if I can teach her the word "went" instead of "goed." As in "Mommy, I goed to the potty." Or "Mommy, I goed underwater." Oh well, I guess it is kind of cute when they are three!
And here they are now!
This is one of the babies close-up. You can see that he still has some down that is turning into feathers:
They actually stopped traffic crossing the road! Notice the duck crossing sign!
Then we walked to the playground. Mariele LOVES the bucket swing. She was laughing every time I would push her. And it is so funny when she laughs because she snorts! By the time I got my camera phone she was getting over the swing, so this is the only "good" pic I got:
*Today we met our friends for lunch at this restaurant with lots of outdoor patio seating and I big giant sandbox play area for the kiddos. And being an early Thursday lunch, our kids had the entire sandbox to themselves. Analese LOVED this Step 2 roller coaster car track that they had in the sandbox. She did it 50 times if she did it once! Emailed Lee the link and told him we just may have to get one of these things.
*Mariele is grabbing her feet and rolling from side to side now! Here are some pics, and if you wonder what she is looking at, it is Analese singing Wheels on the Bus. And notice the cute pic where she is laughing (and snorting;) at Analese!
*I am a sucker for children's books. I enjoy story time every bit as much as Analese does. I decided to order her this box set of Janette Oke's Animal Friends:
I did not realize until they came that they are actually little chapter books for kids ages 6-10. They are about 60 pages long with large font and color illustrations thrown in here and there, but chapter books nonetheless. I decided to try reading her the first book. The chapters are only a couple of pages apiece. After each chapter I would quiz her on what happened to see if she was paying attention. Well, she WAS paying attention and she always begs for another chapter! I'm so psyched that she has the attention span for small chapter books now! I thought I was going to have to give this book set away to a certain young reader that I know, but I think I will keep them! I will probably still get a set for this certain young reader that I know for her birthday though;)
*Who is that Star Wars thing that inverts the sentences? Yoda or something? You can tell I'm not really a fan. Well, the reason I bring this up is because Analese is doing a lot of sentence inversion lately. It goes something like this:
"Mommy, I want orange juice please. Orange juice I want."
She begins with the traditional sentence structure, then she inverts it. I guess she is just experimenting with grammar a little bit. Now if I can teach her the word "went" instead of "goed." As in "Mommy, I goed to the potty." Or "Mommy, I goed underwater." Oh well, I guess it is kind of cute when they are three!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Analese in the Kitchen!
One of Analese's favoritest (OK, most favorite) things to do is to help me in the kitchen. Yesterday afternoon we made a delicious pasta salad. Basically the only thing you need to know for this pasta salad is 8 oz. of your favorite short pasta and how to make the dressing. Here are the ingredients for the dressing: 1/2 cup mayo, 2 TBSP milk, and 2 TBSP of Hidden Valley ranch dressing and seasoning mix (the powder). Once you cook the pasta and mix up the dressing, you can add just about anything you like to this pasta salad. Here are some pics of Analese the chef!
Here is the finished salad and Analese enjoying it!
Now for our next kitchen project I have to give credit where credit is due. I got this neat idea from Carrie's blog. Here are the pics of Analese making the Nemo treats! Oh, and a couple cute shots of Mariele too!
Here is the finished salad and Analese enjoying it!
Now for our next kitchen project I have to give credit where credit is due. I got this neat idea from Carrie's blog. Here are the pics of Analese making the Nemo treats! Oh, and a couple cute shots of Mariele too!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Our great (so far) weekend!
Last night we had our friends over for some veggie burgers and pool time. Here is a pic of Lee and Mariele with the food!
Analese decided to strip off her swimsuit and jump into the pool naked in front of God and everybody. I did not take pics of that (SIGH and EYE ROLL). But everyone had a great time!
This morning we took Analese to her Bible class at church. One of her little friends that was not able to come to her birthday party brought her a birthday present. Analese was so excited! In the car on the way home she kept saying, "Obama got me a birthday present!" The girl's name is IVANA, not Obama LOL! When we got home she opened it. It is a really cute polka dot Gymboree dress!
Here are the girls dressed for church:
Analese decided to strip off her swimsuit and jump into the pool naked in front of God and everybody. I did not take pics of that (SIGH and EYE ROLL). But everyone had a great time!
This morning we took Analese to her Bible class at church. One of her little friends that was not able to come to her birthday party brought her a birthday present. Analese was so excited! In the car on the way home she kept saying, "Obama got me a birthday present!" The girl's name is IVANA, not Obama LOL! When we got home she opened it. It is a really cute polka dot Gymboree dress!
Here are the girls dressed for church:
Friday, May 22, 2009
More thumb-sucking cuteness!
I finally got these after changing her diaper when she was drowsy. Notice her finger on her nose!
Making pink lemonade
Analese's current issue of Highlights High Five magazine has a recipe for pink lemonade in it. She could not wait to mix some up herself. Here are the pics. Oh, and she gets really serious when we are doing these projects and I can't get her to smile, but she really is having fun, I swear!
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