Lily writes her name

We were taking birthday cards over to a neighbor for her birthday, and the kids got to color a picture and sign their name.  I was pretty impressed to see Lily try to write hers!  She still REFUSES to be potty trained so she hasn't been sent to preschool yet, but at speech they try to get her to write her own name. Smart girl! She also loves to trace her hands, and put the fingernails and knuckles on there. I'm pretty impressed - apparently Joe showed her once how to do it, and she keeps repeating it!

February life

The kids have started to be a little bit more adventurous in their eating habits!  Recently Abigail discovered she likes fish - particularly Salmon.  Joe made some that even I had second helpings with, but Abigail kept going back for more and more!  She also LOVES asparagus, and just the other day she convinced the other two to try it.  I had to laugh when they exclaimed "oh, yum, this is so good!" 

 Naps don't come easy for this little one! I often let her watch her "letters", aka Letter Factory, while I teach piano and often times she ends up falling asleep. But she is learning them, and especially loves the letter L since that's what is in her name!

 Had some friends over to watch Moana - it was pretty fun!

 While I was teaching piano I noticed it was super quiet in my house.  That usually means this one has found something she shouldn't.  But she was sitting on the table, just cutting some paper. She'll cut once, move over about an inch and then do it all the way around the paper.

 Dress up time! My kids LOVE to use their imaginations, and play whatever they are in the mood for. This particular day we had just watched Tinkerbell - Pirate Fairy, and Abigail wanted to dress up as Zarina.

makeup and hair

It's not often that I wear makeup, but when I do both my girls ask to wear some too!  We had a lengthy discussion about why I don't think they need it, but they didn't understand why I did and they didn't. Funny girls!  I let Abigail put on eye shadow by herself, it was pretty funny to watch!

And there are days when we try "fancy" hair, which isn't often since mostly they want it down or in a pony tail!