Middle Sis

All three of our girls are SO different.  Reagan has always been girly, but not into baby dolls.  She loves animals, reading quietly, not getting dirty, and wearing dresses.  Skylar loves her baby dolls, but also loves to get dirty and wrestle with daddy.  She's pretty athletic and has some pretty amazing hand/eye coordination.  As much as I try to "figure her out" I think she's just one of those kids that likes everything.

Lately she's been playing baseball outside with daddy.

And actually hitting it!

Don't you just love that little face?! (I know I do!)

She's also been taking ballet.  And loving it!

Her last class was "Princess Ballet Day" so she wore a princess gown. The girls were SO cute!

She is definitely showing us that she's one of those kids that just can't be labeled.  

She's just a superstar! :)

Big Sis

I've been remiss in blogging.  I feel like a broken record.
We've been busy.
We've been busy.
We've been busy.

There are a number of days where my heart wants to blog, but my head knows that the sink full of dishes takes precedence (especially to keep the great ant invasion of 2010 at bay!).

I could do a looooong blog post to update you, but there are so many times that my girls get lumped into one group that I thought it would be fun to highlight each one individually this week.

Reagan's had an eventful couple of weeks.

She's been losing teeth.

And winning awards at school

Making us proud....and getting her ears pierced.

She had been asking to get her ears pierced for a while but her reasoning was always "because my friends have theirs done." We didn't want to set a precedence for "when everyone else has something.." so when she came to us and asked to get her ears pierced because she felt like she was old enough to take care of them herself, we told her we would consider it.  Then we found out she was getting student of the month in the first month of school, for the second year in a row.  So we rewarded her with getting her ears pierced.  Her teacher said the nicest things about her at the awards assembly.  Her award was for academic achievement because she breezes through everything.  

Unfortunately the fact that things are too easy has been an issue lately.  Reagan started to say that school was too easy and boring.  She said she was frustrated that the other kids were not grasping the concepts and that she had to spend "so much time" on things that she already knew.  I know this is part of being in a classroom setting, so we have actually had to deal with this every year.   Last year's teacher was not as willing to challenge Reagan.  Instead she offered her more homework.  More of the same stuff she already knew.  Two hours of homework is not a challenge....it's a burden.  We are so thankful that after talking to her teacher this year that she was SO receptive to changing things up for Reagan.  

We talked about homeschool and after talking to Reagan about it, she said "I think I'd rather be bored at school." I should have saved that one for Friday Funnies, but I just had to share!! The girls are so different.  Skylar would LOVE to homeschool.  Reagan, not so much.  

Thankfully for now things are good and she is being challenged.  We're praying about next year.  I'm learning that we are going to have to just take it one year at a time, pray for the best teachers, and stay super involved.  

There could be worse things than being a smart girl! :) 

Friday Funnies

Better late than never this week right?! :)  I hope you have all had a wonderful week! Our weather has been a bit crazy! We went from extreme heat (which apparently made the news all over the US), and then to sticky, humid, stormy weather.  I loved the thunder and lightning.  The girls....not as much.  Today we are back to our "normal" for this time of year.  Perfect. 82 degrees.  Ahhh!
Enjoy our Funnies from this week!

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Bailey burped one evening and then giggled.  

Me: Bailey, what do you say?

Bailey: High five?

Me: No, try again.

Bailey: Excuse my butt?

close enough.  

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Bailey thinks it funny lately to refer to "daddy" as "Brian." She also has been walking into a room and saying "Hi honey!" to me.

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Bailey's favorite treat? Yemen- M's (Aka: M&M's).  We refer to them as the "middle eastern version." :D

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Reagan asked if she could be "Rapunzel" for Halloween.  I told her what that costume would look like and she said, "Well, first I have to grow my hair REALLY REALLY long..." :D

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Bailey was dancing to a video and then fell over.  She said to herself, "Oh Bailey, you're so funny. I crack myself up!"

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Bailey grabbed the dogs leashes one morning as we were heading out the door to take Reagan to school.  I said, "Bailey, we are not taking the dogs with us to school.  Please put the leashes away."  She walked over to the dogs (who were SO excited about the leashes) and said, "Sorry puppies.  I said yes, but mommy said no."

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And just for you Auntie Sharon:

Bailey was talking on her phone to Auntie Sharon (a fake phone), and she said, "Sharon, you live in Turkey?!!! Do you have Turkeys and Chickens?"

(hehe...Auntie Sharon lives in Kentucky)

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Skylar was giggling last night and I said, "What's so funny?" And she said, "You don't smell it?!"

oy vey!

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Bailey keeps saying "3,2,1, Blastoff" but Blastoff comes out as "Blastard!" 

Have a great weekend!!

Creative Genius

What in the world are we supposed to do with all those pull ups now that Bailey is potty trained???
She has her own idea....

Silly kid!

I heart chalk!

This weeks theme over at I Heart Faces is "Fun with Chalk!" We play with chalk a lot.  I have tons of pictures where the girls are covered in chalk, but this one is especially sweet for me! Reagan was tracing Bailey's hands and they were just enjoying each other's company.  It's these moments that I cherish and pray for them to just stay little.

LPGA

On Labor Day we had a little outing. It was also gorgeous outside! Perfect weather. So, we decided to do something we had never done before:

We took the girls miniature golfing.  

Oh. My. Word. They were so cute! We were a little worried that they wouldn't know what to do and it would take us 3 hours to get through the course, but that wasn't the case at all.  

Reagan picked it up really quickly.  

Bailey and Skylar both had their "own" styles.  Skylar was a bit of a Happy Gilmore.  She had an unorthodox style but still managed to get the ball into the cup each time!

Look carefully at the picture above and you can see Skylar with the club....above her head! 


I should have used this picture of Brian for the smirking contest.  :) Each time Skylar would finish her turn, she would hand her club to Brian.  Just call him the Daddy Caddy!

All in all, they had a BLAST.  And we were done in 20 minutes.  

friday funnies

We've had my 85 year old nana with alzheimers staying with us this week so some of our funnies are a bit more "adult." :) Of course the girls have not disappointed this week! Enjoy!

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One morning nana was getting dressed and walked from her bedroom to the bathroom...in just her underwear.  That was funny enough in and of itself, but what was even funnier was what Brian said when I told him about it.  I texted him and said "It's good you're not home.  Nana's walking around naked." He responded, "Well, she did see Bailey walking around our house naked last night. When in Rome..."
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After dropping Reagan off at school one morning we were driving home and Skylar asked, "How do trees go potty?" I responded, "They don't." Puzzled, she asked, "Then why does that one have toilet paper in it?"
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Reagan came to me on Wednesday and said, "I have three reasons why you should do my laundry tomorrow...." Oh sweet little analytical one.  The apple does not fall far from the tree.
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Skylar and Bailey were watching "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" one morning and Skylar said, "I think I know why his name is Pooh! He likes to eat all the time.  And everyone knows that when you eat, you....poo."  :)
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The girls call my grandmother, "Nana Great."  Except for Bailey. She calls her "Nana Grape" and sometimes "Mama Grape."
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Reagan was practicing piano.  Nana and I were sitting and listening to her.  In between songs, Nana said, "Some day you're going to have a pianist." Later Reagan asked, "Why did Nana say that some day you will have a penis?" :D I didn't even know she knew that word!!