These kids are just so darn cute, I want to squeeze the daylights out of them!! But instead, I settle for a trillion kisses and tickles :)
~ Reese is hilarious. A seriously funny little girl!! It is crazy how much she has picked up from Blake and Em. She is already a master staller at nap time and bedtime. "Just one minute, Mom. I have to go see something." "I'm thirsty!" etc etc. And the way she says, "Just one minute." kills me!!! So, so cute!
Reese is definitely the most affectionate out of the 3 kids. Just the other day she sat down next to me on the couch, covered us both up with a blanket, cuddled in to me and said, "I love you Mommy. And I love this blankie." Heart melted :) I get a lot of "I love you's" :) I love it!! On Thursday, while we were waiting to pick Em up from Preschool, Blake and Reese were playing and hugging/wrestling when Reese looks up at Blake and says, "I love you Blake." :) :)
A side of Reese that not too many people have seen is the 'tude!!! o.m.g. ... I need to catch her arm crossing, pouting face on video. Seriously unbelievable!! For example, on Sunday night Cal asked her to have some more supper and she (sitting in her booster seat at the table), throws her arms across her body, frowns, puts her chin down and says, "No! All done!" Honestly, it is so hard not to smile and laugh, it is actually cute! But not something we should encourage!!!
Reese has sat on the potty many times, each time at her request. She can sit for quite awhile!! Just the other day she wanted to sit on her Dora potty seat, so I set it up and she climbed on. After approx. 10 minutes she pointed to an Elmo potty seat and said, "I want Elmo!" So she climbed off, I switched seats, she sat down and said, "I poop on Elmo, it's my special seat!" Lucky Elmo ;) lol!!! (and no, she did not go to the washroom that time, after many minutes of sitting on Dora and Elmo!!)
Reese has sat on the potty many times, each time at her request. She can sit for quite awhile!! Just the other day she wanted to sit on her Dora potty seat, so I set it up and she climbed on. After approx. 10 minutes she pointed to an Elmo potty seat and said, "I want Elmo!" So she climbed off, I switched seats, she sat down and said, "I poop on Elmo, it's my special seat!" Lucky Elmo ;) lol!!! (and no, she did not go to the washroom that time, after many minutes of sitting on Dora and Elmo!!)
~ Blake is getting into football. Last Sunday he wanted to watch football with Cal!! So cute! After the Colts lost, Blake says to Cal, "I'm glad the Colts didn't win because if they won and played the Bronco's, who would we cheer for?! Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck?!" Pretty sure there was a grin from ear to ear on Cal's face ;)
Every night before bed Blake HAS to give Reese a hug and kiss. He chases her around (she's not always open to his hugs and kisses!!) until he catches her and gives her a hug and kiss! They have a much different relationship then Em and Reese. Actually both girls have a more 'rough and tumble' relationship with Blake. They love to wrestle with him! It is so funny!! Reese usually sits or lays on Blake and he lets her. It's really funny, they giggle the whole time ;)
Blake is really into saving money and doing chores for money! In fact, before Christmas he came home from school with 80 cents and told me, "Brooke gave me some money!" I was surprised and thought it was odd but got busy with lunch and putting Reese down for her nap and didn't ask anymore questions. Later that afternoon when Cal got home from work, Blake told Cal that Brooke told him she had some money and so Blake said he asked her for some!!! lol! I had a little conversation with him about that ;) We're glad he is interested in saving money and we can not believe how well he can count and add money - wow!!! He is definitely strong at Math, we'll see if that continues! We're working on figuring out a good chore/allowance chart for the kids. We started out with some simple chores and $5/week a few months ago. We've also done a ticket system with the kids, which worked but if they do all their chores every day that = $20/month. I think that's a bit much for a 2, 3, and 5 yr old!! The last thing we need is another $60 worth of toys in our house every month! So we're going to start a new system where they get 25 cents/chore. We'll see how that goes! For now, Blake has saved quite a bit of chore money and birthday and Christmas money and has his eye on a few toys!! We'll be making a trip to Toys R Us soon :)
This week, Emerson has been waking up early so one morning I decided I'd lay with her for awhile, until at least 7 am!! I laid down and Blake said, "Mom? Can you lay in my bed?" I told him that I was afraid I was too heavy to sleep with him on the top bunk but that on Saturday morning he should come join me in my bed! He was happy with that and this morning climbed in to bed with me for some morning cuddles ;)
This week, Emerson has been waking up early so one morning I decided I'd lay with her for awhile, until at least 7 am!! I laid down and Blake said, "Mom? Can you lay in my bed?" I told him that I was afraid I was too heavy to sleep with him on the top bunk but that on Saturday morning he should come join me in my bed! He was happy with that and this morning climbed in to bed with me for some morning cuddles ;)
~ Emerson is getting really excited for her birthday party! I have a feeling she'll be inviting everyone she sees to her party! Today she was looking at FB with me and asked me, "Who is that?" I told her who they were (friends who live in Regina) and she said, "I want to invite them to my birthday party!" She's very excited, wants to have a 'Rainbow Dash' party (a My Little Pony character) and have the party at the gymnastics club (again - this will be her 3rd!)! In a way I'd like to have the party at home so I can do more party games, etc. but the gymnastics club is so fun for her and the kids and she looooves gymnastics. So, we might do that again. It is also quite reasonably priced and the biggest bonus of all - no cleaning the house before and then again after!
Em is soooo into dance! She told me she wants to take another dance class, she has to wait too long for her class. We think once a week is enough for now!! But I think we'll see if there is a summer dance camp that she can go into, she would love that!! She is very excited for her dance 'performance' but it is not until June, so she has some time to wait!
I know I've said it before, but it is just sooooo sweet how Emerson treats Reese!! She is so helpful and is always trying to keep Reese happy and lend a helping hand whenever Reese is in need :) Emerson calls her Baby or Sweetie and if Reese is upset, Em will often stroke her head and say, "It's okay Baby!" Very sweet, I love it :)
Poor Emerson is getting really bad growing pains at night :( I feel so bad for her. Blake was the same way and still gets them every now and then. I hope maybe Reese will escape them.
~ This morning we went to a minor hockey week pancake breakfast. It was great, all compliments of KC St. Matthews hockey club! Blake and Em each got 4 airbrushed tattoo's, 1 on each arm and cheek!
This afternoon my Mom came over for a visit and after the kids were in bed we went to visit my Grandma Kelley, who is living with my Aunt and Uncle. They are leaving for Florida on Monday and Grandma Kelley just got out of the hospital after having an angioplasty. But she looks great, is in really good spirits and has the go ahead to travel to the States. I hope she has a great trip and gets lots of rest and soaks up the sunshine :)
This evening I called my Grandma Marg to wish her a very happy birthday! I miss her so much, I wish we lived closer and could see each other more and she could see our kids. But we do talk often and the kids have skyped with her and Grandpa and talk to them on the phone too.
I hope you're all having a great weekend :)
xo
Tracy
PS: I moved the Resolutions post over to ramblingsofasometimesmadmom.blogspot.com
I know I've said it before, but it is just sooooo sweet how Emerson treats Reese!! She is so helpful and is always trying to keep Reese happy and lend a helping hand whenever Reese is in need :) Emerson calls her Baby or Sweetie and if Reese is upset, Em will often stroke her head and say, "It's okay Baby!" Very sweet, I love it :)
Poor Emerson is getting really bad growing pains at night :( I feel so bad for her. Blake was the same way and still gets them every now and then. I hope maybe Reese will escape them.
~ This morning we went to a minor hockey week pancake breakfast. It was great, all compliments of KC St. Matthews hockey club! Blake and Em each got 4 airbrushed tattoo's, 1 on each arm and cheek!
This afternoon my Mom came over for a visit and after the kids were in bed we went to visit my Grandma Kelley, who is living with my Aunt and Uncle. They are leaving for Florida on Monday and Grandma Kelley just got out of the hospital after having an angioplasty. But she looks great, is in really good spirits and has the go ahead to travel to the States. I hope she has a great trip and gets lots of rest and soaks up the sunshine :)
This evening I called my Grandma Marg to wish her a very happy birthday! I miss her so much, I wish we lived closer and could see each other more and she could see our kids. But we do talk often and the kids have skyped with her and Grandpa and talk to them on the phone too.
I hope you're all having a great weekend :)
xo
Tracy
PS: I moved the Resolutions post over to ramblingsofasometimesmadmom.blogspot.com
