brette and reid: an update

i haven't done an update on the girls since reid turned two

and since her little half birthday is today, 

it reminded me to write a little something up on the blog.

i think the biggest change in reid is her speech.

this girl l o v e s  to talk.

all the time.

about nothing and everything.

we hit december and her speech exploded.

i was a little worried because i always felt like 

brette was carrying on conversations so early, 

and i wanted reid to catch up, but

now that her words have found her,

they don't stop. lol.

also, reid is completely potty trained. 

she might still have an accident every once in awhile

at school, but i think it's because she's too busy and 

doesn't want to take a break. 

on the weekends we never have an issue. 

the biggest change in brette is her knowledge 

of her letters and her writing. 

she has been able to spell and pick out letters 

in her own name for awhile, but now she's spelling and

writing a lot more. 

i like reading to her before bed and making her help me or pick out letters. 

i CANNOT wait for the day she's reading on her own. 

she has to "sign  in" to school every morning and 

the improvement in her handwriting from august to now is CRAZY.

i've also noticed that she can color inside the lines and

draw pictures of actual objects instead of just scribbles.

it's like she grew up on me! 

they are both still picky eaters.

i don't think we've sat down for a meal

where BOTH girls eat.

it feels like if one eats well, the other one

maybe took two bites.

it's very conditional and they are very 

vocal about what is "disgusting."

reid is currently on a chocolate milk kick and

brette loves summer sausage and cheese.

they both love candy. (eye roll)

some of their favorite play things?

they both love barbies right now.

reid is a bit young, but she wants to do what

brette does, so they're both into it.

as long as you keep them separated, its 

fine, but if someone has the wrong barbie,

things get heated.

they also love to color and paint.

reid still love stickers and play doh and

brette likes shopkins and my little pony.

oh, brette also loves movies. 

she would watch a movie everyday if i let her.

i can tell she's going to be one of those kids that 

i'll have to limit her screen time.

it's one of the reasons i'm refusing to get

her any sort of tablet.

i know she wants one, but i figure i'd rather "play"

as long as she can and i know she'll have one in school,

so why rush it. 

reid loves the song "little red riding hood" from the 60's. 

we literally listen to this song at least three times a day, 

but sometimes it's definitely more like 10.

the best word for both of them is: funny.

i think my kids are hilarious.

ronnie and i laugh together everyday over something

one of them says.

i wish i could video our lives just to have these

moments forever. 

we're half way to their birthdays and i 

can't believe my girls are on their way to 3 and 5.

i have to say, 2 and 4 has been a great combo. 

here we come, 2018!

christmas was a lot of fun this year.

i'm pretty sure when the kids are this age,

it's just going to get better and better.

brette really, really understood santa, jesus and

everything christmas.

i used tootie, our friendly elf on the shelf, for

all it's worth making sure she behaved herself.

sometimes, i would even have her go over and 

apologize to tootie if she did something mean to 

reid, just so she understood that we only promote good behavior. 

mwah ha ha ha.

i loved it.

reid loved christmas too.

she kind of understands, but she would cry if brette 

told her tootie was going to tell santa she was a bad girl.

poor thing.

those girls are already starting - i can only 

imagine what its going to be like in 10 years.

christmas morning was magic,

hot chocolate, donuts and a tornado of

presents that was completely unwrapped in

about 10 minutes.

they loved their new bikes - i can't wait

for spring when we can take them outside and

start learning to ride.

#springdreamsalready

we got some snow the day before christmas,

which was the best present ever, 

so we all played in the snow and went sledding.

i actually took off work the whole week, so 

i was home with them for 10 days straight.

i made me miss my time at home with them.

i get so much done and i love having them with me,

but i also missed missing them, if that makes sense?

i still think - my goal in life is to make good money

only working part time.

it would be the best of both worlds.

we made our way into the new year down in warrensburg

with turnbow's and glover's and the kiddos.

we did a fake countdown around 7:30pm after dinner, so

we could get the kids in pj's and in bed at my parent's 

house around 8pm.

then i headed back to turnbow's to ring in the new year

with the adults.

we played "what do you meme?" - a hilarious game and

i loved being with my girlfriends.

not much has been going on since then.

its freaking freezing so ronnie and i have been 

using our weekends to get organized and 

FINALLY clean out our basement.

we're literally unpacking boxes from 3 years ago to

see if it's junk or something we should keep.

i've made two trips to Goodwill and ronnie has made

s e v e r a l  trips to the dumpster. 

it feels good to get it out of the house.

i hope your christmas and new year was lots of fun!

here's to 2018!