Our Hugger!

Avery is our hugger. You hold out your hands and she is running for them before you can even ask for a hug! This past week, she has made Ryan and I laugh with her spur of the moment hugging sessions. She will hug me, then run down the hall - hug Madi, go off to find Daddy and hug him, then start all over again by running and finding me again to hug. She will continue this for sometime, and it makes us all laugh!

Silly Face

Sunday morning Ryan and I decided to try and sleep in so we feed the girls breakfast and put a movie on and climbed back in bed. About ten minutes later Madi comes into the room followed by Avery and says, "Mom, I'm a big girl and Avery is just a baby. And I don't make silly faces like Avery."
Me: "Umm, ok Madi." (??)

Madi: "See? She has a silly face!"

I look over the bed at Avery and she is smiling with chocolate covered all over her mouth and face! Where'd she get the chocolate?! No wonder Madi said she is a big girl and doesn't make silly faces like Avery!

Riding out on the Range

Madi and I (Ryan) were playing with her little stick horses the other day, when I pretended to crash into the oven on my horse. She ran over to me and exclaimed, "Daddy, just tell the truth and you will be proud of yourself!" And with that, she proceeded to ride off into the other room, as if what she had said cleared it all up for me. Thanks, Madi. I'll keep that in mind next time I crash on the horse.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear...

You know that classic book, "Brown Bear, Brown bear, What do you see? I see a Red Bird looking at me. Red Bird, Red Bird, What do you see? I see a...." and it continues on this way through out the book.

Avery loves books and is constantly bringing me books to read to her and sitting on my lap. This one is her favorite! The other day I was putting on my "face" and she came marching in the room holding this book. She sat down and proceeded to read it to me:

Avery: Brown Bear page- "Rarrrr, Rarrrr, Rarrrr"(deep raspy voice)
Red Bird page- "Twit, Twit, Twit"-meaning "tweet" (while signing "bird" in sign language)
Yello Duck page- "Cack, Cack, Cack"-meaning "quack" (while signing "duck" in sign language)
Blue Horse page- "Heeee, Heeee!"
Green Frog page- Stares at me confused. I tell her that's a Green Frog- "Rib-bit" She tries, "bit"
Purple Cat page- "Meeeoooo"
White Dog page- " Ruff, Ruff," (while patting her leg, sign for "dog")
Black Sheep page- "Baaaaaaaa"
Goldfish page- smacks her lips together as if imitating a fish
Teacher page- "Hi"
Children page- looks up at me and laughs with her cute Avery grin!

I was in awe after she did this, because not only did she know almost each one, but how cute she was doing it with the signing and the noises of each animal, all with her cute little smile!

Calm down

Last week Madi was having a pretty rough, boring, no good day. She just needed to get out of the house. I was feeling frustrated with her whining all day and kept telling her she needed to calm down. When Ryan got home from school I told him I wanted to take Madi out for some ice cream after dinner.

After dinner Madi was still upset and continued to whine.

Me: "How about we go out and get some ice cream together! How does that sound?"

Madi: "Ok!"

Me: "But first, I need you to change your attitude and be happy before we can go. Can you do that?"

Madi: "Yes, but first, I need a minute to calm down, ok?!" (*Heavy breathing in and out several times.)

Why I started this new blog...

My friend, Cristi, has a blog that records what her girls say and do, and I thought what a GREAT idea! So I am stealing this idea also! (-Thanks Cristi!) I love hearing stories of what I did or said when I was little but of course my mom and dad don't remember everything as it wasn't all recorded. Well, I thought I would try and simply write things down about the cute things my kids say and do. I don't want to forget these things! It will be fun to look back and remember the funny things they said and did when they get older.