Holden turns 3 months

Oh man. 1/4 of a year already.About Holden. Holden pretty much rocks. Everyone at daycare loves him. I went to pick him up a couple of weeks ago and the assistant director of the daycare was in his room holding him. Apparantly, she went into his room just to say hi to him. She admitted that she's not the only one who does that. I guess a lot of the teachers are popping into Holden's room to say goodbye to him before they leave for the day. With a face like this, can you blame them? What a flirt. Holden's size continually surprises me. I know he's big, but when I put him next to Scarlett I'm always shocked at HOW big he is. Look at this...His shoulder span and torso are almost the exact same size as hers. And, as this post is informing you, he's only 3 months old.
I know another mother who has children very similar ages. She was very concerned when her older child would try to pick up the younger child. We don't have that problem. Scarlett couldn't pick up Holden if she tried. She knows that. She doesn't try.
And man...do these kids look alike or what?
Happy 3-monther Munchie-moo. You're a big lug and we love you...even if you're still not sleeping through the night.

My girl likes to potty all the time...

We've introduced underwear. We've done it.

Scarlett is getting moved to the potty training room in daycare a month earlier than anticipated. (This is due to her being "developmentally ready." Woo-hoo Bubsy! I'm very proud of you!) We've had a potty in our house for about 6 months now, but would only put Scarlett on it if she asked. She peed in it a couple of times - she pooped in it once - but we were waiting for her to get moved into this particular daycare room before we decided to really work on potty training. In this room they have official "potty time" built into the daily schedule. Every hour, they line up and walk down the hall to the cutest set of miniature toilets you'll ever see.

So, come next Monday, the potty training wheels will be in FULL motion. Because of this, we purchased some fun new underwear for Bubs. Observe...

Apparently, diapers must weigh Scarlett down or something. We took her diaper off and put her in underwear - and she took off. I have about a dozen pictures of Scarlett sprinting around the house in her new Cinderella underwear.

And what better way to potty train than to sit on your potty watching Cinderella...with your new Cinderella underwear around your ankles? Scarlett sat on the potty for the whole movie. And she peed! Woo-hoo Bubs. I know we have a long way to go. Scarlett will have to remain in diapers at daycare until she can prove to be potty trained - but when she gets home, the diapers will come off and the new underwear goes on.

But that is not to suggest that the underwear will stay on...



Oh Bubs.

Blueberry picking

Princess girl towel

I found a princess girl hooded towel at Wal-Mart. Seriously people. How could I not buy this towel?! It came with a crown for crying out loud.Scarlett stared at herself in the mirror for at least 10 minutes.Maybe even 15. She twirled and spinned...And decided she wanted to show Holden.Initially, Holden wasn't impressed.But then...He changed his mind.

I mean come on. It has a crown people!

Oh...and P.S. - Her royal cheekiness slept in the towel.

Scarlett's "tickets"

As you all know, Scarlett is in daycare. For 9.5 hours, M-F, I am relatively unaware of what my daughter is doing. Oh...she does stuff. 9.5 hours worth of stuff even. And this 9.5 hours worth of stuff is casually written down on a 5"x7" piece of paper which is then handed to me on a daily basis. We've come to refer to this piece of paper as Scarlett's "ticket."
Once we've picked her up from school, the drive home is spent reviewing Scarlett's ticket with her...scrutinizing it to get an idea of how she spent her day. We talk about the activities she did. We talk about her behavior. And we laugh. Below are some of the things I've found on Scarlett's tickets, and some of the discussions that followed.

“Scarlett is doing great at circle time. She is doing very well with her shapes and colors.”

Mommy – What color is that?
Scarlett – Green.
Mommy – Good! And what color is this?
Scarlett – Black.
Mommy – Good! And this?
Scarlett – Pink…That’s purple.
Mommy – No. That’s blue.
Scarlett – No. It’s purple. IT’S PURPLE MOM. (It was blue.)

“Scarlett and Paige were pretending that they were going to the beach today. It was cute.”

“Scarlett was very cute today. She was holding hands with Amanda and calling Amanda her best friend.”

Mommy – Scarlett, who is your best friend?
Scarlett – Amanda!

VERY NEXT DAY

“Scarlett had a good day, until Amanda punched her in the nose over a toy.”

Mommy – Scarlett, is Amanda your best friend?
Scarlett – No. I no like her.

“Scarlett had fun in the sprinklers today. She was chasing her friends around with a bucket of water.”

VERY NEXT DAY

We witness Scarlett dump a bucket of water over the head of a little girl. The little girl did not enjoy it. I repeat. Did not enjoy it.

“Scarlett did not listen today. She climbed up to the top of the slide when we told her it was time to go inside. No one could reach her.”

“Scarlett was funny today. She was dancing up front at the concert, until she decided she was scared of the guy playing guitar.”

Mommy – Scarlett, you didn't like music today?
Scarlett – No. He scare me.

Cinderella - probably the best "princess girl"ever invented. Ever.

We finally watched Cinderella last night. Needless to say, Scarlett loved it. In fact...all hell broke loose when the movie actually ended. I'm not kidding. Observe...

It was seriously hard not to laugh.

Drama. You have become a familiar face in this household.

The kids have been Warholized...

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Corn...

It's what's for dinner. A lot recently. Guess why.
Bubsy LOVES it.