Spinning

Carli loves to spin, and loves anything that spins (mainly dresses!).  This morning she was spinning a lot, and finally sat down and said in the most serious voice, 

"oh mom, our house is falling down."

Big Boy Room!

Here it is!  Nate and Kyles Big Boy Room!  Nate is so excited to be sleeping in his new bed.  Thursday was his first night and he did great!  Chad tried to just put him to sleep in his crib and he was not having it at all!  So once he was tucked in his bed (with no pillows) he was happy!  We were gone over the weekend, so I thought that may mess things up for bed last night, but he did great!  He did wake up at 6:30am, but I just went and tucked him back in and he was good to go!  What a big boy!  Naps may be another story!

Paint and wall decor will have to come later!

A Sunday without Dad

Chad was out of town today.  Sundays are always the hardest when he is gone, but we survived.  Right after church Nate took his nap, Carli had quite time, and I even had a few minutes to have a rest myself.  When that was over we made peanut butter cookies and both kids sat right by me and "helped".  This was the first time I let Nate sit up there, and boy did he love it and want to touch EVERYTHING!!

Carli worked on her Fancy Nancy puzzle AGAIN!  (We got this puzzle last week and already we have put it together about 4-5 times!  Its a little tricky, but she is really good at it!  (100 piece-ages 5+)  What a smart girl!)

They were both being silly and Nate found my bowl and put it right on his head.  He has such a funny personality these days.  I had to take a picture!  2 seconds later if fell off his head and broke.  :(  I was so sad, and so was he. 

Carli - A little OCD...

Carli has always been, and probably always will be just a little OCD.  This is how I found her when I went to get her out of her Quite Time!  If you can see, the light bright pieces are all lined up in order, not missing a hole.  The beads, Im not sure where she came up with lining them up like this and putting the larger balls on top!  What a goof!

Here are a few other funny things about her:

*I often ask her where she came from, she will always say, "Target" or "the store" or "down stairs" or just something silly.  

*She is very into playing princesses right now, and if I call her Carli, she quickly tells me, "my name is princess!".

*Every time we are talking about Baby Kyle being in my belly, she tells me she has 2 babies in her belly.  "Lindsey & Fancy Nancy"

*She loves a schedule.  Everyday she likes to know "the Plan" or "the Deal" and how many things are in it.  Like getting home, taking a bath, getting dressed, saying prayers, brushing teeth, and reading 2 books, and getting a drink of water.  So that would be 7 things, and she like to review and count them out over and over until we start the process.  (These conversations usually take place in the car rides home from Grandma & Grandpas.

*Loves to read books and can memorize/fill in the blanks after only reading a book 2-3 times.

As crazy, wild, stubborn and strong willed as she is, we love her to death!  She will always be one to keep us on our toes!