One day during the 3rd week of school Nick came home and again, not much information about the day, ( I try to use the 20 seconds walk back to the house when he gets off the bus to gather as much as I can though) ;-) Then during quiet time he pops his head up and says: "Mom, guess what....I got to be line leader today." (Doesn't this just make your heart melt) I am constantly amazed at how much he has grown within just 3 months of being in school. We were waiting for the bus the other day and we saw 2 birds on a light post to the right of us and 2 birds on a light post to the left of us, Nick said: "Look mom, 2 and 2 they balance! (in the most enthusiastic voice) Last night we were in the car on the way to Chris' moms house, and Annie, his sisters dog is over there. Nick started doing math in the car. "Mom, our 2 dogs plus Annie equals 3 dogs." and my personal favorite; he is learning how to "sound out words" he will teach Olivia words. "Livvie, can you say "ye" and she says "ye" then he says "good job" can you say "s" and she says "s" Good, now can you say "Ye-s" and then she nods her head yes! Such a good teacher don't you think. Today he was looking out his window and said "mom, look a squirrel outside. teach me to say it" so I have him sound out the word. He is making friends at school, when I ask him a month ago who he plays with the most he says "Ava" makes me laugh, he is with girls all day and then his favorite friend in school is a girl! ;-) He now has 3 favorite friends at school, Ava, Eli and Dawson.
Chris was watching football the other day and the announcer mentioned "eli manning" this got Nicks attention and he wondered why they were talking about Eli. LOL. I do want to document for my grandmas knowledge that Nick has show and tell every Thursday, and his first 2 show and tells he wanted to take his "people blanket" (what he calls his blanket my grandma made him). Nick is still very into Star Wars might I add, but Dinosaurs are coming in as a close second these days, We took him to see Jurassic World at the end of August for a little mommy daddy and nick date! He ofcourse loved it.
Olivia is growing up way to fast too. I know I say that all the time, but really she must have hit a little growth spurt. She is talking so much. She is a little sassy. OK Very sassy.
Her favorite food is pizza and anytime you ask her what she wants she says "pizza" in the cutest voice you can even imagine. If you ask her if she wants applesauce she will turn/run in a circle and say "apple yay" she says please, and thank you and no and yes, she says Paci. thats right, she still has her pacifier. I remember when nick was done with his "binky" at 20 months when he threw it and never got a new one. there is just something about your first kid growing up even faster because you want to experience everything now and when I see Olivia, I still just see my baby! anyway, she only gets it at bedtime which has made her more clingy to her " blanky" which by the way I think is the most adorable thing in the world! She is also now in her own room, no longer sharing with Nick. This is very recent and actually is her 3rd night in her own room. She loves it. She is into baby dolls right now and she may love Paw Patrol even more. We went to target the other day and if she saw anything paw patrol she wanted to carry it through the store. She has a paw patrol bath toy that she insists on sleeping with. She has a storm trooper face of her own now and uses it when she doesn't get her way. But still instead of throwing a loud tantrum, she still goes down into tornado drill mode, face down hands on her head!
Oh and guess what...I have a 5 year old. Wait. What?
He wanted a Storm Trooper Party and and Storm Trooper Party is what he got! Complete with Storm Trooper cupcakes (Princess Leia cupcakes for the girls) and Storm Trooper eggs for the egg race. Chris is pretty good at making Storm Trooper faces and even better, Nick's cupcake got to be one of his favorites, Cptn Rex. He also had his first sleep over that night, they planned to sleep in the basement, his friend Brennan slept on a toddler mattress I had and Nick wanted the couch, but my kid, the crazy sleeper...I checked on them and Nick was literally sleeping on top of his head. (head on the floor and feet on the couch. So I had to move him to his bed so he wouldn't freak out in the middle of the night, but all went smooth and the party was a success even though the Storm Trooper 'guys' were working on their movie and couldn't make it ;-) Then over his actual birthday weekend, we went to Kansas City at Andy and Steph's house. We had a party, went to a pumpkin patch, where he picked out two big pumpkins. and Bonus, Chris and Andy went to see the Chiefs vs Bears game that Sunday. Amazing game the Bears one at literally the last second, and to make things better the Royals won the next day unexpectedly. Chris is one happy man!
In case you are wondering how I found time to blog, I got my wisdom teeth taken out today! I am still pretty numbed up but not in much pain, I hear the 2nd day is worse. So I decided to get you caught up! I also, must have taken more videos than pictures these past few months and oh how I miss One True Media. I am not so sure how to edit and post videos quite yet with out it, but once I do, you really will be able to watch Nick and Olivia grow right before your eyes!
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