French Family: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Toe Sucker

Here's a video of Bree sucking on her toe. I think it's pretty funny. Just click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ARR5nAkFM

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Kate has been doing "Mommy School" for a few weeks now with another girl in our neighborhood. She loves it! One day I teach and the other day Kate goes over to her friend's house for school. On the days she goes over to her friends house she makes sure she has her back pack and then she rides her bike as I push Bree in the stroller down the street and around the corner. I know she's comparatively "small" to the rest of the 3 year olds' out there but in my eyes she is such a big girl.

Right now, we are learning the Alphabet and practicing writing their names.

Kate is really into rainbows hence the rainbow bug, letter C and the rainbow clown mouth.

Kate's been busy drawing and coloring for awhile now and here are a few of her latest self-portraits.

Title: Good Morning Sunshine

She got her morning hair right on.

Title: Mermaid

Does this one need an explanation... I think not.

Time Flys...

Well here we are at the end of this month and I would like to know where has the time gone? As I passed through the pictures on our camera I realized that I was way overdue for an update on what's been going on in our lives.

Bling Bling

Seeing doubles? The next two pictures may look like nothing special but look closer (at Bree's ears) and you'll see a little shimmer. Bree got her ears pierced! She did great and so far so good. No signs of an infection. I'm not really sure why I love this day so much, maybe it's the initiation into the world of being a girl and that from now on no one will say... "Oh, he's so cute" - even when she's wearing all blue.

before...

after...

Strike A Pose
I must have been running late for church and in the madness of it all Spencer took these lovely pictures of our girls. Just too cute I tell ya, too cute!

One fish, two fish

Kate loves the water and always has and if the two girls are alike in any way it would be that they both love the water... warm water that is. Bree loves to sit in her little seat sucking on her little hands while I run the water over her. Makes me wonder if we are at all related to a fish?

Sisters

Kate is so good with Bree and often I find Kate making her laugh. It's the cutest thing and after I've been watching for a bit and think, Oh I should get this on tape - it's at that precise moment that they both decided it's done with. Figures, right?

4 Months
On the 23rd of this month Bree turned 4 months... hence the title of this post. I thought time went fast with Kate and now it's like we've jumped in to light speed. Bree is such a good baby. She is eating well, she smiles all the time, she laughs, she will suck on anything but prefers her fingers, she is sleeping good and brings so much joy to our little family.

Date Night
Spencer and I went up to Sundance and rode the ski lift for a date. It was so pretty to see the leafs changing colors and the enormous mountains against the clear blue sky. It was perfect until Spencer accidentally kicked off one of my flip-flops. As we watched it fall down to the ground we just froze and then quickly realized, I would only have one shoe for the rest of the date. So yes, I got funny looks as I walked around the resort missing a shoe and yes one foot was very dirty by the end of our date but we both had a good laugh about and will probably never forget it.

A New Toy

Bree wasn't diggin' the swing so much anymore so I took it down to the basement and remembered this little guy. We set her in it and she loves it! Can't touch the ground just yet but with a pack of printer paper placed under her she does just dandy.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Labor Day

With a 3 month old we were home bound for this holiday as well but that didn't stop Kate and Spencer from going camping in the backyard Saturday night. Kate was so excited she was bouncing off not only the walls but just about anything she could find. I think Spencer was just as excited but he was able to control himself a tad bit better.

Kate showing me where and how she was going to be sleeping

Kate sportin' the Perm-a-smile

How did long did he last? Well, Spencer got a taste of sleeping with a 3yr old who kicks, turns, twists, and talks in her sleep. Then you add to the mix a paranoid dad that she'll get cold, complete silence, the air mattress going flat, and the smell of the stinky minks. So Spencer brought Kate in at 2:30 in the morning. However, I give him the best dad award for trying it! It made Kate's day... I mean night.

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On Monday we went up to Park City for their annual Miner's Day Parade and Labor Day Celebration. We met up with Hannah, Logan and Chase and watched the parade. Both Kate and Chase got lots of candy.

After the parade we walked to the Labor Day Celebration for some fun.

Kate wanted to get her face painted and the gal who did it did a GREAT job. She even made it match Kate's shirt!

And of course we finished the day with some.... shopping at the outlets. You thought I was going to say ice-cream didn't you? We had some of that too.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Septemer thus far

On September 1st Kate started Gymnastics. She loves it and is pretty good at it too.

Brooke is in her class too and between the two of them they put on quite a show.

I know I've mention before how much Bree likes her fingers but lately she has taken it to a whole new level. The girl, is all about her hands all the time and it's not just a finger or a thumb ... it's the hand, the whole hand and nothing but the hand.

Sisterly love

Austin started school this past week and with all the school talk Kate came out of her room with her Dora backpack on and asked if I could take a picture - the posses are all her.

We also bought a van this week. It's a 2005 Honda Odyssey EX. I know I said I would never ever but I did and I love it!

Thus far September has been pretty good

A month in Review

I often find pictures like these on the camera without a rhyme or a reason - these two are a peas in a pod!

Kate all dolled-up

Layin' out by the pool at Hannah and Logan's

Bree loves to be apart of the action

Kate loved this slide at the local water park

Kate and friends from the neighborhood all dressed up in princess clothes.

(Emmerson, Kate, Allyssa)

Bree 3 months old

What's She Thinkin'?

Kate has said and done some pretty funny things and I'm afraid that I'll forget them so I am writing them here where everyone can enjoy them.

10-12-12 Spencer picked up Kate from school today and she proceed to tell him that she told her whole class our phone number. Spencer was shocked because he didn't think she even knew our cell numbers. So he asked her to tell him and she quickly replied "2". 2 is Spencer and my speed dial for each other. Ha!

5-18-11 We got some lunch at Del Taco where the kids could play. There was a boy with long hair playing there too and Kate says in front of everyone, "Mom, hers a boy, for real !" The little boys mom just chuckled.

4-24-11 It was Easter Sunday and Kate asked about the Resurection... the rest of the convo went like this...

Kate: Mom what's the resurection?

Me: It's when you come back to life after you die

Kate: what does that look like?

Me: Oh it's pretty

Kate: So it's Pink?

3-20-11 Kate got some Barbies from a neighbor family who now has older children. She's been playing with non-stop and when Spencer asked her the name of one of the Barbies she quickly replied, "oh her name is Porky". That Barbie is sure to have a complex now.

3-20-11 Spencer and Kate were talking about the garden we want toplat this year and Kate said this... "Daddy, I want to grow a hugen pumpkin and call it Humpkin"

2-10-11 Kate and my mom were talking about riding horses and my mom asked Kate what her horses name was, she took a second to think about it and then replyed, "He's a pink horse named blue. "

9-29-10 Kate was in a bad mood and wanted something that I wasn't going to get her so she gave me the stink eye and then said,"mommy i'm magic and going to disapear from here and then ride my bike to get a treat at the store with daddy!".

9-17-10 Kate is in Spencer's football pool and she makes her picks each week by pointing to the team she wants to win. The other day she was coloring and Spencer was reading off the teams and Kate was telling him who she wanted.

Spencer: Jets or Patriots?

Kate: humm.... Jets because they're in the bathtub

Spencer: What?

Kate: daddy i said Jets because they're in the bathtub!

We have a jetted tub that kate likes to play in and turn on the "jets" and once he remembered that it was just common sense to pick the Jets... because they're in the bathtub.

7-26-10 Kate was telling me how she wanted someone to play with. I told her that I would play with here but she looked at me with her big eyes and said, "no mommy, not you. I want someone little like Brooke, Austin, or D-Bo." (D-bo is my dad)

5-9-10 After church we decided to go to the park. When I asked Kate which park she wanted to go to she said the red one. I told her I didn't know where that one was and then she said... "It's in utah idaho american south." Got it.

10-4-09 Spencer asked Kate if she wanted some ice-cream and she replied, "I sure do!"

10-1-09 Kate was in the tub while I was getting ready when I heard her singing like Ariel, "ah ahh ahh, ahh ah ahhh". When I looked at her she was on her belly and I started to laugh. She then quickly sat up and said, "what mommy?"

9-16-09 Kate's new favorite movie is the Little Mermaid. She was watching it when she turned to me and said, Mommy, I want to go to the ocean floor to say HI to Ariel and all the fishies".

9-1-09 It was past Kate's bed time when she asked to watch "Dora". I told her no because it was time for bed. Then she asked if she could watch football. Spencer perked right up and gave me a look like how was he supposed to turn that down? I guess she was willing to do anything to say up. Te-he-he We compromised by reading books together as a family.

8-27-09 Kate and I were driving in a construction zone in Provo when she saw a very large building crane. Then she said, "Mommy, I want to get in my bathing suit and ride that dinosaur."

8-23-09 Kate went into Spencer's office and said in a very frim voice, "Dad, I need my own computer." My dad says we're done for because Kate is already smarter than both Spencer and I.

8-20-09 Kate's new favorite things to do is hide things in drawers and cupboards. Just recently I have found Monk-monk in almost every drawer in the house - she even hid him while we were camping in Grandma camper. I have also found a hot pocket, a beach ball, sippy cups, hair accessories, shoes, measuring cups, small books and toys, and all sorts of stuff. I still giggle when I find things but I'm sure this will get very annoying very soon.

8-9-09 We were late to church so we just grabbed the first chairs we could see in the overflow. As soon as we sat down both Spencer and I looked at each other and gasped - the young lady in front of us had the worst body order EVER!! Kate didn't notice at first but it didn't take her long before she said very loud, "Eww that's stinky! Stinky mommy stinky!" As most 2 year olds do, she kept repeating those words. Needless to say we had to get up and move after the opening prayer.

7-22-09 "Mommy, see the mountains. I love them so much!"

6-22-09 We were all watching some T.V. when Kate came up to Spencer and I holding her Mrs. Potato Head and said, "What the Chicken?"

6-1-09 Spencer and Kate were looking at a rainbow in the sky when Spencer decided to name off all the colors in the rainbow, "Blue, purple, green, yellow and red" Then Kate looks at him and say, "And orange daddy, and orange". What 2 year old would know what color he didn't say?

5-30-09 Kate was having a hard time falling asleep so I laid in the guest bed with her to help calm her down. I was almost asleep when I heard some strange noises. Then a small voice says, "that was me". This went on for a good five minutes and I couldn't help but to snicker a few times at the silly noises she would make and then follow with "that was me" just in case I didn't know who or what was making those sounds.

5-20-09 A man with brown shoulder length hair walks onto the airplane. Kate points at him and says, "Jesus mommy, Jesus!!" She repeats this about 4 times while pointing right at him and each time she says it louder and louder.

5-9-09 I was taking some vitamins and Kate wanted some so I filled a syringe with water when she wasn't looking and told her to open big for her medicine. She did and then looked up at me with her big brown eyes and a face of disappointment and with a sigh said, "water mommy?" My mouth fell open and for a second I didn't know what to say then I started laughing.

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