ABC's & Colors

As hard as I've tried I cannot get Aubrey to pay attention long enough to learn her ABC's or numbers. I know she is old enough that she can memorize them but she just isn't getting them. She knows a few important ones, like first letter of all of our names and can even draw an A but she just as no interest in flash cards and stuff that worked when she was 1-2. When I was at Sam's club the other day I decided to get them some ABC and Number Cd's since I don't really want them watching as much TV in the car. Within a few days she had learned the first quarter of her ABC's! After seeing that I realized she more of a hands on learner and I need to change up my teaching techniques. As we get ready for her entering Pre-school in the fall, we will be finding more ways to make learning fun and will be blogging about it. That will include anatomy because right now Aubrey LOVES learning about her body. Just last night we went over "brains, bones and bread" (lol when Aubrey says blood, it sounds like bread) She was co curious about how her heart pumped blood through her veins and how her lungs put air into her blood. I'm not the best at explaining stuff to kids but she seems to get it and really enjoys it.

As for Evvy, I feel I have felt down when I think about what I was teaching Aubrey at this age. She knows most of her body parts, and I think she knows her colors, though sometimes I think she just might be guessing, others she'll get one wrong that I know she knows. Either way I'll be including her in our learning!

Anyway today I opened up Word on our computer and typed a big A so Aubrey could find the matching one on the key board and opened a sticky note for her to type in. She found all of them now knows what a Y is! . Evvy found E.V.V and want to go play but I was surprised at just how fast she found them!

silly girls

These girls constantly crack me up! Tonight as we were lying in bed Aubrey asked me if boys get flowers. I told her usually boys buy flowers for girls and asked her if she wanted flowers. She decided she did and said she liked pink flowers. When we asked Evvy she said she wanted blue flowers AND m&ms :) then Aubrey told me "I hope boys don't have purple flowers cuz I only like pink flowers!" Oh my goodness! This girl is definitely getting a little demanding lately, looks like we've going to need to learn more about being grateful!

Little Trouble Maker :)

Evvy got in the powdered sugar, but even covered in sugar she's still so cute I couldn't be mad at her.

Teenage Daughters

Teenage Daughters

I heard this song today and I have a feeling this will end up being our theme song later on down the road...as it is Aubrey is already full of attitude and eye rolling. Evvy, while a little more quiet, has a temper on her and we've already had our fair share of arguments where she yells "NO!" at me. I definitely think they take after their daddy ;)

According to my parents I was such a good kid when I was younger, always listening and never got into trouble as a teenager, and the girls already are giving me a run for my money. Because I was such a good kid I expect the girls to be the same and I am constantly having to remind myself that that is not the norm when it comes to toddlers and praying for patience.

On the plus side, having daughters is soo much fun!! I love the fact that they want to do girly things with me, like dress up or painting their nails. So I'm going to enjoy the time we spend together now while they still want to do things with me and I'll worry about the rest later :)

Family Friday

Since date nights are much harder now that we're in Co, we've decided to have weekly family outings instead! We've decided to make it Fridays, since it's a weekday and places shouldn't be as busy, and Craig has the day off. Yesterday we decided to get our spring cleaning outta the way so we had to postpone it to today (Sat.) After dropping our cat, Emma, off at the groomers we headed to the Black Bear Dinner which we've been meaning to try for some time now. The girl LOVED it, especially Aubrey, and I think we will be going back often! Aubrey ordered a "Kid's cano" (a kids volcano), which is mini pancakes, egg, and sausage stacked up like a volcano and Evvy got chocolate chip pancakes. I'm usually not a big fan of pancakes but theirs are phenomenal! I guess they're made with a special sweet cream, yumm!

Coloring while waiting for their food, notice Aubrey tongue!

After breakfast we headed over to pick up Emma! She has been shedding her winter coat and cat hair was everywhere, not a good thing when you have a slight allergy to cats! It was so bad that we decided to have her shaved! Craig wanted to have her get a Lion cut but her hair isn't really long enough so we just went with a regular trim. Craig thought she looked ridiculous but the girls and I loved it and it made her fur silky smooth, like petting a chenille blanket!

Las Vegas- Part 3

Day 3- February 27th

Since the girls and I were planning on driving to Palmdale after Vegas and Craig had to be back in Grand Junction Monday for work he flew back. Fortunately the cheap airline that flies from Grand Junction to LAX also flies from GJ to Vegas 2 days a week, one of which is Sunday! Unfortunately the bad part is that it's only one flight and that flight was in the morning so Craig didn't get to spent it hanging out with us :'(

The girls and I spent the day walking around with Craig's parents, brothers, and his Aunt Jacki. The girls got to see the Atlantis show inside Caesars Palace Forum shops and the fountains at Bellagio at dusk.

Las Vegas- Part 2

February 26th- Day 2

We headed about 10 mins down the road to Henderson for breakfast, Coffee Bean coffee and a quick stop at a gun shop while Laurie went to pick up Steve from the Airport. Afterwards we headed over to Mandalay Bay to see the Aquarium. The girls loved it!

After the aquarium we got lunch with Steve, Laurie, Chris and Colton, and then headed over to the Silverton to meet up with everyone else. The Silverton has a huge fish tank and has mermaid shows and fish feedings and we managed to see both! We also walked through the Bass Pro Shop that is attached to the casino and it was huge! Our Cabella's here in Grand Junction has taxidermy but it's mostly things like ram, antelope and stuff like that, but the animals they had there were crazy! Lion packs, a giraffe, a two-story waterfall...We never did find out if they were real but it was pretty cool!

We ended our night getting together with everyone for cake and presents for Steve and Laurie's Anniversary and Laurie's Birthday.