My big girls!

My girls are growing faster than mama wants to acknowledge. Somehow, the gates around the TV no longer seem to be working very well.

Could it be that they have become tall enough to simply go over the gate with a little effort?Or just knock the whole thing over. They did this with a big smile and kept looking at me as they knew they were not suppose to be doing this!

They now get into their car seats by themselves. They switched seats now so Leeza sits behind me and kicks my seat constantly. Sasha's legs are finally long enough so that they can bend at the kness at the edge of the car seat rather than have to stick straight out.

When they say they have to go potty, I send them in by themselves sometimes and just go and help them when they are done. They can do most of potty by themselves.

I put a 3t top on Sasha this morning and she said tight mama tight. And the 3t was too small! So I got a similar shirt out in 4t and it fit great! Some of the 3t pants are getting a little tight on Leeza.

Leeza is starting to get a few colors. Sasha is doing great and knows green, pink, purple, blue, red, gray, yellow, and is learning brown.

Leeza finished preschool Monday. She will go back in the fall. I went to the last day which was a play day. It was 94 out and they had the parents play soccer, t ball, potato sack race, and help the kids ride bikes. All in the blazing sun. Leeza had a great time and loved having mama there to show off to. She got her first report card and did very well- no grades- just progess. She didn't have a lot of things on it since she had not been at school very long.

Now that preschool is over, Leeza is moving to the 3 year old class at daycare next week. Sasha will stay with the 2s for a while. They are ready for it. Sibling rivalry is starting. It is not bad, but some time apart will be a good thing. They will still see each other during soem of the play times.
Dan, Shawna and Kelsey will be here this weekend. The girls should have a good time as they see if they can wear Kelsey out.

Quiet weekend

Sasha giving her best "catwalk" impression showing off her new dress

Both girls are in desparate need of a haircut. I should have taken them this weekend, but didn't. Time just seems to fly by. We were getting ready to go out to eat and snapped a few quick pictures. I spent my free time setting up programs on my new computer. It is a pain to have to do this.

Sometimes. it is the little things that surprise you in how much they are changing. When they first came home, their fingernails and toenails were tiny and very thin which made it really difficult to trim them. Today, I was trimming them and realized that they were normal looking nails and were also big enough now that it was easy to trim. They are dressing themselves now except for when one doesn't want to wear any clothes that day and then mom will step in and put some clothes on their naked butt. They can both put on their shoes if they have velcro although neither can tie their shoes yet. Sasha is trying to do that, but isn't ready yet. Sasha also surprised me today when I gave them some jelly beans(leftover from Easter still). She picked each one up and correctly told me their color! Leeza has decided to talk on the phone again and boy can she pout when someone else wants to talk for a few minutes!

I'm back

I am getting my new computer set up. I am still trying to revive my old one, but it had a major electrical failure and is totally dead-no nothing nada. The girls were playing a game on it(ie bashing the keyboard) when it just stopped dead. I got my old laptop out, but it was not working well when I stopped using it secveral years ago. It didn't suddenly start working so I could access a few things, but most things like the blog were out.
Leeza is loving school. She talks about the school bus all the time. I think she is just very proud of herself for riding it and is happy that only she gets to go and not Sasha also.
We went out to Red Lobster as a family for Mother's day. The girls were really well behaved and it was a nice meal. They love watching other people especially babies. This was our first family only-mom and 2 kids meal out. It is good to know that we can do that now.
I'll have to measure the girls this weekend as I think Leeza has gone through another growth spurt. She just keeps getting taller.
The girls had their first dentist appointment this week. They did really good. No cavities. They were really well behaved. The dentist tried to look at Leeza first who started to cry and then I told her to try Sasha first. Sasha just opened her little mouth right up. Leeza then let her check her teeth-although there were a couple of tears. then they got to go to the dentist's treasure chest which is filled with braclets and necklaces. They ended up with a new toothbrush, 2 braclets, and 2 stickers each. Sasha started crying when we left and wanted to go back in.

My computer died and I am locked out of blogger so I will update when all is fixed

School bus

So far Leeza has liked pre school, but has not loved the bus. By the end of the first week, she was getting on without major crying- just a few tears that quickly dried up. This week she seemed to be doing better. Wednesday, I found out when I got to day care that the bus had been 30 minutes late in dropping Leeza off at daycare after school. The next day, I found out that the bus had a substitute driver that day and had forgotten Leeza was on the bus and was driving it back to the bus yard when Leeza sneezed! So she had the grand tour bus ride that day. The bus is a small bus and only has a few kids on it so I don't know how you can forget a kid! Her day care was already on the phone looking for her.
Now she seems to love the bus. It figures- that would scare most kids and make them hate the bus even more, but not my kid. Now she likes it!

May

Wow, I can't believe it is May. We had a busy Saturday. We played with the play dough. Then I got out a bag of clothes I had been given. The girls had a good time trying on everything and then spread the clothes all over the living room. Sasha made up her outfit from her favorite things in the bag. At least it is colorful!After nap time, I let the girls play on the computer and then we went outside. We went on a bike ride which ended up with the girls walking around the block and me dragging the 2 bikes behind them. I'm not sure how it ended up that way, but I couldn't get them on the bikes after the first 50 feet. They played on the swings while I cooked dinner on the grill. Many tears followed when it was time to go in and eat. They love to swing.

They are both talking up a storm. It takes me a while to figure out what they are saying sometimes, but they are using new words every day.

Leeza has grown again. She is up to almost 33 lbs and has grown another 1/2 inch. That last pound feels like about 30 pounds when I try to pick her up.

Happy Birthday Frosty

Frosty turned 14 last Monday! She is doing good for 14 years old. She is still waiting for those noisy little things that chase her all the time to leave. She thinks she'd like to be their friend-if they would just stop pulling her ears and tail.

6 Months

Last Saturday was the 6 month anniversary of the girls coming home and us becoming a family. The girls have come so far in those few months. So many changes in our lives, but it has been a wonderful 6 months. Life has never been busier, but I have never been happier. I can't wait to see where we are in 6 more months.