Easter Photo

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We went to the mall tonight to get our picture taken with the Easter bunny. Isn't it cute? What? You don't see a picture above this? Maybe because that is because the girls decided at the very last moment they didn't want to see the big bunny- No way- No how. They were fine and were excited when I told them we were going to go see a big bunny. They were fine when they first saw him, but there was a little boy in front of us and by the time he got his picture taken, Leeza had started to cry. Sasha saw Leeza and then she decided she didn't want to see the evil bunny either. I tried to talk them into a picutre, but they didn't want anything to do with the bunny. Of course, once we started to walk away, they were all happy waving bye bye to the bunny and talked about the bunny the whole way home, but no bunny picture. Maybe next year.

Spring is here-Almost

There have been a couple warm days in the last week so we got out the new 3t summer clothes I bought a few weeks ago. I had to take the size tag(which were stickers) off of them. The girls loved the stickers and played with them all day. Leeza is modeling her stickers and cinderella skirt. She is standing in front of her new doll house(I actually got it used, but new to her). It was going to be her birthday present, but I was cleaning the closet where it was stored and she really wanted it now.

Despite all the new clothes, Sasha saw her sponge Bob PJs and just had to wear them. Leeza of course had to change into her Buzz Lightyear ones then as she has to match her sister. Sasha's red shoes are about 2 sizes too big, but they are shiny and she likes shiny.

Sunday we put on some of the new 3t shirts, but that didn't last long. Mom left the room for about 2 minutes and they managed to find a black sharpie marker(permanent black marker ink) and drew on each others arms and shirts. I got most of it out of one shirt, but not the other. The girls arms still show traces of the marker as I couldn't get it all off them either. I ordered a bunch of 4t shirts for Leeza from Kohl's. They had one of their sales this weekend so they were pretty cheap. Good thing since they will probably find more markers to color on them.

Weekly Update

We went to the Dr and everyone's ears were looking better, but still had fluid. Leeza goes to the specialist next Thursday. I think she can hear a little better now as I can tell her pronunciation has improved in the last 2 weeks.

I had ordered a new swing/slide set that the girls Grandpa is going to put together when he visits in 2 weeks. A friend dropped it off and we opened it to look at it. Today when Leeza got out of the car, she found it and figured out what it was. She climbed up on top of it and I had to drag her away from it. It looks like a nice set, but it has about 1000 pieces and parts to it.

Today is my parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations!

Growing girls

We played dress up and then played on the slide this morning still in our outfits.

She is suppose to be dressed as a princess, but has parts from about 4 different outfits on. Plus the shoes are Sasha's size 5 shoes and she wears a size 7. I think she looks more like a hippie than a princess, but she is happy.

We wore our matching doggie tshirts today. Mama thinks we are cute when we dress alike.Sasha is still crazy over Curious George and whirls and twirls whenever the theme song comes on.She likes to run from one end of the room to the other. Today she twirled the whole way.

Eventually she falls down as she gets so dizzy.

When she finally gets tired(after watching the intro about 20 times), she starts to watch the video.

Leeza is now 36 1/4" tall. So she almost 3 inches taller than when she came home now. Sasha has had a growth spurt and is now at 33 3/4". Sasha is going on 29 lbs and Leeza is around 32 lbs. Leeza's long sleeve shirts are size 3T and are getting short in the arms and tummy. I guess size 4t starts at 33 lbs so she is almost there. She will still wear 3t pants for a while as they are plenty long. 4t is really long and don't fit her at all yet. Boy do kids grow fast! Leeza is getting picky with what she eats so she is getting thinner- not skinny since she had a little tummy before. Sasha was getting a little chubby, but with this latest growth spurt, she is back to looking pretty good. The 2t shirts I keep putting her in are too small and ride up on her tummy. I just hate to get so little use out of the long sleeve 2t shirts. She does wear 3t shirts a few days a week and they fit pretty good. ALl the clothes I bought for summer are 3t so far so I am going to start getting some 4t shirts. I think I will be keeping them in long pants at day care as they play pretty hard and usually come home with dirty pants. Plus both girls still fall down a lot and shorts would mean lots of skinned knees.

One month and 2 days from today, Leeza will turn 3!!!! One month and 4 days from today, we will have our 6 month home anniversary! The girls have been home almost 5 months now and it seems like they have been here forever. What did I do with my time before? Oh, that is right, I actually kept a clean house and slept occassionally. Aunt Debbie and cousin Niki will be here for Leeza's birthday. Grandpa is visiting in 2 weeks. Uncle Dan, Aunt Shawnna and cousin Kelsey wil be here at the end of May. Leeza starts preschool on April 26th and she will be moving to the 3 year old room at daycare in June so the girls have a pretty full and active calendar that next few months.

Pre school again

When I adopted two year olds, I never thought about all the school issues happening so quick. Since Leeza is set for preschool-yeah!- I decided to ask about the preschool at their daycare for Sasha this fall when she turns 3. It is doubtful that Sasha will qualify for the Pershing Center. She has to get a referral from her therapists and right now they all think she is doing great and doesn't qualify. That is good news that she is doing well, but makes school more difficult. She does however get to keep her therapists until she turn 3 in October so I think she will be mostly caught up by then. Since her birthday is in October, I found out she does not qualify for the preschool that is held at her daycare. That preschool is actually part of the school district so you have to be 3 by September 1st to qualify as they only allow you to go 2 years. So I either have to change daycares to one that has a private preschool this fall or wait until a year goes by and send her then. She really likes her daycare so I would hate to move her. I thought I wouldn't have to research schools until college! Not starting at preschool. I have a few months to see how Sasha is progressing until I have to decide. I have about 2 years set with Leeza then I have to decide what school she should go to for kindergarten-Pershing or the Mt Zion one. Both are very good. I guess there are different options for kindergarten now- half days, full days, different classes, different schools.........

Pre school

Leeza made it into the preschool that I was hoping for. She doesn't start until after she turns 3, but that is one less thing to worry about.

Early Easter presents

Aunt Debbie and Niki sent the girls an early Easter present. I let them open half of it early after we had lunch. They both are now really good at opening presents. I guess they learned that well at Christmas time.Leeza liked her bunny ears, but she liked to try to put them on Mama's head much better.Sasha's wouldn't stay on her head very well. I think she has such thick hair they just tended to slide off. She liked to put them on Mama's neck- not sure why, but she wanted me to wear them as a necklace.They also got one of the coloring books. There are a couple left for Easter weekend. I finally got the videos from my camera transferred to DVDs. The girls were fascinated by watching themselves on TV.
Weekly update:
Both girls love watching for ducks and trains on the way to daycare. Most of the "ducks" we see are actually geese, but we yell out duckies when we see them and then say bye bye duckie as we drive past. Leeza is really good at spotting trains. Decatur has a LOT of train tracks -I cross 10 different sets of tracks on the way to work each day. Whenever they see one close by, I have to roll down the window so they can hear the whistle.
I find out tomorrow whether Leeza gets into the preschool I want. Wish us luck.
Sasha talks continuously now giving Leeza little time to say much. I make sure Leeza has her chance though. Of course, tonight at supper, Leeza was leading the way by screeching at the top of her voice. Sasha had to join in of course. I think they were just trying to see how long it would be before I yelled.
Sasha is still in love with Curious George. I have 8 videos now so at least I can rotate them and not see the same one more than once a day.
They discovered the button to turn the TV off on the front of the TV. Now Leeza has to turn the TV off at least 2 or 3 times a day.
I have never liked Day light savings time. I like it even less with 2 two year olds. It is now just barely dark at 7:30 when I am trying to get them to sleep. Within a few weeks, it will start to be light at bedtime. I am going to have to get some room darkening curtains, but that will be something that the girls will want to play with all the time.

Owie Update

Now Leeza has fallen in the gym. She has a big bruise about the size of a quarter right above her eye. Poor babies. They get so excited when they get to run and play. I am so glad the weather is finally nice and they can get outside and play.