Showing posts with label birthday interview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday interview. Show all posts

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Emmalyn turns 2!

Emmalyn is now two years old!!

Her morning was spent on the ipad, as usual.  

Such a happy girl in the morning!


All dressed up for her birthday

We had Maxwell's swimming lesson.  She was in quite a mood... playing with my jewelry, being silly....  all personality!


so silly

We resorted to giving her Peter's phone (which isn't normal) because she was being so silly!


Rocking her pretty dress with those boots Ashlee gave us in Seattle.  She LOVES them.



Her "cheese" face.  Love her curly hair!


We did a little cake just with our family.

Video - Singing happy birthday to Emmalyn and her cute trying to blow out the candles.  (She blows with an "f" sounds which doesn't generate very much airflow.)



She loved her cake!  (We gave her two slices of different types of cake.)

Video - Emmalyn's Birthday Interview.  Such a great "real life" view into life with Emmalyn

Emmalyn Ann is sure fun at 2 years old! I hope she stays so fun.
She knows a little more than half her alphabet
She counts to 9 and then skips to 13
She loves to sing
Loves the movie "Frozen"
She likes to call you "butt head" when she's mad at you.  We are trying to get her to stop saying that and ask her instead to say "silly goose"
She has a little lisp - - - "yeth"
As mentioned above, loves wearing boots!
She wants her hair in piggy tails but pulls it out during the day either in the car or during nap time
She is fearless!  Certainly not timid like her bother.  She is such a tough girl - rarely cries when she falls or gets hurt.
She likes to get into things and climbs all the time on everything.
She likes to eat pizza, yogurt, applesauce, and cottage cheese.
She eats her bowl of cereal and milk every morning while she watches her ipad just like Maxwell.
She wants to do whatever Maxwell does - - loves him so much!
She loves her bedtime routine
Emmalyn loves reading books, going to kindermusik, and singing in the car.
She's an expert at pop music (since she's in the car so much with Brittany)
She wants to be outside all the time.
She can take off her shoes and socks and then can put her shoes and socks back on.
She wants to sit on her little potty but never actually goes potty.
She knows a few sight words.
She can jump.
She can sing her abc's
She still likes pretending to be a puppy dog
She wants to read books when she's in the car
I was trying to think about what her favorite toy is but she doesn't really care about specific toys.
She can't ride her bike or her push herself forward bike yet but can go backwards
She likes to say "follow me" or "come here" while gesturing with her hand to come with her (palm up and open close fingers)
She says "no" (all the time, if you ask Maxwell :))
She's quick to throw tantrums and also quick to get out of it, she likes to thrash when throwing her fits.
She's only taking one nap now.
She's mean if she doesn't get what she wants.
She sort of listens...  ugh
Emmalyn likes sitting in her chairs.
Emmalyn loves Brittany and her family but hasn't really wanted to go to Brittany's lately when I go to work.
She loves accessories - especially glasses..
And finally, she loves taking baths and showers.  She will ask "bath today?" or  "bath tonight"?

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

First day of School (2015-2016 school year)

Maxwell wrote all of his "thank you" notes from his birthday presents

(see the tattoo on his arm?  Britt let him have two.  They are the first temporary tattoos he's ever gotten...  of course has loved them.)

Maxwell's note

Maxwell made himself a birthday card from Brittany...

...inside the card

On the front of each card, he wrote "card" so that it would say Thank You Card

I thought his little guy was pretty cute on this one


Emmalyn loved her hamburger at In-N-Out

Maxwell got a grilled cheese with pickles.  It was a hit.


This happy cheeser just cracks me up

We let the kids take a bubble bath together.  I don't think this has ever happened before.  They were cute together and for the most part had a good time.


Splashing her big brother


I finally got Max to participate in a little birthday interview.  The video is cute but frustrating because he's laying down for most of it and not looking at the camera and then he's moving so much the camera has to keep refocusing...so instead here's his answers.

Maxwell's 4th Birthday Interview 

Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Vegetable: Cucumbers ("Cucancumbers")
Favorite Fruit: Raspberries
Favorite Toy: My Transformers
Favorite TV Show/Movie: Nindrago
Favorite game to play on the iPad: I like to play baseball games but you aren't letting me download any
Favorite sport: basketball
Favorite color: golden
Favorite thing to do a school: Write a robot or a rescue robot
Favorite Book: Toy Story 2
Favorite thing to do with mom and dad: Sneeze (he sneezed right before he answered)
Favorite game to play: Robot Turtles

It's finally here!!!  Time to go back to school!

I asked Maxwell what he wanted to do when he grew up and he said he "wants to work with Kallie in an office".   How cute is that?

He had to add his name


Emmalyn putting her touches on the board too

First pic of the year at school

He walked right in and sat down on the rug.  No problems this year!

Video - Maxwell and I talked about how he could handle getting his shots this year.  We decided he would say "that tickles"

Getting his blood pressure checked like a big kid

Here's his questionnaire:
This questionnaire is for ages 4-6.  You are supposed to keep going until you circle 3 no's.  Maxwell made it through the whole thing and only got 2 no's.  He's going to blow it away for the next 2 years.

Here's Maxwell's Stats:
Weight: 37 lbs (60th percentile)
Height: 37.75 inches (6th percentile)
Blood Pressure: 101/66

After the doctors, I took Maxwell to work (where he told everyone he saw that he had gotten 4 shots).

Maxwell left me a couple of notes on my white board and note pad.  I'm going to have to keep those, I will enjoy looking at them.


He felt good enough when he got home to "play" a little croquet with his sister

She used the play sand rake and baseball as her mallet and ball

Checking out his bandaid collection

Getting 4 shots was just not fun but he's been great!

Video - Maxwell did awesome at getting his 4 shots.  He did say "it tickles" at first but then after the first two shots, it was rough even though two nurses went at the same time.  He didn't cry for the next group of 2 but did whine a little bit.  It only lasted a few seconds and then he moved on.  He did awesome!!!

I went and got my first blow out with no hair cut so that my hair would be done for my trip tomorrow to Chicago for a KraftHeinz meeting.  I sure love when I don't have to do my own hair!