thanks grandma

Kali was so excited when we opened the front door to find two big boxes from Grandma Tami.

Excitedly the kids tore them open to find a table and chair for each of them.

The kids have been writing ALOT and painting lately so this was a PERFECT gift for them.

Krew wouldn't let me take any pictures of him,

but he has done such a good job lately about sitting and drawing.

He used to sit for only a minute or so but now he will spend a good

15 minutes drawing on his paper.

He really wants to be doing WHATEVER Kali is doing these days.

When he wants to write he says, "mom, IW, I want to write IW."

I think that comes from a combination of learning his alphabet and trying to teach him to spell his name K-R-E-W.

my little man

Krew's game of choice.

cards.

any kind.

He likes to hand some to me and than counts the rest and put them on the ground.

ALL DONE!

This is the result of Krew dressing himself.

He is very independent these days, so he wants to do EVERYTHING himself.

Krew now talks in full sentences and in a language that I fully understand,

while others need an occasional translation.

He has started this thing where when he is talking to me will say, mommy, followed by Shanae, or Anae

and when talking to dad, it is daddy, Aughron.

He likes to say our names after mommy or daddy.

When he wants to show me something he tells me to hold his hand and than will direct me to where he wants to go.

Krew is our little peacemaker, if he thinks Aaron or I are talking to each other too loud he tells us to, stop it!

Krew is happiest outside, and with a ball, car, or sword in hand.

Lately when ever he has a sword

(which he makes out of anything sword like ie. a letter opener, medicine dropper, etc.)

he says he is going to get the bad guys.

(not quite sure where that came from?)

how could I forget

adding to Krew's favorite things, pickles and macaroni and cheese.

Today he asked for macaroni and cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

favorites.

Here are a few things that Krew will ask for on a daily basis.
If I would let him, he would live off of these.
A few other things that he really likes lately are Raisin Bran cereal for breakfast
and ice cream which he asks for several times a day.
He is a lot like his Grandpa Wood, these items look VERY similar to Grandpa's favorite things.
The whole propel or "juice" thing is driving me crazy lately,
because I am not a big fan of juice.
I normally give my children the choice of water or milk as a beverage.
Krew is starting to act like Amy Poehler from the movie "Baby Mama"
when Tina Fey hands her a drink to help her swallow her pre-natal vitamin
and she spits it out asking, "what is this?" Tina Fey replies, "it is water."
And Amy Poehler disgusted says, "it is horrible!"

Don't worry, I WILL PREVAIL! :)
He will soon be back to the good little water drinker that I know and love:)

green thumb

I am so grateful that my mom loves gardening,
I still have not gotten excited about that yet.
It may have something to do with the fact that I can not keep ANYTHING alive.
The kids had a great time helping grandma plant her flowers,
and they both have done an excellent job at remembering to water them.

Think about Jesus today

Kali handed me this picture before I went to work and said to me, "Think about Jesus today."

It is amazing to me how Kali reminds me daily to be a better person

and to think about my Heavenly Father and Jesus.

When I am having a hard time or getting upset,

she reminds me to say a prayer.

I am so grateful for Kali in my life and her constant reminders of

what this life is all about and who I need to always keep in my mind and in my heart.

Kali Time

For Kali's one on one time, she has been into games, which I HAVE LOVED!

My parents have about a million of them, so it is time to put them to good use.

We found this Disneyland game and Kali didn't want to stop playing it,

(probably because she is so good at it:)

BEFORE Aaron made is REALLY COOL LEGO house that I posted Kali and I had made these houses together.

Maybe they are not as cool as Aaron's but they were fun for us to put together.

(Kali really wanted them to have chimney's)

I really have been enjoying taking one child at a time and spending time with them,

letting them choose to do WHATEVER they want to do.

Of course I play with both of them together ALL the time since we are all home together.

But I have seen how much each of them really enjoy the one on one time I give to them.

This was something I really had a hard time with when Krew was born, feeling EXTREMELY

guilty for not being able to give Krew the one on one time I had been giving Kali for 2 years.

And finding the time to give Krew his one on one time when Aaron is gone during the week is hard,

I can't just tell Kali to go away, (how sad) so I finally found something that works.

Luckily Krew wakes up before Kali, that is our golden time:) (our ONLY time)

Luckily I have 7 more months where I get to enjoy this and than when #3 comes along ???

back to the feeling of guilt:(

no hopefully I will figure something out