Growing Up SOOOO Fast

Claire

  

It seems like her ability to talk has jumped a lot within the last week and I am hearing a lot more sentences and conversations when I talk to her. Out of no where she started giving me a thumbs up and saying "Good job, mommy" when I do something for her. She is able to tell me things and answer questions really well, even though sometimes she pretends to not understand so she doesn't look like she's doing something wrong (usually when being mean to Shay). She also had the funniest thing all week by saying "True and Bartleby" when I asked her if she wanted to watch that show then it was so full of attitude I just kept saying it so she would repeat it with her facial expression. I couldn't stop laughing and it went of for a full minute! She also now poses as well as says cheese when I take pictures of her so if I want to catch her doing anything I'll need to be more sneaky. She also likes to come get me so she can show me things she makes or does like her lego dino she was very proud of and made me help remake a bunch of times. In a less than two weeks she is going to be rocking 3 years old and it is so WEIRD!!

Shay

This little...wonderful child...likes to get as dirty as possible as often as possible! When we play outside, she goes straight for the dirt hoping to find mud, but starts playing in it and throwing it around. When she is eating, she will rub her face with her hands and spread the food all over her hair and face, sometimes it is mac and cheese and she ends up orange and not able to open her eyes very well. She then gets mad at me for trying to wipe off all the food after meal time or spray off all the dirt before coming inside, so I'm the bad guy. She is at least understanding a lot of things and I've got her to sign please multiple times so get what she wants. She understands sentences with hungry, outside, shoes, up, and no even if she won't stop when I say no, she does understand I said it because she will look at me. Almost nightmare worthy moment this week was finding her holding her own poop in our hall, after I had sent her to throw the diaper away. We are 99% sure she didn't eat any...and luckily it was only on the floor and her hand and not spread anywhere else.

Life In the Heat

Now that we have lived here for 2 1/2 months we have been able to see how expensive some of the bills are and have become hyper aware of the energy usage. I've been focused on only cooking and using appliances in the morning because we are on a time of day plan with our energy provider. We are trying to survive as much as possible without using our AC, and let me tell you how fun that is! NOT MUCH! The mornings are really nice because we open the windows to take advantage of the cool nights, and we spend time outside in the evening to get shade form our backyard. The worst part of the day is 2-6pm when its hot outside and inside, and sitting in front of the fan is the only way to be cool enough. The girls run around in diapers throughout the afternoon until bed time because they are way too active for layers and this heat.