Claire
Wow this girl is just the cutest and yet sneakiest little 3 year old I know! She loves reading books and her favorite has lots of the animals she can make the sounds for so I had to let you guys experience her reading skills (video below). There is no barricade strong enough to keep her out of somewhere she wants to go, only the sturdiest of fences keeps her in our backyard. Apparently there isn't a baby proofing that she can't figure out either because she can open doors even when they have baby proof door handles! Yet another thing we are trying to prevent is her turning on her light or closet light and waking up her sister at bed time so we put the lid of a Lysol wipes container over the light switch so we can block it off at night.
Shay
We are getting more attitude from Shay the more she gets understood and its fun to see her realize we understood what she wants because she says "yay!" Many times its asking for some kind of food or toy that we keep out of reach. I've noticed if we try to give her something she doesn't want she looks away like she doesn't see it and won't have to take it. I think Shay is learning things so fast from Claire because she is so observant; she can ride the wooden horse and loved getting the marker lids on her hands like her sister. She reaches for door handles and tries to copy Claire with almost everything she does, but then when Claire wants to continue to play after Shay is done things get ugly.
Chris
We finish out our birthdays for the month with Chris who honestly is so low maintenance and didn't require a lot of fanfare for his celebrating. Birthdays for adults are so much more low key and especially when we are being extra frugal with spending!Per this year, we weren't buying anything so we spent reward points on Buffalo Wild Wings, his favorite restaurant, to get free wings for his birthday dinner treat. I made him his favorite no bake cheese cake he can enjoy for the next couple of days, and he got birthday kisses from Claire and Shay. I'm lucky to have such an amazing man in my life and I tell him all the time that I'm grateful he makes me a better person in so many ways. I usually don't get too lovey dovey on this blog because its mainly to keep you updated on the cuteness of my girls, but Chris is such a great man and father.
Heat Wave
Most of this week was full of 110 degree weather here in California and with that we are usually out playing in the water or sitting next to a fan. We did get to go to the park for a little bit early this week and have learned that if we go in the morning, bring lots of water, and stay in the shade, its manageable. Most of my pictures have the girls in just diapers and that is helping them keep their temperature down while saving money on our electric bill. I'm very jealous of them...but they are handling it better than me. After the heat broke, California started to burn and the air was really smokey to the point that our chairs in the backyard got covered in ash!
Crafts
I did a thing this week! I've been wanting to do this for a while but first didn't know where to start and then wasn't sure if it would turn out good. Once I told Chris my idea, he asked about it and then it motivated me to actually get it going and the result is a cute really tall giraffe on the side of our book shelf. I printed out the cute normal sized giraffe and then cut the head off and taped extra paper to extend the head high enough for us to keep track of the girls heights from now on. I honestly which I would have been doing this for a long time so I could see how far they've come, maybe since Claire could stand and start walking would have been smart...better late than never! Oh, and we have colorful ghosts in our house this morning...
Wow this girl is just the cutest and yet sneakiest little 3 year old I know! She loves reading books and her favorite has lots of the animals she can make the sounds for so I had to let you guys experience her reading skills (video below). There is no barricade strong enough to keep her out of somewhere she wants to go, only the sturdiest of fences keeps her in our backyard. Apparently there isn't a baby proofing that she can't figure out either because she can open doors even when they have baby proof door handles! Yet another thing we are trying to prevent is her turning on her light or closet light and waking up her sister at bed time so we put the lid of a Lysol wipes container over the light switch so we can block it off at night.
We are getting more attitude from Shay the more she gets understood and its fun to see her realize we understood what she wants because she says "yay!" Many times its asking for some kind of food or toy that we keep out of reach. I've noticed if we try to give her something she doesn't want she looks away like she doesn't see it and won't have to take it. I think Shay is learning things so fast from Claire because she is so observant; she can ride the wooden horse and loved getting the marker lids on her hands like her sister. She reaches for door handles and tries to copy Claire with almost everything she does, but then when Claire wants to continue to play after Shay is done things get ugly.
We finish out our birthdays for the month with Chris who honestly is so low maintenance and didn't require a lot of fanfare for his celebrating. Birthdays for adults are so much more low key and especially when we are being extra frugal with spending!Per this year, we weren't buying anything so we spent reward points on Buffalo Wild Wings, his favorite restaurant, to get free wings for his birthday dinner treat. I made him his favorite no bake cheese cake he can enjoy for the next couple of days, and he got birthday kisses from Claire and Shay. I'm lucky to have such an amazing man in my life and I tell him all the time that I'm grateful he makes me a better person in so many ways. I usually don't get too lovey dovey on this blog because its mainly to keep you updated on the cuteness of my girls, but Chris is such a great man and father.
Most of this week was full of 110 degree weather here in California and with that we are usually out playing in the water or sitting next to a fan. We did get to go to the park for a little bit early this week and have learned that if we go in the morning, bring lots of water, and stay in the shade, its manageable. Most of my pictures have the girls in just diapers and that is helping them keep their temperature down while saving money on our electric bill. I'm very jealous of them...but they are handling it better than me. After the heat broke, California started to burn and the air was really smokey to the point that our chairs in the backyard got covered in ash!
I did a thing this week! I've been wanting to do this for a while but first didn't know where to start and then wasn't sure if it would turn out good. Once I told Chris my idea, he asked about it and then it motivated me to actually get it going and the result is a cute really tall giraffe on the side of our book shelf. I printed out the cute normal sized giraffe and then cut the head off and taped extra paper to extend the head high enough for us to keep track of the girls heights from now on. I honestly which I would have been doing this for a long time so I could see how far they've come, maybe since Claire could stand and start walking would have been smart...better late than never! Oh, and we have colorful ghosts in our house this morning...
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