Clara's First Day of 3 Year Preschool

This girl is getting so big!! She was so excited to go back to school today. She walked right on in her class and I had to stop her to even get a kiss! This girl is 3 going on 13 these days! She's quite the fashionista and likes to pick out her own clothes and dress herself. She'll be wearing a dress of course because seriously who wears pants or shorts? 

Yesterday we had a story for the record books. It started with Clara telling me she wanted to go to the jumping place that morning. Since we didn't have any plans I told her we could do that but she would have to hurry because we only had an hour before we had to leave. After her refusing to get dressed then refusing to located and put on her shoes them protesting at pretty much anything else I asked her we finally got in the car only for it to be too late to make it to the jumping place on time. So I tell her we are going to have to do something else. She wants to know why and I explain that she didn't listen to mommy to get ready quickly and now its too late to get there in time. She then tells me that I'm a mean mommy and she is going to move to Mimi and Pop Pop's house and never ever come back. After much effort of keeping a straight face I tell her that if she leaves I won't be able to give her hugs and kisses when she gets hurt or tuck her in to bed at night or give her kisses. And won't you miss me? No I won't and Mimi can do all those things for me. Well then...

Today was also Clara's first ballet class at the community center. We got her all dressed up in her leotard, ballet slippers and of course a bun in her hair then daddy picked her up to take her to class. Talk about one excited little girl! 

Miles was 18 Months Old! (last month)

I just found Miles' growth charts from his pediatrician visit last month so this is an 18/19 month old post. He weighed in at 23.4 lbs (20%) and was 32 inches tall (40%). Dr. Franklin commented on how muscular he was as he ran all over the exam room in his diaper. Yes, thats from climbing EVERYTHING. He's not swinging from the ceiling fans yet but I'm guessing we will be able to check off that box by his next visit. The last two months his words have really increased and the last two weeks I've really felt like he's starting to communicate well with us (which has taken away a lot of his frustration). Some of his words include: nak (snack), momma, dada, mimi, bop bop (pop pop), gigi, g-pa, love you, thank you, dog, kitty, more, all done, come on, upstairs, I don't know, truck, car, airplane, apple, blueberries, oatmeal, eyes, nose, head, ears, belly, blocks, book, outside, and slide. I'm sure there's a few more things I can't remember but I think that's pretty impressive considering two months ago he only had 4 or 5 words.

Miles favorite toy is a set of blocks that stack and then fit within themselves. He LOVES to play with these and wants you to help him do it over and over again. Last night he cooked in the play kitchen and brought me a plate with eggs and then when I asked for a fork then a drink he went and found each item and brought them to me. He put Clara's baby in the high chair and fed it some eggs too. So fun to see him starting to pretend! He also loves books. He doesn't have the patience for me to read to him yet but he likes to flip the pages and me ask him "where's the dog?" "where's the ball?" and he points things out.

Little man's favorite food is still fruit. We've been making frequent trips to the farmers market this summer to meet this little guy's fruit quota. He also really likes black beans and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Breakfast is our most difficult meal because he really doesn't like breakfast foods except things that are messy like oatmeal and yogurt. He's been known to have black beans and cheese nips for breakfast on more than one occasion.

Miles continues to be our fiercely determined little boy who knows exactly what he wants. The terrible twos are already creeping in with fits and tantrums. Some days are very long and very hard but then this energetic little boy will crawl into my lap and say love you and blow me a kiss or snuggle his head up against my neck and say book book momma and its all worth it over and over again.

Also, did I mention that we went to the beach the last two weekends and Miles slept through the night every night somewhere other than at home! Alleluia!!

The bandaid is because Mr. Miles tried his hand at shaving his face like daddy.