kids update

I've been so busy on blogging about things that we've DONE lately that I haven't blogged about how we ARE. 

My busy and energengic 3 year old Ada has started learning to write and recognize the ABC's... she likes to "put words" in Evelyn's mouth.  She tells me what Evelyn is saying at random moments throughout the day.  She likes to help me clean and is very good at orgainizing the toys and books in her room.  She's enjoying her fencing lessons... and is actually pretty coordinated for an almost 4 year old...course I could be biased.  She enjoys setting up all her My Little Ponies and letting each of them get captured in turn and rescueing them with the other ponies.  She pretends to be afraid of Lucy, but once she's out the door she throws her ball, and runs around with her like there wasn't any problems.  Her new favorite hairstyle is to ask for "Curly"... which we rarely have time for, but she loves when we do.  I can see myself in a lot of what she does.  She still has her daddy wrapped around her finger... I'm pretty sure they'll always be best buds.  She loves to play and tease her Aunts Sharon and Janelle... and try to sneak up and surprise Uncle Seth.  (Course she doesn't get the idea of sneaking yet... she just walks up and says that she scared him.)  She likes to play rough with dad, and likes to reserve mom for pretend play and reading books... I'm up for that!  Likes to make up and tell me random stories.  She always tells me when the story begins and when it's over so that I can tell her what a good job she did.

Sammy is silently stubborn most of the time.  He knows what he wants and he'll get it even if it means doing it all by himself and when you're not looking.  Though... he is obedient when you've told him no several times.  It just takes a few repeats.  He's started bringing me food off the floor at other people's houses that he knows he can't have and says, "Here go mommy." And even asks me if he can eat certain things.  (Good boy!) He loves games... if you say the word "game" he comes running up and saying, "Game?" Doesn't matter what kind... as long as it's a game.  His favorites are Wii Sports Resort, Plants vs Zombies, Fate, and Peggle.  He can play three of them without help... and doesn't care whether he wins or loses as long as he plays.  His vocabulary is slowly expanding and he loves to be around any of his extended family.  He loves grandma's kitties and cries if he can't reach them.  He's learned how to act out words he doesn't know... (for example:  Him and Ada saw two big slugs on grandma's porch... neither knew the word for it, so Ada said, "And mommy it's moving!" and Sammy lay down on the ground like a slug and said, "Like that!")  Loves to rough house and likes to eat constantly. Still loves trains and balls... and LOVES bubbles which is why I think he likes Nursery so much now.  Started to like to read books on his own but still struggles when I try to read to him.  He can count to 10 and pretends to count to 20 but doesn't get anything in order after 10.  He can sing the alphabet and loves to sing songs with actions. 

Evelyn recognizes peoples voices that she knows.  If my sister walk into the room she perks up and looks around.  She LOVES to "talk" with Uncle Seth... just picking her up and saying hi makes her start talking to him.  She likes to try to hit things with her hands, and has started bubbling at the mouth.  She likes to swing in the hammock while we are out in the back yard, and is great smiler!  She likes Ada's "Yellow Blankie"... and has yet to find a favorite among her own. She LOVES to cuddle, and her plugged tear ducts look like they're slowly getting better.  She smiles when you sing to her, and doesn't like when the baby swing is actually swinging.  She's pleasant all the time... even when she's hungry... she gives you a little upset "whaaa." then she waits for a little while before she actually cries.  Sammy likes to hold her and lay on her.  I think they'll be good friends.

They all love to go places and do different things.  They love to swim, hike, run, swing, slide, blow bubbles, and generally keep us busy.  I love it even when I'm tired! I love you guys!