Questions about Mommy

One of my friends on Facebook sent this out. I loved E's answers for a lot of them. She is so cute!

1. What is something mom always says to you?
"Belly get out of the car"
2. What makes mom happy?
"When I smile"
3. What makes mom sad?
"When I cry"
4. How does your mom make you laugh?"
"Tickle me."
5. How old is your mom?
"14"
6. How tall is your mom?
"really tall"
7. What is her favorite thing to do?
"go to the store"
8. What does your mom do when you're not around?
"Take a nap."
9. What is your mom really good at?
"Helping me do projects" (crafts)
10. What is your mom not very good at?"
"Teaching me to do a cartwheel"
11. What does your mom do for a job?
"Strap me in my car seat"
12. What is your mom's favorite food?
"Peanut Butter Bread."
13. What makes you proud of your mom?
" When you play with Berka." (one of Berkley's million nicknames)
14. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
"Francine from Arthur"
15. What do you and your mom do together?
"projects"
16. How are you and your mom the same?
"we both say the same things."
17. How are you and your mom different?
"different hair and different clothes"
20. How do you know your mom loves you?
"you hug and kiss me"
21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
"that he takes his dishes to the sink"
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
"Posados"

First Soccer Practice

We had E's first soccer practice tonight. She has been waiting a long time for this day! She loves to go down to the soccer fields by our house and watch the big kids practice. She's been asking to play since last spring when she was 2. I started telling her weeks ago that when she played soccer she was not going to be able to wear a dress and she had to have her hair up. At first it made her fly into a rage every time I brought it up (which was quite funny to me....maybe the reason why we talked about it so much). Over time she got used to the idea that it had to be that way. So we got into sweats and pigtails with no major meltdowns. The best was our conversation about my attire. I had on a long sleeved tshirt that I had worn to the gym earlier.

E "Are you planning on changing?"

Me "Yes I probably should change my shirt before we go"

E "Good because you look pretty weird."

A Citation from the Fashion Police

Chris came downstairs this morning to make a quick run to Dunkin Donuts. Here is the conversation.

E "Daddy, you need to change because that doesn't match and those look like Mommy's pants"
C "Well, I already put my shoes on so I'm just going to wear this"
E "When you get home you need to take your shoes off and change"

Is she not hilarious?! I told Chris I had to take a pic for my blog, so he said she needed to be in it too given her choice of pajamas.

Elliott the vampire

Here is B in her little Nike Shocks that Aunt Amanda got for E before she was born. She looks sooo cute in them!

B hanging out in our room. I loved how she was sitting and she gave me a big cheese when I grabbed the camera. She's learning.Rachel and I ran a Half Marathon on Sat. 13.2 miles. It was my third and her first. She did so well! We finished in 2 hours 10 minutes. It was cold and windy- my hair looks pretty cool sticking strait up, I had taken off my head wrap thing. Pretty sexy. The girls were just thrilled to be out at the finish line. E had quite the outfit on. She had on a skirt, a tshirt, jeans, a sweatshirt and her dress coat. That would be several different tickets from the fashion police in my book.

Dance

E had a dance recital yesterday. She goes to Little Gym so they just do them at the end of each 12 week session and its in the actual dance room. Nothing too fancy. Grammy, Papa and Daddy all came to watch. I didn't tell her they would be there so she was so surprised! I wish I had a picture of her face when she saw her Grammy and Papa it was priceless. She also squealed when she saw her daddy come to get her out of the car.

She was all smiles before the tap dance started. Looking so adorable.

She got really upset once the dance started. I found out later she didn't want to do the air guitar. I don't blame her.....Here she is waving to Berkley, her biggest fan.B loves to watch her big sister dance. She can't wait to be able to do it herself.Here she is doing a monkey jump. Which I guess is kinda a pre-cartwheelBerkley also enjoyed watching her in the gym.She just did a big jump down from the top bar, she's doing great in gymnastics!Here is B's little buddy. He could not leave her alone. He kept coming over and petting her head, following her around and hugging her it was so cute!E and her friend Elizabeth. They are so cute together!

A good day

I started my day listening to Berkley chatter to herself in her bed for a good 10 minutes before dragging myself out of the comfort of my bed. I was met by a huge smile and a round of applause. Does it get any better than that? Then we hit the gym. Came home for a quick Berkley nap and headed to the zoo. Elliott has been asking to go for awhile so today was the perfect day for a trip it was so nice out. We had a good time just wandering around. I think our favorite was the monkey's they were running around chasing each other and swinging on their branches. I loved to watch the girls watch the animals. It was so cute. Berkley just stared at everything. Berkley enjoyed the carousel for a little bit, but then it started making her nervous. She looks so big holding on!E always has a good time on the carousel
E wanted to sit in the coach on the carousel and take a picture. Berkley did not.Elliott saw this squirrel in the parking lot. She actually walked up really close to it to get this picture.
This wasn't actually from today. But I thought it was so funny. She slept like this for her whole nap one day last week. I think she's about that wiped out again today!

Rylee Rose

Amanda and Brad went in for a 4D sonogram on Thursday. I have been anxiously awaiting my first glimpse of my niece since then. I finally got the pics today, Amanda and she said it would be fine if I put up a peek of her on here. I think I'm almost as excited about this sweet little girl as I was about my own. I can't wait to meet her and for my girls to have a new cousin to play with!

Not much to report

Nothing much has been going on around here. The girls are finally better. Poor little B ended up with an ear infection after all her congestion. We've mostly just been hanging out around the house making messes and driving mommy crazy cleaning up :-)

E had Western Day at school this week. I didn't manage to take a picture that day, but here she is hanging out back with her Daddy's cowboy hat on. Sadly this one is closer to fitting than the kids one that we borrowed....Thanks for that Daddy!

Elliott decided that it would be fun to put lip gloss all over both of their faces while mommy was getting dinner ready. Berkley looks happy doesn't she?

E and I were hanging out in the playroom just chatting while she ate her sucker. I just loved how she was sitting. She loves having her picture taken now. I drive her crazy pinching on those little legs but I seriously don't think I have ever seen a cuter pair. She can thank Daddy for those too. Maybe it will make up for the head thing.