Powerful memory...

I hear a lot of parents say their child has a "steel trap" for a mind.  Meaning, their child remembers EVERYTHING!  I say this frequently about my kids too.  This is especially true for Julianne!

Most nights we read stories before bed.  Right now we are reading Bible stories from a book that has made the stories easy for the kids to understand.  The girls love this book and get excited to read a couple stories each night.

Tonight, as I am reading the Bible stories to the girls I come across the name of a town (Nineveh) and started to stumble over the word, wanting to say Nine-vah.  Julianne looks at me and says it is Nin-a-vah.  I looked at her in amazement and she says, "Veggie Tales mom"!  She says it as if I should know that.

This isn't the first time she has had to help ME!  What is going on here?  Maybe I should start watching Veggie Tales to learn more about the Bible and how to pronounce towns and the names of people.  I am so excited to know that while she is at "daycare" on Wednesday nights, she is actually learning something and that on Sunday morning in Sunday school she is paying attention to the lesson.

What I do love so much about this is her fascination to learn and her ability to remember.  So many times we struggle to teach our children and wonder if they are listening to us or to their teachers and then we are surprised to learn they are.  This is so true in so many aspects!

To continue on with the Bible stories...

Before I start a new story we talk about the title and if either of the girls knows anything about it.  Katelyn sometimes remembers one or two little things about the story.  Julianne on the other hand can usually tell me most of the story!  I am proud that my little girl, okay my big girl, continues to learn about the Bible and Jesus.  What a blessing our Bible book is, as it has brought me closer to my girls thru God's word!

Julianne...learning to correct

At school Julianne is learning about the proper way to correct writing papers.  I think this is awesome.  However, I noticed something the other day when she was writing a story.  She was purposely not capitalizing words and leaving out punctuation.  I waited to see what she would do and she went back and corrected it.  Underlining the letter that should have been capitalized 3 times and then writing the capital letter by it.  Then she went and put the little sign for insert and put in the punctuation mark.  When I asked her why she was not writing it correct the first time (and she clearly knew she wasn't), she said she liked to go back and "correct" her paper because it is fun to add in all the fun correcting marks!

Maybe I have an English teacher on my hands!

I love it, I just hope she grows out of this phase because it drives me batty!

I had to just laugh when I opened a paper from school that she did and she had corrected herself!

Katelyn the witty...

Each morning we have a routine.  Get out of bed.  Get ready for school.  Eat breakfast.  Shoes and coat on.  Get in the car and buckle up.  The girls are usually good about doing all of this.  Once I have William in the car and buckled up we are off to drop the girls off at school (on Tuesdays and Thursdays they both have school).  On the way to school we talk about what is going on for the day and what they each have after school.  Today happens to be dance day for both girls.  I usually remind them of this a few times in the morning or they say I didn't tell them.  As Julianne got out of the car this morning, I reminded her one last time that she has dance tonight.  She just gives me that look that says, "You already told me, why are you telling me again?!?!"  I tell her have a good day and we are off to take Katelyn to preschool.

On the way to preschool Katelyn asks if she has dance tonight.  I tell her "Yes".  She says do I get to dance on the "big stage" tonight.  I tell her "No, that is on Saturday."  "Oh", she says.  Next she asks, "Are you going to put my hair in a bun?"  I tell her again, "On Saturday".  She then continues on, reminding me that buns do not stay in her hair.  I tell here, "Mommy will get it to stay in."  She then replies, "Are you going to use Jell-o?" I started laughing and reply, "No, I will use gel to get your bun to stay in."  She looks at me in the most serious way and says, "Close enough, they are pretty much the same!"  I just left it at that, no use in arguing with the logic of a 4-year old.

Oh how I love her and how she makes everything seem so simple.  I can't imagine using Jell-o to get her hair to stay in a bun, it is nasty once it is in hair (yes, I know from experience...Jell-o wrestling at USD).  I think I will stick to the gel for her hair and let her eat some Jell-O!

King and Princess Dance

Julianne and Brian had a date tonight!  They got to attend the King and Princess dance that was organized for the Girl Scouts of the area.  It sounds like they had a blast!  I had fun helping Julianne get dolled up.

Hot rollers to make the hair curly!

 I was quite impressed that she didn't complain while I put the rollers in or once they were in!

Posing...as always!

King Daddy and Princess Julianne

She ended up with a fancy side bun in her hair.  The curls did not stay in her hair, but she was fine with it.

Katelyn wanted a picture with Julianne all dressed-up.

Valentine's Day Shirts

I have been on a mission to create shirts for my kiddos for special days.  I have already done 2 shirts for each of the kiddos for the winter and am now working on Valentine's Day shirts.  I got these 2 done and sent with my parents to take to my nephews Mason and Murphy in Baton Rouge.

This weekend I will be working on shirts for my kiddos.  William is also getting a shirt with a tie on it, while the girls are going to have shirts that say LOVE.  The "O" will be a heart in the material matching the ties.  I am not sure which color the other 3 letters will be.  The girl's shirts are a work in progress, but will be done for them to wear on Monday.

Here are the shirts for my nephews:

I have SO much fun doing these shirt iron-ons, that I can't wait to keep experimenting and trying new things.  Soon, I hope to have a little "store" on Facebook and an Etsy shop.  Look for more information coming soon from Cute Like Me Designs!

Katelyn's Valentine's Day party

Katelyn already celebrated Valentine's Day at preschool since they are not in school on Monday.

It is always fun to watch fourteen 3&4 year olds interact and do crafts.

Katelyn excited by the Valentine bags and goodies.

 Katelyn enjoying snack.

I was trying to get Katelyn to smile and she kept making faces at me.

Craft time!

Look Mom!

Katelyn's friend Sarah.

Listening to the surprise can clues.

Home...

Sometimes you just need to relax...

and have fun...

or cause a little mischief!

Katelyn really enjoys hula hooping and is getting better.  It is fun to watch her get the hula hoop going and try to keep it going.

She has it moving!

William trying to get a drink out of Katelyn's water bottle.

When he couldn't get any out of Katelyn's bottle, he decided his sippy cup would be fine.

Lego time!  Katelyn and William enjoying time together playing with the Legos.

One happy boy!

Julianne wearing her visor she made during her special time as Star Student.  She enjoys reading chapter books these days and doesn't mind doing her reading homework when it is a chapter book!