So, aside from all of our outings and adventures, I've been sorely lacking in general posts about the kids. I'll do one for each, since these days they are scarily competitive and would want their own. So competitive that I'd count the words to make them the same if I thought they would be reading this....
Our dear sweet Livi is as intensely independent as usual. "Me do!" is one of her favorite phrases. She likes to dress herself and has a tendency to throw a tantrum if she can't get her outfit on by herself. She usually runs to her room or my room to take a minute to collect herself, then comes out apologizing and will let me help her.
She's essentially potty trained herself over the past few weeks. I did give her the underwear to wear, but she took charge. The first few weeks were a little back and forth between diapers, but about 2 weeks ago we stopped and it's been relatively smooth sailing since!
Her favorite things are all still pink, and she loves Barbies and anything with cats (animals in general actually). Her favorite food is rice and her favorite drink is apple juice. She likes anything sweet and is a candy-o-holic!
She still wears her Halloween costume around the house and has 3 dresses that are her favorites. The other clothes in her closet make appearances from time to time, but really only if her favorites are all "in the laundry."
She seems to really like going to school, and heads off with her teacher with barely a glance at drop off, but is always first in line and has the biggest smile and hug for me at pick-up!
She's FINALLY started saying her own name, but it usually too shy to say it if someone asks her. She also has decided she prefers to be called "Livi" (as opposed to Olivia or Liv).
She loves matching things. For example, if we're both wearing the same color (if I happen to be wearing pink too) she says, "Match match!" She still starts all of her stories with "One day..."
Along with the competitiveness we hear a lot of "me first!" I need to find the Ladies First story from Free to Be to share with them....
She is our little alarm clock and will come in almost exactly 5 min before my alarm goes off (6:40am) and climbs in bed with us to snuggle. She's also become a bit of a wanderer at night and will come out of her room 1 or 2 times before she goes to bed (for things like water or a book, but also to let us know if Oscar is crying - I'll elaborate on that in his post!). She gets up at least once a night now too to pee or get a drink of water. Hoping this is a phase that passes soon.
She loves cuddling and plays with her hair when she's falling asleep.
Speaking of hair, she wants "long long haay" and is still growing hers out. She fortunately lets us brush it and the single braid on one side is her hairstyle of choice. I managed to do my first ever french braids as a mommy, and she kept them in for the whole day but is not interested in having them again. With Livi, you pick your battles... :)
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| safety first as always, and we did make her put shoes on |
She's essentially potty trained herself over the past few weeks. I did give her the underwear to wear, but she took charge. The first few weeks were a little back and forth between diapers, but about 2 weeks ago we stopped and it's been relatively smooth sailing since!
Her favorite things are all still pink, and she loves Barbies and anything with cats (animals in general actually). Her favorite food is rice and her favorite drink is apple juice. She likes anything sweet and is a candy-o-holic!
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| her advertisement for our hotel in sri lanka, before she ate it |
She seems to really like going to school, and heads off with her teacher with barely a glance at drop off, but is always first in line and has the biggest smile and hug for me at pick-up!
She's FINALLY started saying her own name, but it usually too shy to say it if someone asks her. She also has decided she prefers to be called "Livi" (as opposed to Olivia or Liv).
She loves matching things. For example, if we're both wearing the same color (if I happen to be wearing pink too) she says, "Match match!" She still starts all of her stories with "One day..."
Along with the competitiveness we hear a lot of "me first!" I need to find the Ladies First story from Free to Be to share with them....
She is our little alarm clock and will come in almost exactly 5 min before my alarm goes off (6:40am) and climbs in bed with us to snuggle. She's also become a bit of a wanderer at night and will come out of her room 1 or 2 times before she goes to bed (for things like water or a book, but also to let us know if Oscar is crying - I'll elaborate on that in his post!). She gets up at least once a night now too to pee or get a drink of water. Hoping this is a phase that passes soon. She loves cuddling and plays with her hair when she's falling asleep.
Speaking of hair, she wants "long long haay" and is still growing hers out. She fortunately lets us brush it and the single braid on one side is her hairstyle of choice. I managed to do my first ever french braids as a mommy, and she kept them in for the whole day but is not interested in having them again. With Livi, you pick your battles... :)
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