Update on the kids

I am going to try to start updating weekly on things that have been going on with our family.  My friend Stephanie does this and I love the idea of not posting big posts but just jotting down the little things that happen in life each week.  To catch up on the past few months, here are some updates on the kids.

Brayden
 - is now officially 4.5 years old (and he is quick to tell you that as well!)
 - is LOVING soccer
 - is also very much into football and baseball - we play both out in the drive way just about every night after dinner now that it is warmer
 - is a great big brother (most of the time)
 - I introduced him to video games a few weeks ago.  I was hoping that the old original Nintendo would work but I couldn't get it connected correctly.  He settled for the joy stick video games (Pac Man, Galiga, etc)

- Helped vacuum the playroom a few weeks ago....the vacuum is bigger than he is so it was quite difficult for him but he managed to do just about the whole room with little/no help from me :)

Lilly
 - is now 20 months old and acting more and more like a 2 year old
 - has gone pee pee in the potty now twice!
 - loves to have bows, etc put in her hair but will not leave them alone!  Here are pics from her very 1st pigtails!  How CUTE!!

 - has lots of words now including: please (which sounds more like a snake hissing), outside (s-side), dank you (thank you), sucse you (excuse you), more, help, up, sit, "no no no", "sit sit sit", "not nice", hat, shirt, shoes, socks, bow, off, on, out, mommy, daddy, mama (what she calls the paci), bankie (blankie), books, roo roo (the cat's name is Buckaroo), bird, wa wa (water), nana (banana), sberry (strawberry), woo woo (fire truck)

Sitting in the fire truck at Wesley's birthday party

 - is making some animal sounds although she gets a lot of them confused still: elephant, cow, dog, cat, sheep
 - loves to play outside
 - is mostly sleeping through the night now.  I say this and tonight she will get up 4 times!
 - can eat with a spoon/fork but still prefers her hands because, well, it is just more effective that way!
 - loves her teachers and friends at school but is always happy to see me in the afternoon :)

Bananas!!

Helping clean (gardening gloves and a paint brush)

 - LOVES bananas, graham crackers, strawberries, and blueberries along with most other fruit but she is getting pickier about other foods (at least at home)

Having a little snack during Brayden's soccer game

 - is still very much attached to the paci...she doesn't have it at school but at home she thinks that she needs it all the time.  I am trying to limit use to just bedtime/naptime but it isn't going too well.