That's my GIRL

This incident was reported to me by John. It occurred within the last week or so.


Both kids received a set of board books for Christmas. William got Cars, Amelia got Princesses. The books came with a heavy duty cardboard carrying case that perfectly fits each set. The books are either spread all over the house or sit gathering dust on a shelf. No in between. John was reading to the kids and the kids were "reading" to each other. When it was time to put the books away, Amelia put hers in the box with the spine facing inward. William was quick to correct her. He let her know the right way to put the book in was the other way so she could see which book it was (by color and picture).

John laughed as he told me this part. She developed a large pout and told William: "NO! I like it this way. I do it my way." and proceeded to put all the books in backwards. As they continued to play, she would pull a book out and be frustrated because it wasn't the one she was looking for. And yet, she continued putting the books in backwards while ensuring William was watching.

She might not look like me, but this little spitfire has her mama written all over her!


PS I'm exhausted. Apologies if this doesn't make sense.

Wizzo

We have a big bucket of lizards, dinosaurs and other plastic animals leftover from my teaching days. The kids love to play with them. For some time now, they have been playing with them together saying "wizzo" over and over again. Upon investigation, I was informed this is the noise that lizards make. Duh mom.

Meet the teacher

We went to the preschool open house this afternoon to meet both kids' teachers. Both kids will be attending preschool programming at the same school this year. You'll find a few cell phone pictures of the event below.

On the way home, William was discussing his future job aspirations. He would like to drive a bulldozer one time. But really, he really wants to help his daddy fix airplanes so they can work together (how sweet!!).

Not to be left out, Amelia chimed in with her future goals: she'd like to be a doggy (spoken in all seriousness - it was all John and I could do to keep a straight face.)..........and Mama could be her firetruck (how sweet?).

Walrus

Weekend with Grandpa and Grandma

Grandpa and Grandma were here this past weekend. Which means we were busy.


They drove in late Thursday night which gave us all day Friday and Saturday and part of the day Sunday to play.

Friday morning we packed up and went to the zoo. We haven't been out to the zoo at all this summer because of the heat. It was on the warm side (90's), but the kids had a great time. We stopped at the Forest Park Boathouse for lunch - fun to try new things! After some rest time at home (or paint time if you are Daddy), we ate some dinner and hit the pool for some swim time.

Saturday we had some rain/thunderstorms come through. We decided to try out the Magic House, a new venue for our family. The kids LOVED the place so much that William cried when we had to leave. I wasn't as much of a fan because the place was PACKED. It was wall to wall people and kids everywhere. The kids were having such a great time running from thing to thing, they didn't always notice we weren't right behind them. Stressful! Saturday evening we got to FINALLY move William's new bed into his room. We have been working and working on this furniture! William has been so patient!

William made a great big bubble around himself
Amelia made beautiful music
And played with water for a long time
John and I found a sign that made us laugh out loud. I'm sure William regularly asks 437 questions a day before lunch time.
William changed a tire on a car - no time for questions here!
He also served up some ice cream While Amelia did some grocery shopping at Grandpa's store.

Sunday we bolted together the new bed we've been working on for William and moved some furniture around before heading out for some lunch.

William's new captain bed - drawers now installed
Amelia was pretty excited about her "new"bed from William's room
She tucked herself in right away!
The best part of his new bed? The hideaway (aka: how to give your mother a heart attack)
Our "helpers" supervise the construction of the bed
Amelia adores her polka dot sheets. She was very concerned when I took her mattress off to move in the new bed!

My brother is engaged!

Goal Unfulfilled

Welll.....I meant to go back and fill in all the old posts before I went back to work this fall. It was high on the list of things to do. But, I didn't get it all done. So sad. The good news is I did make a dent in the old posts and if you want to go back and read them, here are the links:


Merry Christmas:
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html

Christmas Day
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-day.html

2010 Year in Review:
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2011/01/2010-year-in-review.html

William is FOUR:
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-baby-is-four.html