Good helpers

Alex and Julia helped Daddy make brownies on Tuesday. Julia has been talking and playing sports. She was in a completely naughty mood last weekend but seems recovered and is back to herself. Alex has been teaching everyone about dinosaurs.

New photos

Nothing too exciting has been happening this week but we have a few new photos to share. Julia's teacher told us on Monday that she's like a bumblebee always buzzing around the classroom at full speed.

Julia!

Julia has developed quite the personality the last few weeks. She is very opinionated. She is very busy all over the house getting into everything. She loves to color, jump, dance, and climb. She likes to read books as long as the pages turn really fast. She likes her friends and especially Alex but not strangers. She's great at bedtime. We are so lucky to have such a fun little girl!

Another Fun Weekend

Alex continues to have many interests: dinosaurs, soccer, computer games...On Friday he went with mommy to the Sounder's game. He walked all the way back to the car by himself which was probably 1 mile without complaining. Hopefully he'll be up for some hiking this summer. Julia has many new words every day. Today she found the bathing suits and dragged them around the house saying "swimming". Last night Alex and Julia had a lot of fun dancing at the Bite of Crossroads. There was a Beatles cover band and Alex and Julia took center stage showing the whole audience their moves. Julia likes to jump and Alex likes spin moves. A few times Julia ran off fast and we had to chase her. Today we had a family portrait done at Yuen Lui. Alex and Julia were very cooperative since a bag of M&Ms was on the line as a bribe for good behavior. Everyone is excited for our new windows that we just had installed. We worked hard most of the day cleaning the house so everything would look nice for 5 minutes before getting messed up again.

Big News!

 

It has been a couple of weeks since we posted.  We have some big news to report!

Alex is now 100% potty trained (except at night)!!!

He has been wearing underwear all of the time (except for sometimes at night).  He uses the potty all the time at home, at school, and out in public.  We are very proud of him and will enjoy the $$ savings on diapers.  His favorite underwear is Cars or Diego themed and he knows how to put it on all by himself.  Way to go Alex!

Julia’s vocabulary continues to grow.  Her favorite saying right now is “Oh No!” while she puts her hands on her chin and makes a concerned face.  She is also very good at saying “all done”, “no more monkeys” (while shaking her finger), “potty”, “crackers”, “apple”, “uppee” (pick me up), “milk”, “doggy”, “bye bye”, and “no”.  She also knows how to nod yes and no to answer questions.  We are very proud of her.

Over the last couple of weeks, Alex and Daddy saw the entire first Sounders game of the season and we went snow tubing in Cle Elum.