50 things

so a few of my friends blogged about their kids. 50 things about them and I liked the idea so I am totally jacking it (thanks Tavia, Cati, and Brittney!)


50 things about V

1. He has to give everyone a hug and a kiss each night before bed. Sometimes we all get more than one hug and kiss. I love it.
2. He sleeps with a Thunder basketball and every stuffed animal he can find. He calls them his friends.
3. We read, rock, and sing Hush Little Baby every night before bed.
4. “But I waaaaaant yoooouuu.” is his favorite thing to say
5. He loves “Spiderman Bars” which are fruit snacks. Especially “Lightening McQueen Spiderman Bars”
6. He uses the potty by himself now, but he still wears a diaper to bed because we got tired of changing sheets. He has only woken up dry once. He wears underwear for naps though and does fine.
7. He weighs 25 lbs and is getting so tall.
8. He loves to parent M and tell her what she can and can’t do
9. He asks me every day if I did my “dance video” or my “workout video.” If I didn’t he says I should do it and he will watch and eat a Spiderman Bar
10. He loves going to the park
11. He calls magnets maggots and pretzels prentsels
12. He has friends that he calls by name and asks to play with them
13. He remembers everything
14. And he repeats everything
15. He likes to throw things and hit
16. He melts down each time he gets sent to time-out
17. He climbs on anything and everything
18. He likes to help Dada fix things
19. He calls H and me by our first names most of the time, even though he knows we don’t like it
20. He loves Cars, Spiderman, Robots, and Mickey Mouse
21. He can count to 11 by himself and then starts over again with 8 so it goes something like 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-8-9-10-11-8-9-10-11
22. If you prompt him with 12 after 11, he can count to 20
23. He sometimes says eleven-teen
24. The first thing he asks for each morning is M. He wants to know if she is awake or still sleeping
25. He likes to eat “the ones with the faces on it” which are Frosted Mini Wheats for breakfast
26. He doesn’t sit in a high chair in a restaurant anymore
27. But he still sits rearfacing in his carseat
28. Sometimes, he asks me to take him out of the car in his carseat like I do M
29. He takes his shoes off every.single.time we get in the car
30. He likes to pick out his own clothes and usually matches
31. He likes to wear his sandals
32. He likes his underwear on backwards so he can see the cars
33. He often says “I’m just gonna play for a few minutes first”
34. He loves triangles
35. and the colors green and orange
36. He knows his colors
37. and can identify some letters
38. He recognizes his written name
39. He likes to talk on the phone to Daddy, Mimi, and Auntie
40. If I am cooking, he asks me what I am making for him
41. He gets upset if Dada puts his toys away in the wrong place
42. He loves to play guitar and drums
43. He says Kevin Durant and Rumble are his friends
44. He hides in his tent when he gets scared
45. He says “noooo! I don’t” when he gets into trouble
46. He likes to clean
47. and he likes coupons
48. He likes to “hold sumfin” when we go to the store
49. He loves when I let him pay
50. He loves the Dallas Stars and the Thunder


50 things about M

1. She laughs when I tickle her on her upper back
2. She loves to chew on her toes
3. She always sticks her hands in her poop when I change her diaper
4. V is probably her favorite person (after me, but, only when she is hungry)
5. She has eaten avocado, banana, and squash and likes all three
6. She has 2 bottom teeth
7. She loves to snuggle
8. She play peek-a-boo by herself and always laughs out loud
9. She doesn’t like it when I put bows in her hair
10. But she has no problem with hats
11. She likes to pull her socks off
12. She sits in a high chair even though she doesn’t eat
13. She loves to throw stuff on the floor for us to pick up
14. Everything goes in her mouth
15. She loves to play with paper
16. She really wants to crawl and has almost figured it out
17. She loves to bounce
18. She hates her carseat
19. She weighs 16 lbs
20. She says “dada” and “baba” which mean nothing, but she repeats it all the time
21. She rubs her eyes when she is tired
22. She always wakes up happy
23. She loves getting a bath until she has to get washed, so really she just likes playing in the water
24. She doesn’t like to be put up in the air
25. She loves to be held. All.the.time.
26. She has started drinking water out of a cup
27. She likes to suck on her “sucky”
28. She likes to bang
29. She loves to read and be read to
30. I can usually make her smile just by smiling at her
31. She doesn’t like wearing pants
32. She can get from sitting to her belly all by herself
33. She loves to play with nesting cups
34. She nurses all through the night
35. She hates if someone else covers her face, but she likes to do it to herself
36. She doesn’t like it if she can’t see me
37. She thinks people in masks are funny
38. She gets excited when Dada comes home from work
39. She gets excited when we pick Brother up from school
40. She likes to watch other kids
41. She loves to give kisses
42. She has started biting and thinks its funny
43. She likes having lotion put on
44. She likes to chew on her rubber duckie
45. She doesn’t like to nap
46. She likes when I take her to library by herself
47. But she loves going with Brother too
48. She doesn’t like to watch me cook
49. She sleeps with one leg over the blanket and one leg under
50. She loves when V blows raspberries on her belly