Thursday, January 29, 2009

Ellie's Faces









Who doesn't love the many faces of a four-year-old. I actually caught one of her favorites on camera. The first photo is the "I'm mad at you face." This time, I was in trouble with Ellie for not listening to her. I was too busy taking pictures for the previous post of Kevin!


If only I had a flower for every time in a day that I say, "It's ok to be mad, but it's not ok to be disrespectful." I'd have a beautiful bouquet!

Kevin's Shoes





These pictures are all very similar, but I just thought they were so cute! But, notice the sneakers...

Kevin has some Elmo slippers that he loves. They were Ellie's when she was his age, but she hated them. He will wear them all day, though! This morning, when I was getting him dressed (in cousin Mason's old PJs), I asked him if he wanted to wear his Elmo shoes. He said, "No... zsha, zsha, blah, hoo". I asked him again, and he gave a similar response. So, I decided socks would be enough.

Then, he climbed out of my lap, went to his closet and pointed to the shoe shelf, saying, "Blah, hoo, zswah, zooo." (Kevin language for I have something very important to say. You just don't understand me.) So, I picked him up. He pointed at a shoe he never wears. I gave it to him. He looked at it and said some more Kevin babble. So, I took it from him and put it up.

He then pointed at his sneakers and said more babble. So, I gave him his sneakers. He looked at them and said, "Ooooh, shwah boo shwa zo. Oooooh." So, I took them away to test if this is what he wanted. Then, he got very upset.

I gave him both sneakers and went to sit in the glider without saying anything. He walked over, climbed on my lap and gave me his shoes to put on!

I just thought it was a cute story because it shows that he is developing preferences about such things. So cute!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

December - Christmas Eve





Cousins Carly, Pug, Ellie and Kevin in Nessie's crate! They got in there on their own. First Pug (always the leader of the group), then Ellie, then Carly, and finally Kevin!



Ellie and Pug



I am missing some mid December photos, but I'll start from Christmas Eve!


We spent Christmas Eve in The Woodlands. Ellie and her cousins put out cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for Rudolph. Ellie received a Groovy Girl to sleep with for her "night night" gift, and Kevin got a santa hat! Dinner was delicious.

Christmas Eve crew - Greg, Megan, Carly, Pug, Liz, Todd, Granny, Grandpa, Chris, Abbey, Ellie and Kevin