"Reese and Presley-isms"

So, I am loving the ages the girls are at. Yes, they are a handful, but they are also soooo funny. The things they say crack me up. Reese is so expressive when she tells her stories. She uses her hands to describe everything. She still tells me every day that "Mom!, Pwesley is scared of the choo-choo train". And every time she sees a plane, "Ohh, Sadie fwew away. To Missippi." She misses her best buddy so much. Daddy also "flies away", by the way. "Where daddy? She fwew away? To church?". I love how she comforts Presley when she is sad. She will rub her back and say, "oh, poor baby." And Presley, what a crack up that one is. The other day, she and Reese were fighting over something. I see Presley pinching Reese and I say, "Presley! No Pinching". She looks at me with her big innocent eyes and says, "But, she push "The Presley"." It was sooo funny. She always refers to herself in the third person. She is still a fashion diva. Yesterday she found a bag of winter clothes, and she kept bringing me articles of clothing to put on her. This is what she wore for her nap. A long sleeved shirt, covered by a wool sweater, covered by another wool button-up cardigan. Then she had her diaper, covered by Dora panties, covered by her bathing suit bottoms, covered by a skirt turned inside out. To top it off, she wore her striped socks. She refused to let me take anything off until it was time to go swimming later that afternoon. Such silly-willys. They are growing up so fast. Reese learned to ride her trike. She just started riding it down the street last saturday. Now we can't get her off of it. Presley is climbing all over the jungle gym at the park and is doing so well potty training. Pictures coming soon.

Reese turns 3!

Our baby is growing up so fast. She is officially 3 yrs. old! We had a great day! We went to her happy place, "Bounce U". She loves going down the slide. Daddy loves it too. Reese went down, Brian followed. When he got to the bottom, the air he pushed down popped Reese up in the air and she did a back flip right into his arms. It was hysterical. That night we went to "Build-a-Bear". They each got an animal and Reese put her "paci" inside the bunny. Bye-Bye paci. No nap today. She kept asking for that dang thing. I am sure she will get over it soon. We should have taken that thing away a long time ago. I think we made up for it today when she got to ride a horse. She can't stop talking about it. Happy Birthday to Sweet Reese!

Reese riding "Turbo" for her first Horseback riding lesson.

She did GREAT!

Instructor, Sandra was so good with Reese. So patient. She got her on that horse, helmet on..without a fuss. Reese only cried when she had to get off and we had to leave. She keeps talking about riding the horsie!

Happy Birthday to Reese! 3 yrs. old! I can't believe how fast time flies. It seems like just yesterday she was just an itty-bitty thing.

Birthday morning watermelon.

Presley loves to wear hats!

My kids have discovered a new love...chocolate peanut butter....

and chocolate ice cream!

Jump Jam!

Two cuties! I love it!

Whoa!!!

Party Time!

"Zip it! Zip it!" She screamed over and over again.

Bye-bye sandcastle cake

Blowing out their candles

Reese kept saying, "I want Happy Birthday, peese! Peeeeeeeeesseeee!" when she saw the cake.

We had a combined b-day party for the girls. We invited a few friends over to swim and eat cake. It was a lot of fun. Reese is swimming well now...she won't do it in front of anyone so you will have to just take my word fo it. She will only tread water if in the spotlight. Presley is fearless in the water and will jump in without any warning. The girls are doing great and I can't believe I have 2 "toddlers" They are so grown up. Reese is now potty-trained...it took her just doing it on her own terms. As soon as I quit bugging her about it, she went. It just "clicked" this week. (Of course, it could also be her newfound love of "chocolate" that did the trick). Presley pees on the potty, and on the floor and wherever she feels like it...Here are some pics of her squeezing herself in a 3 month outfit. Someone returned a bag of baby clothes they had borrowed and Presley found them. Many of you know about her obsession with babies. She was insistent about fitting into the itty-bitty sizes. I know how frustrating that can be, Presley. Brian and I are doing well. He is doing great with his own business and new stake Young Men calling. I am just doing whatever...We had a great trip to California. Had sooooo much fun at cousins week. This time the theme was "work hard" and "Never give up". "Things turn out the best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out"...my new matra. We spent a week at Carpinteria State Beach. The weather was awesome, the girls had a great time playing in the sand and in the freezing water. I had fun bodysurfing and kayaking and playing with all the kids. Everytime I get back from there I spend a month racking my brain on how I could possibly move there. I miss my fam, that's for sure.

Little Booger!

Presley, the little booger....is always getting into everything. She is so funny and the things she does crack us up! I have been having car trouble for about a month. My lights wouldn't turn off, the doors wouldn't open and close, the windows wouldn't roll down, my speaker blew out. Brian and I were dreading that we may have to do a complete electrical overhaul. He talked to one of his buddies that works at Honda who said sometimes a child will put a coin in the cd player and it will hit the circuit board and cause big problems. Sure enough....Brian found $2.24 in the cd player. Presley must have put the $ in there while I was cleaning out the van and she and Reese were mesing around it the front seat. How do I know it was Presley, you ask? Several months ago, I was missing 6 dvds...I found them under the dvd player. She will also take out my credit cards and slide them under the laptop. She is such a silly kid. A mischievious one, she is.

2 little monkeys jumping on the bed!

Look at these little mokeys. They love jumping off the couch.

Should we stop them when they are having so much fun?

Happy Birthday Presley Bleu!

Presley got a sandbox for her 2nd b-day. Let's hope she doesn't eat the sand like she did last year.

Blowing out the candles of her "Mono" cake. Reese is jealous and keeps telling me, "I want Happy Birthday". A few more weeks.

How cute is that face?

Presley LOVES to swim. "Yet Go, Mommy! Yet Go!" (Let Go). Miss independent two year old.