Sharing sharing everybody sharing

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As we have started to give Hayley solids we thought it would be fun for her to share a treat with her daddy. So the other day Eli shared a Popsicle with her. She LOVED IT! She couldn't keep her hands off of it, we finally had to hold them down. This girl is defiantly a girl after my own heart.
I love the melted blue Popsicle on her chin. This is something we will defiantly do again.

Clean up, clean up

A few years ago Aubree got this toy vacuum. She has played with it on and off but now anytime I vacuum she needs to vacuum. On the back of the toy it has a switch that turns on and off the voice that talks when you push it. When I turn on my vacuum she turns the switch on, when I turn my vacuum off she turns hers off. If I use my hose she uses hers. When we were finished I put my vacuum in the closet Aubree insisted hers go in there as well. Aubree finds new ways to make me smile every single day.

Introducing the one the only.....

Necia, Ok so not the one and only. This is one of Aubree's favorite little people. I am not sure what her "real" name was but Aubree re-named her Necia after my sister. She started to call her this all on her own. When Aubree can't find her she calls out, "Necia, where are you". This makes me miss my Necia everytime.

15 minutes a day

They say it will really help your child in development if you read out loud to them for at least 15 minutes a day. Eli has really taken this to heart ever since Aubree was about 6 months old. As part of the bedtime routine he takes Aubree and has now started to take Hayley upstairs for book time. We have most of our kids books upstairs but have a handful downstairs. These books downstairs never get to be apart of the bedtime routine and so consequently are read less, for this reason the other night Eli asked Aubree if we could read downstairs so we could read the books down stairs. Aubree decided that would be ok, but instead of Eli reading to her she would read to him. So cute.
She was very determined to read it to him the way he reads to her, with the pictures out. I was really impressed by how much of the book she actually could read ( well had memorized, lets not kid ourselves ) and the rest she just made up. She always is able to make us smile.

And her fist word is .........

MAMA! LOVE IT! I can't believe it. Aubree's first word like a lot of children was da da, but not my little Hayley she said mama. Eli and I have had the flu this week and we were laying bed with Hayley laying between us when she just came right out and said it. It was so sweet, the only problem now is that when Hayley isn't happy she says mama mama, which makes it so much harder to want her to work it out. This really pertains to tummy time. Eli defiantly got a daddy's girl in Aubs and I got my mama's girl in Hayley. What could be more fun?

And who will help me plant the seed

One of Aubree's new favorite stories for bedtime is the one about the Little Red Hen. You remember the story about the hen that finds the seed and no one will help her plant it, harvest it, take it to the mill, or bake it, but everyone wants to help eat the bread that is the end result of all the hard work. Well one of my favorite things about Christmas time is the little white flowers paper whites. So for FHE this week we learned about seeds and planting them. We talked about the importance of watering them and getting them some sun light. We read the story of the Walnut tree. That story is about President Gordon B. Hinkley and the making of the pulpit in the conference center.

When I went to buy the flowers I just bought kits this way if you just follow the instructions they should grow.
Step 1: soak disk in 4 cups of water, once all water is absorbed loosen dirt. Right this little disk of dirt is going to grow to be enough to fill the pot. whatever. We put the girls in the tub and after about 30 minutes it did, who knew.Step 2: place blubs in dirt nose up cover all but the tip. Am I supposed to peel it like an onion first? what do I do with all these layers. call papa and gran they will know.Step 3: place in non direct sunlight, water to dampen not soak. cross your fingers this works
It was a lot of fun, I will keep you undated on photos of the plants growth.

Hayley just loves her jumper and so that is what she did during the plant project.nice smiles, now we know for sure who she looks like.

Duets....

A couple of years ago Eli got me a karaoke machine for my birthday. On Friday night after Aubree went to sleep I decided that it was about time we got it back out. We each take turns picking our favorite sings to sing and then go back and forth trying to sing what ever song comes up. This is Hayley and her daddy singing a duet. Wouldn't it just be the way picture taking is that Hayley had the mic up to her mouth right up until I took the picture. Eventually I am going to get the exact pictures I am taking.