two

"HEY! I'm TWO!"

 

Betsy Boo this is what two years looks like on you.  You wear it well.  (That's more than I can say for this dress I made, which if you scroll down, you will notice she only wore for about 15 min.)

 

This girl. She is the embodiment of everything that is a two year old.  She is loud and demanding except when she is not. We giggle when we think of the times that we thought she would never talk. Now she is a steady stream of loud instructions for all of us to follow.  Lucky for her she is kind of irresistible.  We love her like crazy.

 

She is sweet as pie. The girl usually has a baby or stuffed animal in her arms and is gently patting them on the back, feeding them some of her snack, or pushing them in the stroller before she puts them to bed.  And if you have the time, she will happily bring you book after book to read.  She takes after her brother that way. 

 

Things Betsy Marie likes to do right now (in no particular order):

read books

wooden puzzles

lego's

be cozy

help her brother make a cozy town

feed her Emma her bottle

push babies and stuffed animals in the stroller

pee on the potty(if she is in the mood)

have dance parties in the kitchen after dinner (thank goodness)

go to the park

watch Elmo

give kisses (often with an open mouth when you are not expecting it)

point out who's shoes, cup, chair, bed, hat, etc belong to who "That Cur-is toy...That Bessy toy"

inquire as to what you are doing "What doing Mommy? What Cur-is doing?" 

play with any of her brother's toys

remind everyone that it's her turn and she is going to do it. "MY TUUNE..MY DO IT!"

pick up Curtis from school

be next to Curtis as much as possible

basically do anything that Curtis is doing

cuddle

change outfits multiple times a day

did I mention playing with her brother?  

 

 

Anyhoo, here's some pictures of her party. We lucked out with the sunshine!

A rare shot of her in the birthday dress.

 

 

she found someone who would let her eat all of the raspberries



 Opening up her new bunny. 

I think it's love.

Every kid wanted to help open the presents

Nice cake, now what do you want me to do with it?

Party's over. Let's find a baby for the stroller.

these cute ones.  these children are just so.... oh my heart.

I realize that there haven't been any posts lately. I'm missing all the big events. Life is busy. Life is crazy. Life is sweet and hard and exhausting and relaxing and boring and fast and happy and LOUD and slow all at the same time.  I try not to feel guilty as I lay my head on my pillow and realize that another day has gone by where I haven't picked up my camera to capture this fleeting moment of their precious faces. The changes happen so fast.  I don't want to forget one little freckle.  Luckily we have lots and lots of freckles to look forward to.

Happy Halloween Ha ha ha ha!

I took a super grumpy super hero to Curtis' Halloween parade and party at school.  I'm so grateful that his school lets the kids celebrate Halloween.  Because it is so fun and the kiddos are just so super cute.  I just love his school so much.  

The kids got to make a few laps around the field in all their costumed glory. 

Our bat boy even took his little sister for a bit.  

swings!

Then cupcake decorating in the classroom.

Ready to get out and trick or treat!!

These kids did great.  And betsy walked pretty much the whole way.  She really got into the whole thing.  

After trick or treating snack.

Some candy was enjoyed.  Now everyone is tucked in tight in their beds and we are waiting for the switch witch to arrive. All in all a pretty fantastic Halloween!

picking pumpkins!

cutes

My old friend Stacy came for a visit this weekend. It was so nice to catch up with a friend that I haven't seen in a few years.  Stacy and I were roomies in college and she moved to the Monterrey bay area so it didn't feel like she was too far, but now she has moved back to her home state of Louisiana so it feels really far! One of the things she wanted to do was go out to Crane Creek county park and take some pictures of the kiddos. Basically, one of my favorite things. I think she really knows what she is doing when it comes to photography so I'm excited to see the ones she took. These are the ones I took along the way - I think they are pretty cute - probably because they are of my two favorite things.