Things we want to remember

I have been thinking of some things that Daniel and Amelia do that I want to record... and well I like doing it here.

Daniel: He still has the sweetest face that melts my heart. I told Michael he better make sure I don't spoil him too much, or let him get away with too much because of that sweet face he has. :)

He loves balls! Soooo much. the only thing he loves more is a balloon, but I think that is because it is a fancy ball.

He says so many words, but my favorite is balloon. I think his first word was "meow meow" (that is what we call the cat) The cat was his favorite for a long time, and she still is in the top 10 favorites.

He loves sugar! Soo much. Candie corn might be his favorite, chocolate is a close second. If you give him either of those he will hold it in his hand and slowly eat it. 10 minutes later you might find that candy still in his hand. He savors every bit of it!

Daniel loves the outside, and he learned early on that socks and shoes meant going outside. He will run and get his shoes and bring them to you if he thinks he might be going out.

Daniel thinks he is a big boy. He has been trying to sit at the table instead of his high chair, he wants to help cook like Amelia... and many more things like that.

He is fascinated with temperatures. If you tell him something is hot, he gets excited and wants to see how hot... not quite what I was going for.

He loves loves music, and to dance to it. If the kids are in a bad mood we put on music really loud and start dancing, and everyone is happy again. (It has been a great help!)

He is such a boy! He loves to play chase, and will chase you. If you try to chase him he quick lays down flat on the floor, and puts his head in his hands. It is so cute. He love to wrestle and play around. He has a manly growly laugh, and roar. He loves to be upside down.

He holds food in his mouth for a long time. Sometimes it comes out the same way it went in and then down his chin and tummy... and he likes it. Mostly with water or milk, but today at church he did that with a cracker, and the cracker had been in there a while, so it was no longer cracker like.





Amelia:
Amelia has begun making up her own songs. It is really cute, yesterday she made up a song, and sang it all day and even sang some today. I hope this continues for a long time :)

I am always amazed at what she likes to play with. She doesn't care if it is a baby toy, or some random piece of paper that fell on the floor, or a sparkle purse, she will play with all different thing and for a very long time. She just imagines them to be what she wants. ( I keep wanting to put the baby toys away, but Amelia keeps finding them, and then she plays with them so long, like they are her long lost friends, that I feel bad putting them away. )

She seems so grown up lately. She is really becoming her own person. I love it... but then I think, my little girl will not be little for very long!!!

Amelia has become such a wonderful big sister. She brings Daniel toys, tries to read him books, and gives him gentle hugs. It is super sweet! Lately when Daniel fusses, she says, "He wants me, he wants to hug me." I love it. This evening I picked up Daniel and Amelia said, "mom put Daniel down!" (usually it would be because Amelia wanted me to hold her, but this time it was because she wanted her playmate back!) I love to see them become friends. When Amelia wakes up from a nap, Daniel hears her voice and runs to her room to go get her and to play.

I'll add more as I think of them :)

Home improvements :)

So one great things of being a home owner, is keeping up and maintaining your home. We had the great experience of replacing our septic drain field. Or having someone do it for us really. We had trouble about 7 months ago with water draining, so we were not totally surprised when the time came to replace it. We hired Above Grade Septic and they did a great job for us and did it for a good price. Amelia and Daniel loved looking out our widows everyday to see what they were doing. I found the whole process rather fun to watch, and they even put a side a lot of rocks for me to use in my garden!! ( I love rocks!) We are happy to put away the paper plates and to do laundry at home again! ( I also added a few other posts about our summer after this one.)

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"THE Farm" :)

We got pumpkins today! It was a lot of fun to go with the kids. They get so excited and Daniel was just taking in the new experience. It is funny he really watches people and then tries to imitate them. So he was checking out pumpkins and trying to lift them all. Amelia really enjoyed the trip too and liked rolling over all the pumpkins.

Family Home Eveing at the Temple!

Summer fun pics 2011

summer 2011 Zoon trip

The Zoo was a lot of fun this year! Amelia was really into the animals and Daniel loved seeing new things. Here are some of our pics.