Being Chummy over their eggs and rice. 

  I have a bit of trouble getting them to eat lunch!  Maybe because they pig out at breakfast?  They both eat 2- 3 eggs a piece every morning! 

Wren gets home at 11:25 from sign class and we have to leave the house again by 12:15 to take them to preschool.  Doesn't leave much time for Wren to come in.....shriek...and jabber....show me her papers.......find out what Iley's been doing while she's gone.....do a walk through of the entire main level and upstairs to make sure she didn't miss anything....sit down and eat.....have conversation with sister, much giggling, and playing in your food....get shoes back on, back packs zipped, coats on, everyone herded to the car.......and then take off for town.  The high light of the trip is a certain hump in the road that if you hit at a fast enough speed "gets your tummy".  They are always bummed out when we meet a car and have to slow down:)  for those not familiar with KS....it's sand roads, and we pass a car on the way in..... average of one a week on this road.  If a car is coming you have to move out of the packed tracks into the looser sand......and slow down......which totally ruins the effect of the bump!

 

I wonder some days if I am warping them.......we struggle to get Wren to listen or try to voice something that makes sense.......so when she's done on the potty.....and totally at my mercy....(would this be the equivalent of stealing someones clothes while they are skinny dipping?)  ....I make her at least try to say my name instead of just bellaring AHHHHHHHH when she's done.  Usually I accept anything close....today I decided she wasn't getting up till she put forth a little effort.  I put one hand on her throat, and one on mine and we did the ahhhhh sound.  I showed her that its not a bah bah with explosions of sound.....but that you keep your ahhhh steady, then do your lips mamamama fast.  she was doing a Baaah...........Baaah with lots of air.  She was NOT happy with me!  But I loved on her....and kept trying......and Iley is standing right beside her  (this is a tiny airline size potty room with three of us squeezed in...come to think of it, I'm sure Wren was the most comfortable!) doing it too (warped?)  She finally started with the ahhhh  I nodded good.........and did the lip motion to make the ma ma ma....SHE DID IT!!!  I KNEW she could if she would just TRY!!  She just has NO time for sit still and concentrate stuff.  Maybe the car seat is the next place of attack??  I may be riding in the back seat for years though unless the cooperation and progress pick up...........

Just Playing around

Bath time with the new bubble bath......so far no rashes!  Yay Aunt Lucy, good choice.

 Wren putting on her bubble bra.

Captured!.....or maybe rescued?

 

Maybe he was saving her from this?

She looks kind of like a damsel in distress.

I think this was the bat!

 ......and this.......

 

Love the gun and the shoes!  Don't worry mom, I've got them under control!

Calm amidst the storm....??

 Monday after school it was such a nice day that I took them to the park.  The next day it was frigid, so good thing we went.  I took them to this same park a couple of weeks after we got home from china last year.  They wouldn't walk across the sand, they needed a drink, they had to potty, they wouldn't go play, they were scared to try anything!  This time, I couldn't get them to leave.

 Iley kept bumping her head on the bar above the slide.

 Not sure how they ended up like this, but they thought it was pretty funny!

  

They were holding hands:)

 

 

The teeter totters scared them to death!LOL  I was laughing so much:)  These are supposed to be fun girls!

But these tall slides with no sides didn't phase them?

Iley's School Party ~ 6th Birthday

I dropped the girls off at school at 12:30 and forgot to ask the teacher what time snack time was.  I ran to the grocery, and then stopped by to see Ellas new paint job in her living room.  She was just headed to our house so she followed me home.  We got there around 1:20ish.......I messed around rounding stuff up and stirring up the dip......then i thought I better text the teacher and ask her what time I should be there for Iley's party.  She had already text me....it was 1:31 when I checked~ we were supposed to be there by 1:55.......YIKES!!  Poor Ella, she had barely walked in and I start asking her...can you put the fruit dip in these little cups, and cut the bananas, while I cut up the apples....and go along and take pictures...Bless her heart, she was great help!  We dashed around then ran out the door....  and made it just as they were lining up to come in from recess....whew!

I think Iley had fun, she was much more subdued at school than she was at home on her own turf, but she seemed to enjoy it.  Wren on the other hand acted like she was being rejected and forgotten.  I showed her her school party pictures today, and then Iley's.....hopefully that helped.

Singing Happy Birthday.

Checking out what's in the prize box........she couldn't decide what she wanted!  She remembered exactly what Wren got.....and there wasn't anymore......This girl doesn't forget details!  She kept asking me where the bag of candy was.....I forgot that I brought tootsie rolls to Wrens party.

....just pick something already!

Wren still feeling a bit sad....we made sure she was in the picture too.

That seemed to help a little.

The whole class...minus one or two I think.

Poor Shaylee.....she wasn't allowed to have any milk products....which was everything but the apples and bananas.  The girls both wanted her drink though!

This girlie loves bananas!........and giraffes.

Iley's cute little blonde friend.

More please!

They dipped their chips in the fruit dip......??

Mrs. Betz, Iley and Me

Miley and Wren

Love that she's looking at books!  What a world will be opened to her when she learns to read!

Bye, time for mom and Ella to go now.

at least she's smiling now!

Pictures were all compliments of Ella:)  I took a couple when we first got there, there was even one of Ella.....but she had a funny look, and her eyes were closed so I didn't post it.....you're welcome El:)  See you don't need to fear my camera:)