Girls are growing up so fast!

Mommy: If I get off my big bum I will make dinner...
Taryn: you do have a big bum...


Taryn has a teddy bear that she has not parted with since birth (thank you Kristi). Now I really like cuddles for kids and my kids really like cuddles. Taryn has chewed on the bear when teething and twists his tail or nose when she is board...He is affectionately called Stinky bear due to the stench/crust from all the chewing and loving and twisting...truly stinky despite being washed FREQUENTLY... sadly last week stinky bear sprung a leak...several actually. I told Taryn he needed some stitches so his stuffing would stay in..She started sobbing and saying only soft stitches mommy! only soft stitches...I don't want him to get hurt...Good news. After some very soft stitches stinky bear will live to die another day.

There are flowers and weeds and clover blossoming all over. Anytime Taryn sees anything blooming she picks it and comes running to give me flowers. What a sweet kiddo...


These have been exciting times for Jocelyn. Jocelyn rolled over and drinks from a cup. Yes she was throwing a fit and flung herself over but I still think it counts and she does dribble a lot of the water out. She has repeat rolled and grabs the cup to drink though so I think that makes it official enough for a blog spot. She also has perfected the silent laugh (similar to Cami's at this age) and continues to be such a good baby. I just love love lover her and her chubby cheeks!

Cami scored two goals in her first soccer game of the season and jumped up and down cheering for herself again. I loved it! She also had a melt down when no one brought treats for after the game...hmmm.

I walked in the other day to catch her and Taryn laying on her bed together. She was reading the Secret Garden out loud to both of them....She is a good little reader and she tells me everyday how much she likes to read.

Cami really really wants to lose a tooth. She even told me she is going to leave the tooth fairy a special note when she does. It will say "Thank you for the gift. You can take my tooth but please leave the treasure chest so I can use it next time. And can you please write back because I think it would be really cool to be friends with a real fairy."

In choir she has been singing patriotic songs and tonight at dinner she asked what what jubilant feet and watch fires were (Battle hymn).... She also asked what a caisson was (armed forces medley)....Her choir teacher had to take time to enlighten her... Bonus that she is getting history lessons during choir...and actually listening and thinking about the songs.

To shave or not to shave and other phenomenal stuff.

To shave or not to shave...that was my question....When Cami and Taryn were born they had brown hair.-not a ton but definitely it was there. Cami's hair grew in pretty good over the next year and by 18 months to 2 years old she had great pony tails. When she was three I got over zealous trimming her lovely locks and she ended up with a cute bob....after the hair cutter fixed the damage. Now it is super long and it still gets trimmed a few times a year.
Taryn has had more hair issues. It has grown really slow and unevenly....I started cutting it every couple of months since she was about 14 or 15 months old and it has slowly thickened up. The last hair cut she got all of her hair was finally the same length-no baby layers...(although it is stacked in the back but that is on purpose) and she is four....
So sweet baby Faye is blond blond blond...and bald bald bald....Well I want to avoid the four year grow out for this sweet girl (because it has been traumatic for Taryn to want to be Rapunzel then have her hair whacked so frequently).... So I have seen lots of people who swear that shaving a baby's head makes the hair grow in fast and evenly...I talked to hair dressers who say the same. But really...Shave your baby's head???
I just didn't know if I could....I talked to Brent about it and he voted no way...my mom definitely voted no. BUT I was curious and hey she was so blond anyway that the fuzz she had was invisible...so after debating I did shave it off. I then handed her to Brent who didn't notice until an hour and a half later when I said "um did you notice I shaved her?" Anyway, it wasn't a big change after all the worry and now it is starting to grow back in-on the back and the sides anyway....I'll let you know if it comes in on the front and if it is any more even than Taryn's....

Taryn has started using the word phenomenal lately and it is sooo funny. She has this high loud voice and speech is a struggle for her so to hear her say phenomenal cracks me up every time. The other day she walked out with a pickle between two crackers and said "Mom this pickle is phenomenal!" (she has always claimed to hate pickles...)

Cami wrote her first book report last week. This is what it said:
"Fancy Nancy"
She helps Bree plan her party.
She goes to her Grandparents party.
She goes to the butterfly garden.

She also drew a picture of the butterfly garden to finish it.
I thought her report was phenomenal! (Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly by Jane OConner)

Baby Faye following in her sisters footsteps and other highlights

So I asked myself this morning what have we been up to lately....so I got out the camera and downloaded pictures to see...

The other night our neighbor came over and asked to take the girls pictures for her photography class. Of course the girls were excited so the neighbor went and got her camera and I decided to snap a few before she got back.

This is so Taryn. Pink and girly and happy as can be. I love this girl.

Jocelyn in her tutu following her sisters example but not quite sure about it at the same time...
Attack of the tutu

This was a few weeks ago while making dinner. She usually likes to sit and watch me work in the kitchen but this night it was just exhausting apparently.

Every time I fold laundry Cami cuddles up with Jocelyn and they have bonding.

Jocelyn got an infected hang nail...and then the infection infected her whole nail bed and her finger...at this point after draining tons of puss from it I took her to the doctor where they decided she needed an antibiotic (per the fever and amount of ooze). She was not a big fan-fought it the whole time but luckily didn't learn to spit until the last day of the course.

This sight is so infrequently seen at our house that it warranted a picture...Taryn taking a nap. Last Sunday she -all by herself -took a snooze in the love sac and Cami covered her in a blanket...we thought it was very cute until she woke up and we realized she had a fever....which lasted several days....

Cami and Taryn were playing doctor and I walked in not a moment too soon...

She is getting big enough for the exersaucer...well big enough is relative-her feet don't touch the ground yet but she likes to push the buttons and make music. Thanks to Rebekah for the cool toy!

And that is what we've been up to lately...