Well I sure have been really awful for keeping up with this blog! I apologize but I have been just sooo busy! We have been having so much fun lately though and I wish I had been blogging about it!! We have been going for walks which is the most fun ever because everyone gets so excitied A few days ago Alex and I played "olympics" and he had be so beat out,he can run around and play for hours!!!
Yesterday we made some cookies which everyone of course loved so much!! Sarah spilled her milk all over hers but thats how you want to have cookies anyways :) I have some great pictures from that!!
Today finally I got some good alone time with Alex ,as soon as both girls were asleep I jumped up and said "CRAFT TIME!!" we usually get to do a lot of crafts but lately things haven't been working out for us so I was so excited today as was Alex :) We made pipe cleaner "who's" (from the grinch movie) but Alex decided to call his guys "Dorthias" ,it was so much fun!!
When we were done Alex asked if he could watch backyardigans we sat down to watch tv when the phone rang and it was Deanna telling me all the fun things she bought yesterday which included an M & M brownie mix!! They sounded too good to wait so I asked Alex "Want to go baking??' His response " OH BOY THANK YOU THANK YOU" He never gave another look to the backyardigans after that :) We had a blast making the brownies as you can see :)
More blogs to come soon, I promise :)
Sarah and Samantha are turning into quite the little copy cats and its so great :) I am trying to teach them so much and I love seeing signs that it is paying off,of course I am not the only one teaching them so I can't actually take credit but I can still enjoy it :) Whenever I leave or enter the room I always wave to the girls and the other day I walked into the living and didn't wave and Sarah waved to me!! It made my day :) I am trying to get Samantha to point to her nose when I say "wheres your nose??" and its so cute because anytime I say it she points to her mouth!! As she does it she laughs and laughs so maybe she is trying to be funny :)
So being the wonderful nanny that I am just the other day when I changed everyone at the same time I had forgotten to put a diaper on Samantha!! Of course I never did realize this until Deanna called me laughing her head off at me!!! I can't believe how silly it was!! I was really expecting to be teased pretty bad the next morning when I arrived at their house,but Joe didn't have anything to say....And then I look at Samantha laying on the floor with a diaper on the outside of her clothes!!!!!!!! I am so glad that Deanna and Joe are great people and find this funny and weren't mad at me lol I am always going to have to double check the diaper situation from now on to make sure it doesn't happen again :)
I think it would be easier to list all the things we didn't do today then to list what we did!!! Today was such a busy super fun day!
The morning started off with a story party for teddy bears and then Alex and I did some activities in this little preschool activity book that I gave him for easter,even though they are meant for an older age group Alex does so well with them,I had to modify them a little though, in one activity he was supposed to mark the people facing forward with an X and the people who were backwards with a line,well to make things easier I had Alex color the forward ones red and the backwards ones green, it was so cute! He looked at me and said "I see their faces so I color them red!"
The activities lead to coloring in his dinosaur book which lead to us playing dinosaur games on his leap pad!! While we were doing this the girls just played around us and Sarah went into the little house her grandparents gave her and Samantha for their birthday and she just played away all by herself laughing every so often,it was adorable :)
It didn't seem like we were playing for very long but it was lunch time before we knew it! The morning must have tired everyone out because Alex looked at me and said "Look at me,don't I look tired??" So everyone was off for a nap! Which gave me time to clean up (not that it would last very long!! lol) After naps I got everyone ready and we went for a walk! It seemed like a good idea at first because it was so nice and warm out! Well the weather changed rather quickly and it got windy and no one liked that much so I had to get everyone home as fast as I could ,so I had Alex in my arms and pushed the girls along as fast as I good! What a workout!! I will be a size 2 in no time with these kids!
When we got home we had Shreddies for a snack which everyone loved,but Sarah loved the most,she ate so well today with everything! Then I popped on Backyardigans so we could all just laze around! Well no matter how tiring of a day Samantha never wants to just relax! So I played with her and it was the best part of my day! I tickled her and she loved it,she was roaring with laughter and it never got old at all! I think I could have stayed there all night and she would still be laughing!! It was the perfect ending to another perfect day :)
I wish I had posted more this week because it was so much fun!! Today was different because Alex went out with his Grandpa so it was mostly just me and the girls the whole day!! We had a lot of fun though!! While The girls were eating lunch I entertained them with a bit of dancing, and I am aware I am not the worlds greatest dancer but apparently to Sarah I am freakin' hilarious!!
I think things are coming along pretty good! Sam is really sad when her parents leave for work in the morning but she comes around once they are gone,you just gotta break out the ball or a story book and she loves it :) I think of the three babies ( sorry Alex,two babies and a big boy!) Sarah loves me the most and not that I am having favoritism or anything but if I ever have a little girl I want her to be just like Sarah because she is so perfect,but thats not favoritism!! I love everyone the same!
Yesterday was the most fun day yet! We made a tent and pretended that the dogs were grizzly bears trying to get us,then we danced,then we did some learning activities ,then played the backyardigans game and then everyone fell asleep on me! In the afternoon I put on cars because Alex had been asking for it, and I am so glad I did,he knows all the words to the opening song "real gone" and he danced around singing it and then Samantha started dancing with him ,it was the cutest thing I have ever saw in my life!
Well I am going to leave it there tonight,I am pooped so it is time for bed! Enjoy the pictures :)
Last,but certainly not least is Samantha or as I call her, SIlly Sami! She is definitely the silliest of the bunch always doing silly little things and everything makes her laugh!! I make fishy lips at her and she loves it and yesterday she kept trying to to do it back! It was so cute she kept sticking her tongue out and smacking her lips :)
Silly Sami is also the most snuggly of the three ,she always wants to be up and gives hugs and kisses all the time,I love it!
Samantha's favorite activity is story time,she always sits and listens and never wanders off!
Next is my little princess!!
Sarah loves anything musical and I have discovered that her favorite song is Ce Cee my playmate,anytime I turn it on she gets sooo excited. Every time Sarah smiles her entire face lights up,its the best smile in the whole world!
Out of all three kiddies I find Sarah to be the most serious,when I make faces at Samantha ,she giggles and giggles,but make a silly face at Sarah and she looks at you as if to say "Hello,I am not a baby anymore!" Even though I find her to be the most serious she still laughs and smiles a whole lot which is great :)
Today when everyone else was asleep Sarah and I played with bubbles,she had so much fun it was the highlight of my day watching her :)
So most people reading this actually don't know the wonderful kids that I get to spend every weekday with, so I thought I would do a little post about each one :)
Alex is the oldest,he will be 3 soon! You will never meet another (almost) three year who is as smart as Alex! He also has the best imagination ever! He is a great little helper and loves to cheer up his sisters when they are sad by singing a song for them. He loves the backyardigans,his favorite is Austin and he really really enjoys craft time!! Today we made UFO's ,a frog and a sun catcher!
Last week when I was leaving a note for Deanna and Joe, Alex asked if he could write on it too so I let him,when he was done he said " That says I Love you Matasha!" I just love how he says my name,it is soooo cute!
I survived the first week!! Well technically last week was my first week but Deanna and Joe were home so if anything had happened I had backup so it didn't really count :)
There is so much to say about this week,I wish I had started the blog sooner so I could have done an entry for everyday but instead of one great big entry I will start with today :)
This morning we had our usual "music time", this is when I put on a wonderful kids cd and we all dance around the livingroom, Sarahs favorite song is Ce Cee my Playmate,as soon as she hears the music her little face lights right up and she starts to bounce around(check out the pictures from today!),it is the cutest thing ever!!! After that song is over she really doesn't dance much on her own so while Samantha and Alex dance I pick Sarah up and I dance with her in my arms and she loves that :)
Then the girls had an appointment so Alex and I went for a nice walk to the park! It was a lot of fun walking up with him when we got to the cross walk he said "That means STOP! I have to push the button, hang on button ,I'm coming ,I'm coming" When we got to the playground I was very sad to see that there were broken beer bottles everywhere! After some quick thinking I said "Lets go on an adventure walk!!" Thankfully Alex was all about it and he has the greatest imagination ever!! As we were walking he kept saying "Look!! There's a lion!!! or "WOW!! a Zebra!!" After our walk we went home for Hot Chocolate and then I started lunch so Alex payed while he waited,he was in the living room just a few minutes and when I went to get him for lunch he was sound asleep on the floor :)
Deanna,Joe and the girls were taking a long time at the hospital and Sarah had not been feeling well so I started to worry a little, then Deanna called and said that Sarah had an ear infection :( No wonder she wasn't herself! After being gone so long the girls were starving!! So I quickly whipped up some Spaghetti and we had so much fun, Sarah wasn't really eating much so I thought I would try and feed her,well she took the spoon from my hand and started feeding herself !!
It was adorable!!
Sarah fell asleep after lunch and Alex was still asleep so then it was just me and Samantha,she loves when she gets me all to herself and she likes to play silly games . When I was changing her she wiggled her way away from me and started going around in just her diaper and only had one sock on, so I started calling her "One sock no pants" and sang it to her like the "Sponge Bob" song.
A wonderful end to a wonderful week :)
