Charlotte is 3.5 Years Old!

Her half birthday really comes out of nowhere every year and I can't figure out why that is.  Maybe it's because she's my baby and time goes so fast.

She seems older and smarter every day.  She LOVES to drive Mr. Mater.

She can do the monkey bars! Who is this child? Isn't she still at the crawling stage?

At Barnes and Noble, she took the stage and put on a jumping show! She's quite the performer.

She loves to be silly, especially at dinner time.

She knows she has the best big brother. She thinks everything he does is the coolest. :)

She's no stranger to shopping for dog beds since they fit her perfectly.

Who has five fingers and likes peanut butter?? She does!

Her class had a spring day parade. She's second from the last in line.  They can send videos on the school app now.  Her teacher sent some videos where the kids were dancing to songs and doing hand motions.  Charlotte was just kind of standing there.  I sent the teacher a message and said, "Is she doing okay today? She looks tired."  Her teacher wrote back, "Yeah she's fine.  She told me she just wasn't feeling it today. HA!"

She's a definitely fashion force.

Check out those boots!!

Don't you love her choice of dress and pants? She can really put those prints together! :-)

She LOVES smiling with her bottom teeth. :)

Her class is so adorable.

When it snowed recently, Charlotte had to be outside in it.  I don't know how she got those pink boots back on.  They are two years too small I think.

But boy was she happy to be in the snow.  Full bottom teeth smile!

That smile really isn't that rare though.  She's my smiley girl.  The Beauty Bat Moana Girl!

She is learning all letters, I can tell.  She knows the sound, words that start with the letter, and what it looks like up to the letter T. She knows her numbers but always skips 21 for some reason.  She loves soccer and plays at school.  She still has the same besties, Lakynn and Olivia.  She still blames one boy in her class for all her boo-boos even though I know for a fact they are not all his fault. She is SOOOO good at stalling bedtime but asking ridiculous questions (mostly starting with why) until I have to just RUN out of the room.  She thinks (well, like the rest of us do) that butts and the word butt is HILARIOUS.  She's our favorite girl.

Happy 3 and a half birthday, Charlotte!

Tommy is 3.5 Years Old!

This post is a bit late. He turned 3 and a half on June 10th.  But things have been busy.  Same ol', same ol' excuse.

What's new with Tommy?

 He enjoys working out with me! In matching shirts too!

 He loves his sister VERY much.  The only problem is he forgets she is a baby.  He thinks he can roughhouse with her like he does his friends.  He has to be reminded often.  He rips toys out of her hands and he doesn't like when she plays with his toys.  But then there will be a moment that totally floors me.  For instance, this morning, she was crying and carrying on.  Tommy quietly left the room without telling anyone, ran into her room, got her giraffe, and brought it to her.  It was so sweet.

He's becoming pickier than he can afford to be with his restricted diet.  But he's also 3 so that's bound to happen.  I felt awful just yesterday when I got out a cupcake and he was super upset that he couldn't have one.  So I loaded him into the car and we went to Meijer to get stuff to make Tommy cupcakes.  Orange cake mix and a can of 7up later, he had orange dreamsicle cupcakes and he was a happy camper!

SEE? Look at that happy kid! He got his cupcakes.

 Some other treats... We went out for ice cream! Of course, we brought ice cream from home for Tommy but hey, we went to Culvers and ate ice cream together.  That was kinda nice.  Tommy ate chocolate chip cookie dough coconut ice cream from a brand called So Delicious.  They also have almond milk products but we have to go to walmart to get those according to their website.  Not sure if that's going to happen. :)

 You know what else he can have? Strawberry pie.  What? Yep, pie crusts from Pilsbury are made with lard maybe? I don't know but they don't have milk or eggs.  As long as it's strawberry only, he can eat it! Sweet!

Tommy peed in the yard.  I took a picture.  Then I put it by a picture of Andrew peeing in his yard and VOILA.  Blackmail GOLD!

 Side note: Great tub toys? Glowsticks! Super fun.  Really need to do that again.

What else is new with Tommy? He's three.  So of course, he's super independent, often contrary, stubborn, and particular.  But he's also super smart, incredibly sweet, hilarious, and an all around good kid.  His new favorite phrase is "butt naked".  He is potty trained during the day except for the occasional accident.  He is working on the poop thing though.  He'll get there. 

One of these days, we're going to throw an actual party for his half birthday so he can celebrate his birthday outside.  

But for this year, we'll settle on celebrating his 3.5 year old birthday without a party.  Happy 3 and one-half years old to the Mr. Tommy T!