Kandace at 20 mos

Kandace will be 20 mos this Sunday. She is at such a fun age (we say that about every age:) but she really is. She has so very much personality. She loves her dad, she loves her mom and she loves lots of other things. She loves to drink "Oooce" (juice) but I think even more than that she loves to pour it on the floor and step in it or spread it around with her hand. She and Stetson are finally at a point where they can play nice together for short periods of time, and I LOVE those times. Stetson will occasionally let her help him put puzzles together or whatever. I usually try to stear clear when they're playing nice because I don't want to disrupt it.

What is especially fun are all the "words" Kandace is saying now.

Me: mommy

da-ee: daddy

da: Stetson

pa: gma or gpa

no: no she has this one down pat

mow: more

bah: her special pink blanket or bear

dah: dog (she loves animals at a good distance:)

oooce: juice

dough: milk or water

Anyway, she's good at letting us know what she needs. She is very good about picking out the animals in the stories we read. Whenever we read "Big Red Barn" she points at all the animals and tries to say their names. She's starting to count. When we say one, she says two, sometimes tee (three).

My favorite things about Kandace are when I'm holding her and she puts her hands on my cheeks and pulls my face in her direction, so that I don't miss what she's trying to tell me. I love when I'm laying down on the floor watching TV or something and she comes and lays right on top of me with her arms around me.

Whenever I come home afer step or something she runs to the door yelling "Meeeeeeeee" (mommy) and I LOVE that. :)

She gets mad at Stetson and "yells" at him, which consists of short 1 syllable sounds aimed at his direction i.e. "BAH!" or something like that. So funny.

We are crazy about her and are so happy she's in our family.

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Today has been a great day. The best part was listening to this talk today which has very much changed my view on things (I had been hearing a lot about it and I only caught a bit of it since it was on Saturday morning session, so I looked it up today while Kandace was sleeping and Stetson was still at preschool. This talk is wonderful)!! The 2nd best part was when my Stetson came home from preschool (that event alone is worth celebrating) but the best was when I opened his backpack, pulled out a picture of stoplights and he said, (VERY enthusiastically) "Red means stop, yellow means slow down, and green means go!" I love my boy and am so happy that he's learning at school and having a great time.

Life is good.

ps. Post on Kandace coming soon :) we really do love her as much as Stetson

Stetson's first day

Today was Stetson's first day of preschool. He is in the 3 year old class and I couldn't be more thrilled. At first I thought they'd just send someone over to work with him on his 3 sounds (g, k and r) but after hearing what they do there (songs, stories, social interaction, snacks, exposure to something besides home) I thought it'd be great to send him there. Its MF, 1-3P. I've been asking him the last couple days if he was excited to go to preschool, and he always says "no, you mean children's resource center." Love it. And yes, he was excited to go. He was asking me all day when we got to go. I think he really likes it and I'm not gonna lie, its heaven to have 1 hour of quiet time 2 days a week.