February 2012 comments

Tanner: "This is my right hand, this is my left hand, put them together (clap) and make a wave."

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Daddy: "Wow Lila, you're great at catching the ball.

Lila: "I grew up, I'm not a baby anymore."

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Tanner: "Lila didn't talk to me upstairs"

Mom: "Why, were you trying to talk to her?"

Tanner: "Yes and I'm waiting to be sassy to her."

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Lila: (at bedtime) "Mommy, wake me up if you have to go potty and I will help you."

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Tanner: "When I grow up I can pick up everyone, I can do dishes, I can put toys together, I can make lunches."

Lila: "When I grow up I can use a knife! I can use scissors."

Mom: "Yes, we can get you kids scissors."

Tanner: "No, I want people scissors, like big kid scissors."

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Tanner: "I don't get buckled in the car."

Mom: "You absolutely get buckled in the car."

Tanner: "No, because I'm a worker."

Mom: "You always get buckled in the car. You are a hard worker. Where do you work?"

Tanner: "In Boston or something like that.

Mom: "Where do you live? What town?"

Tanner: "What state? Brentwood. California."

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Lila: "I'm going to go to Paris."

Mom: "What are you going to do there?"

Lila: "See my friends."

Mom: "Oh, you have friends there?"

Lila: "I have cats. I have cats to snuggle. They get out of bed and I scream to my cats."

Tanner: "We're talking about you Paris."(looking at a pic of Paris on the wall)

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Tanner: "You're my best friend in the world."

Daddy: "I love you."

Tanner: "Thanks."

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Lila: "I'm a girl. I like purple. I eat fruit snacks. I have a purple bed. I have purple blankets.

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December 2011 Pictures

I got the first few pictures from my mom of the kids picking walnuts at her house while I ran some errands and their gymnastics class they started in September.   All were taken in October but I wanted to include them.   They've being doing AWESOME in gymnastics.   I'm fairly certain Lila is going to be a gymnast (holds herself on the swinging bars, doing a "chicken wing", on the parallel bars brings both feet all the way up and touches the bar and balances perfectly on the high beam) .   Tanner's skills lie in sports, throwing a spiraled football and a very fast baseball.  :-)

Highlights include:
Playing outside - the typical high for the "winter" has been 64!! - so lots of park time, picnics, etc.
Christmas lights at the zoo with Sunshine, Kevin & Shiloh
Trips from Gram, Auntie Bri & Justin.   Aunt Anna & Florence.   Grandma Carol from Oregon!   Uncle Denny & Trenton from Palm Springs.
Breakfast at Panera - they LOVE it there, which is a good thing because I do too!
Christmas Eve with the Bayers', Artzer's and Armstrong's.   And, visiting with Auntie Love, Mira and Aubrie (2 times in two months!)
Christmas morning, getting their big kids beds!   They'd been asking for a good 2 months so Santa delivered them.   They slept in our room while Santa & Daddy put them together.
They are just like me and love everything about Christmas.   We went on drives to check out the lights a few times a week.  I took the decorations down just after New Year's while they were napping.   Lila woke up first and was able to help a bit.   She was sad but then Tanner woke up to everything being gone.   He was crying about the Christmas cards being down.   Then said "not the stockings too."  So sad!
Overall, the month of December was a bit rough.   They had 3 back to back colds that started in Disneyland.  Actually, I think it was the same one they couldn't shake.   We had a break for a few days around Christmas so at least that was enjoyable.   They were cranky, moody and not themselves.   Luckily they got better and are back to their rascally (in a good way!) selves.

Link to the pictures:   http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BatWrFs5aKI8Y