Pout Pout Baby

My goodness can this kid throw a pout!

She was told that she absolutely could not choose another movie after just finishing one.

Potty-Trained!!!

Talia Megan is finally out of diapers! I bought this Mulan Barbie for her weeks ago and she asked for it every single day and *finally* decided to actually keep her diaper dry and earn it.

 

She's been in panties for three days now and is doing great! Not even wetting the bed (Lydia is the only one that struggled at night) and the best part of all of this:

KAYLA is potty-trained too! She isn't even two yet! She caught on to everything we were telling Talia and just went with it. Watching all 24 pounds of her climb onto the toilet is a bit of a joke, but she refuses to use the training toilet of course. And mostly she runs around stark naked now. But at least they're both out of diapers! I wasn't even planning to be completely diaper-free like this. It's pretty amazing and I never want to change another diaper again after 8+ years of it without a break!

To the Orfunig

To Mel

Frome Lydia

"I do not love you Mel. I hate you Mel. Do not love Lydia"

"I want to go to the orphanage" Not Lydia!

She really is a lovely child. When she gets her way.

"There was a little girl, who had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead,

And when she was good, she was very, very good,

But when she was bad she was horrid."

Valentine's Prep

Lydia's class party is today so I had the kids write their names on all their class valentine's last night. Jude rushed through his having no fun at all. But these two wrote their names their best and talked about which friends would be getting which cards (when in reality they don't get to personalize anything anymore)- Lydia did make a special valentine for a boy in her class named Bennion that she is going to give to him after class. I support this completely because Bennion has been a good friend to her all year and never tells her that they aren't friends anymore like the girls do.

Memories

Sewing Lessons

Talia insisted on sewing with me. So I humored her with some plastic sheeting and some yarn. She was really, really, into it. But extremely independent. I thought these pictured captured the journey from, "Wow, you really go full-speed at everything you try don't you" to "What the heck did you do and how am I going to undo that for you" pretty well.

Also, I love how this child involves her feet in everything she does.

Nothing to See Here

Kayla will NOT wear clothes lately.

So when we don't have anywhere to go I let her be free. And then someone will stop by unexpected and get a shock, but I just figure they should have called ahead.

She knows she's the baby and can get away with whatever she wants.