August Favorites

I started thinking how sad it is that once you pass the 12 month mark you really stop posting about all the little details - what they eat, how the sleep, the day to day routine.  I was inspired by my friend Erin who has made a monthly post documenting the changes in her pregnancy, so I'm going to try and do the same for the girls.  They are still changing so much every day - saying something new that I swear I will never forget, but I know I will if I don't write it down - and other little details that I want to be able to remember someday.  So, here goes.

Favorite Sayings these days:

MM: "What you talking?"  She usually asks me this when I'm on the phone.

K: "Kinda really".  Everything is kinda really hot, cold, too hard, etc. 
"No, It's Not".  The child contests everything we say!

Favorite foods:

MM loves everything fruit and veggie and hardly eats any meat.  The child can eat her weight in cherry tomatoes and canteloupe.  K loves meat and has a limited veggie list - she loves green beans and melon.  Of course, they love your typical kid fare - pizza, chicken nuggets and french fries always topping the list.
 
Favorite Entertainment:

It's summer so a lot of outside activities - as much as the heat allows.  I certainly got my love for activities from my parents - they take the girls to the pool each afternoon.  When they're not at the pool they are at the library for story time.  When they're at home they are stark naked in the baby pool on the patio - good thing we invested in that fence!  They are also in love with Dora the Explorer, Wonder Pets, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  We're just very glad that Caillou has been fully replaced.  We have also been reading our way through the Toddler Bible at night.  Yesterday MM told me she was hiding her baby in the river which startled me until I remembered we read about Moses the night before!  MM also loves to cook - she is constantly whipping something up in her kitchen and serving us. 

Sleep:

Kennedy has a new found fear of the dark.  She won't let us turn the light off to go to bed.  Last night she even got up twice in the night to tell us that she was afraid of the dark.  Not too afraid to walk entirely across the house in the dark, though!  Taylor went in there the second time and I woke up a little while later and found him asleep on the floor in their room.  Ha! 

Typically the girls go to bed about 8:30 pm and sleep until 6:30 am.  MM has been sleeping later on occasion - sometimes to even 8 am!  Usually they nap from a good 2 hours in the afternoon, but we're getting to the point where skipping their nap doesn't turn their whole world upside down. 

Potty Training:

The girls only wear diapers to take naps and sleep at night.  Kennedy has even been waking up from all of her naps and even in the morning with a dry diaper for weeks now!  A couple of nights she woke us up in the middle of the night to tell us she needed to potty, but now she is holding it all night!  MM wakes up from her naps dry, too!  I am completely impressed by them.  We have conquered the public bathrooms, but we're still loving our travel potty.  It's great when even a public bathroom isn't convenient - but we do get strange looks sometimes! 

Miscellaneous:

We have also been working pretty hard on table manners.  After taking Papa out to eat for his birthday and the girls climbing like monkeys all over our laps the entire dinner, we decided it was time to start eating as a family at the dinner table.  The girls now eat at the table and have to ask to be excused.  It has certainly been a process - and I'm proud to say that restaurant visits are much more enjoyable and the girls now ask to be excused from the table.