A Few of My Favorite Things

It's been a while since I've caught up on some of my favorite things that Jayden says...and now that Sophia & Savannah are little chatter boxes, they have quite a bit to say as well! Mostly still jabbering, but they sure try to communicate!

Some of my favorite words the girls are saying:

Jayden (word count: LOST COUNT)
Animal - "Aninal"
Koala - "Kolala"
Hospital - "Hosible"
iPad - "Hi Pad"
Crocodile - "Crapadile"

Sophia (word count: probably around 15-20)
Please - "Pease"
Doggie - "Dahyee"
Papa - "Pawh Pah" (almost sounds like she has an Italian accent when she says it!)
Monnie - "Mawye"

Savannah (word count: probably around 10-15...she's a girl of few words, but lots of chatter)
Stinky - "Stink-key" (while waving her hand in front of her face)
Please - "Ease"
Sissy - "Sis-see"
Memaw - "Mi Mi"

The twins are also learning sign language in daycare. So far, they know:

Daddy
Mommy
Thank You
Work

Jayden's also learning some...interesting/funny...things in preschool. One of my favorites being nicknames. She loves to shorten words, names or phrases. So lately she's been calling Sophia "Soph", Savannah "Sav", Monnie "Mon", Memaw "Mem" and so on. Just when you think Uncle Al's name couldn't get any shorter, she said his name is "Ah" ... And she thinks it's hilarious!

Another one of my favorite things she's learning in school are the new Jesus songs. Randomly I'll hear her singing the song "Go now in peace" along with the hand motions. It seriously melts my heart, especially when she sings it LOUDLY in public. Today we were in the changing room after her swim lessons and she was singing "Jesus loves me" loud enough for everyone to hear. When people started looking at her, she got a little shy...so I just started singing it with her and she kept on singing! She is such a courageous and brave little girl.

Every day we sing in our home, and now we will randomly hear the twins humming "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" or "Wheels on the Bus". I think my favorite songs to sing with them are "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes". Mostly because they LOVE doing the hand motions. When we sing "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes", we sing at regular pace a few times...and then we go as fast as we can! The girls think it's hilarious and crack up laughing while they try to keep up! It's so much fun!

These little love bugs are so amazing. Their smiles brighten my day! I hope their little light only gets brighter as they get older! <3

Halloween & Fall Festivities

This year we had so much fun celebrating Halloween ~ we pretty much did something fun each week with the girls! We visited the pumpkin patch quite a few times and to top it off, we had a blast trick-or-treating with the girls!

The beginning of the month, Jayden and I went on our weekly date to the pumpkin patch with our church group for a fun girls morning!

She went on all the rides and since she's finally tall enough to ride most of them by herself, I sat back and enjoyed watching her have fun!

Girls just wanna have fun!

A few weeks later, Jonathan and I took the girls to the pumpkin patch for a few hours. We had such a great time watching them explore and jump in the bounce houses!

We were so excited that Sophia & Savannah loved the jumpers! They didn't want to get out when their time was up! Jonathan and I are in agreement - we need to buy them a mini bounce house for Christmas this year :)

I don't know how people do it, but taking pictures with 3 toddlers is HARD! Trying to get all 3 to look (and smile) in the direction of the camera is nearly impossible.  We did our best, but of course there was always one of them not looking!

The girls were exhausted by the end of the evening! We had so much fun going on the bounce houses, slides and rides but I couldn't wait to get them home and bathed as they were filthy from the dust, hay and mud!

And finally, after weeks of the girls being super patient, it was finally Halloween! This year we went to the Erickson's to walk around their neighborhood and the girls had a blast! I was surprised Sophia & Savannah kept their ears and tutus on the whole evening! When we tried on their costumes to make sure they would fit, they kept taking everything off...so the fact they kept it all on for the night was a SUCCESS!

Plus, they looked so adorable! Cutest mouse, cat and Cinderella (or "Finderella" as Jayden says it) I've ever seen!

 

Finishing up last minute whiskers :) Sophia wasn't too happy about it!

After visiting the first house, Savannah was a pro. She was on a mission to go from house to house! Sophia just trailed behind and enjoyed hanging out with everyone. At one point, we had 11 adults walking with the 3 girls! :)

 And our little Jayden...she LOVED trick-or-treating this year! After every house she would run back and say, "LOOK WHAT I GOT!" and show everyone her new piece of candy.

Hanging out with dad <3

Trick-or-Treat!

So many great memories! <3