Valentine's "Dance"

We've been talking about Valentine's Day and all the fun things the girls get to do this week at school.  Unfortunately some of the fun will be cut out from all the snow we will get Wednesday night into Thursday but hopefully they will get to exchange valentine's at least.  Payton has music class on Friday on Valentine's Day and her music teacher said they would partner up a girl with a boy and dance. We were asking her who she would want to dance with and she got all shy and wouldn't say anything.  Payton told Tung this afternoon that Reagan told her if she had to pick someone in her class to dance with that she would choose James because he is cute, sweet and he listens.  That is so funny to me because James really is cute and sweet, he always wears the same grey and lime green sweatshirt when I see him at school, it makes me laugh for her to say that he listens because if you know Reagan, you know she likes a good story.  I'm sure James has heard more than a few of these stories.

Homework

Payton's homework last night was to ask 4 adults what they were afraid of so they could use the information today to do a graphing activity in Math.  Payton asked her Grandma, she said snakes.  She asked Grammy, she said spiders, I said I was afraid of flying and Tung said snakes.  We asked Reagan what she was afraid of, she said Monsters.

Reagan said to Tung this morning, "I know what you're afraid of Daddy, you're afraid to wrestle someone bigger than you because they would crush you".  Then Payton says "yeah, they would crush his glasses too" and then they both crack up.  I love when they both gang up on their Daddy to make fun of him, he needs a little joking back to balance what he gives to everyone else all the time!

First Day of School

The day Reagan has waited for finally arrived, she was so excited about going to school and riding the bus! She stood outside for 15 minutes this morning asking when the bus was coming, she could hardly stand it. As soon as Mrs. Evans pulled up she ran right up the steps, she had to tell her to stop and turn around so I could take her picture!  She sits in the first seat right behind the bus driver.  Payton asked if she could sit with her but they all have assigned seats, and said maybe they could sit together later on.  When Reagan got off the bus this afternoon she sat and watched it drive away like she was so sad to get off and wished she could ride it longer, so funny.

They both had a great day of school, Reagan took a tour of the school and got to be the line leader because she is the shortest in the class! Payton got to search the school looking for Isabelle the Important Fish, they found her in their classroom the most important room in the school, they had to write about her and then got to eat the special snack she left for them, Hershey kisses. Payton's teacher Miss Altieri has an ocean theme for her classroom and she has taken it to the fullest extent, referring to everything in ocean/sea terms, it makes it a lot of fun.

 Payton picked out her outfit herself and her new scarf that goes with "practically everything" she says.  I'll never forget her saying that, so cute!

Reagan ate all of her lunch, we were worried about whether or not she would have time to eat it all and would she just eat her fruit by the foot, or if the sandwich would be gone? But she ate everything, she packed it herself and wanted to pack it again tonight she thinks taking her own lunch is a lot of fun!  Payton already wants to buy lunch tomorrow, they are having cheeseburgers.

I'm so happy they love school and it's so fun to see Reagan excited about being independent and doing things herself!  Before she went to bed tonight she told me that she was tired at school today, 15 minutes later she was asleep, she fell asleep the earliest tonight she has maybe ever, no nap at Kindergarten wore her out!

Carrying her backpack that is as big as she is!

Nabeel and Nazeem came to see them before the first day.

Taking care of her little sissy.

Mixed Up Words

Reagan has always mixed up words and phrases, I've been wanting to write down some of the funny ones before I forget, but I know I've already forgotten many.  A few weeks ago at the baseball game she said "Is that the vampire behind the batter?" Tonight while helping her take a shower, she asked "Are you going to use the air conditioner?" I've been putting conditioner in her hair to make it less tangley but she remembered air conditioner.  I hope I can remember some of the others, she says them so seriously it's not like she's doing it to be funny, she just really doesn't remember, cracks me up!

Excited

I think Reagan is excited about vacation. We told them weeks ago we were going to Disney, Payton has been very excited talking about it but Reagan hasn't said much. I was even thinking does she realize where we're going?  Apparently she does but just hasn't showed us until just these past few days.  She has told Ms. Susan at preschool every day for 2 weeks that she feels excited because she is going to Disney World.  At 10:30 she was awake in her bed, cutting, coloring and taping something, she told me she was too excited to sleep because she's going to Disney tomorrow.  She brought me an adorable card that said Reagan Mme. Mme is Mommy. She's adorable how she is starting to try to spell words and read. She is picking words out of stories and recognizing them now.  She is getting way too big.  I'm glad Payton is better after having a double ear infection last week and we are so ready for vacation!

Home Depot Bird House

 Home Depot has a project for kids the first Saturday of every month. I don't know why we never knew this before but we took the girls January 4th and had a great time.  They got to make a bird house and even paint it.  They had everything set up for the kids to hammer and paint and even had boxes to put it in to take home so the wet paint wouldn't get everywhere.  They got a pin to add to their apron that showed their completed project. They can't wait to go back this weekend and make the Valentine box. Now to find a place to hang up the bird houses!

The Collector and the Piler

Reagan has the smallest room in the house yet she manages to cram more in her room than any other.  She is protective of "her" stuff and does not like for it to be messed with too much.  Sometimes though it is just too much for me to handle and we have to clean her out so she can start over.  She is OK with that as long as she gets to keep some special treasures, like her purple high heels.  I had to take some pictures of her in her element.  As much as it drives me crazy sometimes, it is her and I will miss it someday.

After pulling everything out from under the bed.

So excited that she found her favorite dog Pancake that she hadn't seen in a while, he was in a bag under the bed!

The set up in the closet, Tung found her sleeping here this morning.

She was sleeping with all of this in there with her, I do not know how she fit!

Excited to find more treasures.

Behind the rocking chair but totally intentional, a little cat on a boa bed, covered with a doll sweater.

Payton is also good at piling things up, her forte is blankets and pillows, she has always carried around a blanket with her, covering up at the breakfast table and always has more than one in her bed.  Forget the sheets and comforter she wants soft fuzzy blankets top and bottom all around her.  This is Payton's creation in their new princess castle they got for Christmas.

Tea Party

Reagan loves to play tea party, she always has someone set up with some food, a tea cup and of course blankets and pillow and bags of who knows what.  It's her absolute favorite thing to do, I realized I'd never really taken a picture of the chaos that becomes a tea party so I took some a few weeks ago.

The tea party set up with a pillow for all attendees.

The tea pots

Getting the food ready to serve.

Jingle Putter all dressed up ready for tea.

Reagan's Christmas Program

Reagan's Christmas program at preschool was December 13, she was so excited! Her favorite song was Feliz Navidad, she said she was a big girl because she knew all the words and her teacher didn't know them as well as her.  She sang that and Away in a Manger for weeks!  I told her that she could wear a fancy dress the day of the program and she said "No! I can't, I have to wear my sheep costume!" Once she found out she could wear the dress and the sheep at the same time, she agreed.  The kids were so cute and it was fun everyone could be there to see her in her first little event that was all her without Payton.

Love how most everyone leaned to the left and Reagan leaned to the right.

Sisters

The girls have so much fun together and I love to just watch them sometimes when they are outside and do not know I'm watching.

Wrestling??

Ring Around the Rosie?

Ready to go watch Disney on Ice, but Dress Up is definitely their favorite thing to do together.

Reading under the umbrella, they love sitting in the sun and I love how they always search for an umbrella to shade themselves.

Show and Tell

Reagan on her firstday of preschool

We have a 4 digit code to get into the school, they both have it memorized.

Reagan loves preschool.  Every week they have show and tell. They have to bring something that starts with the letter of the week for A she took a stuffed Alligator, B...at first she wanted to take something breakable, after we told her that probably wasn't the best idea, she chose her pink baseball bat.  C was her Nutzy cape and for D after realizing Daddy had to go to work and she couldn't take him, she took her blow up dinosaur.  She likes to think ahead about what she'll take for other letters of the week.  Tonight she said for M she'll take Minnie Mouse, if she gets to do the letter C again she'll take Cinderella and for F she'll break her fan off her ceiling and take that. LOL She's too much.

First Day of School

Reagan with her blanket and pillow for naptime and Pancake.

Payton ready for 1st Grade!

The bus door wasn't completely open and she was ready to go!

In the hallway going to school!

The faces of Reagan

This girl always keeps us on our toes, she's so very silly.  She loves to snatch one of our iPod's and take pictures or make a video of herself, if you catch her in the act and watch her it's hilarious, she makes the faces solely to see what she looks like, not for anyone else watching her.  She loves to make her eyes huge, here's a snapshot of a video Tung found on his iTouch this morning, I can't help but laugh when I look at it!

Reagan's Observations

Tung had to take Reagan into the bathroom tonight...where she proceeds to tell him that girls sit down to go pee and boys stand up because their pee comes out of their belly button!

Tooth Fairy

There is daily talk about the tooth fairy around here.  Keriana has lost both front teeth, Payton is dying to lose any teeth and Reagan says she's going to lose her teeth before Payton.  Reagan and I had an indepth conversation this morning about the tooth fairy and how she operates.
First, the tooth fairy is going to come in while she is sleeping, her tooth will be in a pillow, but not under her pillow so she can make sure to find it.  She will take the tooth out and put it in a jar, then she will leave a lollipop.  She'll leave the jar on her dresser so she can collect her teeth.  I told her I thought the tooth fairy took the teeth but she said that she left them behind because she was too small, and she knew that Reagan wanted to keep her teeth.  She said the shark on tv kept his teeth and she is too.
So I guess I need to remember this to make sure the tooth fairy does the right thing when the time comes!

Reaganmeister

Playing with bubbles on Christmas Day

 Classic Reagan pose, nope it's not a bad picture, her eyes are closed on purpose. She's holding in her hand the carrots the reindeer dropped outside by accident.

 New Years Eve, at the playground, two years in a row it's been warm enough to go to the playground on New Years Eve. She loves these things and hops on them first everywhere she sees one. Cracks me up how she rocks back and forth with such fierceness, I love how this picture shows she's working hard at making it rock!

Such a cutie!