First Swing of the Season

The girls got to take advantage of a random nice day and broke in the swing set for the season. We are looking forward to nicer weather coming more steadily so we can spend more time outside!

Julia is so thrilled the flowers are coming up. Her joy is contagious, and she literally floods my heart with pride. She has such appreciation for the smallest of things. SHE reminds me to stop and smell the roses!

Low-Riders

The girls are LOVING their jeep and have a ball riding it around the yard and up the street. We sent them to the store on errands. Kidding, but it would be nice, lol.

Something happened when Charlotte was behind the wheel, and Julia had to take over. It was pretty funny.

We love watching them ride this around, and it has a radio. For some reason the only station that comes in is NPR so they blast that as they are tooling along!

Everyone Knows It!

And, there is no denying it!

Charlotte Olivia Mikaelian is going to give us a run for our money! She is soooooooo funny now, and she cracks us up daily, but she also sends a chill down our back with her antics! We know that one day it will no longer be cute, and it will just be downright scary and fetal cry worthy, lol!

She constantly says zingers that shock us, and we cannot believe she comes up with this stuff!

The other day she was doing something on her changing table, and I told her not to do it. Her reply was, "don't tell me no". She told Daddy, "You no"a" talka to me", and she has the most perfected eye roll of any 2goingon3goingon18 little girl I have ever seen!

She truly cracks us up! And, I know we'll be crying over it when she's older!

She has the most hysterical personality, and Chris and I are constantly having to make sure she does not see us laughing when she is doing something she should not be doing, or saying something no almost 3 year old should ever say!

It doesn't hurt that she is cute!

Uh-Oh!

So funny!

We went on a week long cruise last week, and Auntie Jaime watched the girls (flawlessly!), and on the last day our friend's Jamie and Christine came to watch them.

Christine told us this story when we got home;

She has been out of practice with changing diapers so she changed Charlotte, stood her up, and asked Julia if it looked ok. Julia looked Charlotte over, rolled her eyes, and said, "No". Christine asked what Mommy does differently. Julia said (with some disgust), "She pulls her pants up." LOL!

The other night we were drawing with chalk on the driveway, and Julia was writing words. She was on "Daddy", and she spelled "D-A-D-D", and then she told me she did not know how to make a Y. I was getting ready to answer her, and she said "forget it. I'll just make a K". LOL!

Charlotte walked into the kitchen after being out with Daddy, and she had what looked, to me, chocolate munchkin crumbs on her face. I said, "Did you have a munchkin?" (I was actually quite shocked because up until then she would not eat cake or donuts!) So she gets a look of confusion on her face, shrugs her shoulders with her arms up, and tells me she had nothing. Did I tell you she had crumbs on her face?? LOL! So I asked her again, and she again denied it! Then Daddy confirmed it. I don't know why she felt she had to lie, but it seems to be her new trend!

Last night we had dinner, and then she had an orange, and she asked for an apple. I said no because she had had plenty to eat. She asked me a couple more times, and I told her no each time. She walked around the table to Chris and asked him if she could have an apple. This is a big nono in our house, as they are not allowed to ask the other parent if one says no. But, she is still young and doesn't get it. However, Chris asked her if she asked Mommy already, and she said "No, I did not ask Mommy?" She had a glimmer in her eye and knew she was lying, but that didn't stop her! She got a little talking to about lying, and a few tears were shed.

Then, about 30 minutes after bedtime she yells down that she has poop. She KNOWS we HAVE to check because we can't let her sleep in poop, and 99% of the time she is lying! It will be that one time I don't check that she is in poop and ends up with a massive rash. So I went in, did not smell anything, and yelled at her for lying. Well, you would have thought I was in the wrong as she cried like crazy! She cried so convincingly that I thought she DID have poop, and I was wrong for yelling at her, so I took her out of her crib and checked her diaper and NO POOP! I put her back in her crib and told her no lying.

Yes, please say a prayer for us!! LOL!

These kids make us laugh like nothing else. We love them to pieces!

Shocking News!

We are binky free!

Yes, this is monumentous for my stubborn, strong willed, adorable child!

Charlotte came home from school Monday, and it just felt right. I can't explain it, or figure out why it came into my head when it did, but I am going to chalk it up to mother's intuition.

I gave her big hugs and kisses as we had been away the week prior, and then I said, "Char Char, binkies are for babies." She agreed. I said, "Binkies are for babies." She agreed. I said, "Lets go throw your binky away." She agreed and added, "binkies are yucky". We marched up to her room, she took her binky out of her crib (while I stuffed the extras in my pockets), and we found the perfect trash can and she threw it away. She went to bed fine that night, cried a little for it in the morning, and that has been the end of it! Truly shocking. Truly. (and also bittersweet for Mommy and Daddy!).

Fun Pictures

We've been having so much fun with the "Photo Booth" Application on my MAC. Julia especially loves to take pictures, and she is constantly recruiting the rest of the family to join her.

Just some funny things that have bee going on...

A few nights ago Charlotte was going to sleep in Julia's bed. She got taken out because she was hitting Julia over her head with her water cup (that's my Charlotte). So Chris separated them, and Julia told Chris that Charlotte GAVE her her water cup, and she drank it. This is a big nono because she is not allowed water after dinner because she will pee the bed. So Chris yelled at her and told her she is not allowed to drink the water, and Julia kept saying over and over, "but it's not my fault because she gave it to me!". OY! Chris tried to get her to understand that she made the choice to drink it regardless of if it was given to her, or not, but it seems to be way over her head. As Chris was leaving her room he said to Julia, "Don't do that again!". And, Julia replies, "Helloooo, she's not in here anymore!" yeah, she totally didn't get it, lol.

Last night was our 9 year wedding anniversary. I made a nice dinner for Chris, and part of it was a salad. I had everything set on the table, and Charlotte tells Chris that I made a "supwise dinner". He asked her what I made, and she pointed to the salad and said "leaves". LOL! We cracked up over that.

Chris and I are getting ready to leave for a week on a cruise, and Auntie Jaime is coming in to take care of the girls. We are so grateful for her, and the girls adore her so it works for everyone!

Enjoy the pics!