Happy Valentines Day

The Truth

So Audrey has a long hidden secret.  At school my child is this

She is sweet, always follows directions, plays well with others, knows how to share and problem solve.

Evidently she is the perfect child at school.

When I ask about her behavior they look at me like I am absolutely insane.  Audrey- misbehave, never.

Folks this is the Audrey we know and love.

The truth is I really would not change her.  She is my spunky, tough as nails, persistent, and sometimes challenging little girl.  It is going to help her in life, honestly.   She is also hilarious, her sister even says that many times.  I don't know if she shares that side with school.  She does love cuddles, more then any child that I know.  In fact right now she is in my lap playing.  She asked me if I could just sit and cuddle with her in Daddy's chair.  Pete has a chair that he declares his.  Truth is, I think it now belongs to Audrey.

Audrey is shy.  Sometimes painfully shy and also stubborn about it.  If she has it in her mind that she is not going to talk in a situation she WILL NOT talk.  She thinks she is as old as Celia until it is more convenient to be picked up and carried around and then her feet and legs are so little.  She has her sister wrapped around her little finger.  She does and I am not sure Celia is aware of it.  This morning Audrey was so upset because I would not buy her an equestria girl like Celia's two ugly as can be dolls.  I told her it would have to be earned because it is not Christmas or her birthday.  Audrey was beside herself.  Celia tried to justify it to me and then told Audrey that she could play with her dolls while she was at school.  She patted Audrey and justified her misery.  Good grief.  Least you think big sis is completely sweet and innocent, Celia also takes GREAT pleasure in harassing Audrey.  A little too much pleasure at times.

Motivation

I just have not felt like updating the blog.  I should because I like to think about what the kids are doing.  But life happens.

The week that we returned to school/work from the holiday break Celia started with a cold.  Actually she started that Sunday and by Wednesday morning she was fried.  So I stayed home with her and she did not feel awesome.  Pete then stayed home with her Thursday morning and she perked up.   I had to work Friday and at 10:30 I had a phone call from her school that she was running a temperature.  So I picked her up and off to the doctor we went.  Bronchitis.  She gets it once a year.  Her lungs just do not seem to handle congestion.  We endured a hard 5 days on an antibiotic.  Celia is not a fan of medicine AT ALL.   I am talking, meltdown drama, the need for a glass of water, glass of orange juice, and some sort of food to go along with the medicine.  I need to teach her how to swallow pills and then we will not have to deal with liquid medicine.  She refuses to take tylenol now too which amazes me because she used to LOVE the stuff.

So we don't usually pass things around to everyone but Pete was the only one spared with this bug.  Audrey got it the Wednesday that Celia stayed home but only the sniffles.  She seemed to have a mild form of it.  I got it Saturday and the next few days were not fun.  Celia said one day "I told you it was awful".  I guess we were not sympathetic enough when she was sick!  But we survived.

Cecelia is finally taking an interest in learning how to ride her bike.  

I found Audrey a bike at Goodwill and I think that motivated her a bit.

I love looking at the girls when they are asleep and sometimes I snap some pictures.

I think the red cheeks were from her cold but she was snuggled up close to her beloved Fluffy.

This one.  This is fairly typical for how she sleeps.  She has a face mask on and New Baby and Milo (turtle) are right beside her.  The sheets are usually a bit of a tangle.

We have had some cold days and Celia has taken advantage of it to request hot cocoa.

They are vegging out in front of the tv for a short time.  

Audrey is wearing her new kitty/owl/we can't figure it out gloves.  

She awaits the arrival of Celia often because then I will let her have some tv time. 

I usually make her wait until Celia gets home!  But she also loves to play with Celia too.

This day was actually from this past Wednesday when everyone freaked and schools dismissed early for I think 1/2 inch of snow….. It was okay.   I enjoyed having them home early and Choir was canceled so we got to relax.  Both girls helped me shovel the driveway.  Celia at age 7 thought the whole early dismissal from school was exciting.  I could not pick her up until about 2:00 and she was 1 of 5 remaining in her classroom.  Her teacher gave the girls these hair clips.

Tank top and skirt

May a Pom Pom skirt and tank top always make her this happy

Year in Pictures

January

 Fluffy was clean and white and her royal highness would wear pajamas with pants

The snow came (little did we know it would never leave)

February

Let the Frozen songs and skits commence

It helped with the 8 million snow days.

March

Naptime attire became formal

We saw grass for the first time in forever.

We promptly ditched coats and ran, ran, ran after school.

I don't think Pete even knows about that.

The trail near our house was an awesome place to let the girls free.

April

 Happy Easter

May

We rocked Healthy Kids Running

June

Graduation from Kindergarten for Celia

Onward to preschool for Audrey

July

 Swim team made July.  

Celia was absolutely AMAZING this summer at swimming.

Audrey learned to swim by the end of July, will always love her game face.

August

The beach.

We bought a house the day before we came to the beach.

September

1st day of 1st Grade and Preschool.

Celia turned 7!

October

Happy Halloween

We moved into our new home!

November

Audrey turns 4

We have our first snow storm!

December

We went to Hershey park!

We have actually never done a family trip like this and although it was super short, We had a great time!!  

IKEA makes her tired evidently

Christmas Fanciness

Audrey refused to let me do anything but put a headband in her hair and Celia by some miracle asked for me to put her hair back.  So she had two braids going back into a cute little red bow.  But they looked adorable for Christmas eve service.