Water Fun!!

On Sunday afternoon I asked "anyone want to play out in the yard with water?" Annslee sprang into action and grabbed her swimsuit! : )



Coby is a waterbug too so he was anxious to join in!







They both had a great time and we can't wait for the neighborhood pool to open : )



On Monday morning this is how Miss A looked as we were ready to leave for school. Her latest thing is wearing her shades around. Last Friday at the Zoo she said as we got out of the car "People see me...say who dat girl? Take glasses off they say 'oh Annslee movie star!!' " I guess she was going for the movie star look for school too LOL

Are there animals at the Zoo??

I took these two sweeties to the Zoo on Friday. Annslee had her IEP meeting and now she only goes to school three days a week instead of five. In the words of Annslee it is because " I talk beller (better)" : ) To celebrate her first day off we headed out! The weather was sunny and 88 and my girl, who you will remember wanted to move to Viet*nam, kept saying "I hot, I need a cold drink" LOL



I am not sure either of them noticed many of the animals at the Zoo because there were soooo many caterpillars to be found. Annslee was THRILLED!



She loved having them crawl on her and would laugh as they tickled. Later she told me "I fake laugh...joking on you" hmmmm



As we let this little one crawl away she said "Bye Bye Annslee capilla~ have fun being a bufly" : )



Another attraction was a new water contraption they have. It literally shoots water out and blasts the kids. I thought it would knock Coby down so I didn't let him join in..he was thrilled to see the water shoot out though.



Annslee of course loved it...



Later we went up to the "rain room" so Coby could join in on the water fun!



Miss A was so drenched from her water fun she had to ride home sans skirt and top...next time I'll pack a change of clothes : )

Hair

Annslee went with Daddy down to the neighbor's house to borrow a ladder~ he came back with the ladder but without Annslee : ) These are the neighbors who brought home the adorable Wendi from China in November (she just turned 3 in March) Coby was sleeping so Daddy cleaned gutters and I folded laundry(yeah, glamorous I know) Finally Coby awoke and we walked down to get Annslee. When I arrived I noticed Miss Jinni had braided her hair. When we were in China in 2005 it seems that all the girls had their hair in braids. I know it sounds crazy but seeing her with her hair like that..she just looked so Chinese : )

She loved it too!! She wouldn't let Jinni cut the ribbon so it was hanging between her braids. Isn't she a cutie!





She came back inside and Coby couldn't resist that ribbon...he grabbed it...the braids fell out. I swear her hair is slick as glass and so I will have to practice braiding (hey Jinni is Chinese..she has worked with this type of hair all her life) Anyway, I couldn't get it back into the braids so she had to settle for piggies... this is how she felt about that : (



After a few people told her how cute the piggies were she started feeling better LOL

Field Trip Day

Annslee went on a field trip today~ they started at a gymnastics place where she showed off her skills then it was on to the park. Parents were invited to meet them at the park for lunch and play time so of course Coby and I went along : )

For a while this little boy followed Annslee everywhere and I thought she had a little "boyfriend" However, later when I saw him he ran up and said "picture of me" Apparently it wasn't Annslee he loved but merely being in the pics LOL




Coby wasn't real sure about sharing Annslee with all her "school friends" and would just watch everywhere she went



She did play with him some though~ I love her sweet face watching him swing



Mommy also pushed him on the swings and he loved it as always



Annslee loves the tire swing



She really likes it when I spin it really fast!!



We had great weather and a great time! Oh, and the orange shirt is "field trip attire" and the minute her class left she yanked it off hence the other shirt in some of the pics : )

Annslee gets her wish

For months now Annslee has talked about sleepovers~ either wanting one at our house or going somewhere else. Honestly, we didn't think at 4 she would stay somewhere all night or that another 4 year old would stay here. Finally, we thought of the perfect guest~ Paige!! She is 10 so we didn't know if she would really want to hang with a 4 year old all night and certainly she wouldn't want to play dress up or girl party. It all worked out though, and they had a GREAT time!!

I had a girls night out and when I got home this is what I found : )




Later this is what I saw!!! Daddy was totally grossed out but the girls thought it was funny!



Annslee has a perfectly good full sized bed in her room but this is where the girls decided to sleep. They finally went to bed around 11:30 pm and were up at 6:30 am!!



An hour or so after they woke up it was time to make pancakes



Poor Coby was left out of most of the girl party time : )





This one really made me smile..check out that run and the tongue : )



Annslee then went to a birthday party, home for a very short nap and then we had a Sunday School cookout....long fun day!!

15 month and 54 month check up

Coby had his 15 month check up today and Annslee went along. As he was weighed and measured of course Miss A had to get all of it done too so I guess she got her 54 month check up~ she didn't ask to get the shots with him though : )

When we first went back the head nurse, who usually doesn't weigh in babies, took us. She is Vietnamese and her family still lives in Saigon. We had a great chat about our time there and she gave us a good restaurant recommendation for here : )

Our pediatrician said Coby is doing GREAT...and he grew an inch in ONE month!! We still need to fatten him up some though. Here are his stats:

At 15 months:

your child is 20 pounds, and that is at less than the 3rd percentile for weight.

your child is 30 inches, and that is at the 14th percentile for height.

your child has a head circumference of 19 inches, and that is at the 77th percentile for head circumference.

I know he is still really little for his age but just look at the change he has made already in 4 short months!!

Saigon~ Dec. 2008



Home~ April 2009




Annslee wanted all her stats done too so here are hers:

At 4 years and 6 months:

your child is 40 pounds, and that is at the 69th percentile for weight.

your child is 40 inches, and that is at the 26th percentile for height.

At this age they don't do head circumference but of course Annslee wanted hers measured too and it is 20 inches : )

I took these pics last weekend and couldn't believe how much older she looks suddenly...where did my baby go!!!





She was such a great big sister at the doctor's office. I don't stay in the room for shots with my kids. I prefer to sweep in as the good guy and cuddle them when it is over. Just never was up for holding my child down for shots, especially the first round when we basically just met! With both my kids they bring in THREE nurses b/c they are both strong and fight the shots : )

So we went out into the hall but once Coby started screaming Annslee rushed back in. When I asked her about it later she said "I hold Coby's hand to help him" Awww...my baby girl!!

Fun with Mia

I know this is out of order but maybe I will change the dates later~ I wanted to get our Eas*ter post up...so here is one from Saturday

On Saturday we planned on going to a big East*er outing and it was suppose to be with Paige and Missy too but then they got sick. Instead I just took Annslee and Mia while Daddy stayed home watching golf with Coby : )

I was lucky enough to hang out with these two beauties : )







She takes her crafting very seriously





The flowers were beautiful but paled in comparrison to these two (yeah, I'm a little biased LOL)


We also ran into Claire!



The bottom pic is how they occupied themselves while we waited in line for a balloon animal~ they built bird nests and generally just played with leaves, rocks and sticks



Annslee is always up for a game of chase but Mia didn't really go for it at first so Annslee decided to taunt her into it ; )



On the way home we stopped for ice cream because they had been such good listeners all day!!

Easter

On Saturday night Annslee put the note she wrote to the EB and three baby carrots in her basket. I had to take a pic b/c she informed me that he would take her note and put it on his fridge : )




Here is the loot...she got mostly art supplies and Coby got some too



Yes, she is wearing a very patriotic dress (you never know what she'll choose to sleep in) and while Coby peered into his basket she looked and noticed he has some M & M's so she took them announcing "sorry Baby Coby too little I take these" LOL



We got all dressed up for church in the outfits Annslee chose for them (I think she did great!) I really wanted a pic of them together but I loved this first one of Coby trying to escape while she grabs him



Holding both his hands helped...seriously, aren't they gorgeous!!!



I thought seated would work better but he wanted to get down from there too : )



Annslee added a purple flower to the cross outside of church



After lunch and a nap we went to my sister's house for some fun. Annslee threw the football some and yes, it was headed right at me and yes, it hit me : )



The trampoline is always a hit!!






An egg hunt broke out and they enjoyed that too~ I love how Coby is digging through Annslee's basket ; )



We forgot to do the "cousin pic" until the end of the night and they were all pretty tired but at least we got it!!



I hope you all had a Blessed Easter !!