The Bible says...

While backing out of the garage tonight Addi noticed that Ella had scribbled on her picture on the easel. She started to throw a bit of a fit and get after Ella. This is how Ella responded. "Sister the Bible says 'No arguing about coloring on other people's pictures." Amazingly enough Addi was so dumbfounded that the fit stopped! I guess those Scriptures we have been working on are sticking! :)

Addi Pics

Here are some recent pics of Addi. She has been loving this wonderful spring weather. Gymnastics started again so she looks forward to that every week. She has become a lover of skirts and dresses. The last three weeks she has worn one to school 2 or 3 days a week. I have no idea where that love came from; certainly not me!

Addi running excitedly to grab an egg that she spotted.

She had her spring concert a few weeks ago. Miss Adds was front and center belting it out about a chicken with a feather on it's back!

Finally she loves 'cousin' Tank. Here she is trying out walking him on a leash.

My little helper

Ella helped me today. I did laundry and grabbed the hand towel to wash. I forgot to replace it with a new one. The next time I came back to the bathroom I found this full sized bath towel hanging there. I thanked her for helping me. Ella replied with a big smile " Your welcome Mom! I put up a big one!!"

Reading and Writing!

Addi has been so interested in things related to reading and writing lately. In this pic she is writing a story about a birthday. She also likes to create stories using stickers. I can't believe how well she can spell. Addison is also quite the reader now. They have a book that they bring home from school just about every night. She read Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss last night. She did great and didn't even need help with very many words. Trav and I are just loving listening to her sound things out. Then she gets so excited when she knows the word. Where did the time go that she is already reading and will be in Daddy's class soon!

Conversations

If I have learned that you never quite know what kind of topics are going to come up in conversations with the girls. Here are just a few that have happened over the last week.

Ella-"Mom you know what?"
Me-"What El?"
Ella-"Your hair is stuck to your head, see!" (As she pulls on her hair to show me)

Ella while sitting on the toilet-"I have a little hole back there."

Me-"You have a what?"

Ella-"In my rear, I have a little hole back there."

Apparently Ella is really taking notice of her body lately!

Addi-"Mom and Dad my feet need to grow forward a little bit more."
Trav-"What do you mean Addi?"
Addi-"Well my feet touch the back of my sandal, but not the front so my feet need to grow forward not backward."

Shamu

We know that the girls really enjoyed their visit to Sea World when we were in Flordia a couple of months ago, but we had no idea how much. We found them playing Shamu in the living room the other day. Ella was the whale and Addi was the trainer, then they switched. Notice Addi even had to put her swimsuit on to play. What imaginations!!