I, I, & A Update (#2)

A little synopsis of our three kiddos right now. (A few changes since this update on the three of them!)

Ivy

Age: 2 years and 10 months

Favorite activities: playing house (or as she calls it, "house time"), playing pretend anything, playing with her babies, cutting with scissors, cooking with her mama in the kitchen, playing with her cousins, going to class, going to the store, helping do chores around the house

Favorite foods: spaghetti, cheeseburgers, avocado, ice cream

New skills: memorizing entire books (She will "read" a book to her brothers and get almost every page exactly right--even books we have only read a couple of times together. It's amazing.), peddling a bike (with training wheels), swimming by herself (with arm floaties), dressing herself totally independently, memorizing Bible verses very quickly

Favorite things: her babies, her baby stroller, her baby high chair, purses, dress-up clothes

Dislikes: getting out of bed in the morning or after her nap, her brothers taking things away from her, talking to someone who isn't listening to her, the ocean, getting dirty

Sleeping schedule: naps from 2:00 until 5:00 each day; sleeps from 8:00 pm to 7:30 am

Cute quirks: She says "bathing soup" instead of "bathing suit." She also talks with sort of a southern accent (but we have no idea where she got it)...she drawls out any "short a" word like van, man, or Grandma Jan. She says, "vay-an," "may-an," and Grandma Jay-an." It's hilarious.

Israel

Age: 2 years

Favorite activities: throwing, catching, and hitting balls, having books read to him (he would sit on our laps for hours and listen to books), wrestling, jumping, climbing, dancing, singing

Favorite foods: crackers or pretzels dipped in hummus, dry cereal, pizza

New skills: talking in full sentences, climbing out of his bed (I'm sure he could have done it months ago, but he just never tried...), saying the ABC's, counting to 15, memorizing Bible verses, hitting a ball with a bat

Favorite things: his pacifiers, wrestling with Abel, balls (especially basketballs), the book "Little Loon and Papa," taking a bath, being outside

Dislikes: MANY kinds of food, having toys taken away from him

Sleeping schedule: naps from 2:00 or 2:30 until 5:00 each day; sleeps from 8:00 pm to 7:00 am

Cute quirks: constantly asks, "That, Mom?" while pointing to something, makes funny faces and then laughs hysterically about it, still extremely cuddly, loves playing with Ivy's babies (but is a little rougher with them than Ivy is) :)

Abel

Age: 15 months

Favorite activities: walking around freely outside, climbing up and going down slides (all by himself), swimming, taking baths, playing in puddles, following Ivy and Israel and trying to do whatever they do.

Favorite foods: absolutely ANYTHING (Bananas  or cheese would probably be his top choices, though.)

New skills: walking very steadily, going up and down stairs really well, talking (just one or two words at a time, but he probably knows 30-ish words), doing the hand-motions while Ivy and Israel say Bible verses or sing songs, saying "OK!" when I tell him to do something

Favorite things: his pacifiers, toys that he can push around (like strollers or lawn mowers), shoes (he is constantly putting other people's shoes on himself), food, his sippy cup.

Dislikes: having to sit on someone's lap, being held (he always wants down), strangers, someone trying to help him when he wants to do it himself

Sleeping schedule: Naps from 2:00 to 5:00 pm each day; sleeps from 8:00 pm to 7:30 am

Cute quirks: gives the cutest, wettest, messiest kisses ever (grabs both of your ears and pulls your face toward his...gives you a kiss with his mouth wide open), says "All done, all done, all done!" anytime he doesn't like something (for example, if you try to pick him up, but he doesn't want to be held, he will frantically and loudly say, "All done! All done! All done!")