Alex feeding Ellie

Alex's women!

Alex has 3 "women" in his life that he talks about ALL the time!! Every time the doorbell rings he gets super excited & says "Jes, Jes,"asking for his Aunt Jes. And every day he asks me about my friend Cassie. If I tell the kids that Jax & Reese are coming over to play, he will look at me & say "Cassie?" And then there is Ellie. Not sure when this started, but he has to have his yellow elephant named Ellie with him at all times. And he talks about her all the time. Mike & I have been woken up many mornings to Alex saying "Ellie, Ellie."

Alex loves to talk & has new words everyday. He can repeat just about any & every word we say. He can repeat all the letters, except W. A mom at a playdate yesterday told me "Alex is so smart!"

Kate says:

On Sunday night I made Sloppy Joes & Kate has eaten this a dozen of times before, but that night as myself, Alex & Mike are eating she says to us:
"This is bad! This food should go in the trash can". And then she said "this food is only good for rabbits!"

Where does she come up with this stuff!!

Also, when I pick her up from preschool, once we are in the van on the way home, I ask her "what did you do at school today." Forever she would tell me, "I ate lunch" or "I played with Jackson" & that would be it. Now that she is talking alot better, she will sometimes give me a few sentences about school. Well, the last few times I have picked her up, after I ask her she will tell me, and remember she is ONLY 3, "Mom, I dont want to talk, turn on the music!!"

Oh goodness! I dread the teenage years!

70's in January

our little monkeys

He is so silly!

I love that smile!

On Sunday we took the kiddos to Old Settlers Park.  The weather has been really pretty here, with highs in the 70's.

Jax & Kate

On Friday we had a pretty afternoon so Cassie and her boys came over for a walk to the park.  On the way back Jax and Kate did some running.  We played the game red light, green light with them so they couldn't get too far away.  Kate was so funny that when we would say "red light" she wouldn't stop until she was AHEAD of Jax.  Too funny!  She has some competitive Sines genes in her!

On a sad note, we have now lost Kate's two other fish Nemo and Lexi.  RIP Nemo and Lexi!

Circus Fun!! take 2

Kate loved seeing the dogs!

She loves to wear hats!

We were this close!!

We both loved the elephants!

Kate and I headed out to the Shine Circus yesterday!  We had great seats, right on the floor of the circus right by the center ring.  Unfortunately, this circus wasn't near as good as the other circus we saw.  But Kate still had a great time.  She enjoyed seeing all the animals, especially a dog act!  She really liked the motorcycle shunt guys and when the guy jumped out the canon, she said she wanted him to do it again!!

On a side note,the weather has been crazy here!  30 degrees one day and then 70 the next!  Crazy!  So we have been spending time inside on really cold days and then outside in the beautiful 70 degree weather.  Alex has started to shake his head for "yes" and "no" and Kate is doing really great with potty training.

More Abernethy family photos

Enjoying this beautiful day!

Pictures from the start of 2012

Christmas presents

cutest picture ever!!

crazy new workout class I am going to!

the Newberry boys and my kiddos at their new table

My first time of french braiding Kate's hair!

Fish photos

Kate looking at Maggie

Awesome Orange

Minnie

Alex and Kate watching their fish

Kate and Uncle Brian

Alex and Aunt Jes

Kate loves the fish!

The kids are still loving the fish and Kate loves feeding them every morning.  We have only had one dealth so far (RIP choo-choo) so that's been great!

This is one of the photos from our Abernethy family photos taken right before Christmas.  Aberlee is after Alex's foot!