Ashton and Seneka UPDATES

A quick update on the kids...

ASHTON:

*Ashton learned to tie his shoes a couple of months ago...he practiced and practiced and was dead-set on learning. Proud of my man.

*He also has learned to tell time on his own. He just asked a lot of times what time it was and he figured it out on his own.

*He loves to watch Clifford and Curious George. His favorite movie right now is HOME ALONE

*He enjoys asking me questions with the same scenario all the time such as... "What's more important, mom...leaving the stove on or leaving Seneka in the bath alone?" Or "What's more important, mom...Daddy going to work or me going to my baseball game?" He cracks me up.
* He always tells me that he starts Kindergarten soon and then he will then go to 1st grade, and then 2nd grade, and then 3rd grade, 4th grade, etc..., etc... and i say- NO WAY!! You are not ever going to be that big, i won't let you.... and then he giggles and loves that he is inevitably going to get big and i don't like it! It is so cute.

*He adores his sister and genuinely loves her. He smiles in admiration when she does something funny or cute.

*Has has become a true boy and loves to go play in the dirt and find worms and grasshoppers and make them his pets.

*Enjoys riding his bike and scooter, playing baseball (especially practicing with daddy and having daddy as his coach), and playing with his "weapons" with his friends outside.

SENEKA LEIGH:

*Oh boy! Seneka is a firecracker, pistol, wildwoman, etc... etc.... She is full of it and ALL the time.

*She loves water and she starts undressing and saying "Baaath" whenever we pass a fountain or stream or even a puddle of water.

*She used to play in the toilet water and unroll the toilet paper. But now we have obsessed with always keeping all the bathroom doors closed so she can't go in. So now, when she notices the bathroom door open, she comes and takes our hand and walks us to the bathroom and says "door! door!" until we close it.

*the last few weeks she is talking, talking, talking. She tries to say anything and everything. She says new words every day.

*My favorite (as well as her favorite) word is.... "HI!!!!" She says "hi" all the time and waves and then pats you and gives you a kiss (with the smacking sound of course). When she is doing something naughty and you tell her no - she immediately says "Hi!!!" and pats you and kisses you. She loves to kiss and give loves to all children (even those she doesn't know and sees wherever we may be). She is very loving and really a friendly child. Her favorite person though to love and give kisses to (and sit on his head...literally) is her big brother.

*She is definitely her own individual and is very independent and has a mind of her own. She likes you to let her be and then she is at her happiest. No restrictions or guidelines or rules. She enjoys being "free" and roaming around outside and she thinks she is one of the big kids.

*Oh, we occasionally can't find something we are looking for around the house. We have come to realize that Seni throws stuff in the all the different trash cans around the house. I try to rummage through the garbage before dumping it and i often times will find random things she has decided to get rid of. STINKER!

*She calls me "MUM!" And most often repeats it over and over and doesn't even want an answer. Just likes to say it i guess?! The best is when i am driving in the car and she is in the backseat yelling at me..."Mum, mum, mum, mum!" I try to answer her but she only like to say it to reassure herself or something. She does this with "DAD!" over and over again as well.

*Seneka HAS to use a fork now when she eats...because she is a BIG GIRl, of course! Sometimes i forget to give her one and she has thrown a huge fit and hasn't eaten anything and i didn't realize until later it was probably b/c she didn't have her fork. She is actually very coordinated and stabs whatever she is eating really well.

I love my munchkins!!!!!!!!!!