Izzy- Izzy is our sensitive, funny, and naive little princess who is helpful, loving, and wild. I know I can't believe all of those adjectives fit, but they do. She doesn't want to hurt anyone and really feels bad when she gets in trouble. She is hilarious. Some of the ideas and things that come out her mouth. Yesterday, her word that she was focused on was "realized". She uses it correctly and only barely knows what it means. She is a smart cookie. She can count, knows all her letters upper and lowercase (except for V which stumbles her), can add and subtract with manipulatives, writes her first and last name, knows her address, can tell you months and days of the week, and knows all kinds of facts about animals and dinosaurs. Izzy loves to dress up and can often be found in a dress with a tutu as a fancy hat. She is extremely helpful around the house and with her sister which is a big help. Wild, well, I don't know if wild is the exact word that I am going for but silly sure is. Any girl who can confidently tell you she was born to be a peacock, is definitely silly.She has 6 more weeks of preschool and she will sure miss going to school and seeing her friends and teachers. I am looking forward to having her at home with me this summer. Izzy is in gymnastics, dance, and music during the week. Luckily, dance and music are provided at school in addition to he school day. She has her dance recital next month and I am sure the costumes are coming especially since they were so expensive!!! Kindergarten starts in August and she is all set to go. Hopefully they are ready for her. She is a good student, just needs lots of boundaries. Izzy is also beginning to read. She can pick out sight words. I can't wait to hear the words, just a few minutes Mom, I am almost done with this chapter. Ahhh, family reading sounds so great.Some of our favorite books are obviously any princess book, but lately we have enjoyed the Magic Tree House books. I even recruited teachers at my school to let us borrow the next books since we were going through them so quickly. Izzy is also becoming quite the artist. I found her the other night copying a picture she liked from a book. She loves to watercolor and paint. Her favorite thing to paint are bird houses. We have three ready to go out for this summer. She still loves playing in the mud and riding her bike. I am hoping this summer we can work on riding without training wheels. She went swimming last weekend and was able to tool around the pool with just a noodle so I think she is becoming more confident in the pool too. She is a great eater. She would tell you her favorite foods are pizza, spaghetti, and sloppy joes. She does like burritos, soups, and chili too. She still drinks soy milk and doesn't like any food that is white.
Rees- What can I say about Rees?? She is a spit-fire. She I affectionately refer to as Bi-Polar Betty. She is the sweetest, happiest, loving kid and THEN she can be ornery, stubborn, and strong within seconds. Got to love Rees. I have recently tried to figure out, what does Rees like? Honestly we have a hard time. She doesn't really like toys, doesn't watch movies. Really she just loves to be around adults, help with household jobs and do chores (her favorites are opening the doors for the dogs, closing the dishwasher and pressing the buttons, and putting things in the clothes basket. She does love bubbles. Maybe that is her one thing that she LOVES!!!! She likes animals like her sister. She can count, not in order. But I do hear 11, 12, 13, 14 or some combination of 4 numbers in order. Or I will start counting and she will tell us the next number. She also likes to us the phrase I want to write my name. She recently discovered watercolor painting. I am sure this summer she will love being in the sandbox and pool, chalking and painting the driveway, and riding her new bike. Rees is a talker. There are times I can count 7 word sentences. She will tell you EXACTLY what she wants including whether she is hungry, tired, or does not want what you are giving her. She just started this back and forth with me that goes something like this, "Rees why don't you ...". She replies back with, "P-cuse". She gets that there is a reason why she doesn't like it. She just doesn't know the reason. So cute. She has been practicing potty training for a few months now and goes pee on the potty all the time. When we are at home we wear panties, no diapers. Hopefully we can really get going this next month or so and just be done. Rees loves to eat all of her sister's favorite foods as well as all of the white foods. She just recently started not liking some textures, but overall she is a great eater.Rees has been going to our friend Donna's house. It is awesome for her. Donna is so great and takes her all over Sacramento. She also has her kiddos, so I think that Rees's language has increased because of them. Donna says that she is great and her house. So there is hope that Rees will be good in school starting in August. I look forward to Rees being with lots of other kids and learning some boundaries. Currently, it is Reesies way or the highway which she hates when she doesn't get her way.
