Year End Interviews

Tennyson:

How old are you? Four. 

What is your favorite tv show? Peppa Pig. 

What do you like best about school? Friends. 

What are you best at? School. 

If you could change your name, what would it be? Mike and Sully. 

What is your favorite color? Blue. 

What is your favorite toy? Baymax

What do you want to be when you grow up? Superman. 

What do you like to bring to bed with you? Grandma. 

What is your favorite book? Mike and Sully. 

What is your favorite movie? Big Hero Six. 

What is your favorite season? Winter. 

What is your favorite food? Fruit snacks. 

What is your favorite animal? Lion. 

What is your favorite sport? Soccer. 

Who is your best friend? Ashleigh. 

What is your favorite holiday? Christmas. 

What is your favorite thing you did this year? Building Lego. 

Maggie:

How old are you? Two. 

What is your favorite tv show? Sofia. 

What are you best at? Eating popcorn. 

If you could change your name, what would it be? Maggie. 

What is your favorite color? Pink. 

What do you like to bring to bed with you? Grandma. 

What are your favorite toys? Baymax toys. 

What do you want to be when you grow up? Princess. 

What is your favorite book? Christmas one. 

What is your favorite movie? Baymax Hero Six. 

What is your favorite season? Winter.

What is your favorite food? Cheese. 

What is your favorite animal? Fish. 

What is your favorite sport? Soccer swing. 

Who is your best friend? Jenny. 

What is your favorite holiday? Christmas. 

What is your favorite thing you did this year? Grandma's house. 

four and a half

tennyson turns four and a half today.

he's growing up so much.

he tells me all the time,

"mama, i'm so strong."

it's his way of saying he can do something all by himself.

he loves to microwave his pizzas by himself.

and take pictures with my camera.

he's really into legos and superheroes still.

he knows the names of all the superheroes,

and can even tell you what they do and say.

and he'd still spend all day on the ipad if we let him.

his favorite person is cookie monster.

he has a stuffed animal that he carries around constantly,

much to his mother's chagrin.

and when we do allow him to watch youtube,

he's usually watching a cookie monster video.

tennyson's favorites:

food- candy, waffles, pizza, cheez-its, pirate's booty, and oreos

movie- toy story 2, mickey's house of villians, and wall-e

tv show- peppa pig

song- "animal" by maroon five

drink- root beer

book- "chicka chicka boom boom" and "goodnight moon"

tennyson is such a great kid.

he's incredibly smart.

he's quick to please.

he's an awesome brother.

he's the biggest helper.

and he's such a hoot.

happy half birthday, kid.

we're so happy you're ours.

p.s... wanna follow tennyson on instagram? send a request to @quirkylegokid.

he doesn't post much, but mom got sick of him clogging her feed all the time.

and he really, really loves taking pictures.

seven months

bridget hazel is seven months old now.

she has one tooth now.

it popped through the day before she turned seven months.

she's crawling around now, too.

it's a cute crawl.

kind of like a little frog trying to get around.

she loves her jumparoo.

she'll spend all afternoon jumping, and playing toys, and looking out our big window.

she's also been eating more foods.

she tolerates purees okay,

but prefers to feed herself finger foods.

i'm pretty sure she'll be our athlete,

because at just seven months old, her hand/eye coordination is impressive.

she's still a content little baby.

even right now,

as she battles the croup,

she's always got a smile on her face.

we couldn't have asked for a better third child.

we're so glad she's around.

first day of school

we're a little late for our first day of school.

it's taken us a month and a half to undo the mess that lansing left us with tennyson's iep.

we were lucky to have a wonderful speech therapist in our corner who helped us push for a classroom placement.

but it required a lot of evaluations and paperwork.

and here were are in the middle of october,

and everything was finally finalized yesterday,

and today we got to start school.

he's in an afternoon special ed classroom.

we're hoping the afternoons go smoother than the mornings.

we learned last year that tennyson isn't a morning kid.

and i'm hoping getting him ready for school by noon involves a lot less kicking and screaming than when we were trying to get him ready by eight.

the first thing he found when we got to school today was his very own cubby with his name on it.

he happily unloaded the contents of his backpack and then headed into the room.

i was nervous that he wouldn't want to go without me because he's tennyson and because sometimes new places and faces are hard for him.

but he walked inside and bee-lined for some toys.

and just like that i slipped out the door and drop off was done.

it's nice to be pleasantly surprised sometimes.

i'm so proud of my preschooler. 

and i'm excited to see what the year holds for him.

i'm hoping it's a whole lot of progress and heap loads of fun.

six months

bridget is six months old now.

i don't know how time flew so fast.

as far as babies go, she's a breeze.

she rarely cries,

she smiles at everyone,

and she sleeps well enough.

she's days away from crawling.

right now she gets up on all fours,

and she even rocks back and forth.

one day soon she'll figure out how to move forward instead of backward.

she loves her brother and sister.

she's able to play with them more now,

and they bring her toys and make her giggle.

when they aren't beating her up, that is.

she's recently delved into the world of solids.

she's not too sure about it.

not that i'm surprised.

she refuses bottles and binkies, so why not solids too?

though in her defense, she will almost willingly eat puffs.

she's a joy to have around.

she really is just the most happy, content little thing.

and i can't believe that we're half way to a year.

she was supposed to stay my baby forever!