After dinner

I'm sure you have wondered what the Pearson girls do after dinner.  Well, maybe that thought hasn't exactly crossed your mind.  Anyway...a bubble bath always follows dinner but before we head upstairs, the girls make a stop in their kitchen to cook something up.  I had the video camera with me at the dinner table last night ready to capture the moment. 



In case you hadn't noticed in the video clip, Maddie is in a no clothes wearing phase right now. And I have to say that I think Maddie is so freaking cute when she says "princess".

Father's night

Last Thursday was Father's Night at Ella's preschool.  Here's daddy and daughter before they headed out for their big night together.

The night started at Ella's favorite restaurant, Chick-fil-A or as she calls it, Chick-A-Lay.  Chris told me later that Ella was a little confused as to why she was going to school and night.  Then, when it started to get dark, she kept telling Chris that it was getting dark and that they needed to get home to mommy.  But once she got to school, she forgot all about it being dark.

The purpose of Father's Night is so that the dads get to see what their kids do each day.  They went up to the music room and banged sticks together and marched around in a circle.  I'm just telling you what they told me they did.  Then they had some free time and got to play with whatever they wanted to in the classroom.  Ella and Chris went to the play-doh station and made pizzas.  Before enjoying their snacks, they had circle time.  Earlier in the week, Ella's teachers had asked each of kids some questions about their dads and wrote the answers down on a piece of papers.  Here are Ella's answers to the questions;

1.  What is your dad's favorite color?

Ella's answer:  Red

2.  What is your dad's favorite food?

Ella's answer:  Hotdogs

3.  What do you like to do with your dad?

Ella's answer:  Go to the slide park

4.  Where does your dad work?

Ella's answer:  The airplane

Ella and Daddy had a great time!  I was so happy that Chris was able to be here for it.  I know he has to miss a lot of her preschool activities and I hate that for him.  I know he wouldn't have missed Dad's Night though.  It made me happy to see just how excited he was to get to spend some time with Ella.  

For the birds

One of the things that Ella's class talked about last month was bluebirds.  And what do bluebirds have to do with January?  Nothing that I know of.  Except that the color of the month for January was blue so that's why they were talking about bluebirds.  Each of the kids made a bird feeder.  After Ella woke up from her nap that day and while Maddie was still asleep, we went outside to hang it up on our one lonely tree.  This was probably one of the only times that I was really grateful that we have one of the townhomes with a tree out front. 

It's been a week now since we hung it up and just about every day Ella has asked if the birds have found it.  Sadly, I don't think they have.  But we're not giving up home.  The birds will come.

Lil' peanut at 19 months

If there was a prize for the smallest 19 month old, I think that Maddie just might win it.  She had her 18 month check-up about three weeks ago and at the time, she weighed a whopping 18 pounds and 15 ounces.  Just for reference, so you can understand just how little that is, according to the children's growth scale, 50% of kids at 18 months weigh 24 pounds.  So, Maddie is below the 0th percentile.  She's 32 1/2 inches tall, which is right on target at the 50th percentile.  If she continues at this rate, I think she's got the making of a top model!    You would think that we don't feed her but that little girl can pack it in.  Yesterday I watched her inhale a cupcake in record time.  You know, it is what it is.  At first, I was really paranoid about it.  I thought we weren't doing something right...maybe not feeding her enough.  But her pediatrician assured me that we are doing everything right. She told us to add in some carnation instant breakfast into her milk to help bulk her up.  We've been doing that for about four months.  She's just tiny.  However, I am pretty confident in saying that she has probably broken the 19 pound mark by now.  Woo-hoo!  Wow, 19 pounds at 19 months old.  

The girls have really been into giving themselves and everyone else a "doctor check-up" these days.  Between the two of them they have been to the doctor's office three times this month so they are very familiar with getting a check-up.  We don't mind the check-ups from Dr. Ella so much. It's the ones from Dr. Maddie that we are a little scared of.  They usually involve her poking her fingers into your eyes, nose, and mouth.  And that is usually followed by her bouncing up  and down on your stomach.  And all of her check-ups are accompanied by her sinister laugh.

So, if you're coming to our house for a check-up, I advise you to see Dr. Ella.  Or make sure you don't eat anything if you're going to see Dr. Maddie.  You'll regret it if you do.