Chubby Little Snowman

We don't have much for pictures for this post...just one video below, but we thought we'd share a few tidbits about the kiddos.  At one year old, Wyatt can...

• Crawl really well and cruise on the furniture (he's even experimenting with letting go and standing on his own)
• Say "ma ma", "mom", "da da", "dad", "Bay" (Blake), "num num" (food), "night night", "hi", "dog", "dude", "what", "ball", and he really tries to mimic any sounds or motions you make
• Participate in games like peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, catch (he loves to throw and catch any type of ball...he is WAY more coordinated than Blake was at this age)
• Yell almost as loud as his sister.  Wyatt and Blake get into these screaming wars going back and forth each one getting louder than the one before...so much fun for Mom ;)

At three and a half Blake can...

• Say her "Pledge of Allegiance"
• Say her ABC's...she gets a little rough with L, M, N, O, P but she's almost got it down
• Still talk like nobody's business...there is rarely a quiet moment in the house when she is around
• Enjoy pretend play.  She loves to assign everyone in the room (even the dogs) roles in her imaginary world.
• Make up her own words/names.  "Gody" (pron. go-dee) is a name she's recently come up with
• Sound out certain words.  We have been reading some beginner reading books, and she can recognize the word/letter "I" and sound out the words "see" and "Sam".  Due to this, she often runs around the house yelling, "I see Sam" or "I ssss-eeee Ssss-aaaa-mm"...everything is a production with this child ;)

Blake is also VERY slow in the mornings (yes...Lauren very much deserves this), so we've started to implement pretend play to help her get ready for preschool faster.  This morning she had Lauren doubled over with laughter.  Cinderella (Blake) was helping her step sisters (Copa & Maddie) get ready for the ball.  Cinderella then put on her beautiful dress (t-shirt and jeans) and glass slippers (boots) and was all ready for the ball (preschool).  She would occasionally call on her step mother (Lauren) and Gus-Gus (Wyatt) to join in.  Lauren started laughing so hard she was crying when Blake dubbed Wyatt as Gus-Gus - HILARIOUS!!!  As we got in the car to head to school, Cinderella announced that she was on her way to the ball to meet her prince, Mrs. Pettis.  Ahhh...what a fun morning...this little girl just cracks us up!

OK, now for the video.  Blake learned this little rhyme at preschool.  It is so cute.  Here are the words in case you can't understand:

A chubby little snowman...has a carrot for his nose
Along came a bunny...and what do you suppose
A hungry little bunny...looking for his lunch
Ate that snowman's carrot nose...nibble, nibble, CRUNCH!!!