Write That Down!

It happens alot. Sometime in the middle of the day the girls will do something cute or new and I tell myself, "I really need to write that down, or blog that." I forget. So, here we go.

Emily has really been such a thankful child. I'm not really sure why. We always make sure she uses her manner words. Please and thank you, but she takes it beyond this. Sometimes in the evening time when she is going to bed she will thank me for something she had for dinner that night. Two nights ago she really enjoyed her potato. She tells me, "Thank you for the potato, Mommy."

Tonight we had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. I don't know why, but they love it. I'm so glad. When I gave Emily her sandwich she says, "Mmm. Yummy Sandwich. Thank you for the sandwich, Mommy." It just makes me sooo happy to here that. Precious little girl.

While Emily is at school, Meredith and I get to hang out together. Today we went shopping together. (Kohl's had some REALLY good deals. I ended up getting a rice cooker for $5 and the generic brand of the magic bullet for $4. Who doesn't love a good deal. :) After we were done I was a little eager to get back to the car so we could get some milk and stuff at the grocery store. So, I looked both ways without stopping and started to cross the road. Meredith stopped and pulled be back as she said, "Stop. Watch for cars." An older lady was right behind us when she did that and thought it was SO cute. It was really. "Oh, ok." I said. "You're right. Let's look both ways. Ok, no cars. Here we go." Then she was mimicking me. "Where's the car?" she said. And then she found it. All by herself. Sometimes Meredith really surprises me. She'll say something and I'll think to myself, "wait. Can you say that? Really?!! Ok."

Oh, and today I was late to drop Emily off at preschool. This means I have to get both of the girls out of the car and walk into the building. Sign my name as well as why I'm there, what time I got there, where I'm going, and I cheat and just put the time I'm headed out which means a whole minute later. So, Meredith found the classroom door and opened the door. Then I went to go pick Meredith up so we could leave and she grabs the side of the door and screams, "NO, I WANT TO GO TO PRESCHOOL!"

Emily and Meredith have both learned a lot this summer. They both know their alphabet and the letter sounds. They can count to at least 10. Emily can count to 13 and needs a little bit of help after that to 20. Meredith has surprised me. She can count to 11, I'll say 12 and then she'll say 13. She needs a little bit more prodding to 20 then Emily, but I'm still pretty impressed for a 2-year-old. Emily knows her shapes and colors. Meredith knows black, gray, white, pink, brown, red, blue and green. Every once in a while she tell me the other colors. She also knows most of her shapes. Circle and oval are her favorites. I still think it really strange that she would get the non-rainbow colors down first. But, hey, however she wants to learn it.