The things they say...

They are learning "Mommy name Katie" & "Daddy name Jeff" but they think its funny to switch them & argue with us about it. Or switch it up even more & say things like "Maas name Katie." "Ya-ya name Jeff." They are also learning "Mommy nurse. Go a working at appital" {hospital} & "Daddy teach." Again they think its funny to switch them up, just to get a response.

Olivia likes to repeat phrases like "wait & see" or "in a couple days." Though she's obviously not sure really what she is saying because as she plays in the bathtub with a "washkof" {washcloth} she likes to tell me "Ya-ya wash a butt in a couple days."
And all of the sudden, she calls herself "Wivi" or "Wivia" opposed to "Ya-ya." Hum?? She also CAN say Hayden {or "A-hen"}, but prefers to call him "Maas." Starting to wonder if Hayden will ever say his own first name?

They have started to verbally argue with eachother over lots of things. As annoying as it is, its comforting to know they all possess the vocabulary & language comprehension required to do so. Like it was Logan's turn to shut the refridgerator door {yes we have to take turns with EVERYTHING!} & naughty {I mean} Hayden did it.... and Logan yells at Hayden "NO MAAS! None-en do it!" Or when playing I asked what a cow said & Hayden replied "Moo.." Olivia got mad he answered first & screams "NO MY SAY IT!!" or "No I say it." She has actually started using the word "I!" sometimes, but its often "my" instead. This is a NEW form of fighting for us that I imagine will stick around for a lifetime.....

Logan has had kind of a taking spurt. He pulls stuff out sometimes we had no idea he knew. I think between Hayden's LOUD personality. And Olivia's chatty-cathy-ness. He just can't get a word in! Literally! His speech is still usually less clear than the other two. And he has some "words" that I have no idea why he says what he says. For example he calls Francesco from the CARS movie "Da-man." NO IDEA!

Hayden's favorite thing to eat right now is pizza but it has to have parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. And when we say our prayers before bed the first thing, always the first thing he says after we say "Thank you God for..." is "for Pizza. Cheese on it!" At least he's got his priorities right, he's thankful for a warm meal.

And I found a blog posting I had worked on a few weeks ago that I apparently forgot to post.  So here it is too!  Mostly just random pictures from the end of our sick-month.

Livi mastering taking off her own pants.  She has that part DOWN PAT!  Putting them back on she sometimes needs help because she gets both legs "stuck one hole." 

 So we got her the desired baby highchair!

 Hayden was pestering her so we got a half smile/half whine picture.

 Cooking "toffee" {coffee}, "za-za" {pizza} and "bok-lee" {broccoli} for her baby.  She constantly tells us "baby high chair potty train"  Though I'm not convinced she knows what that all means!

 I think our drinking woes are over.  In addition to a few glasses of water/juice, they did this in one day.  They still aren't eating much & mostly want to drink milk.  Living off of fruit, yogurt, applesauce, pretzels & rice crispy bars.  I've more or less given up on making them meals, its always a waste.  I'm just happy when they eat anything.  At least their bodies know enough to want to drink something with some fat & substance to it. 

 Watching daddy scoop the snow

 Tried something new & novel with the kids to get them to eat.  Edamame.  Huge, huge hit with Hayden & Olivia.  Chowed down.  And had a fantastic time popping the beans out of the pod to eat.  We laughed hysterically when they occasionally shot them across the room.  Logan of course, wanted nothing to do with it.

 Livi's mullet is in such a bad state.  Just not sure what to do with it?  The front pieces that hang over her forehead are too long to leave there, they 1/2 cover her eyes.  But we can't cut bangs really because of that dang HUGE cowlick.  Tried something different & just pulled it straigh back for the day & it looked weird.  But it was probably the 3rd time in almost 2 weeks its been combed, so still an improvement.