After twirling, plieing, bending and tippy toeing for nearly an hour-Berkley's teacher came out and said that she kept them much longer, because "they are all brilliant! It's my favorite class of the entire week!" Wow, that made Berkley smile from ear to ear and my heart swell as well.
Driving home, we talked about what a GREAT job she did, listening, following directions etc. The minute we got home. She declared to her Daddy and I, "I am going to be a Ballerina Teacher!" She told me to "stand on my spot" and then began to instruct me in her new ballet movements. Mommy has recently been to a few ballet classes herself, but is not nearly as flexible as she was when she was three!
Soon, after ballet was "over," she became Mrs. Hullender-her Preschool teacher. She asked, "who wants to be my helper?" Then she said, "now today is treasure day, we don't want anyone to have to pull their sticks." Then, back to work we went. Daddy "helped" pass out the paint cups and she handed us each a brush, smock and "paper." She pretend to place paint on each of our hands, then she told us to hold our hands down on our paper. After painting time was over, she said, "now put those in your cubbies and it's playtime!!"
After playtime was over, we went to music class. "Let me hear your voices," she declared. We laughed out loud at this one, as we new that this phrase along with her other "teacher" phrases came straight from her music teacher's mouth!
Helicopter pilot? Airplane Pilot? Teacher? Doctor? Nurse? Whatever path God has planned for her, we just want to provide her with as many opportunities to find her gifts and pursue her dreams.
Flashing back, nearly 25 years and their was little Amy-decked out in my teacher attire, my three brothers all sitting quite patiently as I instructed them in math, handwriting, spelling!! Thinking back, what great listeners I had and now to see out own little sweet Berkley, listening and mimicking her teachers! Oh, what a JOY!!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Girly to the "T"
Here is a sweet picture of our 3 year old Berkley!! ALL girl!! This is how she would prefer to dress everyday!! Pink from head to toe, complete with high heels and a Tiara. This picture was taken from her Princess Party. Our first official birthday party with her sweet little friends!! They had such a great time. The clubhouse was decorated in pink from head to toe, with some mint green thrown in there-we didn't want to scare her little boy friends away with all of the pink!!
She is very neat and organized, likes things in their place. Yesterday, I caught her sitting at her new little table. She had three babies. Each sitting on their own chair, and she had the "head" chair. She was saying, "now you need to listen to your parents....."
Yesterday she created her own wedding invitation, complete with sequin decor. In case you didn't already know, she has her wedding scheduled for June 19th of next year. Although when you ask her, she says she has to be 25 or 30 to get married, then she can have a baby. Apparently, her best friend Nathan has already proposed in Sunday School. He is such a sweet friend, but I told her not for another 30 years or so!! Plenty of time to plan AND save.
And by the way, she still is interested in being a pilot-a "helicopter" pilot. It will be excited to see what God has planned as she has many interested. She is very compassionate and likes doctoring us all up with her pink bandaids. Even Daddy has been known to wear pink bandaids every know and then!
New sweet sayings and doings by Major Maddox
Major Maddox will soon be 17 months this Friday the 20th of August!! WOW, that means next month he'll be 1 1/2. How time flies!! He is learning many new words and I wanted to post these as this blog is a type of diary. It is exciting to look back and see what they were doing and interested in at certain times of their sweet lives.
Besides saying, "Mama, Dadda, Babba, ba-bye, nigh, night," and a form of "Hydee"-our Golden Retriever he has now started adding other words to his vocabulary. He LOVES watching and listening to the music from Veggie Tales. Grandma recently bought him Bob the Tomato and Berkley, Larry the Cucumber. He can very clearly say, "Bob," his new little buddy. He is always working on saying "up" and "all done."
Some of his favorite "doings" are: being outside (he's prefer this 100% of the time), throwing any and all kinds of balls, chasing sister around the house, dancing around in circles, and giving kisses. He loves water both in the tub and swimming pool. In fact, when my two little ones wake up from their naps we just may need to take a trip to the pool!! He likes to jump in from the side, just like his sis and even puts his face in and blows bubbles. He's a bundle of energy! WHEW!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Sweet sayings from our sweet 3 year old-Berkley Ella!
Lately, Berkley has been saying the most creative, cutest little "ideas." Her latest thing is to say in her MOST, VERY expressive little voice (with her eyes as big as blueberries, " MOMMY, I KNOW!! I HAVE AN IDEA!!" And then I just wait with a smile in my face, in great anticipation of her "great idea." I must say for a little one that's just turned three she has a great, creative, little mind.
So, one of her latest ideas last week, when we had been having quite a bit of rain was, "Mommy, I know....we could fly in up in a BIG airplane and glue the clouds together and then it wouldn't rain anymore."
She's always been very observant, keenly aware of her surroundings. She's aware of people, their feelings, situations...just very intune and on top of what's going on. She reasons very well and likes to "understand" things.
A few days ago, I had put both Major and Berkley in their carseats, buckled myself up and then put the car in reverse when from the backseat I heard, "Mommy, I don't want this gum" anymore. Well, since we've gotten out new car, I've REALLY tried hard not to let any trash pile up. So, as I backed up the car I quietly rolled down the window and tossed her gum out, hoping she was distracted with something else. About one minute later as we were driving down the alley she asked, "So, Mommy did you throw the gum out the window so that the squirrels could eat it?" "Uhhh???? Yeah!," I quickly replied. It went against my teaching her not to liter (okay and not telling the truth), but for some reason I thought I'd sneak that one past her. But, she smiled as she thought about the squirrels being able to chew her bubble gum. "Maybe they will try to blow bubbles!!," she added "Maybe, they will Berkley," I said with a grin. We both drove down the road with a funny image of a brown squirrel, blowing a big, pink bubble with ABC bubblegum!
Never a dull moment!! Not with these two little sweet peas!
So, one of her latest ideas last week, when we had been having quite a bit of rain was, "Mommy, I know....we could fly in up in a BIG airplane and glue the clouds together and then it wouldn't rain anymore."
She's always been very observant, keenly aware of her surroundings. She's aware of people, their feelings, situations...just very intune and on top of what's going on. She reasons very well and likes to "understand" things.
A few days ago, I had put both Major and Berkley in their carseats, buckled myself up and then put the car in reverse when from the backseat I heard, "Mommy, I don't want this gum" anymore. Well, since we've gotten out new car, I've REALLY tried hard not to let any trash pile up. So, as I backed up the car I quietly rolled down the window and tossed her gum out, hoping she was distracted with something else. About one minute later as we were driving down the alley she asked, "So, Mommy did you throw the gum out the window so that the squirrels could eat it?" "Uhhh???? Yeah!," I quickly replied. It went against my teaching her not to liter (okay and not telling the truth), but for some reason I thought I'd sneak that one past her. But, she smiled as she thought about the squirrels being able to chew her bubble gum. "Maybe they will try to blow bubbles!!," she added "Maybe, they will Berkley," I said with a grin. We both drove down the road with a funny image of a brown squirrel, blowing a big, pink bubble with ABC bubblegum!
Never a dull moment!! Not with these two little sweet peas!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Sweet little Major Maddox
Major is now officially walking and nearly running everywhere. He is always wanting to stay caught up with his sister and do everything and anything that she is doing. That includes using the same toys and she is using.
Upon awaking, Major likes to play this hiding game in his bed. When I open the door, he slowly lifts his head and then giggles and hides down in his bumper. Then as I walk closer, and crawls in mock speed across the bed. Sometimes, he stands and runs across the beds, then falls down in a fit of laughter. It's funny!! He'd like to play that game for a long time and would probably stay in there as long as I'd stay and watch him.
He LOVES throwing anything......we try to stick with balls, but often other things get thrown too. He has become interested in books, and learning new words. He LOVE Elmo and watching him do the Hokey Pokey and has an Elmo book that makes sounds.
He LOVES splashing in the pool and much prefers to be held so that me can kick, splash and put his face in the water. He likes to blow bubbles and even tries this in the tub. Good thing we now have tile in our bathroom, as opposed to the carpet we used to have....much easier to clean up after having two kids in the tub.
He has this fake cry that is really kinda cute. He scrunches up his little nose and then squints his eye....one is more closed than the other. He just makes this little puffing sound and soon it can be turned into a giggle.
Berkley has great plans for him. She has already told him that she is going to drive him places when she is sixteen and then when HE is sixteen, then he can drive her around places.
I hope and pray that they will be wonderful friends who love and support each other. They do adore each other and have fun waking each other up. Sounds like it's that time...I hear little Major now....time for our little game of peek-a-boo!
Upon awaking, Major likes to play this hiding game in his bed. When I open the door, he slowly lifts his head and then giggles and hides down in his bumper. Then as I walk closer, and crawls in mock speed across the bed. Sometimes, he stands and runs across the beds, then falls down in a fit of laughter. It's funny!! He'd like to play that game for a long time and would probably stay in there as long as I'd stay and watch him.
He LOVES throwing anything......we try to stick with balls, but often other things get thrown too. He has become interested in books, and learning new words. He LOVE Elmo and watching him do the Hokey Pokey and has an Elmo book that makes sounds.
He LOVES splashing in the pool and much prefers to be held so that me can kick, splash and put his face in the water. He likes to blow bubbles and even tries this in the tub. Good thing we now have tile in our bathroom, as opposed to the carpet we used to have....much easier to clean up after having two kids in the tub.
He has this fake cry that is really kinda cute. He scrunches up his little nose and then squints his eye....one is more closed than the other. He just makes this little puffing sound and soon it can be turned into a giggle.
Berkley has great plans for him. She has already told him that she is going to drive him places when she is sixteen and then when HE is sixteen, then he can drive her around places.
I hope and pray that they will be wonderful friends who love and support each other. They do adore each other and have fun waking each other up. Sounds like it's that time...I hear little Major now....time for our little game of peek-a-boo!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Nearly three going on thirteen!
WOW!! So, our little Berkley will be turning three this Saturday-June 19th. For the past six months, when people have stopped us in the grocery store and ask her how old she is she has replied, "2 1/2." Then, when asked when her birthday is, she very matter a factly replies, "June 19th." So, here we come JUNE 19th!!
She is already showing more and more signs of indepdence, her opinions, feelings, and ideas. Most are fun and exciting, some are interesting and challenging.
Yesterday after, we took Daddy to pick up his truck, Berkley was commentating while we drove down the road. "It looks like it is going to rain again Mommy." And she was right, within minutes of pulling into the garage...the rain came. In torrents, as it often does in West Texas. Berkley looked at me and said, (again matter a factly-is that how all three year olds speak?) "Mommy, I think you need to call your Mom and ask her to borrow her umbrella so that rain won't get on my head." Okay, so she gets the whole-Grandma is MY mom.
(While I am trying to complete this post, she decided that she needed some more water-helped herself to my bottle of water sitting on the computer desk and is now explaining her step, by step process of how she emptied all of my water into her cup. "Watch this. I poured it all in there. Then, yours was all gone."
So, we are in the process of moving---which is one LONG story and another reason I haven't posted in SO long....Our things have been packed for two months now. When we can't find something, little Berkley concludes it must be "packed."
"I am missing my purse Mommy-oh yeah, it must be packed." One night when I was tucking her into bed, she decided that she wanted her little stuffed, black puppy (Pie-pie) to join her......Quickly, she concluded (before I had figured out what to reply or do) "He must be packed." "Yes, he must be," I replied. Whew!!
Okay, so this post isn't quite as I intended but that's what happens when our schedule gets off, and Berkley woke up, after one hour saying "I grew skin!" That's our sign......So, we are getting ready to enjoy the cooler weather and go Scooter riding.
Tonight is supposed to be a BIG night, as she is going to have her first swimming lesson. She is a BRAVE one in the water.....a little fishy. We'll save the water stories for another post. Better scoot!
She is already showing more and more signs of indepdence, her opinions, feelings, and ideas. Most are fun and exciting, some are interesting and challenging.
Yesterday after, we took Daddy to pick up his truck, Berkley was commentating while we drove down the road. "It looks like it is going to rain again Mommy." And she was right, within minutes of pulling into the garage...the rain came. In torrents, as it often does in West Texas. Berkley looked at me and said, (again matter a factly-is that how all three year olds speak?) "Mommy, I think you need to call your Mom and ask her to borrow her umbrella so that rain won't get on my head." Okay, so she gets the whole-Grandma is MY mom.
(While I am trying to complete this post, she decided that she needed some more water-helped herself to my bottle of water sitting on the computer desk and is now explaining her step, by step process of how she emptied all of my water into her cup. "Watch this. I poured it all in there. Then, yours was all gone."
So, we are in the process of moving---which is one LONG story and another reason I haven't posted in SO long....Our things have been packed for two months now. When we can't find something, little Berkley concludes it must be "packed."
"I am missing my purse Mommy-oh yeah, it must be packed." One night when I was tucking her into bed, she decided that she wanted her little stuffed, black puppy (Pie-pie) to join her......Quickly, she concluded (before I had figured out what to reply or do) "He must be packed." "Yes, he must be," I replied. Whew!!
Okay, so this post isn't quite as I intended but that's what happens when our schedule gets off, and Berkley woke up, after one hour saying "I grew skin!" That's our sign......So, we are getting ready to enjoy the cooler weather and go Scooter riding.
Tonight is supposed to be a BIG night, as she is going to have her first swimming lesson. She is a BRAVE one in the water.....a little fishy. We'll save the water stories for another post. Better scoot!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sweet thoughts of a BRIGHT pink future!
For the past five months, each time that I ask little Berkley what she wants to be when she grows up, she sweetly, positively, replies, "a pilot." "An airplane pilot?" I ask. "No, Mommy a helicopter pilot. A PINK helicopter." For months now, the answer remains the same. She has a fascination with helicopters, although we haven't read books about helicopters, watched them in movies or tv. She has only heard them flying overhead. We are traveling to Michigan this summer and she is insisting on getting their by helicopter......I've tried to explain that it would be kind of a long trip in a helicopter......but her request has remained the same.
A few days ago, while preparing to go on a walk I asked her to go into Major's room and get his blue and white stripped jacket with the orange airplane. "You mean the orange helicopter, Mommy?" "Uh,yeah." I replied, trying to think what was on the front of his cute little hooded sweatshirt. She brought it to me and sure enough, it was an orange helicopter.
Although she's only 2 1/2, Charlie and I have often talked about what we think she will be when she grows up. She is definitely VERY nurturing and empathetic. She pays VERY close attention to details and seems to know and understand the world around her in ways that many five years olds don't. When one of us is sick, she brings us one of her dolls...if Major is crying, she'll bring him a toy or get him his sippy cup. She's on the ball and acts quickly, sometimes before I've even thought it.
I know that she'll be a wonderful Mother, as she already seems to have a knack for mothering her little brother as well as taking care of her baby dolls. Currently, her PINK bunny rabbit is "sick" and has been covered up with a little PINK baby blanket in her little white baby doll cradle. She takes his temperate with a real thermometer, but after nearly a week...the report is: "she's feeling sick." So, a nurse maybe?
For now, it's fun to watch her develop grow. I want her to grow up knowing the skies the limit (oh, yikes....that could make the helicopter thing literal....:)) but allow her to dream big and use the talents that God has given in life.
Maybe she'll be a ballerina teacher wearing a pink leotard, a teacher using pink chalk, a nurse wearing a pink scrubs, or maybe a helicopter pilot with a pink helmet.
God knows her future. I do know that I am on the search for a PINK monkey backpack, with wheels for "preschool, Mommy after I turn three." Oh, along with the PINK lunch box. I have some time, but I may have to get creative....I'm not surprised about the PINK (at all), but I am about the monkey. I thought it would be a PINK helicopter.
Maybe she'll go down in the history books for the first girl to ever fly a pink helicopter. Watch out big white airplane, you may have a PINK helicopter in your future!!
A few days ago, while preparing to go on a walk I asked her to go into Major's room and get his blue and white stripped jacket with the orange airplane. "You mean the orange helicopter, Mommy?" "Uh,yeah." I replied, trying to think what was on the front of his cute little hooded sweatshirt. She brought it to me and sure enough, it was an orange helicopter.
Although she's only 2 1/2, Charlie and I have often talked about what we think she will be when she grows up. She is definitely VERY nurturing and empathetic. She pays VERY close attention to details and seems to know and understand the world around her in ways that many five years olds don't. When one of us is sick, she brings us one of her dolls...if Major is crying, she'll bring him a toy or get him his sippy cup. She's on the ball and acts quickly, sometimes before I've even thought it.
I know that she'll be a wonderful Mother, as she already seems to have a knack for mothering her little brother as well as taking care of her baby dolls. Currently, her PINK bunny rabbit is "sick" and has been covered up with a little PINK baby blanket in her little white baby doll cradle. She takes his temperate with a real thermometer, but after nearly a week...the report is: "she's feeling sick." So, a nurse maybe?
For now, it's fun to watch her develop grow. I want her to grow up knowing the skies the limit (oh, yikes....that could make the helicopter thing literal....:)) but allow her to dream big and use the talents that God has given in life.
Maybe she'll be a ballerina teacher wearing a pink leotard, a teacher using pink chalk, a nurse wearing a pink scrubs, or maybe a helicopter pilot with a pink helmet.
God knows her future. I do know that I am on the search for a PINK monkey backpack, with wheels for "preschool, Mommy after I turn three." Oh, along with the PINK lunch box. I have some time, but I may have to get creative....I'm not surprised about the PINK (at all), but I am about the monkey. I thought it would be a PINK helicopter.
Maybe she'll go down in the history books for the first girl to ever fly a pink helicopter. Watch out big white airplane, you may have a PINK helicopter in your future!!
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