20 Things

The posts have been lacking, but I feel like a video is worth 1000 words these days. In an effort to give you a better idea of where the girls are, I am giving you a list of 20 things about them today.

1. You can never have enough stickerbooks. And damn, those things are at least $10 each, times two. Keeps Lily and Reese busy for at least 15 minutes. They do have this new habit where they want YOU to find the page the sticker goes, and for those of you that are familiar with these books, you know what I mean. Its not always easy. But many times I am chased by a finger with a sticker on the end with the words FIND IT being shouted at me.

2. Dancing. Reese is the funniest and best dancer I have seen, at least when it comes to rock. Lily, on the other hand, likes to dig out a pretty dress from the princess box and twirl to twinkle twinkle by the wiggles.

3. Fruit snacks. So we got suckered into buying these at Target one day because they have Princesses, Doras, Nemos, Scooby's. How do they get away calling them "fruit snacks". These are gummy bears. Lets be honest. Luckily they are two for $3, so when Lily wants the Princess box and Reese wants Dora, we don't break the bank.

4. Painting. Water colors. At least 1/2 hour of business.

5. When you ask Lily and Reese what someone wants for their birthday, what is the answer? CANDY. What does Cooka want for his birthday? CANDY. What about Dita? CANDY.

6. Murray Sparkles. What a good sport. He will come into the bathroom almost every night and lay on the floor while the girls get their bath. Even with the splashes and water everywhere. He doesn't leave.

7. We love spicy hummus. Not plain. Spicy. So we can dip our veggie sticks.

8. Underpants. Lily and Reese understand the concept that if they go on the potty, they will get underpants. I think its more about the fact that they know underpants also come in princess and dora versions.

9. Un-loading groceries. They love to do it. They love to tear through bags and rip out strawberries, milk, cheese, whatever and yell out what it is. If you don't see them doing it, they usually follow it with, DADDY LOOK! MOMMY LOOK!

10. Pops. Lollipops. See pic above. Ridiculous.

11. Easter bunny. We are impatiently awaiting him since he brings CANDY and PRETTY DRESSES. Didn't you know?

12. Lily and Reese still refer to themselves as "my". As in "My like it." or "My like hummus". I think its the cutest.

13. Reese refers to herself is Reese-er. So does Lily.

14. Running. They absolutely love to run. Reese ran to the car from Jenkinson's boardwalk to our car on Saturday and didn't miss a step. When we got to the car she looked at me and said, "More Running?". The same thing happened at Abram's party this weekend. If the music changed, and everyone started skipping, Reese would look at me and say, "More Running?". Can't wait for the summer.

15. Reese can count to 22. I have heard up to 15ish, Rich claims its 22.

16. According to their teacher at Montessori, Reese can identify 5 chinese symbols. I don't know if I needed to know this since we are 99% sure we are switching them to a daycare at my job. Guess we will have to supplement them with some of this Montessori stuff on our own?

17. If Rick just happens to come on my IPOD they will both stop what they are doing, look at me, point to the kitchen, and say, MOMMY, RICK! Yesterday, it was funny, we parked at Barnes and Noble and Reese looked at this rather tall, dark haired man walking into the store and said, MOMMY RICK! My response was I wish.

18. Right now, they could both probably eat you out of house and home. Its crazy. I think I am going to wake up one morning and they are going to be five feet tall. I think they have cleaned out Grandma Mo's pantry for the last two weeks.

19. Blocks. Rich brought home these wooden blocks, they are serious. The girls LOVE them. All they want to do is build towers. Towers that are bigger then they are.

20. They will say "I Love You" when they go to bed. Its the cutest.