Adeline Quotes

1. "Mom, we don't like this damn food" (sitting at the dinner table with the family)
2. "I love the babysitter. Can you call her on the writing and tell her?" (meaning can I text her)
3.  (crying) "mom, you make me afraid right now" (after I got on to her because she was not listening)

This is such a fun, loving age.  She tells us constantly how much she loves us and stops to say I love you, and how great her family is!  Maybe it's because she's a girl, but I don't remember this with Baylor. She was also so appreciative of all of her Christmas gifts & said they were all the best!  I'm sure I'm leaving out a ton, but that's what I get for waiting so long to update the blog.

Pre-Christmas Fun

We visited the Christmas Train this year at a friend's church, and it was amazing.  Quick, inexpensive, and fun.  This will be our new tradition for Christmas, for sure.  Check it out at Living Stones Church!

 Christmas 2012, Baylor (10) and Adeline (3)

Mini Dance Recital

Adeline had her first mini-dance recital.  I say "mini" because her dance teacher comes to her school for an hour each week, and then they put on this little 10 minute "show off" in December & May.  It really was the cutest thing ever, but you guys....boy, was I worried!  She really is her daddy's child.  She is so clumsy and falls over her own feet and knocks things down. Some of you that know Adam may be saying to yourselves Really?  He's so outstandingly athletic? How can he be clumsy?  Yeah..it's possible!  I used to laugh and say I got it when Adam's parents refer to him as "bull in a china closet", but I was wrong.  I didn't really get it.  NOW I get it! 
Anywho, she did beautifully!  It was sweet and just long enough.  And, she was proud to show her newly learned ballet and hip-hop! 

Sidenote: She looks like a giant in this video because evidently when people say she's tall for her age, they're right!  All of these girls are 3, and Adeline is one of the younger 3 year olds.

Squats and Hiccups

Adeline asked me tonight to babysit her friends Diego and Alicia (pronounced Badego and Balicia. And imaginary, I might add) so she could go to the gym. I said okay, and she went in the garage and rode her car around a bit. Then she comes back in and tells me she did 3 WODS (crossfit workouts) and 4 squats! You can tell she listens to conversations in this house! I told her to go tell her dad & the story got even better. She added 3 hiccups. Confused? So were we! I asked ,"do you mean pull-ups?", and then Adam asked, "or push-ups?". To which she shakes her head yes and says "yes, 3 push-ups!" Good stuff! As for the imaginary friend topic, I have some great stories to document of Baylor's imaginary friends years ago, but that will be another day.

 Dumbbell Squats!

Grandpa Lulue Nicknames

This one is for my dad who gives all of the grandkids ridiculous nicknames that none of them can remember!  One day he was yelling for one of them to come see and Carter (age 4 maybe) looked at us and said, "Which one am I?"

Well, the other night we were discussing it with Baylor because he couldn't remember some of the names & Adeline chimes in listing them all off!