Lucy is 7!

Favorite Food: Pork medallions, rice, tapioca pudding, abelskivers

Least favorite food: Avocado

Favorite TV show: Lalaloopsy

Favorite color: Blue, pink, purple, red, yellow

Favorite Song: Fight song (from her Elementary school)

Favorite movie: Moana

Favorite book: Isadora Moon (both books)

Favorite toy: Playmobil and Legos

Favorite church song: Silent Night

Best thing about church: Class. I just like class.

Best thing about school: Monday, because we get to go to PE and library, and have top penguin.

Favorite thing to do at home: Play fairies with Kaya and River.

What do you want to be when you grow up: A person who helps the astronauts.

Favorite thing about yourself: I can read, and I like to dance because I'm so good. It just makes me feel happy when I dance.

Favorite thing to do with your sisters: I like to do plays with River and I like to play American Girl dolls with Kaya. I like when Zella smiles at me and I like to make her happy. I like to do stuff with my family and cuddle with them.

How we adore our sweet Lucy. She is in 1st grade, and loving it! She's done so well in her Spanish Immersion (I think having a dad who speaks Spanish definitely helps takes the stress off!), and she loves reading. She is such a sweet big sister, often making sure to include River. She still loves to dance, especially her own free style. She loves to wear her hair in pigtails. She is kind and aware of others around her, and has a contagious smile and laugh. We are so grateful she is in our family!

Kaya is 5!

Here is Kaya's 5 year old interview:

Favorite food: Taco Soup, Octopus soup

Least favorite food: No foods are yucky. All of them I love!

Favorite color: Lots of favorite colors: red, orange, silver, gold, sparkle, yellow, those are all.

Favorite TV show: Little Einsteins

Favorite movie: Big Hero 6

Favorite book: The Little Ant

Favorite song: A True True Friend (from My Little Pony)

Favorite Toy: My stuffed animal mummies.

Favorite church song: I am a Child of God, maybe Our Prophet has some words for you and these are the words be true, be true….

What do you like best about church? When we go up on the stage, and when I play with Lily. 

What do you like to do at home? Cuddle with Mama!

What is your favorite part of Monkey School? Free time!

What do you want to be when you grow up? Fairy mermaid

Favorite thing about yourself? My PJs! My mouth, because I can talk!


Kaya is such a sweetheart. She is very complimentary and observant. And sometimes not so complimentary and observant. "Whoa Mom! Your hair looks like a parrot!" Haha. She has been so good with Zella, and loves to play with her. She loves to accessorize. She loves to wear headbands. Even when she sleeps. She already likes Lucy's clothes better, and wears them as often as she can get away with. She loves to wear her hair in pigtails. She loves her quilt, and cuddles with it and her mummy as often as she can. She talks in a different voice, almost baby talk, when she feels a little nervous. She tells complete strangers her life story. We love having this sweet girl in our family! 

Kaya had such a fun witch party!

We love our goofy little girl!

Kaya's 4th birthday!

Our sweet little Kaya is FOUR! 

Here is her birthday interview:

Favorite food: Chicken enchiladas

Least favorite food: I like everything, and I don't like anything! I like everything that Lucy's likes, and 
Lucy likes everything that I like, but she doesn't like avocado. 

Favorite color: Purple and red

Favorite TV show: My Little Pony

Favorite movie: Beauty and the Beast. Do you know what's funny in Beauty and the Beast? I don't know. I don't remember what's funny in Beauty and the Beast. We should watch it!

Favorite book: The Jake and the Neverland Pirate Book that we have

Favorite song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (same, as last year!)

Favorite Toy: The Breezy names Sunshine (part of a My Little Pony Set)

Favorite church song: Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam, a sunbeam, a sunbeam!

What do you like best about church? Getting candy

What do you like to do at home? Cuddle up with you

What is your favorite part of Monkey School? Playing with my friends. 

What do you want to be when you grow up? Astronaut and a fashion designer

Favorite thing about yourself? Playing with myself


Kaya is spunky and fun. She is self assured. She is very observant and complimentary. She is so kind. We went on a hay ride and Kaya very thoughtfully shared her smarties with our whole family. She even bit the last one in half to share with Lucy. Then she said, "I should have shared the smarties with everyone else too!" I explained to her how most people are told not to accept candy from strangers, "But I'm not a stranger!" she insisted! How we love this sweet girl! <3

I was fortunate enough to be able to take her four year old pictures at the beach! So much fun!

A Camera for the Girls!

A couple of weeks ago I remembered that Logan and I have an old camera that we don't use anymore. I decided to charge it up, and give it to the girls! So far, it has been very entertaining.

Lucy first picture. Not too bad!

 Kaya loves posing for the camera!

Lucy decided to document Logan making dinner.

Sometimes toddlers' pictures are at a slightly awkward height. Or, I would say, at the perfect height! ;)

Kaya likes to take pictures too. Most of them look like this:

Some of my favorites look like this:

And some of her best look like this:

 It's true, sometimes you get awkward photos,

 
 But sometimes you get pretty dang cute ones.

Plus, I love giving these girls a little a chance to express themselves and to see a glimpse of the world from their perspective. I love these girls so much!!!

Next up... the girls document our trip to Mirror Lake with Taylor and Shawn!

Lucy's three year stats!

I asked Lucy these questions right around her birthday, but haven't had the chance to type it up earlier -- so, here we go!

Weight: 30 pounds 2 ounces (45%)
Height: 3'-0" (20%)

Favorite color: Purple
Favorite Song: This one!

Favorite book: "Once Upon a Time" when Daddy reads with me, and  "I See Me" when Mommy reads with me.
Favorite thing to do with Kaya: Share my toys with Kaya, playing in my jungle with Kaya (her jungle is a fort she made on the couch).
Favorite Food: Oatmeal (we were eating oatmeal when I asked her this...) =)
Least favorite food: Squishy tomatoes. Give me good tomatoes and I will like them -- they are good!
Favorite movie: Monster's Inc -- my favorite part is Mike and Sulley!
What do you want to be when you grow up: a Singer!

We love this little girl!

Challenges of taking pictures with two kids

This morning I tried to get some cute pictures of my kiddos together.  Holy. Cow.  It is so hard to get both of them smiling at the same time!

I got a few pretty cute ones:

Hooray!

Lucy's face in this one just makes me giggle.

Lucy ALMOST smiled in this one. 

 I got a lot of ones like these:

Kaya: When will we be done? Lucy: Ooh! Dirt!

Squirrel!

Lucy: I hate this.

I also got quite of few of these:

 I love my expressive little girls! =)

Does Kaya look like her parents?

I did this with Lucy when she was a baby (with the same outfit, too!) and HAD to do it again for Kaya! =)

What do you think?  Does she look more like Logan or me?

Baby Kaitie

Baby Kaya

Baby Logan

Another one of baby Kaya

In case you are curious, here is a Lucy/Kaya comparison too! 

7 month old Lucy

7 month old Kaya

Pictures!

We got Lucy's pictures taken by my friend Heidi at Monkeyface Photography a few weeks ago.  Here are a bunch of our favorites!

Peek-a-boo!

I love her dark eyes!

She insisted on trying on the tutu!

Fish face!

Every once in a while, Lucy acts serious. =)

Family Portrait!