My creativity has been a little lacking lately, (I'll blame sickness and winter time blahs!) but I will try to compile a list of fun facts about my..... Big Kids!!
-Their absolute favorite show is Barney. Gold Rush comes in second. Other than that, there isn't much on the TV program short list.
-Anna Kate has found her inner artist. She loves to paint and color. When she isn't doing that, she is mothering her babies or Drew.
-Drew still loves his trains, cars, and blocks.
-Both are pretty much ready to be potty trained. I just need to bite the bullet and get on with it!
-Anna Kate prefers to dress herself. We are going to have to work with her on picking season appropriate attire! After that we will tackle matching.
-Both are very polite. They are really catching on to thank you although Drew will usually say "Thank you, your welcome" all at once!
-They talk a lot! About anything. Sometimes it is just jabber but they mostly actually say real words these days and can actually carry on conversations.
-Anna Kate loves to sing. She catches on to songs pretty quickly. My favorite is when she sings the Barney "I love you" song. She wants to hold your hand and sway while she sings and wants to kiss you at the part where they say "a kiss from me to you". It's quite precious.
-When you tell Drew you love him, he immediately says, "I love you too more!". :)
-Both are sweet and kind hearted little souls. They give sweet hugs a lot and will say things like "you look pretty" or "(insert name) is beautiful!".
-On the flip side of their sweetness, they are also two. They test boundaries. They do things they know they aren't supposed to just to see how much we really mean it when we tell them not to do something.
-They are very close with each other but also are okay to be split up. They will ask about the other one but don't seem to get upset if the other is gone. This is a good thing! I want them to have the special twin bond but I also want them to be have some autonomy. Although it is comforting to me to know they will always have each other, I know eventually they will be split up at school.
Their first Valentine's party was at school today. I think they were just excited about school and didn't really realize it was a special day. For some reason today felt a little different when I dropped them off (and this was before I realized it was officially their 2.5 year birthday!). They felt like such big kids. They marched themselves in and sat right down at the table with the rest of their class. Anna Kate sat on one end of the table and Drew on the other by their own choosing. I think that may have had something to do with it. They were very much individuals with their own friends. It was sweet but a little strange. For me anyway. But I think I have already established their growing up has thrown me for a weird emotional loop! :)
I am excited to see what the second half of the twos brings us. Whatever it is, I know it is going to be crazy and hectic at times but I hope it is equally as fun!
I am disappointed to say I didn't get any pictures of them today on their official 2.5 year birthday. I'll have to take some tomorrow and pretend! I found this picture on my camera. This was from the snow a couple of weekends ago. For some reason, I just like it! My two, sweet little big babies!
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