milestones

A little late, but our latest milestones post...

Butterfly: age 5 (and recently decided she wants to be a music and ballet teacher when she grows up)
Stats:45 lb 12 oz (82%), 46.1 inches (97%)
favorite color: pink
favorite foods: pizza, fish, stuffed mushrooms, nutella, chocolate, apples
favorite shows: Princess Diaries, Beauty and the Beast, Charlotte's Webb, Matilda, Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony
favorite activities: ballet, tea party, drawing, coloring, helping me cook, reading
favorite toys: Barbie, her baby doll, puzzles, her books, play kitchen, the Little People princess castle
new achievements:
--we've started reading chapter books at night.  I think I enjoy it as much as she does.
--so proud of her newly pierced ears and taking good care of them
--insists on picking out her own clothes
--draws beautiful pictures, I'm so impressed with how they've become so realistic and detailed.
--no longer napping. so she usually waits obediently in her bed quietly the required 20 minutes and then gets to quietly watch a movie

Ladybug: age 3.5
Stats: 37 pounds, 42.5 inches tall (she didn't have a check up but we measured her for fun)
favorite color: purple
favorite foods: ramen noodles, hard boiled eggs, apples, popcorn.  the only kid without a killer sweet tooth
favorite shows: Curious George, Princess and the Frog, Shrek, Dragon, Tangled, Aslan (the Chronicles of Narnia), Jungle Book, TinkerBell, Mickey
favorite activities: coloring, playing pretend by herself (what an imagination!), tea party, paint baths
favorite toys: her cupcake game, her Pascal stuffed animal (she always has to proudly declare it was from her auntie), doctor kit, play tool bench, animal figurines, soccer ball
new achievements:
--can write her own name
--is always the kid to remind us about brushing our teeth when we forget
--coloring in the lines so well!
--Yellow and Panda stay at home now.  This seems like a big step for us.  She insists on them at night but rarely even asks to take them anywhere now.
--no longer napping.  much to my dismay.  Without a nap, she's tired and cranky by 7:00 but if she naps, she's full of energy (and often belligerence or mischief) until midnight.  So just recently we've begun doing quiet time in her room (she usually plays and needs a few reminders) until she can quietly watch a movie (which usually also needs a few reminders to stay on the couch).

Lovely: age 1.5
Stats: 27 lb 9 oz (93rd percentile), 33.1 inches (81st percentile)
favorite color: too young to have told us but she loves animal prints!
favorite foods: fruit snacks, marshmallows, grapes, bananas (as long as she can hold it herself), pancakes
favorite shows: starting to watch tv/movies, Winnie the Pooh and Mickey
favorite activities: following and imitating sisters, playing outside, swings at the park (love the outloud giggle when she swings), cuddling mom, dancing (usually bouncing at her knees or twirling)
favorite toys: her baby doll, her mini books, her animals (she has a lion, tiger and unicorn and sleeps with at least one under each arm every night), lego blocks, the Little People princess castle
new achievements:
--using utensils at the table
--loves to wash her hands
--speaking more clearly (my favorites are "beebee" = binky, "babull" = bottle, "bane key" = blanket, "malk" = milk, "snacks!" = fruit snacks, "peas" = please, more, thank you, mama, daddy, grandma, papa, hi, bye, horsies, outside, go, up, down, bed, nigh night)
--perfect little kisses and tight hugs around the neck
--she still has her binky at night/naptime but I'm hoping to wean her off both bottle and binky soon
--she's so friendly and no one can resist her beaming "hi!" said so directly and proudly with a happy, beaming wave
--sleeps sounds for nearly 12 hours at night and takes a 1.5 hour nap every day.  She goes to bed without a fuss, such a sweetheart.