The following is a brief look at what Colton is up to these days. As a 2 1/2 year old, Colton....
* loves to play with trains, cars, puzzles, legos, and swords. Oh, and the occasional barbie courtesy of his big sister, Sienna.
* favorite phrases are "utz that?" for what's that, "I choose" when he wants to pick out something, and "Mommy do" when he wants Mommy to do something for him and no one else. And my personal favorite, "I na-know" for I don't know but he just says it in the cutest way possible!
* loves his routines. For example, at night, when it is time to go to bed, he must be the one to turn off his light, turn on his night light, turn on his soothing nighttime music, and get his elephant (just gave up his paci!). Then, and only then, may you put him in his crib.
* is a bit of a Momma's boy. But, I secretly love that he is!
* loves to watch t.v. in Mommy and Daddy's bed. Oh, and in the car. And then there's the movie room! However, we limit his t.v. watching to no more than 1 hour a day. Otherwise, he would turn into a total t.v. zombie!
* loves to go to school. I was worried about him starting mother's day out at the beginning of the year since he has been so attached to me. But, after the first two days, he realized how much fun it was and instantly became a grade A student!
And here is what Sienna is up to these days. As a 4 1/2 year old, Sienna....
* is definitely our little princess. She loves to dress up, put on pretend make-up, have her hair done, and have her nails and toenails painted. She would wear a dress every day if it was up to her! She calls herself a "fashionista" which I believe she got from a barbie movie!
* loves to go to school. She has already learned how to write all of her letters - uppercase and lowercase. And she is learning so much from her wonderful teachers! We are also learning basic addition and subtraction and Sienna is already saying how excited she is about starting Kindergarten in the fall!
* loves doing art projects at home and at school. Give Sienna crayons, markers, scissors, glue, glitter, etc. and she is one happy camper.
* enjoys her ballet and tap dancing class very much. She is definitely our little performer. She also is excited about taking swimming again and really wants to start going to gymnastics.
* has an amazing memory! I thought I had a great memory, but she is in a class of her own! She is constantly amazing us at the amount of information she can retain for such a small child. We are starting to turn to her more and more when Mommy and Daddy can't remember things! She also tends to memorize songs and lines from her favorite movies after only seeing them a couple of times. Her favorite movie at the moment is Annie and she sings the songs from Annie pretty much every day!
* likes playing with our next door neighbor John, who is the same age. But, we are sad b/c he is moving soon. They do lots of pretend play with each other, for example, princess and knight, husband and wife (not so sure I should encourage that one!), and good guy bad guy.
