the lucy ladies lately. (pics to share).

a little of our latest shenanigans...

sk drew some letters on a piece of her easel paper, tore it off and held it in front of bella and said, "this sign says no scratching, bella.  do you see it??  it says NO scratching!!!"  (here she is showing bella - on the coffee table - her sign.)

our upstairs air unit went out last week.  this is h's sweaty hair after nap.  we got it fixed but unfortunately, a new unit is in our very near future.

sk and her bestie....

hayes can get in her chair now.  but she hasn't the slightest idea how to get from a standing position back down to the ground.  hopefully this phase will end SOON!  it's not fun for anyone.  she gets so frustrated.

here we are again......"hey lady, you going to put that phone down and come help me down to the floor?"  

uh, mom, can you give me a hand here.....i can't get down....

sweet girl wanted her picture made with her frogs.  sometimes we are all frogs.  or mermaids or fish.  or birds.  today i was a blue frog and she & hayes were green frogs.  

sk & flounder before picture day at school...

over it...

still has NO clue how to get down....

ticked about the gate, ticked about not knowing how to get down from standing up, just ticked....

crazy....

yelling....

dinnertime often means time to YELL real loud....

cowgirl sarah kate.  she wants to be a cowgirl for halloween.  hope she doesn't change her mind!  hayes will be a cow so that would be super cute!  she may have a hard time gaining control over her cow though.

"hey mom.  i don't know why i pull up so much because i don't know how to get back down.  can you help me down from the ottoman, please?"

hayes knows what "no" means and she actually listens rather well.  this is surprising to me, but i'll take it.  here's how it goes....she messes with something that i don't want her to and i say, "no, no haysie."  and she just looks at whatever it is for a little while and tries again.  i say, "no, no."  and she stops and usually puts her fingers in her mouth.  sometimes she gets real frustrated about it and shakes her hands and screams out but still, she listens. 

this is the fingers-in-the-mouth move after i told her not to mess with the air vent.  she likes to bend over and bite the air vent (strange i know).

we brought out the ole trusty playhouse that provided sk with hours of entertainment.  turns out at almost 4 it still provides her with hours of entertainment.  hayes is learning to like it.....

when beau isn't looking he gets attacked!  he barely escaped this one...

this isn't a clear pic, but hayes' hair can hold a clip now!  and the ends appear to be flipping up a bit.

a little comparing.....

the day we put up the gate for sarah kate...

"um, dad, maybe we could just talk about this....."

and the day we put the gate up for hayes.....

"this is so awful!!! if i knew how to get down i'd crawl over to you and pinch you, dad!"

love her!!!

one other new haysie development - she does not use a paci unless she's in her crib.  i take one with me for emergencies but haven't used it yet.  this started last thursday just as an experiment and now she doesn't want one during the day.  she was a little fussy yesterday morning so i offered her one and she threw it on the ground so......

that's it.  pretty exciting stuff i know.  ha!