- Who is your favorite Person in the whole world?
- Emma & Brynn
- What is your favorite color?
- Blue
- What is your favorite TV Show?
- Scooby Doo
- What's your favorite outfit?
- My yellow striped one (a yellow and white striped tank top)
- What sport do you like best?
- Gymnastics
- What song do you love?
- Goodbye Horses
- What's your favorite Cereal?
- Rainbow Cheerios (organic fruit loops)
- Who is your best friend?
- Emma Hiemstra
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- An Artist
- What is your favorite book?
- Fox and the Hound
- What are you really good at?
- Doing somersaults
- Where do you wish you could go on vacation?
- The beach
- What is your best memory?
- Disneyland- seeing Minnie Mouse's house
- What would you buy if you had $1,000?
- I would buy a giraffe
- What vegetable do you hate the most?
- Broccoli
- If you could have a wish what would it be?
- Cheese Pizza
- What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
- Banilla
- Who is your biggest hero?
- Daddy
- What do you like to do best with your friends?
- build forts
- What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday?
- Go on the merry go round
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Ava's 5th Birthday Interview- Better Late than Never
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Bosses day
My sweet HR generalist at work gave me this for bosses day. We often joke about being HR Princesses so she got me a princess themed wine glass. She also made this list of alternate titles, notice Meetingaholic is the largest and boldest. I spend most of my days running from one meeting to another. Thank goodness I have Winda to help me actually accomplish the work that comes out of all of those meetings!
I also have to give a shout out to my friend Liz who runs the accounting group. Don't know what I would do without her! We bounce ideas off of eachother, vent, run interference and back eachother up in meetings. Not to mention she actually stepped in and did my job and hers while I was out for 6 months on maternity leave! So blessed to work with such great people and to call them my friends.
Updates from the Hendrickson Home
Well so much has happened in the last few weeks. Biscuit attacked me for trying to put her outside to potty and bit the fire out of my hands. I ended up on antibiotics and am sporting a disgusting black fingernail that I'm just waiting to fall off. She did manage to bite through my nail though so that relieved the pressure underneath and I didn't have to get a hole drilled in my nail. I officially dislike that dog and she is now on prozac as a last resort. The vet said if the prozac doesn't work, our only option is to put her down. She's literally rendered herself completely useless around here.
My sweet boy Magnum was not happy when she attacked me and he went after her to put her in her place. Hims a mama's boy, but also part of the reason Biscuit is such a neurotic freak!
The girls started swim lessons a couple of weeks ago and they both love going. Brynny is a little ham and loves showing off in the pool. Ava was really scared to go but now enjoys it. She's very reluctant to put her face in the water, but her instructor is extremely patient and encouraging.
Ava has had a couple of notes sent home from school about not following directions and talking in class. I had her parent teacher conference the next day and the teacher said that at first she thought Ava would be the quiet one, but she is a social butterfly (like her mama). She said she has friends at every table and loves to help the other kids so it's been hard to move her. I suggested that she move her from the back of the class, to the front of the class with less distractions from the teachers instruction. So she moved her that day and I had a long discussion with Ava about our expectations of her in class. She hasn't gotten a note since then...knock on wood.
I'm also very proud of her because she is really picking up her sight words and her teacher said that she's really good at math. That math just clicks with her and she gets it. (not like her mama). Gigi came in town last week to help Steve while I was out of town for work. She worked a lot with Ava and I was amazed at how much progress they made. Ava is literally reading sentences of sight words! My cousin Christine also set me up with some great pointers and websites to use to help her along, so that's been a great help. Today the school had a book fair and Ava wanted me to go, so I went this morning before work and helped her pick out some books. It was really cute how proud of me she was and how she wanted to show of her mommy to all of her friends. I know it won't last and one day I'll be an embarrassment so I'm enjoying it while it lasts.
In other news...Brynny Boo is potty trained! Again thanks to Gigi's help! She stayed home with Gigi last week instead of going to school and they worked hard on potty training. She got a play money $10 bill for each wee wee and then when she accumulated enough money she got goodies from Target. Although she said she'd rather put the money in her piggy bank (smart girl!). I use the phrase potty trained lightly because she still doesn't poo poo in the potty that well (opposite of her sister who poo poo'd in the potty first).
Brynny is also really developing a little personality and that girl is a spitfire. She is hard headed and stubborn for sure, but as sweet and lovable as can be. For some reason this child will find an ant bed no matter what! Ava has never and I mean never gotten into an ant bed, but it seems like as soon as Brynn steps outside she's covered in ants. Her favorite song is Jesus loves me and we have to listen to it every time we get in the car. She knows all the words and sings along merrily in the back seat. She is crazy for the kindle, the leap pad and the iPhone. It's amazing how much a 2 year old can do with technology. She even figured out how to pull up netflix on my kindle and watch cartoons. Seriously!
Brynn's favorite color is green. Anytime Ava picks something out or gets something, Brynn says "I want a green one" She even picked out green goggles for swim lessons.
My sweet boy Magnum was not happy when she attacked me and he went after her to put her in her place. Hims a mama's boy, but also part of the reason Biscuit is such a neurotic freak!
The girls started swim lessons a couple of weeks ago and they both love going. Brynny is a little ham and loves showing off in the pool. Ava was really scared to go but now enjoys it. She's very reluctant to put her face in the water, but her instructor is extremely patient and encouraging.
Ava has had a couple of notes sent home from school about not following directions and talking in class. I had her parent teacher conference the next day and the teacher said that at first she thought Ava would be the quiet one, but she is a social butterfly (like her mama). She said she has friends at every table and loves to help the other kids so it's been hard to move her. I suggested that she move her from the back of the class, to the front of the class with less distractions from the teachers instruction. So she moved her that day and I had a long discussion with Ava about our expectations of her in class. She hasn't gotten a note since then...knock on wood.
I'm also very proud of her because she is really picking up her sight words and her teacher said that she's really good at math. That math just clicks with her and she gets it. (not like her mama). Gigi came in town last week to help Steve while I was out of town for work. She worked a lot with Ava and I was amazed at how much progress they made. Ava is literally reading sentences of sight words! My cousin Christine also set me up with some great pointers and websites to use to help her along, so that's been a great help. Today the school had a book fair and Ava wanted me to go, so I went this morning before work and helped her pick out some books. It was really cute how proud of me she was and how she wanted to show of her mommy to all of her friends. I know it won't last and one day I'll be an embarrassment so I'm enjoying it while it lasts.
In other news...Brynny Boo is potty trained! Again thanks to Gigi's help! She stayed home with Gigi last week instead of going to school and they worked hard on potty training. She got a play money $10 bill for each wee wee and then when she accumulated enough money she got goodies from Target. Although she said she'd rather put the money in her piggy bank (smart girl!). I use the phrase potty trained lightly because she still doesn't poo poo in the potty that well (opposite of her sister who poo poo'd in the potty first).
Brynny is also really developing a little personality and that girl is a spitfire. She is hard headed and stubborn for sure, but as sweet and lovable as can be. For some reason this child will find an ant bed no matter what! Ava has never and I mean never gotten into an ant bed, but it seems like as soon as Brynn steps outside she's covered in ants. Her favorite song is Jesus loves me and we have to listen to it every time we get in the car. She knows all the words and sings along merrily in the back seat. She is crazy for the kindle, the leap pad and the iPhone. It's amazing how much a 2 year old can do with technology. She even figured out how to pull up netflix on my kindle and watch cartoons. Seriously!
Brynn's favorite color is green. Anytime Ava picks something out or gets something, Brynn says "I want a green one" She even picked out green goggles for swim lessons.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Halloween Pajamas
I can't resist Halloween pajamas (or thanksgiving, Christmas, valentines day etc.)
Photo session ended abruptly
The girls picked these out themselves.
While being silly posing for the camera they banged their heads together.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Brynn's first haircut
Well I guess it was just a matter of time before one of my girls cut their hair. Ava decided to give Brynn a haircut today and tell me that Brynn did it. Didn't seem right since she sprayed her hair wet first, it was on the back of her head and Brynn can't work scissors yet. Brynn finally ratted her out and Ava fessed up.
Sooo Erin will be coming over tomorrow to assess and repair the damage. Looks like Brynn will be sporting a new do soon.
I'm so ready for Steve to come home!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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