Catching up - again

ELLA:
Ella is talking up a storm and in the past couple weeks has been putting 2 words together. e.g. she'll look in a mirror and say, "see Ella" or she'll say, "more jump" or "more three" (since I say, "one, two, three!" when I help her jump), and a couple times 3 words - "more grapes bowl" ("moe guh bow") - she does love her food in bowls.  I was trying to keep track of her words for a while, but there are so many new ones on a nearly daily basis it seems that I just can't keep up anymore!  Of course they are mostly unintelligible to anyone not around her consistently, but she's trying.  :)

She LOVES wearing shoes and one specific necklace (that Kaylee got from a classmate in March).

She calls her 2 favorite blankies Dobby (sometimes Dobby and Lambie, but mostly Dobby and Dobby). She calls Kaylee "tsss tsss" - just sticks out her tongue and makes two weird noises like that. ???

When I put Ella down for her nap today, she was fine but started crying and calling me a couple minutes after I left her room. I went in to check on her and she flipped out and wouldn't lay down unless she had her purse full of bugs to cuddle with (it was on her floor and she was pointing at it screaming "bugs! bugs!"). As soon as I gave it to her she cuddled with that and her two Dobbies and went right to sleep. The bugs are real insects encased in a hard clear block. Ella calls them bugs and beetles (aka "buuu" & "beebuuw").


ANDY:
The other day Andy picked up something he thought was heavy and said, "Look, Mommy! I'm the strongest one ever yet!" Apparently there might be a stronger one in the future, but for now it's him.

At the pool a few weeks ago we were all in the kiddie pool as it was warmer than the big pool.  The adults started spraying water guns at each other and at the kids.  Andy did not like that!  He climbed out of the pool and headed toward the big pool.  I asked where he was going and he replied, "I'm going to the big pool where there are NO grown ups!"

When he plays hide and seek he says, "ready for not, here I come!"

Instead of Hey Diddle Diddle he says, "Hey Little Diddle."

There are some things he says correctly now that he didn't before, including toilet paper (was roller paper) and potato (was potabo), though he still goes back and forth on which he says.  Earlier this week we bought a stand up toilet paper holder for his bathroom and he was so excited about it he keeps talking about it.  One time he said roller paper then looked at me and said, "I know I can say toilet paper I just still like to call it roller paper sometimes."  Haha, he makes me laugh!


KAYLEE:
Kaylee has been back and forth with ear doctors and audiologists again. Tuesday she saw a new audiologist-Dr. Riski (well, one she hadn't seen since she was a baby) who recommended a hearing aid but said she wanted to talk to another specialist. Dr. Riski called back today after meeting in person to discuss Kaylee's hearing with the other doctor and said it sounds like there could be a way to correct her hearing loss via surgery. She has an appointment with the new doctor on Monday morning; I'll try to remember to update after that!

Kaylee just finished the last of her camps for the summer!  She did a week-long VBS the first week of June, last week was Safety Town - a camp where they learn about things like Stranger Danger, water safety, fire safety, neighborhood safety, bus safety, car safety, etc.  She did this camp last year and I thought it was excellent and would be beneficial to repeat it; it's for ages 4-6 so she can't do it past this summer.  I plan to sign Andy up for it next year, though!  This week she did a 4-day camp at her gymnastics location.  For a few hours in the morning they did a Disney Dance Camp then had lunch then did a cartwheel, round-off & trampoline camp for a couple hours in the afternoon.  She's also still taking gymnastics once a week, so I think getting in some extra practice during the afternoon part this week could help her in those areas; she's actually gotten much better at cartwheels lately and loves to practice at home (or anywhere).