Princess Annalise and Baby Prince

A lot has happened since our last post. Ella is potty trained and Bradley is a full time walker. This has given the word "busy" a whole new meaning. Bradley is busy as ever copying everything that his sister does...safe or not safe (unfortunately) and I feel like I never get a second of peace. Bradley likes to come into the bathroom with Ella when she uses the potty and he becomes a major safety hazrd as he tries to reach through and put his hands in the toilet water, reach over the edge of the tub to pull out toys, yank on the shower curtain, etc. I have to sit him in the kitchen so I have time to get Ella on and off the toilet before he come walking in. Plus, all of this has Ella fascinated with male and female anatomy, so you never know when in public she will decide to announce who has what anatomy. This is usually entertaining for everyone around!

I think Scott is waking Ella every morning before he leaves for work and is giving her an energy drink! The kid can seriously go all day long. Not just physically but, vocally as well! Sometimes I think I should cut her nap down, so she doesn't recharge as fully in the afternoon, but who am I kidding. I am dreading the day that nap time no longer exists. That is my only time to rest so I can prepare for the second round of the day and I need that time. Bradley is busy exploring everything and testing out his new independence, which fully exhausts him. I have to wake him up from the majority of his naps and he always looks so dazed and confused when I pull him out of his crib. Some days he will nap up to 4.5 hours total...yeah!!!

Ella is really into these princesses and was introduced to some barbie princess movies when we visited my sister's family. Anyway, since the visit, Ella has become more and more infactuated with Princesses. Every minute that we are home she wears a princess dress and princess shoes. It take a long time to convince her to wear anything else to leave the house. She calls me Mommy Princess Annalise and Bradley is Baby Prince. When she goes to daycare at the Y and they say "Hi Ella and Bradley" Ella corrects them and says, "I'm princess Annalise and this is baby prince". It's funny how it can be so cute and frustrating at the same time. Cute when we are at home and she is walking baby prince around the house....frustrating when I need to get out the door for work and she doesn't understand why she can't wear her princess dress up outfits. We have to say things like "a princess would never be late for an appointment, we must hurry!" Whenever we get Ella's haircut, we tell her that we are just cutting off the crazy ones, so tonight when Ella and Bradley were playing before bedtime Ella wanted to cut Bradley's hair. Shepulled out a pair of pretend scissors and said, "I'm cutting off your crazy curls, baby prince". Most of you probably haven't seen it, but Bradley's hair is curly in the back.

Ella started swim lessons on Saturday at the YMCA and Bradley starts his at SwimKids USA on Tuesday. Ella did good for her first class, especially being the youngest one in it! By the end of June, Bradley should be able to turn around and swim a few feet back to the wall if he should ever fall in a pool. He loves to swim, so I think he will love his lessons!

Hard to believe that both of the kids birthdays are right around the corner. It's funny that time can pass so quickly, but when you are a stay at home mom, the individual days can seem so long. Bradley will be having a dinosaur cake and Ella of course wants Princess.

This is a long blog, so I'll wrap it up. However, here's my long day ended. I love reading books to Bradley at the end of the night because he will usually sit so contently in my lap and he loves touch and feel books. So when he finds the furry part of the animal to touch he will laugh and laugh! When saying prayers with Ella tonight she thought we should pray for...elmo, zoe, dora, dora's mommy and daddy, boots, boots' mommy and daddy and babies. On most nights Ella list out her family and friends.

Well, this Mommy Princess Annalise signing off so I can go and clean my castle before another busy day begins!