The Nichols Family: 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

New Things for a New Year

Taylor Kate-

Finally learning that she needs to share with Chloe because Chloe loves to play with what she is playing with!
Loves preschool, library and friends.
She talks on her phone to all of her friends daily. I am not sure what we are going to do when she is a teenager!
Her favorite color is still pink, however, she is starting to like pink and black or pink and brown or pink and purple! As long as pink is somewhere in the mix she loves it!
Her favorite activities are painting, play dough, using scissors, glue, taking pictures, going to the library and hanging out with her friends!
Funny things she says are: I need to bring out my muscles, I think I need a candy snack, I do not like healthy food for a snack, bye poop say hi to Nemo for me, I have a big mommy- I like it that you are fat, you're a good cook mom cuz this food is delicioso!

Chloe

Pull herself up into a standing position, she loves standing at the ottoman she just squeals with delight
Half scoots and half crawls everywhere
Continues to be a very happy baby and very low maintenance, only time she is very unhappy is riding in the car! She cries every time she is put in her car seat and in the car.
Loves her walker, even tries to take it down the step daily
Loves to eat paper
Loves bitter biscuits which ruin her outfits daily
Starting to enjoy food, however will not eat any of the organic homemade baby food I made or the frozen organic food. She will only devour baby food from a jar! She loves Earth's Best organic baby food from a jar so much she grunts while I feed her. Go figure!!!
Loves to squeal when she is happy or wants your attention and it is a really high pitch squeal
Laughs at Taylor when Taylor dances or tickles her
Smiles really big after taking a nap and after eating

I will get some pictures posted when I take some! I have been soooo bad with the camera lately. Happy New Year everyone! Love, the nichols family

Friday, December 18, 2009

We try to do a craft or activity everyday to keep Taylor, Chloe and mommy sane and keep the television from entertaining Taylor with Dora and Elmo! Here are some of the Christmas stuff we have done over the last week!

Chocolate chip cookies and Oreo brownies for friends and neighbors! I have to get them outta the house before I eat them and then wonder why my pants are snug!

Gingerbread house! Taylor had a hard time putting the candy on the house and not in her mouth!

Glitter pine cones! Taylor loved squirting the glue all over the pine cones because she had to "bring her muscles out" to squeeze the glue!

Footprint/handprint reindeer that is on quilting fabric! So in 18 years I will have this made into a reindeer quilt! Yeah, I know Steve has already said, "you are going to make them do that when they are 18?" Why, yes I am! Sorry girls

3 years of Taylor's reindeer ornaments, look how she has grown (not much)! Haha my little peanut

Taylor and Chloe's ornaments

Snowman ornament made from white hand prints and the poem goes:

These aren't just 5 snowmen as anyone can see

I made them with my hand which is a part of me

Now each year when you trim the tree, you'll look back and recall

Christmas of 2009 when my hand was just this small!

Thanks Katy for the craft! It turned out super cute and Chloe's~ well it is more of a white blob but we made it work, just not blogable!! Haha

Christmas Events

While putting down Chloe for a nap, Taylor decided she needed a little makeup! She decided to apply a layer of faux tan to her face! She peered into Chloe's room after finishing her tanning process and then ran downstairs as she knew this was quite a mistake!@!! Yes, she does have a bruise on her forehead to prove the day I have HAD!!! Needless to say, NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!