Saturday, November 14, 2009

My Big Lizzy Girl

My Lizzy is five. The years have gone by way too fast. I look at her and sometimes I get a little sad when I realize that I can't get back the time that has passed. Lizzy will never be that little toddler again. I have been so nostalgic about my kids lately. I really want to freeze time and keep them little and safe and happy with me. I don't want them to go off to school and realize how other kids can be cruel and mean, and do bad things. I am secretly happy that Lizzy wasn't old enough to go to Kindergarten yet. I got to keep her home another year with me.

But since my kids do have to grow up I can enjoy them getting older. There are a lot of fun things about kids growing up. Lizzy really is such a joy. She came to this life so happy. It is so interesting to see Lizzy and the kind of child that she is. She is completely opposite of the kind of kid I was. I was always sad and unhappy and I didn't make friends easily. Lizzy is Miss Social. When I take her to preschool all of the kids come running up to her "Lizzy's here, Lizzy's here!" She is always so happy all of the time. She gets so excited about everything. I love having someone around that has such joy for life. I swear she never has a bad day.

Lizzy is definitely the oldest child. She likes to direct everything and she likes to be the Mommy. She loves trying to take care of Nellie and especially Jane. She is always dragging Jane all around the house and getting things for Jane. No wonder Jane hasn't been very mobile, Lizzy just gets her whatever she wants. When Nellie was sick Lizzy just sat right by her and kept hugging her and getting her whatever she needed. She is the best little helper, whenever I ask her to help me with something, she ALWAYS does it. She i the best little cleaner, she will make her bed everyday and sometimes she will go in and make mine if I haven't done it yet. She just always wants to make people happy.

Lizzy has been really into Barbies lately especially Barbie and the three musketeers. She was pretty disappointed when I told her that she couldn't be a musketeer when she grew up because they no longer existed. So she decided that she was going to be a ballerina when she grew up. She really loves dancing and singing. She loves to have a stay up night and watch So You Think You Can Dance with us. She only like the dances that the girls have the beautiful dresses though. She is just the girlyest girl. She is always wanting me to put makeup on her, and when I tell her that she can't wear it until she gets bigger, she always says she wishes she was a mom like me.

Lizzy loves to sing. Watching her sing in the Primary program was so cute because she really uses her mouth to sing and sings like the people you see on T.V. She is always trying to harmonize songs and practice singing different ways. I think it may be something that will be a real passion for her later on in life.

Lizzy is very conscious of her eating. She is the best eater. She eats everything, she is not picky at all. She always wants to know what vitamins and stuff is in her food that is good for her body, it is too funny. She likes her treats too, but she never sneaks into them and eats them if I don't tell her she can.

One funny thing about Lizzy is that she is very conscious about being a good person, and she can sometimes be a bit self righteous. One day I was doing my cleaning and my shorts were low riding a bit, Well Lizzy said "Mom please pull up you pants." in a very self righteous way. So I said Lizzy that wasn't very nice to say to me and she said all sad "But Mom, I'm just trying to live the gospel!" It was really funny and something I will remember forever.

Some other things about Lizzy:
Lizzy's favorite color is purple
Lizzy's favorite food is pasta
Lizzy's favorite show is Barbie and the Three Musketeers
Lizzy's best friend is Nellie, they have so much fun together and Lizzy always includes Nellie in every situation.

I am so glad that I was blessed with this amazing little girl who is a joy to everyone she meets. I love you Lizzy Lou Lou!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Lizzy's 5!?!

I know that every Mom feels this way but how can my little girl be 5 already! It is just crazy to me how fast times flies! Because we don't live in a place that has anything we had to go down to Salina to get Lizzy's present and October was insane with how busy we were, so it was Lizzy's birthday and we still hadn't gotten her a present, so I dropped Lizzy off at preschool and made the hour trek with Nellie and Jane to Salina to get Lizzy's bike. I was planing on getting her a Hello Kitty purple bike, but when I saw this Barbie bike that was very fancy, I knew Lizzy would like it better. She has been really into Barbies lately.
When we got home and unpacked the bike for her she loved it, but she was disappointed that there weren't any presents the she got to unwrap. We told her that Sunday we would have a birthday party for her and there would be presents for her to unwrap. She was quite alright with having another day that would be all about her.

Lizzy really has wanted a flower cake, and I just didn't want to spend the money to buy another expensive shaped pan so I just made this one up myself, It definitely wasn't my best cake I have made, but I had to make it when we got home from trick-or-treating and I didn't get done until almost 11:00 that night. When Lizzy woke up the next morning and saw it she was so excited and said "it's beautiful Mom!" So as long as she like it and thought it looked good, that was all that mattered.
After cake Lizzy opened presents and that is when Nellie started freaking out, she wanted to open a present and Lizzy wouldn't let her. Nellie went in our bedroom and shut the door and cried. It was sad. The good thing is Christmas is close, so I just went in there and told her after everyone left we could go online and look at some things she could get for Christmas. That helped a little.
Lizzy got a microphone and an amplifier from Grammie and Papi and that was such an awesome present because she is such a singer and she loves to hear herself on the microphone. She got CD's from the Leavitts, s that she could sing along to them and she loves to sing along. She got a barbie and pretty horse from Grandma and Grandpa, it was great because it got there the next day, so she got to extend her birthday out over a week. Thanks everyone for the presents, Lizzy loved them all.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Halloween Stuff

Halloween is always fun because it is the beginning of the holidays and that is my favorite time of year. I found this sucker making kit and I knew the girls would love it and of course they did, Nellie very much enjoyed making her green ghost. Lizzy made herself a kitty and then they made some suckers for some of their friends. When they were done I let the girls have a few bites of theirs. Nellie gave me back hers, and then a few minutes later we couldn't find Nellie, she had hidden under the table and was nibbling on her green ghost. Lizzy wanted to take her sucker to bed to sleep with it, and when we said no she was all sad, she is always wanting to take things to bed with her, she is funny.

On Halloween we carved pumpkins, or Kevin and I carved while the girls watched. Kevy carved Lizzy's, it was a cat and really cute. It was a good thing that Kevin did hers because it was more complex than the ghost one that Nellie wanted, and Kevin has way more patience than I do with these sorts of things.


Nellie didn't want to get the guts out, but I made her at least try it. She wasn't all that fond of doing it and she made me do the rest.

The girls sure were proud of their pumpkins. You would have thought they carved them themselves.


The girls were so cute in their costumes. I made Nelle be little Bo Peep, because it is such a cute costume and I wanted to get good use out of it, plus the sheep costume fit Janie this year, so how could I not. I don't think Nellie was too thrilled but she was a good sport. I promised her next year I will make her whatever costume she wants. We went to a local trunk-or-treat and to a few friends houses. The girls had lots of fun, it was nice because it was a pretty warm night so the girls didn't freeze to death. I decided not to take a bucket for Jane because then I would just end up eating the candy myself and I really don't need anymore sweets then I already get.


Janie wasn't too happy at the time so we didn't get the best picture of her. She was quite happy once we went out trick or treating though and she kept her hat on the whole time.
Cute Little Bo Peep. I am going to make Janie wear this one too, it is just so cute.

Lizzy wanted to be a "Sheerleader" as she says. Of course it had to be out of the shiny fabric, I found the R and thought it would be good for Richeys. She is definitely the cheerleader type, this is just a preview I think for a few years down the road. I wish we would have taken more pictures because for some reason these last two turned out fuzzy. Oh well.