Crocodile Rock

I remember when rock was young.  Me & Suzy had so much fun...  Finn & Fish had an Elton John night one night and the results were amazing!  Lots of singing and dancing happened that night!  And I have to say that both of them were striking the disco pose like they were born to do it!

We also took Fish's passport photo that night.  And Finn was the test shot.  This photo of her is everything that is Finn.  Messy hair.  Big doe eyes.  And ultimate sass.  Fish photo turned out spectacular!  I know that I'm surely biased, but man, my kids are cute.

And finally, that night, Fish was climbing all over E.  So I snapped a couple of photos that have quickly turned into my favorites of all time.

This photo is IT for me.  The cuteness slays me.

The next Van Gogh (of nails)

So there is a new pastime in our house.  It's very girly and it's something that Finn absolutely LOVES to do.  Any guesses?!?!?!?  If you guessed fingernail polish, you are absolutely correct!  My sister in law gave her a bottle of yellow fingernail polish for Christmas.  It was REAL fingernail polish.  Finn immediately made Papa take off his socks and painted his toe-nails (which are probably still yellow to this day).  Since Christmas, I bought her a "little girl" set of fingernail polish.  It's a perfect set for her -- because it peels off.  She has since painted my nails multiple times.  The first time, I forgot to pull out the real yellow nail polish and had chipped yellow nails for at least two weeks.  No one is saved from getting fingernail polish (except Tara who has an actual manicure done).  Fish doesn't get it as often, bc she "doesn't like him".  But one morning, both Fish & Daddy got in on the spa day.

It's a bird! It's a plane!

It's SUPERGIRL!!!!  At Finn's preschool, they have extra activities after school called Fun Frolics.  February's theme was Kid Fitness.  Some of the activities they did were American Ninja Warrior camp and zumba.  But they also had a superhero camp.  And the kids were able to wear a superhero outfit to school if they wanted.  Well, we just happened to have a Supergirl costume that fit the bill.  She loved it!  When she got home that day, I asked her what they did during camp.  And she said that they practiced their superhero poses.  So of course, I had to get out my camera and document!

This one I think she made up on the fly!

My Sass-Master at 4 years

---During her 4-year well visit, Finn weighed in at 34.5 pounds and was 3 feet 4 inches tall.  She is in the 45th percentile for weight and the 52nd percentile for height.
---She is right now in size 4T.  She seems to be be still fitting in them fine.  Some of her skinny jeans she says are too tight -- but I'm not sure if that is more they are actually too tight, or they are more constricting then her stretchy pants that she wears a lot.  I know that I feel like my jeans are tight when I wear yoga pants constantly, even if they aren't really tight.

---So, all I can say is she eats.  She doesn't eat well.  But she eats.  She became quite the picky eater when Fish came.  It's my fault because our variety that we had before he came was quickly replaced with fast and easy meals, leading to her not wanting to eat anything.  Her current favorites are mac & cheese, pizza, chicken nuggets, chicken, apples with peanut butter, donuts, & fruit snacks.  Also anything candy (of course) -- it amazes me that she will try candy that she has never had before, but when I get her to try regular food, she refuses immediately saying it's yucky.  And she now refuses red sauce and ketchup -- like straight up refuses to eat anything that has touched either.
---Finn is super smart.  We just had a conference with her teacher for her preschool and she is doing amazing.  She is very bright and catching onto things quite quickly.  She loves books and we are working on recognizing & writing all her letters.  She can write her name quite well.

---She loves dancing and gymnastics.  She will make up routines and perform them for us.  The music has to be really loud or according to her, she can't dance right.
---She is also a big comedian.  She always says things or does things that she think is going to make us laugh.  Right now, her current favorites are dirty bathroom jokes.  I'm trying to steer her away from the poops and the pees of the world.  But she thinks that it is one of the funniest things now to talk about butts and farts.  Definitely a boy in that category.

---She is starting to get her girl routine into full swing.  Lots of dresses and headbands with bows on them.  But the big thing that she is passionate about right now is makeup.  She always wants to put on my makeup or put on the little-girl makeup that we bought for her.  Last week, I let her get into my eyeshadow and it didn't end up on her eye lids -- but she had dark black all over her cheeks and chin.  It was really fun to see how proud she was that she did her own makeup.

---Her current favorite TV shows are Paw Patrol, Mutt & Stuff, My Little Pony, Barbie and watching videos on youtube about My Little Ponies.

---Her favorite songs right now are Katy Perry's "Roar", "Shut Up & Dance", Taylor Swift's "Shake It  Off" and Katy Perry's "Firework".

Where a kid can be a kid!

Finn's birthday was quiet just like Fish's.  We made it special by making it her day ALL DAY!  She got to eat whatever she wanted for breakfast and lunch.  And dinner was spent at the only place where a kid can be a kid.  That's the motto for Chucky Cheese, right? She even got to wear a tiara!  While E wasn't the most excited to be there, once he saw how much fun the kids were having, he seemed to realize that it's okay to say that you are having fun at Chucky Cheese.  And hey, the pizza wasn't as bad as I remember it being!

The Birthday Girl!

The partner in crime

Aunt Tara

The horse game was the biggest hit!  It moved and would "jump".  You were supposed to race other horses.  The kids just went for a ride. I think that Finn finished the race but way behind -- Fish just ran into fences and walls.   

This was Mommy, Daddy, Tara's favorite!  The top one was our first one -- which just showed the top of her head.  So we raised them up and we were getting them so excited for the photo to be taken.  The countdown came and we were all like "Smile big!  Say cheese!" ready for a beautiful photo.  And then, Fish ended up looking like a stoner...

Fish was too little to get up into the tubes that were circling the play area.  So I had to climb into the tube and contort my body into the little tubes to help Fish get up to the top so he could play with Finn.

For all the games that we played and all the tickets we tried to win, they just ended up wanting to "buy" candy with their tickets.

Happy 4th birthday, Finn!

Fish's birthday

For Fish's birthday at the beginning of February, Mimi and Papa came out.  I had a big project for my dad to help complete here.  He built some built-in drawers for our closet so we could make a walk-in from a small alcove that was left from the addition the previous owners completed.  The drawers worked out fabulously and I'll update on that in a later post.  But Mimi and Papa were here for a long weekend and we had a great time!  We made Mimi's famous sugar cookies on Fish's birthday.  The kids really enjoyed themselves.  And we finished off the birthday with cake and ice cream and of course, singing "Happy Birthday" to the birthday boy (video at the very bottom of the post).