February 2010

Well another month has passed here in Texas. It was a fun one for the girls with several snow days and 7+ inches of snow! They also had Valentine's day this month and enjoyed opening presents and eating lots of candy! We had a Superbowl Party and Rylie's birthday at the Schwendeman's and Sarah's birthday at the Renshaw's! It was a fun month and we got to spend lots of quality time with our friends!

Braenna has really started to turn into more of a little girl and less of a baby this month. It is so fun to watch her change so quickly. She is quickly becoming obsessed with the potty...not that she has actually used it yet, but she is constantly wanting to sit on it and is really starting to understand when she has to go. Just a few days ago she walked up to me and said "poo-poo" (which she says A LOT!) and so I checked her, told her she didn't go and went on with what I was doing. About a minute later she walks up and says it again, I check her and sure enough, she went! So, I guess it's time that the Stampf household get back in gear for potty training...feels like we just did this not too long ago!! Braenna is also getting really good with her words. This month she started repeating things that people say and she is really remembering them. She says please and thank you at the right times now and is very into whose something is...for instance "Daddy's shoes" or "Kaya's baby". And yes, Kai has become Kaya as her language develops. I'm sure before long she will call her Mikaiya just like everyone else does. And the cutest thing, this morning I sneezed and sneezed and sneezed (spring has sprung!) and after each sneeze, Braenna said, "Bess Ooo". So cute!!

Mikaiya is doing well too. We had her parent teacher conference this month and were told that she is right on track and on the more advanced side of her class. This is good to hear because we are just never sure what she should be doing at this age. She is one of the youngest in her class, so I have already been pushing with the management at school that when they do their next "move up" to the next class, I want her staying with her friends. She usually gets left behind because she is 2 months younger than the large group in her class. She goes to Pre-K next, and she will do Kindergarten after that and since she will be with kids that age when she goes to Kindergarten I want her with them when she goes to Pre-K. I'm not sure why they don't do "move ups" based on ability and not age, but for some reason that doesn't seem to be the case. Regardless, I've been assured that she will move to Pre-K in June with all of her classmates. She also starts T-ball in March. She has been doing ballet and tap for awhile now, but has been asking to play something with a ball...so T-ball it is! This should be interesting!!

Well, now that I've writtin a book (and here I thought I had nothing to say this month!!), here is the link to our February pictures:

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