Quick Aelita Update

Aelita is getting big and talks alot. She also loves playing movies on the Wii from netflix. Aelita enjoys going to school most of the time and is learning lots of fun stuff. She also loves spending time with her primary teachers after church on sunday with her sister.

Aelita's 1st Parent teacher conferance

Today i had Aelita's first parent teacher conferance. It was basicly to show me how Aelita is doing in school and what i need to work on with her at home. She's doing really well with a lot of things she just needs to work on her colors brown black white and grey. She's such a smart girl.

Aelita Update

Aelita is doing well. She loves preschool and going to all the babysitters houses because she has other friends to play with. she also loves to play the wii and watch movies. her favorite movies at the moment are the aladdin movies. She now knows that her name starts with an A and can write the a all by herself. She is growing up so fast. 

Aelita

I've noticed that I've been updating on Ki and not so much on Aelita lately. Aelita is doing very well. She loves school except for nap time. She also really likes her teachers and the other children in her class.  She says that she really likes being able to paint and draw at school. Aelita loves books and especially likes her poingo that grandma sent her that reads the story and has other activities that she can do with the books that comes with it. Aelita also likes playing the Wii even though we only have a few games for it.  Aelita is such a joy to have around and is so much fun. She has grown so much is the last few months and i can't believe how smart she is. Her new favorite phrases that she's been using lately is "you crack me up" and "that freaks me out" and "this is ridiculous"

Quick update on Aelita

Aelita is doing great. She really enjoys going to school even though they make her take naps. She also loves to ride her bike again and wants to ride it all the time now.  Aelita also likes to play the Wii and watch movies. Aelita has fun coloring and painting, and just having fun.

Head Start

Today Was Aelita's first day of Preschool. She had a lot of fun playing with the other kids and out on the playground.  the only thing she didnt' seem too thrilled about was nap time which for her is normal. She really liked that mommy stayed with her the whole day while sissy was at the baby-sitters for the day. will post some pics later.

Aelitaisms

when you ask her if she wants to go some where she now replies"mom, i cant i'm busy" or when i ask her to clean up her toys she replies" mom i cant clean up my toys i'm still playing with them" it's kind of fustrating but cute too so i can't get too mad at her.  she has also started riding her bike again but now she rides super super slow because she's afraid of falling off again.

trip out to colorado part 3

here are some more pics of our trip to colorado. To see pics of Kiana you'll need to check out her blog.

                                                   using the giant bathtub as a swimming pool

eating lunch at the family cabin

           Cousins Sammy and Tiana

                                                           Sammy, Kiana, Zach, Tiana, and Aelita

trip out to colorado part 2

While out in colorado we took lots of pictures, played in the trees and in the creek. we also took pictures by what's left of the railroad track that our great great grandfather built. here are some pics it may take a few post to get them all.

I will post more pics in another post. keep checking back for more.

Birthday Party

Yes i know that this post is way out of order but who cares at least i finally remembered to put it on here.  June 26th we had aelita's 4th B-day party. it was so much fun and had the best turn out so far. She got a lot of stuff this year too. My mom sent her a little jewelry box, a book, and a few other things. The relief  society president came and brought her a bunch of things as well but at the moment i honestly can't remember who gave her what anymore. However she also got a byu bike and a blue helmet with monkeys riding bikes all over it.

(Aelita's Birthday Cake that i made for her a combo

 of little mermaid and byu just like she wanted)

(Aelita's new bike that she just loves and the monkey helment)

Trip out to colorado.

                                                                                                                                                               

 (blowing dandilions at trout lake)

Last mondayAelita,Kiana, and mommy went out to Colorado with Oma (grandma) and Opa(grandpa) Dawes mommies foster parents to the family cabin. Aelita had a ton of fun playing with all the cousins especially Zach. The two of them were always together and almost always inseperable. She also had lots of fun putting puzzles together and a lot of other things.  On the way home we stayed in a motel and went swimming of course aelita really didn't like the water but she still got in and tried to have fun still.  i will post more pics later.

HeadStart Health Screening

Today Aelita had a health screening for the headstart program.we left here at 11:30 and after getting lost on the way there finally made it at 12:20 still an hour earlier then the appointment time but luckily they don't care they just herd you like the military does the first few days of basic training. Anyway, the checked her eyes and ears and teeth. they also checked her iron and did a lead test on her.  next week she has her physical with dr. glade so that he can fill out paper work that the headstart still needs. I cant' believe that she's already in pre-school and that she'll be 4 on saterday. where did the last 4 years go?

sick again

aelita is sick yet again. This morning at 3 am she threw up all over my bed and my laptop. She seems to be feeling better now, but i've only been giving her toast and water. hopefully it was just a 24 hour thing i can't handle this throwup stuff.

Better already

aelita is already better after only being sick for two days lucky girl her poor sister was sick with the same thing for a week. anyway Aelita is back to her old self again bugging the heck out of kiana and mommy and constintly wanting to watch tv. but at least she is healthy again right :)

Sick

Aelita caught whatever it was that kiana had only not nearly as bad as far as the sleeping all day and throwing up blood anyway. she's only really had a fever and slightly swollen tonsils. she has however been extreamly more cranky lately not that i can blame her i would be too if i felt the way she probably feels right now.

picky eater

Aelita has become quite the picky eater lately.  the only thing that she really ever wants to eat is cereal, fish sticks or chicken nuggets or pasta with butter on it. it's getting really agravating but hopefully it is just a phase that she is going though.

not sleeping in her room.

Lately Aelita has been refusing to sleep in her room and it's getting really fustrating. She was doing so well when we first got their new beds but now she keeps saying that she's scared. how can i get her to sleep in her own bed again? right now i have kiana's old crib mattress on my floor for them to sleep on when they get scared but with Aelita it's every night and she won't even stay on the mattress and often ends up in my bed by morning.

Head Start Preschool

Today I went to enroll Aelita in Head start. It was a ton of paper work to fill out and i still need to take some things down to them. I really hope that she gets in so i don't have to pay so much for child care.  I also really think that i will be very helpful in getting her ready for kindergarten next year.  I also think that i would be good for her to be socialized with more kids other than her church class and the kids at the baby sitters house.

Almost Four

Next month aelita will be turning 4. I let her pick her theme again this year and at first she chose the land before time and then she settled on the little mermaid. So off i go on trying to figure out how to decorate her cake and trying to get all her invitations out and buy the decorations.  She's really excited for her birthday to be here. She also starts soccer this fall which she's really looking forward to.

Flowers

A few weeks ago i bought a little flower pot for each of the girls and aelita and I planted hers because Kiana needed a nap. Anyway, they've now sprouted and Aelita loves to watch them grow. here are a few pics from the past few days.

It's been forever since i've updated Aelita's blog.  Aelita is doing very well. She still loves watching The land before time. We've also got satalite now and she loves to watch mickey mouse club house, the backyardagains, ni hao, kai lan, and dora as well as a few others that are on playhouse disney and nick jr.  She still is having a rough time in sunbeams and i'm sure my being her teacher is part of the problem.  Overall she is great to have a round and is a good big sister to Kiana and wants to be with Kiana all the time.

Easter

Aelita had a pretty good easter. In the morning after breakfast she got her easter basket from mommy that had a stuffed doggy with bunny ears and a flower in its mouth that she loved as well as some reeses peanut butter eggs and m&m's. in between conference sessions Sister and brother Johnson gave her and Kiana a huge picture of Jesus with children. After conference we went down to Jenny and Nates in paysen for dinner and dessert. Aelita had a Ton of fun playing with Remington and all of his toys.

Easter Eggs

Today Aelita helped dye easter eggs. She had a lot of fun and loves getting ready for easter. she's also looking forward to going to jenny's house to see Remington for easter. I'll post pics later.

Ryan and Asha's Wedding

Aelita really had a great time at ryan and asha's wedding reception this past saterday. The fun actually started about a week before when ryan's brother Hyrum came down with his daughter kate. then the following week many more people showed up and Aelita loved having the company.  She looked way cute in her dress and loved playing and dancing with the other kids that were also at the reception.

and here she is eating which has been her favorite thing to do lately.

little teenager

Aelita has recently started really being disrespectful and disobedient lately. she also really likes to talk on the phone so much that i've taken all my friends off the speed dial. Sorry to all of those that she so  frequently called. However on a good note. she is still for the most part a sweet kid. she still loves to give hugs and kisses to just about anyone that she  knows. Aelita has also started on this thing where if i don't give her what she wants she says "Fine mommy i'm going call Kelli" ok first off have know idea where she got that from or why she always says she want's to call kelli and not grandma but whatever i've learned to keep my phone far far awya from Aelita. however if aelita does call it's probably because i told her she couldn't have or do something.

Curly top

Aelita loves to have her hair done and so this saturday i put curlers in her hair after her bath and took them out sunday morning. She looks so cute with curls in her hair.

Ear infection...yet again

I took aelita to the urgent care clinic last night and she has yet another ear infection. The doc put her on augmentin for the ear infection.  Today i picked up the perscription at the store but the store  couldn't submit it to the insurance because it was down so i had to pay out of pocket $116 dollars for her perscription. It's ok though i'd rather pay for it then have her ear infection get worse. I am however going to make her an  appointment with dr. glade monday and see about getting tubes in her ears to help her not get so many ear infections.

My Sick baby girl

Aelita is sick again. She's so stuffy and has a low grade fever. She's started waking up in the middle of the night and coming to sleep with mommy lately.  this cold has also made her asthma manifest itself again as well. She is so miserable right now and i hate seeing her not feeling well, even though she loves to be held and carried when she's sick.

Bunk Beds

Yesterday i bought the girls bunk beds! Since i only had one mattress Aelita slept on the bottom bunk while Kiana slept in her toddler bed for one more night. Today i let Aelita pick out sheets for their new beds(I have to have matching sheets on bunk beds it bugs me for some reason when they don't match) anyway, She picked pink sheets of course and wanted to get the blanket that goes with them but i didn't want to pay $30 for something that she'll want to replace when she gets older so she too is still sleeping with her blanket that i made her that is blue for christmas.

Aelita and the Table

ok so saterday aelita bust her lip on  the couch(read more in previous post) tonight she hits her face on the table in the corner of the living room. however tonight was just a bruise by her eye and just need a little tender loving care unlike saterday nights injury. anyway here's a pic of her newest battle wound.

No more monkeys jumping on the couch.

Last night after i put on over the hedge for Aelita i went upstairs to put a load of laundry on and put her carseat back together and aelita decided that it would be fun to jump on  the couch after being told not to over 100 times. Well last night seemed to not be a good night for jumping on the couch as she hit her face on the back of the couch and busted her lip and bled like crazy. She came up the stairs and the stairwell looked like a crime scene she had blood on every stair, the basement door and the walls and not to mention the couch and her pj's were completely coverd in blood as was her face and hands. It was a crazy night to say the least. However 1 bottle of peroxide and a few clorox wipes and there is no sign of blood anywhere other than her pjs that mommy hasn't washed quite yet. I don't know if you can see it or not but here is a pic of tonights little injury that caused such a huge mess.

Soccer

Today i registered Aelita for soccer with the North Utah county Soccer league. She seemed really excited when i asked her if she wanted to play soccer before i registered her so i went ahead and did it. It will be $50-$60 for registration if she gets a spot but it's a small price to pay to have her out playing with other kids and being able to actually play outside again. hopefully she'll have fun.

The Land Before Time

Aelita has really gotten into the Land before time series. She watches the first one about 3x a day if i let her but normally i'll only  let her watch it until i'm finished with my homework. She's also seen the 2nd and 3rd one which i have downloaded on my laptop as well as the 7th and 9th i haven't been able to find the other ones and i think there's like 12 of them now.  She also has memorized alot of the dialog and is taking like duckie and is always saying yep,yep,yep and nope nope nope. it's kinda funny but the movie is about to retire to a hiding spot.

Aelita's Blanket

This Christmas I made Aelita a Princess Blanket and she loved it. When ever it's her quite time and i have her lay on the couch she'll say to me "mommy i need my princess blanket you made for me" or "mommy I can't have quite time with out my blanket you made me" She so cute and i'm so glad that she really loves her blanket and wants it with her every where she goes. here are some pics of the wonderful blanket.

Learning book

Since Aelita turned three we started working on a Learning notebook. however after a year of working with her and printing new pages every so often it is now slightly too full and her book will hold no more. however since she really enjoys doing the worksheets that are in her book i keep printing and keep adding. so far some of the subjects we have are writing, science, math, spanish, social studies and a section full of opposites, same/different and some others that i don't know how to classify. her crayons are also being held in her notebook.

New Sweatshirt

Today i was finally able to get Aelita a UVU Sweatshirt. The main reason why she even got this shirt is because she refuses to wear a coat or jacket and is always wearing her UVU t-shirt that she would try to wear everyday so i figured maybe if i got her a sweatshirt at least she'll be at little bit warmer then wearing just a longsleeve shirt or t-shirt. While we were at costco getting diapers and pull-ups and wipes she spilled one of the samples on it and told me at dinner i had to wash her sweatshirt so she could wear it again tomorrow.

Kelli's Visit

Today we had a visit from Kelli, Tom and Morgan.  Aelita loved that they were here.  They brought Aelita a headband with some flowers to attach to it and some candy. her favorite thing though was the monkey ornament to hang on the tree next year....after i glue the tail back on that kiana pulled off and the ear that aelita managed to take off he's still a cute monkey though. Thanks Kelli

This is Aelita with the way cute headband that Kelli made for her

SunBeams

This Sunday Aelita will be moving up from nursery to being a sunbeam in primary. It's so exciting and she is definitly excited about it. She is really looking forward to going to primary this year and runs around the house wanting to sing Jesus wants me for a sunbeam and popcorn popping on the apricot tree. She's grown up so much. I guess the next major mile stone for her will be starting kindergarten in 2011.