And Now There Are Four: January 2020

Josie's 46/47/48 month stats: 43 lbs, 3'8" inches, 6T in clothing, size 10 shoes

Josie's favorite books/songs: M iss Nelson is Missing; Dewy the Library Cat; All "Critter" books. We rediscovered this personalized CD where all of the songs include her name so that's been huge in this house. We also integrated a Google Home system and the requests for Disney songs are plentiful. Thanks, Google.

Josie's favorite movies/tv shows: Aladdin (live action), Pippi Longstocking; PeeWee's Playhouse (much to my chagrin), Rainbow Rangers

Josie's greatest hits: She is full of hilarity and wisdom and sass, as per usual. Read on.

Josie: "Mama, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Me: "An educational psychologist. What do you want to be?" Josie: "Snow White! No, wait. I want to be just like you. I want to be you!" (and cue the tears - mine, not hers)
Josie: “Mama, I have a question for you.” Me: “Shoot” Josie: “Was it important that I was born?” Me: “Yes honey, very important.”
“Mama, I don’t want a brother anymore. Can we go back in time and instead get a cat?”
"Mama, may I have milk please? Okay thank you, mission accomplished”
“Mom, why are you throwing these (old leopard-print flats) away? I wanted to wear them when I am 42. Or 10.”
Grammy: "Josie, what color is your brain?" Josie: “Glitter!”
Josie: “That must be someone else’s puppy in our yard. Mommy, speaking of yards, can we go and play in ours for a little bit?”
Josie: "Hey mama. When I grow up, I want to be a doctor. I want to be a chiropractor so I can be with Daddy all day and help him feel better." Me: "That's great - solid plan." Josie: "And, Jonas, what do you want to be?: Jonas: "My Daddy." Josie: (in the most condescending voice possible) "Ohhhhh that's so cute, Jonas. You want to be a Daddy and I want to be a doctor. A-dor-able."

Josie's new tricks

Josie had her first dance recital and she was magnificent! It's amazing to see how much joy she experiences performing! This was absolutely one of the highlights of my year. She also received a working microphone and has been ~~screeching~~ singing all of her favorite songs.

She's quite the budding artist. She's always created art and now her pieces are beginning to resemble her intentions. Check out this airplane!

Check out her new school photo!

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Jonas' 18-21 months stats: 31.5 lbs, 33 inches; 24 mos/2T in clothing, size 6 diapers, size 7 in shoes (big paws!), hazel eyes, blonde hair, and 6+ teeth!

Jonas' favorite books/songs/tv shows: Wheels on the Bus; Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes; Where's Baby's Belly Button; Because I'm Your Dad; Peppa Pig, "Pippi Longstocking is Coming to Town", PeeWee

New words/sentences:

18 months: "Daddy nene" (all finished); “nack nack” (snack); "Me up";“too” = me too, purple (correctly identified a purple thing), bus, hat, help, itchy, open, off

19 months: “Baby doo doo; Star doo doo, Mama doo doo, Papa doo doo, Hotdog doo doo, Dada doo doo, Bubble doo doo” “See, happened?”, “turn” (may I have a turn); one, two, three; geen (green); disgusting; Jonathan: "Joney, you’re so handsome! (Jonas touches his hair and admires himself in the mirror)

20 months: Josie: "Sorry mom for trying to take your skin off (Jonas scratched me). Jonas, you have to say sorry.” Jonas: “Big mess!”

Jonas: (picking up laundry basket) big basket! Heavy!

Me: Help me put away the folded clothes, Jonas

Jonas: “Helping!) (and then when done) “Show, show! Deedee, look!”

Josie: “Oh Jonas I am so proud of you.”

Jonas: “Spins into a celebration dance”

21 months: “Night, night mama.” “Mama look! Big tree!” “Daddy watch. Daddy help me.” “My favorite color is boo (blue).” “Daddy look. Nack nack all gone. (Points to the snack cup) “Nothing”.

“I want to see her” (about going to see Josie at bedtime)

Can sing London Bridges, Itsy, Bitsy Spider

Jonas' new tricks

We have a dance obsession. Well, dance and tutu obsession.

We've also become more independent at the park!

And the performance bug has officially hit all Young offspring.

Jonas has also caught the fear of monsters bug, which means he is officially my child. Really, he is afraid of the loud air conditioning unit but we have to check for monsters regularly. Poor guy. It's hard to tell him there are not monsters when I really know they exist! :D

In other Young family news...

We spent a fun Halloween with some of our best friends in our area!