Opening Day, 2019

Opening Day, 2017

Camp, 2016

Christmas Gifts, 2015

Tillie:

 Lego Creative bricks and a green baseplate in a Rubbermaid storage bin

Fashion Plates

4 Our Generation outfits 

Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party

Teddy:

Lego Creative bricks and a green baseplate in a Rubbermaid storage bin

Lego Yoda alarm clock

Imaginext Transforming Batmobile

Flashlight

Bebe:
Lego Duplo Creative Animals

Build-A-Bear

Twilight Turtle

Knuffle Bunny Too

Teddy's Birthday Questions - 4 years old

Starting at age 3, every year on their birthday you ask the same questions and see how their answers change over the years! 
1. What is your favorite color? Blue and Green
2. What is your favorite toy? All the Dinosaur Imaginexts
3. What is your favorite fruit? Blueberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? PJ Masks
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Pretzels and smoothies
6. What is your favorite outfit? I only like my spider shirt.  (It's just what he's wearing right now...)
7. What is your favorite game? The Princess Cupcake game we have downstairs.
8. What is your favorite snack? Pretzels
9. What is your favorite animal? A fox, I really like the foxes, like my camping chair.
10. What is your favorite song? Barges
11. What is your favorite book? My train book
12. Who is your best friend? Kai and Eli (Those are the two boys who are closet in age to him in our Camp group of friends.)
13. What is your favorite cereal? Apple Jacks
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Ride my scooter
15. What is your favorite drink? Apple juice
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Imaxginext and cars and a blankie and sometimes Rosie's Dad.  (Rosie's Dad is the name of his stuffed bear.)
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Blueberry bar
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Cake and cupcakes
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Fireman

Pigtails at Big Star Lake

Father's Day

Interview with Tillie, age 6 & Teddy, age 3.5

What's Daddy's name? Tim, Daddy

What does Daddy do for fun? Do things with us, Oh!  Go in the rain.  That's the thing he likes to do.

What does Daddy do at work? He works as a teacher, He fix things.

My Daddy likes to wear:  Shirt and pants and shorts, Pants and clothes

My Daddy is smart because he knows:  math, because he sits on couches.  I thought he would think it was funny if I writed that one.

It makes my Daddy happy when: reads stories and does things for us, he goes to the Nature Center

What is Daddy's favorite thing to eat? Things that I don't like, Bacon

What does he like to drink? Coffee, Coffee

How old is Daddy? Some number after 20, Kind of like 7:30

How tall is Daddy? I don't know, He's taller than mommy.

What is Daddy's hair like? Light brown, Kind of like mine and yours, but mine is the same and yours is not.

How much does he weigh? I don't know?, *giggles* I don't know what Daddy is!

What makes Daddy the best? He loves me, Hmm, this is a tricky one. Maybe 'cause he knows what time it is.

If he could go on a trip, my Daddy would go to: Camp, Camp.  That's the only thing I knew.

What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? Stay and play toys with him, Sit on the couch together

Our Mom By Tillie Leugs and Teddy Leugs

Our Mom

By Teddy and Tillie

May 2015

 

Happy Mother’s Day! In honor of Amber and her day, enjoy the kids’ responses below.

I really love it when my mom plays Imaginext.

I really love it when my mom reads books to me.

My mom likes to wear dresses.

My mom likes to wear dresses.

My mom always tells me, “Eat your food.”

My mom always tells me, “Clean your room.”

The best thing she does is taking me to Target.

The best thing she does is going shopping with me.

It makes her happy when I’m the fastest to clean up.

It makes her happy when we help her.

My mom loves to relax by shopping.

My mom loves to relax by taking a bath.

I like it when she helps me clean up.

I like it when she takes me to garage sales.

The best thing she cooks is bacon.

The best thing she cooks is broccoli.

When my mom shops she likes to buy all the food. A lot of food.

When my mom shops she likes to buy clothes.

My mom’s favorite household chore is cooking.

My mom’s favorite household chore is Sometimes cleaning.

My mom’s favorite TV show is Paw Patrol.

My mom’s favorite TV show is grown-up shows.

If she could go on a trip, she would go to Daddy’s house [the wood shop in the backyard] (Tim’s note: Amber would never go into the wood shop. It’s the only place where mice live on our property.)

If she could go on a trip, she would go to stores.

I love my mom because she cleans up after us.

I love my mom because she loves us.

I did try asking Bebe these questions, but she didn't have nearly as much to say. Just lots of smiles.

Happy Mother’s Day, Amber! We love you!

Tillie's 6th Birthday

Birthday Questions:
1. What is your favorite color? Red, Pink and Yellow
2. What is your favorite toy? Fairy and Mermaid Barbies
3. What is your favorite fruit?  Apples
4. What is your favorite tv show? Lalaloopsy
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Cheese sticks
6. What is your favorite outfit? Naartjie Outfit
7. What is your favorite game? Disney Princess Cupcake Game
8. What is your favorite snack? Fruit Snacks and Cheddar Popcorn
9. What is your favorite animal? Cat
10. What is your favorite song? Bluebird, Bluebird Through my Window
11. What is your favorite book? Counting in the Garden, The Duckling Gets a Cookie
12. Who is your best friend? Teddy
13. What is your favorite cereal? Frosted Flakes
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Making a House in the Front Yard
15. What is your favorite drink? Milk
16. What is your favorite holiday? Valentine's Day and Easter
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Rosie (Stuffed Bear)
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Frosted Flakes
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Ice Cream
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Superhero

12 Months - Happy Birthday Beatrix!

And just like that, my baby turned one.

Sleep:  Not too much has changed.  I'm thankful she hasn't given up the morning nap yet.

Food:  She's fully on whole milk and happily drinks it cold.  I was a little worried about that since she always took warm formula.  She loves real food and we don't spoon feed her very often, she'd rather do it herself from a pouch.  Her favorites are raspberries, cheese, broccoli, popcorn, peanut butter sandwiches and graham cracker goldfish.

Play:  She's starting to do a lot more of "playing" with toys instead of just putting everything in her mouth.  She likes driving cars and hugging dolls.  She tries to say Mama, Dada, More and All Done.  She LOVES animals and being outside.

Movement:  She walks across rooms by pushing chairs or doll strollers and cruises along furniture.  She can use the tiniest bit of a stable object to stand herself up and has super-long limbs to reach EVERYTHING.  She climbed up two stairs at my brother's house, but she hasn't had more opportunities to test out that skill.  She doesn't like to, but if I balance her standing and let go she can stand for a couple seconds they gently sits herself down.

Size:  She's 22lbs .5oz and 29.5".  She's still wearing a lot of 6-12m things, but I should really weed them out and switch over to 12-18m.  There are just a few things I'm not ready to pack up yet!  Her shoe size is 4.

March 2015 #1SE

Chair Pushing

Beatrix doesn't cruise along furniture, but I think this is the same skill.

11 Months

Sleep:  She's in bed from 7-7 at night.  Now that she can turn the light on, she does often.  So, we know she wakes up and plays in the night, but falls back asleep.  Sometimes after 5 I hear her playing, but I just turn off the monitor and Tim turns the light off when he get up.  She can almost skip her morning nap, but really needs at least 15 minutes.  If we're home I put her in bed at 9:30, but if we're out and about I just hope she falls asleep for a bit.  She usually does.

Food: 11 months means we can start "milking down" her formula bottles!  I'm so excited about buy less formula.  She eats table food for most meals. but if she doesn't eat enough at dinner we give her some yogurt or baby food.  Her favorites are raspberries, shredded cheddar cheese, yogurt, grilled cheese and broccoli.  I'm trying to get her used to a sippy cup, but so far she's not awesome at it.

Play:  She's waved "hi", "bye" for a while now, but this last month she's really gotten into it and does it at appropriate times.  She can sign "more" and "all done", "all done" being her favorite.  She loves to have us count to three and pretend to drop her.  She loves the anticipation and starts giggling when you get to 2.  She wants to have whatever her brother and sister have and always steals there things and crawls as fast as she can whenever the door to their room is open.

Movement: She can stand by a chair, push it across the room and walk with it, but doesn't try to cruise along furniture much.  She pulls up on anything she finds and easily sits herself back down.

Size: She's wearing 6-12m and 12-18m clothes.  The 12-18 are still a little big, but that's good because I want them to fit all summer!  Diapers are size 4 and shoes are a 3 or 6-12m.

Packing

Tomorrow night the kids are sleeping over at Grandma's.  (Tim and I have LaughFest tickets!)  They asked for their suitcases and a bit later they came out of their room all packed.

Tillie:

Blanket, clothes for Saturday, a few pairs of underwear, pajamas, lip gloss and a book.  She told me she'd add Rosie(her bear) when it was time to leave.  I'll probably just add a tank for under the shirt and call it good.

Teddy:

Spiderman bag from his scooter, Henry the hedgehog, blanket, book, toy water sword, Ken doll, felt tools, part of a dinosaur Imaginext, Imaginext guy, a couple pull-ups, a few a pairs of underwear, clothes for Saturday, pajamas and slippers.  And then a whole random pile of toys and weird pieces in the zip-pocket.  I'll probably take out most of the toys and add an extra outfit.

February 1 Second Everyday