"Heeyy worms!!"

Chloe has preschool on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00-noon.  On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, she also has speech from 1-1:30.  This makes coming home or going out to lunch difficult; there's just not quite enough time.  So now that spring is here, we've started picnicking at the Woodmont playground in between preschool and speech.  We have a blast!  Pushing Chloe on a swing is the best.  She loves it, and she'll giggle and giggle and giggle. 

Last week when we were up there, there was a small bird pecking around the ground.  Chloe just thought he was the coolest thing ever :  "Hello birdie, hello birdie. Birdie, birdie, birdie. Hello birdie"  over and over and over :)  And then we started talking about why he might be pecking at the ground and how he was probably looking for food.  Imagine Chloe's cutest little sing-songey voice : "Heeyy worms, birdie want to eat you!" 

a few Chloe quotes

"Couper is my best buddy ever in the whole world." - regarding, of course, Couper West from preschool and soccer

Another Couper quote : Ryan and Abby were asking Chloe who her best friend was a few weeks ago, and she replied "God, and Jesus, and COUPER!"  He is apparently a part of the Holy Trinity around here?!?

"She running. I hope her be okay if her fall."  - I think the she in question here was Lyla Stone, I scribbled this note on the day Lyla spent the night with us. 

Here's an old one I had written down from early February : "Stop it water getting on there please"  She was talking to the shower about the tub toys and shampoo bottles that were getting wet :)

In the car on Wednesday, Chloe told me "I wish Daddy here in our car, I want talk to him." Such a sweetie!

She's still crazy quite and shy around strangers, but as soon as we're alone in the car or back home or wherever, she starts talking up a storm.  Her words and vocabulary have taken off, and she's got such a cute and funny personality that's coming out. 

Love you too, my Chlo-Chlo!

Maya the grasshopper

When Chloe gets going, she can be very hilarious :)  I had to start writing down some of the things she was saying to Maya the other day, just because they were so cute!  "Maya why you all covered grass? You look like grasshopper. Hop hop hop!"  "You funny Maya. You is grasshopper. Funny funny funny"

It's also not uncommon for her to throw herself onto Maya and repeat over and over "Maya, I love you, I love you Maya, I love you, I love you, I love you"

Octopus

So Chloe and I were driving home from Cumming along Trinity Church road.  It's a beautiful country road, and I pointed out a pasture of horses to Chlo-Chlo.  She announced something along the lines of "me no like horses, Abby like horses."  We then spotted cows and she decided "me like cows."  This was quickly followed by "me like cows and owls!"  We then went through what everyone in the family likes: Chloe and her cows & owls, Abby and horses & monkeys, Ryan and sharks.  She asked about Daddy, and I told her that I know Daddy liked pandas when he was little.  Mommy also liked pandas, as well as turtles.  And then out of left field, Chloe asks: "why no one like octopus?"  Say what??!!  Totally random; I have no idea where the idea of an octopus came from.  My Chloe cracks me up!!  Her speech and conversational skills are improving so quickly, and it's so much fun to hear what she's going to say next!

Christmas 2015 :)

To each their own

We had a great afternoon taking turns running and biking along the Greenway with Grandpa and Grandma.  Abby rode along too for the first time!  She started riding without training wheels at the end of September and hasn't looked back.  She rode about three miles with me while I ran.  Great job, Sweet Girl!  Grandma and Ryan rode bikes (they left us in their dust and went about seven miles), and Grandpa was awesome enough to hang with Chloe and push her on her pink tricycle.

Afterwards, we stopped at QT.  Mommy got a much desired coffee!  It was a little chilly and I'd been coughing, so the hot liquid was wonderful.  I told each kid they could pick one thing from the convenience store, either a food or drink, but not both (they all had their own water bottles in the car anyways).   Their choices were a bit unique and yet perfectly suited to each one individually.  Chloe picked a little jug of milk.  Chlo-Chlo loves her some milk!  Abby, my salty eater, picked a bag of plain potato chips and devoured the whole thing before I could suggest portion control and saving some for later.   Ryan, my spicy and minty fan, picked a small canister of breath mints.  I love my kids, and I love how completely different they are sometimes!!

Happy 8th Birthday, Ryan!

Ryan Hazen Chase!  Eight years old!

*Ryan's eight year checkup was on 10.15.15. 
He weighs 58lbs 6ozs and is 50.2" tall

Chloe Chase, age three

* On August 20th, 2015 Chloe weighed 31 lbs and stood 37" tall. 

* I love it when Chloe says "Lub You!!"  Although, last night she did say, "I lub you, Mommy."  Bittersweet to hear her starting to say it correctly :)

* Almost any time she asks a question, she follows it up with "how bout that?!"  It's hilarious.

* She loves swimming, playing outside, tormenting Maya, eating cheese, anything owls, going to preschool.

* At the ripe old age of three, she has mastered playing on the tablets and is probably better at them then her Mommy...

* If she had complete freedom to dress herself, she would wear her Duck shirt, Sophia socks, and rainboots every day. 

* She is starting to pick up on song lyrics.  I've heard "buy me boat" and "take your time" repeated more than once.  [Chris Janson's Buy me a Boat and Sam Hunt's Take Your Time].

* She's getting quite verbal, although she still needs some speech help and her sentence structure isn't quite there yet.  A cute example : "Not me reach that"

my kids are awesome

From Ryan's 2nd grade teacher at Avery, Ms. Rudin:

I am going to miss Ryan this school year. He is such a sweet and smart boy.

 

From Abby's K teacher at Avery, Ms. Smith:

I am crying reading this!  She is adorable, sweet, funny, and kind.

 

From Ms. Smith the first week of school:

Abby is just great… so cute and such a good listener!

 

knock knock

Ryan's been big into jokes recently.  We stumbled upon this one probably two months ago, and it's quickly become the family favorite:

.Knock-knock
.Who's there?
.Interrupting cow
.Interrupting c....
.MOO!!

It just doesn't get old.  And here's the best part.  Chloe's all about it too.  Her version is soo super cute!

Chloe: knock- knock
.who's there?
Chloe: DOW!!!
.cow who?
Chloe: MOO!!!!!

When she gets going, she'll say it over and over.  And laugh and giggle, it's adorable.