Art time

Tegan has been an art machine lately, she asks all the time to paint and color.  Liam likes to chew on the markers and pretend to help.

Red is the color of choice right now

We made our own crayons

Collaboration - Liam doesn't realize his markers always have lids on them

Halloween

We had a little Doc McStuffins and a tiny Superman at our house this year for Halloween.  We trick-or-treated a few expat houses in the neighborhood and then went via cab to each of our friends to trick-or-treat at their houses.  They certainly made Tegan's night!

As Doc would say, a slight case of mixupitis

Tegan turns 3

Whoa, 3!  Tegan is smart, loving and feisty.  She can be shy but after a few minutes to assess a new situation or a person she is ready to go.  She is great at pretending - need a banana to feed that toy monkey but don't have one?, no worries, she'll pick one off that tree over on the other side of the living room for you or pop over the the grocery store in the hallway.  She loves loves loves people, wants to visit, talk, play.  The motivator to get her shoes on as we leave the house is "we can't go see _____ if you don't have any shoes on".  Usually works, but as we say in our house, "sometimes yes, sometimes no".


Likes:
Books
Liam - she loves on him all the time
Cooking and playing restaurant
Helping anyone do just about anything
Apple juice
Doc McStuffins
Babies - her stuffed animals and dolls
Preschool
Painting
Doing things all by herself
Playing soccer
Helping Liam walk, eat, learn words, etc., etc.


Dislikes:
Wearing clothes
Washing her hair
"Tidying" up (who does?)
Wearing shoes

11 months

Likes:
Mom holding and carrying him around
Tegan
Balloons
Fruit
Balls
Walking around furniture or with a helping hand
Pulling toys off the shelves
Playing keep away, especially if he is what is being kept away from someone
Taking a few falling steps into your arms

Dislikes:
Wearing hats
Waking up alone
Sleeping on his own all night - prefers to join mom and dad around 3am
Diaper changes