Rileigh's favorite things

Since I had a post about Grant the other day I thought I would give you a list of Rileigh's favorite things. Her favorite indoor activity is artsy stuff like painting, coloring, stamps, stickers, etc. Her other favorite thing to do indoors is play dress up and dress up like a princess (of course). She also likes helping mommy in the kitchen she likes to stir and add stuff to the mixing bowl when we are making cookies or even dinner. Her favorite show is Wow Wow Wubzy on Noggin (don't ask me what this character is supposed to be). When the weather is nice she likes to play outside with her friends in the neighborhood. Most of the kids are 3 or 4 years older than Rileigh but they all play well together. Everyone keeps commenting on how tan she is but it's not for lack of

sunscreen she is just always outside in the summer. She loves to ride her bike and her razor scooter. Her favorite thing to drink is chocolate milk. Her favorite dinner is cheese pizza and her favorite dessert is chocolate ice cream on a cone (do you see a theme???). She gets her love of chocolate from her grandmas because she sure doesn't get it from us. She also loves school and still gets excited everyday that she goes. These are some of Rileigh's favorite things. Oh yeah she also loves her family, all of them and gets excited to see them each time they come to visit or she goes to visit them.

This is Rileigh with her best friend Jillian who lives across the street.

Here is a video of her ballet class I didn't get the whole dance bc my memory card was full but I got most of it... they are so funny! OK techinical difficulties check back later for some reason I can't get it to download...

6 Things about Grant

Grant is going to be 3 in two weeks so I thought I would post some of the funny little things about him. 1. He still sucks his thumb, this I am not all that worried about yet, I am going to focus on potty training first (ugh!). He is so funny with his thumb, he likes to rub something with the other hand while he is sucking his thumb. Ususally he has his hand on his belly while sucking his thumb but if he is laying down next to me he likes to rub the mole on my cheek... why I do not know but he has always done this, and if i have my head turned he will grab my face and turn my head so he can reach it, too funny! 2. He loves to talk on the phone to nana and papa he get so excited when I call nana and wants to get on the phone but the funny thing is this is how the conversation goes.... "Hi nana, Bye nana" and then hands me the phone, he is already a man of few words. 3. He takes 2 of something (usually 2 cars, but can be 2 of anything) and makes them talk to each other like they are friends. It is so funny, he will have them say "Hello what is your name? You are my friend." He has these little conversations with his toys all the time and it cracks me up every time. 4. He asks me "mommy what's your name?" and I respond "it's mommy" he says "it's Amee Wancaster". He will also call daddy Chad David.... oops guess I say that too much! 5. When Grant agrees with something instead of saying me too he says me three, which always cracks me up. 6. When you ask him "Grant how old are you going to be on your birthday?" He says 4. Even though we have told him a thousand times no you are going to be 3, he says "I B 4on my birday!" Even though you may look 4 bud sorry to say you are only going to be 3 and that is fine with mommy, you are getting too big as it is anyway.



This morning mommy's pumpkins were the "friends" that he was playing with, they even came to eat breakfast with him.

Jokesters

We didn't really do a whole lot this past weekend. Mommy went to a Journey concert on Wednesday night, and stayed up WAY too late so she had to catch up on her sleep. Saturday Rileigh had her first soccer game and scored 2 goals! She is pretty good when she is not tired. Tonight at practice she was not really into it and was at the back of the pack most of the night but I think she was just too tired to run that much. She really loves school and asks every night "Do I have school tomorrow?" She cracks me up with some of the things she comes up with. She drew a picture of our family at school today but it was only me, her, and Grant and our house. When I asked her where daddy was she said he's locked in the house, and then she started cracking up laughing. She is a big jokester like her daddy! Grant has been pretty good since he is drug around to soccer and dance every week. He was getting a little honery tonight, running on the field a little farther each time.... What am I going to do with him? He is such a mommy's boy. He will cheer for the girls running and then if people see him or notice he will run over and hide in my lap, it is too funny! I think he is enjoying the couple hours that Rileigh is at school that he gets alone with us. It is his time to play alone with us or just hang out without his sister wanting attention too. They are both growing up way too fast!

1st Soccer Practice

C'mon mom take the picture!

First of all this was the most entertaining hour I have had in a long time. These girls all 4 years old were hilarious. They were all over the place. There was one little girl that must have older siblings in soccer because she was pretty good but Rileigh kept up with her most of the time. Rileigh can actually run pretty fast but isn't that aggressive when going for the ball (this is something we must work on). We will have to practice this week before the first big game this Saturday. The girls worked on skills for the first 3o min and then played 4 on 4 and then 3 on 3 for the final 30 min. This was the hilarious part. Some kept using their hands, some just stared at the ball as it was passing them by, and a few actually went for it. It was mass chaos! All I have to say is the coaches have A LOT of patience! What I can't believe is how old she looks in her uniform! She's definately getting to be a very big girl! Nana and Papa Freund came to the first practice and took us out for Ice Cream afterwards and

My big girl!

Practicing her dribbling skills

Running in the 3 on 3 game

Dirty?

Just had to post these pics. Grant and Rileigh were outside playing with their friend Jillian all day today. They were playing with Salamanders that they found around the neighborhood. Forsome reason there are tons of them. Anyway Grant ended up looking like a dirty orphan child... I think he rubbed his hands in the dirt and then just rubbed them all over his face. The pics didn't really show how dirty he was but believe me I have to wash the bathtub out now because he left a ring around it from all the dirt that was washed off. So I told him "Grant you are so dirty!" He was afraid I was going to make him come inside and take a bath so his response was "I not dirty, I not!" He ran back over to Jillian's house and barely let me take the pics! He is so funny.

1st day of school

Rileigh had her first day of school this week. She was so excited on her first day as you can tell. We had to stop and take the pic so we were 5 min late... ooops, it wasn't really a big deal because they plan for kids to arrive for the first 15 min anyway. So mommy got a little teary eyed when I dropped her off, she kinda just stared at the class and didn't know what to do so her teacher Ms Lisa showed her around and then mommy left. She was perfectly fine which I new she would be because all of you that know her know that she is not at all shy! Grant and I picked her up and the first thing she said was they have art smocks and we played with REAL paint..... she was so excited about that. She asks everday am I going to school tomorrow? It's so cute. She loves school and so far hasn't complained that in a class of 14 there are only 4 girls. So begins the madness of having kids in school and programs.

We also started dance class back up this week. She is taking a 45 min combination tap/ballet class and she loves it. There is one other girl in the class that she had class with last year but all the other kids are new. There is a boy in her class that was in her 5 week summer class. Chad of course is having a heyday with that one.... he just isn't for boys that dance... he'll get over it. So here they are learning their tap skills. Rileigh is the one in the black next to the boy on the end.




Next week we begin soccer... I'm not sure what I have gotten myself into, this child has a busier schedule than I do. We have practice for that on Mondays and games on the weekends for the next 5 weeks. So I will post pics of her practice sometime the beginning of the week.

Memorial Day Wknd (Actually Labor Day-DUH!)

We went to visit Grandpa Mark and Grandma Sandi this weekend. We had a cookout on Sunday evening with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Denise, Uncle Randy, Simon, and Chad's uncle Mike and his girlfriend Brenda came down from Michigan. The kids had fun playing outside. The video of Rileigh is of her "wind up" while playing corn hole. It is hilarous! She actually throws it pretty far, guess it helps to get that arm warmed up.

Rileigh and Simon (who will be 1 soon!)

They also rode their bikes and big wheels around the driveway and yard. Then when it got dark outside we went inside and the adults played bottle pool. I acutally won 2 or 3 times this weekend! Overall we had a great weekend. Tommorrow Rileigh starts preschool (sniff sniff). More on that tomorrow!

My future Hoosier basketball player!