Saturday, March 24, 2012

Spring is here and we're looking forward to some fun outside! It has been unseasonably warm, so we were able to take some family walks around the neighborhood and go to the park. Cadence has a lot of fun going down the slides but is petrified of the swings again!

Last Saturday for St. Patrick's Day, Cadence was dressed in green (for the early part of the day, anyway) and she had some Lucky Charms cereal for breakfast and some homemade Shamrock Shakes for dessert after lunch! We're looking forward to Easter this year as well!





Enjoying her Shamrock Shake

Mammaw & Pappaw came to visit last weekend and Cadence got some early Easter gifts. She'll have to grow into the adorable rain boots, but she loves the candy and the activity book!





Cadence has a lot of fun with her toy train set.


Looking too cool while watching TV after our stroll around the neighborhood.
This is how she smiles when you tell her to say, "Cheese!"
Bathtime fun

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Hello March!

I decided to update the blog because Danny and I are constantly saying to each other that Cadence has changed so much in the past couple of weeks! By changing, I mean growing up. She talks ALL THE TIME now. You may not be able to understand some of it, but we're able to figure most of it out. She likes to sing along to songs; her favorites right now are "Moves Like Jagger" and "Stereo Hearts"...guess she likes Adam Lavine from Maroon 5. Even though it's March, she still sings Jingle Bells like it's her job. She's also picked up "Skinamarinky Dinky Dink" and "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (you know, the one that goes "Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye) just from me singing them to her when I change her diaper! She calls Scarlet by name now and yells at her just about as much as we do (we're trying to not do that as much!). Her grammar is getting better also. She says things like "over here", "under there" and knows the difference between "this" and "that". She has even begun to play pretend. She plays with her dollhouse and will "take" things out of the refrigerator and put them on the table or we'll ask her to take a bite of her food and she tries to fake us out! She still likes to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but doesn't ask to watch Elmo anymore. Her new favorites are Curious George and Blues Clues. She has very good manners and says, "Thank you Mommy". Oh, and she calls Danny, "Danny" a lot! We try to correct her and say "Daddy" but she thinks it's funny!






Cadence got sick on Thursday, so I stayed home with her on Friday. Here she is chilling on the sheet/towel lined couch sharing some of her Goldfish crackers with Bear.



Tonight, Tonight

Cadence has a few favorite songs; "Tonight, Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae is one of them. She usually sings along to it pretty well; this is what I got out of her the other day.



Jibberish

I think I got this video before bathtime one weekend. After watching it again, I might have deciphered some of the things she's saying. It sounds like she says, "basketball" right before she starts whipping her "princess shirt" around. Then I think she says, "T-shirt on" followed by "Sleeping Beauty on." Her shirt has Belle, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty on the front. She's slowly learning how to say their names. When her shirt gets stuck on her head she says, "Where'd it go?!" She's so silly!





Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Happy February!

Hi everyone! I finally have some cute pictures to share with you all. We've been kind of low-key lately and not doing anything too exciting. Cadence is keeping us entertained as usual. She's beginning to speak in 3-4 word sentences and will repeat just about anything we say to her. It's amazing how we'll tell her how to say something once or twice and then she'll repeat it by herself all day!

Sometimes it's hard to figure out how she will react to certain situations. I like to sing the Katy Perry song, Hot 'N Cold, to her because that's how she is! It can be a battle sometimes when it comes to dinner; she'll either want to play or watch TV instead of come into the kitchen. Sometimes she'll eat pizza and sometimes she won't! She's been in a great mood the past couple of days. A stark contrast to how she was this time last week. She got another bad cold from daycare and started to feel sick last Wednesday. She was soooooo cranky!

Danny's sister, Annie, and her family visited us last weekend. We took a trip to COSI and had a lot of fun! There was a lot to keep the kids entertained and we even learned a lot too! Cadence loves spending time with her cousins; I felt badly that she didn't really feel like herself and didn't have as much fun as I know she normally would.

Valentine's Day was sweet this year. Cadence got some really cute gifts from her grandparents; my mom even had my grandfather's ring melted down to make a heart pendant necklace for Cadence. It is really special to us and I know it will mean a lot to her when she gets older. Danny and I gave her a few small gifts. It was great to see her face when she saw the gift bag. She gets really excited and makes a surprised face. It's really priceless.



This is her before bath routine. She LOVES to run around the house in her diaper! If she had it her way, she would be completely nude!
One day she HAD to keep her winter hat on to eat lunch. I could just eat her up!



Stinker!





Ready for COSI!




They were on TV!





Cookie Monster





Lily and Cadence



She was waddling like a penguin!


Checking out the dinosaur bones






She got SOAKED


Finally decided to put a rain coat on her



Exploring


Happy Valentine's Day! It's amazing how much she's changed in a year! Click the link below to see Cadence 1 year ago. http://theschuermanfamily.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day.html






Mom got some cute pictures after daycare






Fun with the iPad!