Whoaaa!

I am way behind in updating this blog. WAY behind! Happy 2nd birthday today to Caroline...hopefully I will get organized and get some more fun stuff up of the girls soon!

Katie Funny...

Katie has gotten in big trouble lately for sticking her fingers in her ears when she doesn't want to listen to what I am saying. Yesterday I was talking to her about something exciting like chores I expected her to accomplish that day and she just looked at me and said, "I turned my ears off." I think I need a copy of the Serenity Prayer in every room...

CHEEEEEESE!

We are heading to a baby shower this afternoon...

Katie: What's a baby shower?

Me: It's kind of like a party for a baby.

Pause.

Katie: Is there gonna be cake?

Me: Yes.

Katie: Let's go!

Surf's Up!...or not...

Katie and Caroline had some friends over to swim today because the weatherman said it was going to be HOT HOT HOT. The weatherman was WRONG WRONG WRONG! The kids got a whopping 20 minutes in the pool before the thunderstorms hit and the party moved indoors. 6 Mamas and 10 wet kiddos under the age of 7 in our basement eating lunch and killing time waiting for the storms to pass. It's amazing what kids will come up with to entertain themselves. Needless to say, it was very loud. Thank God for the mama who brought the margaritas.

Showtime!

Katie’s dance recital was this weekend. She was mostly excited about getting to wear makeup for the first time. She and her BFF Ally did a great job in “Sea Cruise” to which she shook her tail feathers and “surfed” to the Beach Boys’ “Catch A Wave.” Her older cousins took hip hop this year and were also in the recital. Caroline did a little dancing in the aisle before she had to be removed from the auditorium after exhausting her snacks and figuring out that she could not join the dancers on stage.

Happy Memorial Day!

Aquatic Accessories

Caroline likes to swim. Caroline LOVES to wear every aquatic accessory she can find!

Catch Me If You Can!

We've had a lot of conversations about how caffeine is not for kids because it gives you a lot of energy and little kids don't need any more energy...

Katie (eyeing my Sonic cup): Does your drink have caffeine?

Me: Yes.

Katie: And you need caffeine to give you energy to help you keep up with me and Caroline?

Me: YES!

I return to putting things away in the kitchen when I notice Katie has quietly taken my Diet Coke and is drinking it a few feet away...

Me: What are you doing drinking my drink?! I just told you it has caffeine!

Katie: I know. I don't want you to catch me!

Me: You mean you don't want me to be able to keep up with you and Caroline?

Katie: Yeah!!

Kid for Sale 5-18-10

Repeatedly when I ask Katie NOT to do something, she automatically fires back with "Certainly I WILL!" or "Of course I WILL!" and then immediately - and dramatically - goes and does what I just asked her not to. Hello 3-year-old defiance! So last night as we were heading up the stairs to bed I told Katie I was disappointed in some of her behavior yesterday. Her response: "Maybe tomorrow I'll be better." I told her that would be nice...

This morning we finally have some sunshine and since Katie's window faces East, she got up at 5:30 am. Since she had all kinds of time to play before school, she spent the morning in her new swimsuit cleaning the windows in the kitchen. (For whatever reason, she thinks this is big fun). When I told her it was time to get dressed for school, of course a meltdown ensued. I pointed out that she had said she would be better today. She stopped dead in her tracks and - in her swimsuit with a wad of paper towels in one hand and the Windex in the other - looked at me and said "I. Said. MAYBE!"

Touche!!

I laughed at her - I couldn't help it because that is exactly what she had said! Ha!

When I finally got her clothes on, she demanded to do socks and shoes herself. Fine. She went out the door to school this morning in a navy/yellow outfit and these tacky purple socks with white lace (they are hideous so of course she loves them) and black church shoes...

Ya Get Whatcha Get and Ya Don't Throw a Fit!

One of Katie's take-home phrases from preschool this year was "Ya get whatcha get and ya don't throw a fit!" (God bless those teachers!)

Cue week one of summer vacation...the girls and I are swimming and Katie is playing with one of those cylinder foam pump water guns that shoots 20 feet or so. I've got Caroline bobbing in the pool and Katie is standing on the steps practicing her water gun skills. I guess she gets bored so she turns around, aims and shoots me in the face. Point Blank. Thank God for sunglasses! Naturally I am PISSED (as this occurs at the end of a very long day anyway) and I immediately lay into her about how you should never shoot people in the face, it hurts, etc. She looks at me, gun still dripping, and says "Ya get whatcha get and ya don't throw a fit!!"

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Here she comes just a walkin' down the street...

Caroline is moving around mostly on two legs these days...I am ready to declare that she is officially walking!

Magic House and Aunt Kaelea!

Aunt Kaelea came all the way from NYC to visit us which is always very exciting! We took Katie and Caroline to the Magic House in St. Louis and had a big time!

Oh Happy Day!

It was back to school for Katie this morning! She started her 3-year old preschool class today with her BFF Ally. She was a big girl at drop off, went right on in and never looked back! (Although she did have a bit of a hard time leaving her buddy Caroline behind...:))

Crawling companions

Katie Quotable

Mama: Katie, you are getting so big!

Katie: I hope I don't get any bigger, I don't want to break my skin.

This was followed by a conversation explaining that your skin grows with you. Katie was relieved to know she wasn't about to bust out of her skin by outgrowing it. :)

Happy 4th Y'all!

The girls and their mama took a road trip to visit Mama's People down in Texas the first half of July. Roughly 1500 miles round trip, it is a road trip we won't soon forget (or care to relive anytime soon - ha)! We had a great time!

And she's off!

Caroline is really starting to go with the crawling so I’ve had the cameras out to catch her in motion before she masters it. Guess who CANNOT STAND for Caroline to be in a picture by herself?!?! Therefore, Caroline has a buddy in most of the pictures that document her learning to crawl!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Katie came home a couple of weeks ago from summer school with a cup full of dirt and some cucumber seeds to grow her own plant. It actually started off pretty well and she was very excited to see the sprouts. Then she decided to water it herself...using Mama's bathtub faucet full throttle.

Date with Daddy!

Daddy has now achieved Rockstar status in our house since he took Katie to see Dora Live! at the Fox Theater in St. Louis on Saturday...and then stopped at Six Flags on the way home just because it looked like some fun. Daddy and Katie had a BIG time. They even stayed after dark for the light parade. Caroline got to go shopping at the lake with Mama...she was so excited she passed out in her Puffs.