Katie quotable

After a lecture about doing what we tell her to do when we tell her to do it, Katie popped her thumb out of her mouth long enough to respond with "Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't."

Good times, good times...

After a rough night, we managed to have another great day while on " 'cation." Katie and Caroline are sharing a room which is a big deal for Katie since they've never done that before. Unfortunately for Caroline, Katie is going through a phase where bedtime is a battle no matter how tired she is and she may or may not stay quiet and in bed. Caroline, on the other hand, needs her beauty rest. That baby LOVES to sleep. She managed to sleep through most of the drama, but she would wake up and yell for about 10-15 seconds when Katie was in the throws of a good fit and then pop her fingers in her mouth and go back to sleep as if to say, "SHUT UP!!!!" God love her. Anyway, we were all a little tired today, but still had a lot of fun. Katie LOVES everything about the beach (she is my child after all) so we start every day with a trip down to the sand and surf to shovel sand and chase waves. There are tons of nice bike paths here so we rented bikes and rode all over the island this morning. The girls alternated between loving it and screaming to get out of the trailer they were in. Caroline took her first dip in a pool this afternoon - she got ahold of a raft and chewed on the end of it while she floated around so she was happy as a clam. Katie had a big time since swimming is one of her favorite activities. We ended the day with a 3 hour boat tour. A boat tour of what, I couldn't tell you since Daddy "planned" this one and apparently misunderstood that there would be food provided as part of the deal when there wasn't. So of course we show up with kiddos who haven't eaten and have to make a mad scramble through the marina market to pick up what amounted to some convenience store type food. Captain Robert had to come tell us his ship was sailing. We barely made it onto the boat. While everyone else was listening to the Captain and watching crabs or something, Mama was slapping together ham and cheese sandwiches and stuffing food down a toddler who was ravenous and literally a bottomless pit for food. Daddy had the nerve to look at me and say, "just go with it." I wanted to scream "I'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO GO!" but it is vacation after all. Anyway, we got to see dolphins jumping around which was very Go Diego Go! for Katie and then we stopped and got off on some island which I imagine is some kind of nature preserve or something. Again, I missed that part since Katie was yelling "More chips! I need more chips!" We stopped on the island long enough for Katie to get her pants wet and cake herself with sand. Nice. Everyone got another round of baths this evening (so glad we spent the time cleaning them up before we left) and then crashed out...

Another busy day in SC...Katie was on the beach shortly after breakfast and the only reason she ate breakfast at all (beside the fact that it included a popsicle) was because we told her "No breakfast, no beach!" We took the girls to the Children's Museum of the Lowcountry this morning where it just happens to be Week of the Young Child. There was something for everyone and the girls had a GREAT time! We did a pizza lunch and then hit Southern Belles, a fantastic children's clothing shop. Daddy sure did enjoy that one - HA! Our friend, Big Caroline (she's 6, as opposed to Little Caroline who is 6 months) came over this afternoon with her Daddy and everyone played at the beach and pool. Katie and Big Caroline had quite the assortment of seashells by the end. Big Caroline and her daddy had never been to Yamato's, so we all went back again for dinner. We had the same chef as last night. He probably thinks we're crazy.

How to cram an entire vacation into one day...

Whew! Katie and Caroline had quite the day. The weather was a little cool for a day at the beach so we're saving up our beach days for the second half of our week when the weather is supposed to be awesome. In the meantime, we had a bit of a vacation sampler today. Daddy took Katie down to the beach after breakfast with her bucket and shovel to play in the SAND!! She's very into it - he had to drag her back in. Caroline stayed in with Mama and played in the exersaucer which is not like the one she has at home, therefore, it is much more fun. We checked out our surroundings and then Katie headed to the pool and Tot Lot playground with Daddy for a BIG time!! (Although sand in her britches was a problem.) Caroline got to take a swim in the kitchen sink which is just the right size for her - she had so much fun, she took another swim before bedtime. Late this afternoon, Katie and Mama headed to the resort spa to get "Princess Pedicures." The selection of pinks was almost overwhelming, but Katie is a girl who knows what she wants. She got to pick the color, so we came out with matching "Charged Up Cherry" toes. All of us enjoyed dinner at Yamato, a Japanese Steakhouse. Katie's skill with chopsticks was pretty impressive and both girls were totally entertained by the tableside food prep although we did have a 3 year old at our table who kept yelling "No fire! No fire!" so we had to settle for one onion volcano and a lot of steam.

Vacation here we come!

We are in South Carolina this week enjoying a well-deserved vacation! Katie has been SO excited about it. When we landed in SC, we told her we had finally made it to vacation and then loaded her and Caroline up in the car with practically everything else we own. We barely fit all our stuff in the car and those girls could hardly wiggle. She was pretty disappointed in "vacation" during the car ride as you can tell (can't say I blame her - HA!). Now that we've finally made it - let the fun begin!

From the mouth of babes...

"I'll never, ever, ever do it again...unless I change my mind." - Katie

Happy Easter!

We let Katie dye Easter eggs for the first time this Easter. She was SO excited. AND we gave her donut holes for breakfast…it was like egg dying on crack. Thank God Caroline is too little to participate - Katie was so wound up about the eggs and on such a sugar high it was all her Daddy and I could do to contain her!!! She had a GREAT time!

I told her she had to go to bed and sleep good so the Easter Bunny would come. Whenever I mentioned the Easter Bunny, she would ask, “so who’s wearing the costume?” as in, that bunny ain’t real – who’s the fool who has to wear the costume to hide the eggs? HA! Has she got this stuff figured out or what?