Curly Girly

Little Miss definitely has my hair. It is thick, soft, and very sensitive. Anything I do she flips out saying I am hurting her so when I decided to take on the task of trying to curl her hair I wasn't sure what I was in for. I decided to use my blow dryer curling iron and after a minute or two she of freaking out she gave in and let me do it. Just like my hair the curls didn't hold too long but their was at least some body to her hair. She loved it and even asked to have it done again the next day.

First rain

As the clouds started to turn grey I started to watch through the windows to see if it was raining. The minute I saw it was it was a mad dash to get her clothes on. The entire time she kept saying,"is it still raining, is it still raining?" I laughed and said she needed to hurry up or it would stop. As you can see by the picture and the few rain drops on the ground it stopped right after she got out. She came back in, took it all off, went back outside, felt another rain drop or two, ran back in to get dressed and went back out. This happened two more times before she finally gave up. Cracked me up the entire time.

New tree

Great grandma Jo got a tree for the two of them to plant together (with a little help from Jason). Kaylie was soooooo excited. She did most of the digging, covered it up once in place, and then helped water it. She is excited to know every time she goes back it will be there and she can see how it is doing. Sorry for the picture quality...taken with my phone.

Camera practice

Austin

Some pictures from our recent trip to Austin.

Is it raining?

This particular morning we woke up to rain. It rained until noonish and it was definitely well needed rain. Prior to this Kaylie has shown absolutely no interest in wearing rain boots. I have tried to put boots on her before and she refused so I decided I wouldn't push it unless she showed interest. After seeing one of her good friends with boots on she decided she needed it as well. Not only did she want boots but she wanted a jacket as well to go with her umbrella she already had.

Excited that she wanted some and wishing she had wanted them during our major snowfalls we immediately went to the store to buy some. All I have to say is...they need to make rain boots in smaller sizes. My 3 year old did not fit into the smallest size. Everywhere we went the smallest size was huge. Without any luck we left with a promise I would look for some while she was at school. After visiting various stores and no luck I went back and bought her one of the pairs that didn't fit but stayed on well enough to walk. She will definitely be able to wear these for awhile.

Since the rain had stopped she decided she was going to wear her clothes anyway. Even if it never rains again we will get our monies worth because she uses them for dress up.

Hiking

Little miss has a thing for wanting to go on a hike. She started asking when it was in the teens outside and hasn't really stopped. With the weather being nice we decided to surprise her with a "hike" or long walk through the grounds of the Heard museum. All said and done we walked a good 2 miles. We went through two of the trails we had not been on and spent a lot of time walking on a bridge over some marshy water. I am not going to lie...I tried hard to stay positive but the minute I let my mind go I envisioned her and I falling in. The bridge was big enough but I saw one of us tripping over a board and going over the ropes into the yucky water. Thankfully we finished our hike nice and dry. The trails were definitely the perfect length. By the end she was pretty much done. Any longer we would have had to carry her.

Some of the Animal Ambassadors. The deer in front was new and quit scared. The asked everyone to stay quiet until he had a chance to get used to his new surroundings.

Backyard picnic

This is what I walked out to find. I didn't realize it at first but after she asked me over and over how many guests she had attending her party I realized she was doing what Ruby from Max and Ruby had done. I am pretty sure the crayons were meant to be food. If one of her animals didn't sit well she went in and found something to prop them up. After everyone was seated she made them their own personal name card. I think she is going to be a great entertainer.

Pizza Pie

Our first time to make pizza as a family. Other than dealing with the hot stuff she pretty much did it all. She is a pizza making natural. She definitely has her mommy's love for pizza in her. Her favorite part...putting the cheese on and making sure to have a little bit left over for her to eat. The final product looked and tasted quit yummy. Job well done.

Color Me Mine

On one of our days off from school we decided to make a master piece at Color Me Mine. My little Picasso hasn't really cared too much about painting but this time she actually put some effort into it. Thankfully she didn't remember what colors she originally wanted otherwise I would have had blue all over the place. With a quick nod, "no" to the guy taking our colors we magically ended up with a lot of pinks, reds, and yellows. At the end we did have some black ambush our heart but after some mommy touch ups it magically blended in. The hand prints were done after a bribe was thrown in. You can tell this is done often because she painted her own hand and plopped it down.

Feeding Diploma

Ms. Kathy was so sweet to create a certificate for Kaylie's achievements. This is something we will cherish for a long time!!!

School Essembly

At the end of every month Kaylie's school has an assembly where several of the classes come together to perform the songs they have been learning throughout the school year. They do the Pledge of Allegiance, Pledge to the Texas flag, days of the week song, Months of the year, as well as the weather song. They also got to perform several of their different movement songs.

Since parents were welcome to attend I went to see Little Miss perform holding my breath in fear of a complete shut down. Being that she likes to prove me wrong I shouldn't have been surprised at how awesome she did. At first I tried to hide and not let her see me. This didn't last long because I look up and see this finger pointing in my direction with my child yelling, "There she is!" She was so happy to see me. During each song she performed all the movements and sang so long I could hear her over everyone. She was belting it!!!

My favorite part of the entire performance was when she decided it was important enough to stop what she was doing to yell to me that she was tired. I tried to ignore it at first but after the second or third time I acknowledged it and she went right back to singing.