Koala in the park

Our latest trip to the zoo definitely brought on a fun first.  On this particular visit she decided she was going to ride the camel.  I thought I would "have" to ride with her so I decided to buy the picture.  When I went up to pay she was overly insistent she go alone.  Shocked I agreed.  Needless to say she did amazing.  I didn't end up buying the picture they took since I was not riding with her.  I got a bunch of good ones and when I went to show them to her she got mad and told me to let them take one next time.  Hmm...silly girl!

The main reason we wanted to go was to see the new koala exhibit.  Growing up koalas were my all time favorite.  The exhibit was cute and Kaylie loved seeing them.  It was a great way to end her spring break.

She looks like she is picking his nose.

The little baby was precious.  He wanted to play and kept trying to pull his momma's leg.  I kept waiting for her to push him away. 

Not even an ounce of fear.  I love this girl.  I am learning to never under estimate her.

Her arm is the elephant's trunk that she is waiving up and down as she makes elephant sounds.

Our neighbors...aka "the girls" and Paulie as Kaylie would say.

Gattitown

During spring break we went to Gattitown with our friend Nolan.  I think this is the sweetest picture of two friends.  

A first

Through out the years Kaylie has had the opportunity to have her face painted.  Each time we have had different responses to this.  The first time was at a friend's birthday party and she had an all out melt down followed by throwing herself on the floor and running away.  The second was in October at a Halloween carnival.  At first we said no but after an hour of thinking we ended up getting our arm painted.  The third was at our friends' Seth and Joseph birthday.  We were going to get our arm painted and at the last minute I turned around to see her holding her hair up.  In disbelief I walked over to find out she was "being brave" as we often say and letting the lady paint her face.  To seal the deal she got to pick out a gem to jazz up the design a little bit.  Jason and I were super proud. She was so happy she would ask our friends to take a picture with their camera.  Thankfully digital cameras allow for others to humor my four year old.  Way to go baby girl!

Barbie Jeep

We always said we would never get her a motorized vehicle until today.  We went to a garage sail and bought it for $10.  She paid for half of it with her money and we paid the other.  It was a deal we couldn't pass up.  The only negative was buying the battery.  That being said we still paid 1/3 of what we would have paid for the same jeep in the store. 

At first she struggled with the combination of using the accelerator and trying to steer but seemed to get the hang of it after awhile.  We were able to utilize the empty lot next to us which allowed for her to be that crazy driver that you can't stand on the road.  My favorite part was when she got side tracked and got out to pick flowers.  Definitely a girl thing.

Weeds make great wishes

Teddy bear picnic

I have been asked on multiple occasions if she plays with all of her stuffed animals.  In case you didn't believe me when I told you she did her is proof.  Jason was watching her one Saturday morning and walked in to find her having a picnic with her babies.  I love how she set them up.  They were definitely done with purpose. 

  

zoo time with the fam

Our first trip to the zoo since last spring was a blast.  We went with my family so Kaylie and Elias could get some time to play together.  As usual they loved it. Each time we go it seems like we get to experience something new.  On this trip Kaylie got to pet some sheep as well as watch the elephants run all over, eat, play, and bathe themselves.  She also enjoyed watching the tiger demonstration as well as watching the trainer feed these spastically crazy birds that ran all over the place trying to eat the food she was throwing.  We saw a lot this trip.

Dressed to impress

This was all her.  I wasn't going to stop her from dressing to impress.  Thankfully she was just going out back to use her binoculars for bird watching.  I made her change out of her pajamas before we left the house

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Here comes the bride...

While in rest time little one asked if she could dress up.  When she came down she was wearing her play wedding dressed.  She asked me if she could wear that thing I put on my head.  After realizing what she wanted I knew I needed to take a picture fast because she would not want to keep my veil on very long.  She allowed for two quick pics before pulling it off.  Afterwards I sent the pics to Jason and his response was to that I needed to stop watching those wedding shows.  Ha!

Who Rocks?!?

Today we had her first soccer game ever.  I am not going to lie, I was a nervous wreck.  It is one thing to practice but to try and do what they taught you on the field is nerve racking. Thankfully the other parents had warned me all of the kids would be confused and it will get better through out the season.

Kaylie is one of two new girls to this team.  The other five girls have played together for three other seasons which has actually proven to be a positive thing for Kaylie to see them in action.  It helps her see what they are asking and helps take away the clueless component. 

Overall I was pleased.  I had expected the worst, which was an all out melt down, and thankfully it didn't happen.  Still trying to figure out what was expected she didn't go for the ball but followed the pack.  She hung in the game and was exhausted by the end.  My favorite thing from the game was when the ball got kicked out of bounds.  Every single girl on the field ran off in the pack after it with the exception of one who was two busy picking flowers in the middle to notice.  Awesome!!!

The very last picture is of Kaylie with the girls.  Ashley's game started a little after ours so they watched a little of K's and we then watched a little of hers.  

Peaceful Sleeper

I know what you are thinking...how can she sleep with all of this on her bed?!?  At times Jason and I wonder the same thing.  The one thing we have discovered is that she doesn't move around much in her sleep.  She is a very peaceful sleeper and pretty much stays in the same spot otherwise this could never happen.  The best part is this pic shows us so much about her personality.  After we tuck her in she usually gets up and finds other things to "put to bed" with her.  Baby puppy might be in the doggy bed and her babies might be under the covers with a pillow.  We always find it funny the things we walk in to find as we  check in on her before going to bed .

Valentines day 2012

Valentine's Day @ school

Go Stars Go

We decided to try our luck and take her to her first Star's hockey game.  If it didn't go well it wasn't a huge deal because two out of three of the tickets were given to us for free.  For our first game our seats were high but the best possible placement for us.  We were the first row of our section and had a piece of plexiglass in front for her to lean on taking my fear of her falling over away.  Any other seat would have forced us to keep her sitting down and would have changed the out come of our first game.