a pretty birthday

Kate is having her 3rd birthday party on Saturday. Some of the decorations that I've been working on were sitting on the table. Kate saw them as she was eating a snack at the table and then she said this,

"Mama? That's a pretty birthday for me."

Me--"Oh baby! I love you so much!"

That makes all the hard work WORTH IT!

she IS having fun!

Megan was playing with Juls at the Freedom Festival on the 4th. I snapped this picture and look at the action! She really IS having fun! That's a big smile of glee and an airful of waving arms!

happy 4th!

On the 4th we went to our good friends, the Jones', house. And THIS was Julia's favorite activity of the day:


They have this totally fantastic little pool on their back patio that the girls had a blast in and Katey froze in. She's totally a desert baby!



Aren't we cute?! And patriotic?!


On the way to Freedom Festival (at Nellis Air Force Base), Julia managed to grab Kate's hair and pull it out of her ponytail. Kate decided riding on Dada's shoulders would be safer!


Isn't this cool?!


And cooler?!


Here's Juls in her "Free to be Daddy's Girl" shirt. It was Kate's last year.


The Mama and Juls!


The Dada and Juls!


We met our other Jones family friends at Freedom Festival and this is their daughter Megan. Isn't she cute?!


Kate tried my sunglasses on and I think it's hilarious! Look at her little eyes!


Mama's turn!


It was a really fantastic 4th and I'm so thankful for our freedoms in this great country!

copycat

We have a little copycat in our house, as you'll see below:









Guess it's time to start watching what we do!

backside fascination

Katey is fascinated with the backside, i.e. bum!

A couple days ago, this came out of her mouth, "My bum is saying, "I WANT SOME MACARONI & CHEESE!"

The next day it was this, "That airplane is big! Like my poopoo in the potty! Hahaha!"

Nice. Real nice, Kate!

when candy lip stick almost wins!

Meal times are a battle. It's not a battle so much of getting Katey to eat, as much as HOW STINKING LONG it takes her to eat.

Today at lunch I told her she could have peaches and a piece of candy if she ate her mac'n'cheese. After telling her about a thousand ten times, I finally told her that if I needed to tell her one more time, she wasn't getting any candy.

Several minutes later with not a bite taken, I informed her, "Sorry, you don't get any candy." Of course I explained to her why but the look that came to her face made me start desperately thinking of a way I could still give her the candy without completely going back on what I said. And then I realized that wasn't possible. Not only was it not possible, it wouldn't be in her best interest anyway.

And you know what? She survived. She even finished her mac'n'cheese so she could eat her peaches. And she did it all with a good attitude and not a whine or tear about not getting her candy lip stick. Now she knows she has a second chance at dinner to get her candy. We'll see how it goes!

But for now, the candy lip stick didn't win over this mama's heart!

the crazies!