Slumber Party

Daddy Make-over

Watching the movie, Frozen

(Not pictured- the singing, whirling karaoke that ensued as soon as "Let It Go" came on. 

Those girls Knew.Every.Single.Word!!) 

Our friends' daughter, Cecilia slept over, this past Friday. Katy was SOOOOooo excited to have a "slumber party!" She had very definite ideas of what a slumber party entails.

According to Katy, their itinerary for the night included the following;

-Order Pizza (The one the "Yellow Sauce." Papa John's, in case you couldn't figure that one out- took us awhile, too!).

-Paint nails.

-Do make overs (Somehow, neither girl got a make over. Instead, Ted somehow got roped into getting "dressed up." Ha!)

-Stay up late doing shadow puppets with the flashlight.

-Watch Frozen.

-Eat Pancakes in the morning.

 They didn't quite get to do everything listed, but they sure stayed up late giggling, laughing and having fun...! ;-)

Short Cut

Welp. It was bound to happen. Every kid does it. My sister famously did it weeks before my uncle's wedding, when we were younger.

Katy gave herself a haircut. Or, as she refers to it, a "short cut."

I was sewing and Katy was playing right next to me. I had given her some scissors and paper to cut out and she was using some of my fabric scraps to "sew." I was busy at the sewing machine and I didn't actually see her cut her hair.

Then, later, I was exercising and I noticed a lone lock of hair sitting in the middle of our near-empty dining room floor (on top of the cream colored carpet. Dark hair, light carpet. It was pretty obvious.) Now, at first I was confused because Katy and I have almost the same color hair. Quickly, it dawned on me what had happened- Katy had giving her hair a snip.

With the incriminating evidence in my hand, I asked Katy what she had done. Sheepishly, she honestly told me that she had cut her hair. I asked her to show me from where on her head did she cut. She pointed. I looked. The snippet was maybe an inch to two inches long. The damage really was quite minimal.

We had overnight guests, that night, and I didn't get a chance to tell Ted about the haircutting incident until later.

The next morning, after our guests had left, Ted sat Katy down to talk to her cutting her hair. He started out by saying, "Mommy tells me that you cut your hair...."

Katy interrupted, "Well, I didn't cut it TODAY...."

Oy!

We.Are.In.Trouble.

Adventures In Swimming (Cont.)

Last May 2013, we enrolled Katy in swim lessons at Open Water Adventures. She had a rough start that involved lots unpleasant moments for both she and I. However, she ended last summer really well- diving for dive sticks in the shallow end of our pool, doing and simple doggie paddle and able to swim enough to jump off the edge of the pool and swim back, unassisted.

Fast forward to the beginning of this summer 2014. Katy had regressed a bit over the winter (no access to pool during the cold, winter months). So, I signed her back up for more lessons. Because I wanted her to have the same teacher as last year, Ms. Rachel, we had to wait until the end of June for an opening.

Now, one month later, her teacher said that Katy can move up into the more advanced class! Talk about progress! Typically, the more advanced class that she is moving up to is for the five and older set. However, Ms. Rachel feels like Katy is more than capable of progressing. Yay! We'll finish out the summer in the new class.

This may not seem like a big deal to the outside observer, but having seen the beginning (kicking, thrashing) to where we are today (requesting to dive into the 15 ft. water, using her "windmill" arms and swimming so fast that her teacher has to actually SWIM- opposed to just walking alongside her- to catch up), this is a HUGE improvement!! So proud of our Lil' Miss!

Sentence of the day- Seeing Double

Katy and I were talking about IDs the other day and I was explaining what an ID was. I told her that you get a picture taken and then it's put on the ID to show that you are, in fact, you. I asked her if she understood what I had just said.

She replied, "So, you get a representation of yourself put on a card. Right?"

Pretty much, Lil' Miss, pretty much.....

Wordless Wednesday- Baby, Strike a Pose!

Pool Time with Daddy!

"Towels, hat, sunglasses, sunscreen and floatie.... check, check, check, check and check!"

"We're ready to go to the pool!"

"I love spending time with my Daddy!"

Cousins

Katy, March 6, 2010- approx. 2 weeks old

Maggie, July 14, 2014- approx. 1 week old

Cousins.... they look alike, don't you think....? ;-P