Year: 2014
Katie will be over in 3…2…1.
Katie always comes over when she sees Owen on my lap, so when she wasn’t paying attention, he came over.
And true to form, Katie made her way over within a minute. 🙂
My furry cuddle buddy.
Gee, what a surprise–Owen likes hot chocolate.
I tried to get him to try it a week or so ago and he flat out refused. REFUSED! I told him he loves chocolate and chocolate milk, and this was just was warm chocolate milk. Nope. I promised he’d love it. Nope. I promised him a piece of chocolate if he tried it. Nope.
/urge to throttle him
So today I was drinking some again and he said he wanted to try it.
And imagine that—he loved it. 🙂
Lego Helper
Katie helped to put all the Legos in the bucket, then..
After Dinner Surprise
It was her first time in the big tub and she was a little freaked out (like actually starting to cry!)…until Owen got in with her. Then it was game on! 🙂
Then Owen was splashing and they were both laughing and in constant motion so I’m amazed I got a picture when they were both looking!
A snippet of the fun:
Owenisms 36
Talking about his new Paintball Guy Lego on the way home from school.
Me: Does he have a happy or sad face?
Owen: Ummmm. He has a get ready face. He’s getting ready to paintball someone.
There was a bird chirping quite consistently.
Owen: Mom, you hear that?
Me: What is it?
Owen: A bird alert!
Coming downstairs in the morning:
Owen: Oh Katie…I have a guest for you!
Me: A guest?
Owen: A DOOOOG! Here’s MAGGIE!
Watching Owen give Katie a hug and kiss while playing: I have to go away tomorrow. I’ll miss you.
Trying fish sticks:
Owen: I like it! It tastes like…a French fry!
Me: Great! Do you want another one?
Owen: No thank you.
Me: Will you finish that one, please?
Owen: I only like the insides.
Me: The insides?
Owen: Yes.
Me: Well you can peel off the outsides if you want.
Owen: No, I like the outsides.
Me: :/
I love looking out to see this.
I was getting dinner ready when I look out to see this.
Mystery Trip #6
First we had the beach with Gramma Jean. Second we did the playground. Third we did a movie. Fourth we did a different playground. Fifth was photos with Santa at the mall. I think that brings us to number six (though I should ask Owen—he’d know for sure!)—Jump In Jax, an indoor bounce arena. We met friends there for a play date and he was off like a shot. Luckily he takes care of himself because I have to stay near Katie to keep her corralled in the under 4 area.
Then I tried to at least get one picture of Owen. 🙂
I also had to have a little talk with Owen… He kept coming back to play in the toddler area with the blocks. Seriously? The kid I have to tell at least three times a day to stop jumping on the couch isn’t jumping on the bouncy things? I told him it’s okay for a few minutes—if he wants to come play with Katie—but otherwise he should be BOUNCING. We’ll see what happens the next time. 🙂
I hate waking a sleeping Katie.
I hate to ever wake a sleeping kid, but sometimes life calls for it. Unfortunately Katie doesn’t nap consistently so I can never make plans—or if I do, I might have to wake her up…like today. (One day she might only nap for an hour until 12:30, but the next day I have to wake her up at 2:10 in order to pick Owen up at school.)
Thankfully she’s happy when I wake her up—and usually hears me open the door and jumps up. Today, however, I felt even more guilty than usual because she was OUT. She didn’t even stir when I opened the door…or when I took TWO pictures (complete with sound and flash!)…
But then Owen came banging in the screen door and that did it. 🙂
So then it was off to our mystery trip!
Playing Legos together
Amazingly, she never tries to put them in her mouth! She just takes them apart, hands pieces to Owen, and tries to put them together.
Maggie doesn’t quite know what to do with Katie in her bed.
Where I finally put Maggie so she’d relax. Except I think she knows it’s not quite right because she keeps rearranging herself. 🙂
A movie and beer!
This morning Tom posted from Kyrgyzstan:
Where they’re staying at an Air Force Base:
Then he got to watch the new hobbit movie…then have a few beers (well, it’s a two beer maximum) with some buddies.
Blurry good night hug
It was time for Katie to go to bed so Owen said “Katie, give me a hug!” so she walked over and hugged him. Awww. It’s blurry because I had to act fast. 🙂
Busy busy
I had to give her paper because unbeknownst to me she was being creative in one of her books. 🙂
Goodbye, Camp Leatherneck!
Hand-me-down Hat
Grandma Marsha got this hat for Owen. It’s a little small now so it goes to Katie. (I think she looks a little like her cousin Breanna in this picture.)
Owen in the hat March 2013.
Conspirators
I’ll take a shoulder cuddle.
Her first Tommy Hilfiger!
Gotta love hand-me-downs!
He looks at this book every morning and every night.
This Lego Minifigure history book (LEGO Minifigure Year by Year: A Visual History) was a Christmas gift from Uncle Doug, Aunt Marie, and cousins Gabrielle and Robert—and he LOVES it! I’ll turn on his monitor in the morning and he’s flipping through pages. At night, that’s the book he wants me to “read” (I say “read” because he really just wants to flip through the pages and look at figures and ask me what their names are). Almost all of the figures he says “I want this for next Christmas.” 🙂
EDITED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING NIGHTS AS PROOF:
Seriously, get it together Mother Nature.
Oh good god. Snow expected. You see what the temp is right now, right?
Sitting Pretty
And laying cute!
And playing with brother!
Katie being silly Skyping with daddy
She just decided to lay down next to Maggie.
I love that I could temporarily exit Skype to take a real picture!
Perched
This is where she gets into trouble and ends up sitting like that until I come help her. 🙂
What I do for friends.
It’s a long story, but yes, that’s a smoothie in a bread bowl at Panera.
Katie had fun wandering and climbing.
Finally a warm(ish) day!
Guess what, Katie? CHICKEN BUTT!
He was REALLY into telling me a story about his Legos.
Sure, that’s a great place to play Legos.
Because your toys aren’t already taking over the playroom, the living room, your bedroom, and the upstairs living room…
Owen wanted to do silly faces.
Then we did a nice one.
Then he got bored and left.
Arms full every morning.
Every morning she has to haul at least two or three stuffed toys out of her crib.
Chip Lesson Learned
Do NOT let Katie see ANY chips otherwise she spends the rest of her meal asking for said chips and won’t eat.