Tom took Katie out running errands and found this at the woodworking store.
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Katie’s first movie!
Tom wanted to take Owen to see Big Hero 6 and wondered if he should try taking Katie. I thought it was worth a try since she can sit still through movies at home…but I said I’d go shopping nearby in case things went south and he needed me to retrieve her. Of course I would be sad to miss being there for her first movie…but I got to do Owen’s first movie so it was only right that Tom get to do Katie’s!
She understood she was going to see a movie and on the way there this is all we heard:
“Movie. Movie. Movie. Movie. Movie. Movie. Movie. Movie.”
Once there she was having NONE OF IT while I was trying to take a picture. 🙂
Unfortunately the movie times had changed in the three days since we last checked, so Tom had an hour to kill at the mall. He said it went okay, and then I got these pics:
Tom said Katie was great for the majority of the movie—only getting fidgety towards the end (which is really good since it was almost two hours long!).
So it was a success! Yay Katie!
She looks SO small all curled up in her big bed.
/sniff
She slept through the flash!
That’s one way to wear a skirt.
She loves her cheap dollar store ballerina skirt, even though it’s about dead (it’s only attached by a few threads). It starts at her waist but moves all over throughout the day.
Owen’s after-school athletics program
If we leave when we should to pick him up, we get stuck in bad traffic and what normally takes eight minutes takes about 20 (not bad in the grand scheme of things, but awful when you’re used to eight) and we barely make it on time. If we leave early enough to beat the traffic, it takes the eight minutes but then we’re there 30 minutes early.
Today we left early. Amazingly, Katie sat in the chair (with her dolly) for quite some time.
This is what we got to watch. Owen is behind the instructor (in orange).
I’m hoping they have another class like this in the spring—he LOVES it and there’s only two weeks left!
Post-nap chatty Katie
I’m pretty sure baby Suki is from a Doc McStuffins episode. 🙂
Volunteering, Day 2
Katie was super excited to go to Owen’s class today. As soon as we walked in the room, she asked if she could go play with the dolly. 🙂 So off she went and I busied myself getting more yarn ready for the same art project (I’d have the rest of the kids—including Owen—today).
The teacher told everyone Owen’s mom was here again and so was his little sister. For the most part, Katie being there was NO problem whatsoever. There was only one time when I saw her over playing with the blocks…and some of Owen’s classmates got sidetracked and were there with her, too. A quick talk from the teacher sent them back to their groups and it was fine after that. She pretty much stayed in the “housekeeping” area (with a table and chairs, kitchen, dolls, dishes, and pots and pans) except for once when she wanted to get on the computers and two very short times she came out and wanted to come with me. I simply pointed to the kitchen and told her to go play—and she did!
Today Owen was at the coloring table and my art project table. He was being a bit boisterous at the coloring table—yelling across to a friend at the art table—and I had to tell him to sit down and color a few times. (But it wasn’t just him. I had to talk to a few of the kids.) Then once he was at the art table, he was being a bit of a showoff and I had to subtly tell him to cool it. He was lacing standing up out of his chair and making all these grand sweeping movements and loudly saying how easy it was and how fast he could do it. I was like “Where did this obnoxious little boy come from?” (I mean, it was partially cute but if it was any other kid it would have annoyed me 100% so it was partially annoying me. If anyone else had done that I would have told them to sit down as well.) So that was interesting.
Towards the end of the hour, I went over and asked Katie to pick up all her blocks…which she did! With no further prodding from me! Yay Katie! Then at the very end of the hour she picked up most of the housekeeping toys, too. 🙂 When the teacher had the class thank us for coming in to help, the assistant also made sure to tell the class that Katie picked up most of the toys by herself. (I’m guessing they have issues with the kids picking up after themselves!)
I’m so glad I got to be there for two days! And since Katie was so well behaved, we were invited back any time! (This is a big deal because little kids generally aren’t welcome.) YAY KATIE! 🙂
Someone loves her new coat!
And her mint!
Katie is 2 years 4 months old today!
Of course, this should have been posted on November 10, but I’m way behind on lots of things. At least I remembered to take the picture! 🙂
A better smile, but I screwed up her placement (centered her instead of having her on the left to leave room for the text). See, it’s not as easy as point-and-shoot! 🙂
And some outtakes!
Fall colors…and hiding.
The colors here are gorgeous!
Typical photo session with Katie.
She loves anything with a skirt because she calls it a ballerina skirt. 🙂
Bath Bubbles
The first time our master bath tub has been used!
She wanted to eat them.
How Katie shops
TV Buddies
Katie takes flight!
We had a MOPS get together at Flight, a trampoline park (the same one Owen went to recently for a birthday party). She LOVED it—as if there was any doubt. 🙂
There was one tiny accident at the end where another little girl slid down the trampoline and apparently ran over Katie’s finger. Both were crying but Katie was over it in about a minute. 🙂
It’s a little expensive (we had a group discount today) but we’ll definitely go back. 🙂
I never get tired of the hiding!
Love the tutu and sunglasses.
Katie is infatuated with tutus and ballerina skirts, so I got her this one from the dollar store. She added the sunglasses and picked the black boots when we went to the playground.
Taking advantage of an empty table.
This is the first time she’s done this…but the table is NEVER that free and clear. 🙂
Katie was actually shy. At first.
Katie was napping when Sheryl arrived and had asked if Katie would be shy. I said NO WAY, she doesn’t have a shy bone in her body, she will be a total show off, and will warm to you immediately.
Ha.
She spent the first 45 minutes laying in the bean bag with her hands over her eyes and then when we made her get up, this is what she did:
Then she started to come alive and be her cute self. 🙂
OMG such a cute dress!
Two tantrums
I was trying to get last minute things done for the party and of course she decided tantrums were in order.
Better late than never!
I just put together Katie’s first year collage.
Me: Who is this?
Katie: KATIE!
Then she points to picture: Is this Owee?
She’s good with shapes and puzzles!
She wanted to play this game so I just let her go. I came back to see she had put the pieces in the correct spots.
Coats and shoes are hard.
She was having a problem taking off her coat (which I missed most of) but then she got it…but this still happened. What a DRAMA QUEEN. 🙂
Ballerina Dance
We got this dance costume from a friend thinking we might use it for Halloween but we ended up using the cheerleader. But since she loves ballerina skirts, I put it on her today and she just danced and danced. 🙂
Post-nap warm Katie snuggles
Flu shot day!
Since Owen had the day off, it was the perfect (read: only) day to get his flu shot (they’re only open for walk-ins 8:30-3:30—not conducive to his school hours).
Owen wanted to take the elevator and Katie was a bit unsure. She VERY cautiously stepped over the crack while saying “Be careful!” 🙂
Then she didn’t want her picture taken.
The kids did great. Owen was worried about it hurting, even though I kept reminding him that he was squawking about it last year and then he ended up saying “That was it?!” I told him he had to be brave for Katie so she wouldn’t get scared…so he was good until it was time to get on the table. He started getting worried and had a pained look on his face when he saw the nurse getting the needle ready so she told him to look at me and while he was saying he didn’t want his flu shot, I told him it was already done! 🙂 Katie cried a little but was more interested in the bandaid afterwards.
Hanging with Owen
Owen has two days off for teacher prep/conferences.
Katie apparently knows her letters
They were fighting over the alphabet blocks so I told Owen to help her with the letters. I knew she knew some letters, but I was amazed at how many she actually knew (or knew the sounds of)! 🙂
Trick or Treating!
The last hour post-dinner/pre-trick-or-treating was the worst (ToT didn’t start until 6:30). Owen was asking me every minute if it was time yet. We just kept the Tivo playing and hoped for the best.
We started getting them dressed (SLOWLY) about 6 and then started inside pictures about 6:20 (none of which turned out)…then outside pictures at 6:25…and it was a good thing that didn’t take too long because Owen started to see neighbor kids come out and he WANTED TO GET STARTED. 🙂 Tom was super excited, too, as he has missed the last two trick-or-treat nights. The weather was chilly, but not bad. I just had on a sweatshirt, Katie had a turtleneck, and I layered two long-sleeved shirts on Owen.
And then one quick cell phone shot as we were headed out!
We ran into one of his friends at the second house.
And then the house that he visited with Grannie Lin with the RIP sign with glowing eyes!
Katie did pretty good walking and keeping up, but when there was a long stretch with no houses, Tom would carry her (and when her pumpkin got too heavy with candy—as it did towards the end of the night—I’d carry that). She would repeat everything we said—like we’d say “Owen, go up to that house” and she’d parrot back “Owen, go up to that house!” The whole night. And she kept saying “I trick or treat! I trick or treat daddy!” It was adorable.
About 10 houses in, they were finally getting the hang of walking up together, actually saying TRICK OR TREAT, and saying THANK YOU. They didn’t have it mastered until almost the end, as usual. 🙂
When we were done with our street, we asked if they wanted to do more or go home. Both immediately said MORE! But, by the time we were done with the second street and we asked the same thing, Owen said he was ready to go home! They had plenty of candy so home we went.
The first thing Owen chose to eat? Pretzels.
Katie? Milky Way.
Giving daddy a big smooch!
She did well for being up way past her bedtime, and we let Owen stay up later as well…but he was definitely ready for bed at 9.