I was getting dinner ready when I look out to see this.
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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. 🙂
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. 🙂
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!
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.
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.
Katie and Maggie’s Ears
Katie was laying on me drinking her pre-nap milk when I looked down to see this:
I can’t wait for this stage to be over.
I love my kids, but I can’t wait to NOT have to deal with this every day.
You’ve seen the pants, now here’s the dress.
Here were the pants from October 26:
And now here’s the matching dress (at least once before she outgrows it—which will be soon)! I love hand-me-downs!
She loves cuddling with stuffed animals.
Katie, where’s Charlie?
Kiddie Fight Club
Breakfast Strawberries
I wouldn’t let her eat another bite with her mouth full.
She likes to completely stuff her mouth and scare the bejesus out of me…so sometimes I have to physically take a piece of food off her tray or out of her hand. This was the result today (and this is actually her on the downswing of the tantrum).
In Owen’s Jams
And on Owen at age 1 (Katie is 18m):
Pease!
I love that Katie says please (“pease”) when she wants something. However, now she needs to learn that just because she says pease she’s not necessarily getting what she wants…which mostly happens when she wants Elmo [on my phone]. She’ll even point to my phone when it’s in my pocket saying “Elmo? Pease? Pease? Pease?”
She begged to go outside
And by begging I mean as she was finishing her snack in her high chair (after we got home from school), she was saying “Outside! Pease! Outside! Pease! Pease! Pease! Pease!”
Fun with brother!
Got her!
And got this perfect lucky shot in two attempts! (Owen had to have his new Legos in the picture!)
Light saber girl!
She found both of them and managed to turn both of them on!