Category Archives: Katie
Katie’s open house!
Last day of playgrounds with Papa and Grannie
Who knew she has gotten this good?! We are impressed!
A revisit of the Welcome to Illinois dinner.
From Jami:
So… back in February (cough cough), we had a dinner to welcome the Hudsons to IL. I finally got around to downloading my memory card this weekend. Oops.
Owen was the photographer on the group shot!
Day 2 of playgrounds with Grannie and Papa
Playgrounds with Grannie and Papa!
Grannie decided it would be fun to have a mini adventure with the kids and take them to a bunch of the local parks and playgrounds that we haven’t been to. So they made a list of all the parks then drew numbers to decide where to go! The kids LOVED it!!
She’s a weird one.
What clowns.
Oh yeah! Papa and Grannie are here on their way back from Florida…and they brought the kids clown noses. I love their serious faces in the first pic.
Blueberry muffin helpers!
Grannie brought a bunch of hand-picked blueberries from Florida so they made muffins! Grannie definitely has more patience in the kitchen with them than I do!!
Surprise twinsies!
Katie put these leggings on today so I surprised hey by putting my matching ones on, too!
Kidisms 46
We were out and about and Katie saw the Menards sign and asked if we were going to Menards.
Tom: Yes, to save big money. [That’s their jingle.]
Katie: We don’t have big money.
Us, laughing: That’s true.
Katie: We have little money.
Dee, to Katie: What do you want to be when you grow up if you’re going to help animals since you like them so much?
Katie: I will help them as long as they don’t poop on me…
Me: Owen, go find your cleats for soccer practice tomorrow.
Owen: I don’t know where they are.
Me: That’s why I said to go find them.
Owen, whining: BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!
Me: SO GO LOOK.
Owen, comes back with a shoe: Here. But I only found one.
Me: /smdh [shake my damn head]
Smiley girl at dinner.
Katie’s first official Lego build!
The official Lego rules state that you have to be six years old so we’ve been playing by the rules…but at the last build they asked why she wasn’t building and we said because she wasn’t six yet. They told us they don’t care and to just sign her up. YAY!
Of course Owen was done in a few minutes, but she kept at it and did it with barely any help!
Katie got to see the Frog Lady today.
As she told us “She’s not a frog, though.” See if you can spot her in the video!
She’s definitely got her own style.
Gone are the days when I could get her into super cute outfits without question…
You see the whole outfit, right? With the Halloween socks and gold shoes? 🙂
Easter Bunnies
The good thing about the kids getting older? I don’t feel the need to be up at 6:30am with them to look for eggs! (Tom was up, though–he’s always up!) I heard them excitedly searching for and finding them, then rolled over and went back to sleep for a bit. When I did get up, I made them pose with their because of course. 🙂
This is part of what it looks like while I’m trying to take them:
And then moments later they got their Easter treat: xbox time!
This is how they usually end up during a movie.
Two climbing monkeys!
I’m proud of both of them. He would never have climbed that high before last year. And at Katie’s age? No way. Yet there they both are!
We met friends for a play date and the playground was wet from overnight rain so Katie was running around drying things off (I planned ahead and had towels in the car). Owen went to the top of a two-story slide and said “It’s dry up here” as he started down…before I could warn him to look at the bottom of the slide. The next thing you saw was his legs and a huge gush of water spraying out of the slide. Maybe next time he’ll learn! He didn’t let his wet butt stop him from playing, though!
A weekend with Uncle Rob and Miss Dee!
They came to visit us for the first time and to take the kids out for their Christmas presents—they had given them certificates for dinner and a movie!!
They also decided to take them bowling on base! The kids had a blast (they also got to play some video games and air hockey plus have lunch at McDonald’s).
On Saturday Katie monopolized Miss Dee doing puzzles and playing kitchen. That afternoon they went to a movie then to Unos for pizza!
Sunday we went out for breakfast and then it was time to say goodbye.
This is what she played outside in today. And I kept my mouth shut.
It was literally 30° out. She only lasted about 10 minutes…if that. Did I win? 🙂
The kids finally broke me.
When I imagined being a parent, I never thought I’d have to argue every damn morning about whether the kids had to wear a coat. Owen thinks a sweatshirt is fine. I mean, he stuck his hand outside and it wasn’t cold so that proves he doesn’t need a coat, right? When it’s windy and he has to stand at the bus stop for five minutes. 🤦🏻♀️
By the end of the day I’d actually decided that it was up to them to decide what to wear. I told them I wouldn’t care if they were cold, we would not come home to get a coat/hat/gloves, if they missed out on recess (or whatever else—I don’t know what rules the school might have) it was their tough luck. They thought that was grand and skeptically asked over and over if they could just wear the sweatshirt/light coat/hoodie. Like they couldn’t believe their good fortune.
Stay tuned.
Student-led P/T conferences!
This was a first for us—spring conferences are lesmd by the students! Katie was first and took us to different stations around the room where she showed us the computer work they did (typing, recording voices, and drawing), some games they played, and all the sight words she could read… Ending with a review by the teacher.
This was her computer project. Her voice was recorded answering the question that she also typed out.
“What do you want to be when you grow up? when I grow up I want to be a artist becus i rillee want to eony [enjoy] make rille good pic chrs.”
Her teacher said she was doing really great. She knows all the sight words, she is right on par for her reading level, and she acts responsibly in class. They even have to do a self-evaluation (and the teacher marked her better than she did herself!). We won’t get to see the paperwork until it comes home who-knows-when.
Artwork from the classroom and halls (unrelated to the conference).
Then it was off to Owen’s school across the street. He had to lead us through his workbook as well, with the teacher directing him. He did well for his first time having to do anything like that. He also had a self-examination and he also rated himself lower than his teacher did. She said he’s a great kid and has really grown (he speaks up a lot more in class now).
A fraction rainbow.
Waiting for her ride.
Every once in awhile the neighbor takes the kids to school for parent drop off. Katie loves it.
A present tucked in for Daddy.
Katie left this on Tom’s side of the bed.
She’s definitely my daughter.
I did this at her age, too…
#swimsuitsinwinter
#justbecause
#itlastedfiveminutes
A nice day means burning wood, playing outside, and s’mores
It was a nice day so Tom was burning some scrap wood and playing football with the kids…
And a little dance:
Which meant when I took a break from my Facebook party, I was sitting out there enjoying the smell. And getting the coals ready (I’d already run to the dollar store to get marshmallows for roasting).
But before s’mores there was a costume change:
And then it was time.
I love Befores and Afters…
Except it makes me want to look like that every day… 🙂
Before I took my After photo, I came downstairs like this:
Katie did not like my eyebrows and called them creepy. I think her actual words were more like “MOM! What happened to your eyes? Your eyebrows look soooo creepy!?”
Granted they did get a little too much color in them…but still…getting my makeup application critiqued by a 5yo? Hoo boy.
She wore what I picked!
She likes to wear season-inappropriate clothes most of the time so I was amazed she wore what I picked out. I love Owen’s shirt on her… And it won’t fit for much longer…
She also LOVES the new high tops I got her that have jewels on them and light up. I loves me a resale shop.
I hate to wake a sleeping kid…
But it was time to get up and start getting ready for school.
This was outside our bedroom door tonight.
A present from Katie…
