Category Archives: Katie
They’ve been WAITING for this.
They love riding back from the pool in the back of the car but we haven’t been able to do it with all of Owen’s baseball stuff…but since baseball is over I cleaned it out!
Post-game pool fun!
Owen’s last Marlins game!
It was crazy hot and sunny for the last game today. Thankfully friends had brought a huge canopy so we all got to sit (or lay!) in the shade!
Owen did super amazing awesome today…unfortunately, I had unexpected phone storage issues (even after I deleted a ton of stuff) so I ended up missing recording a few hits and runs—and a few videos got cut short. GRRR!
And he asked to be catcher today!! He did have some balance issues (see next photo—he kept his feet together instead of using a wide stance so he kept falling over) but he worked through them and did a great job! And looked damn cute!
The coaches actually called the game a half hour early because it was so hot. They had a quick award ceremony afterward.
I had to transcribe what the coach said because it was super awesome and is very hard to hear on the video—the Closed Captions should be turned on so you can read along but here it is just in case:
Due to my phone issues, I missed the first thing he said: I like to call him The Big O!
Come on up! I’ve really seen Owen’s catching progress. Behind the plate as well as catching the ball in the field. Alright, you are certainly catching it like the guys at the next level and very impressive. You’ve had some great hits as well. Alright. I love seeing your enthusiasm out here. Good job, buddy.
Team picture by another mom (since my phone was still acting up):
Then the pizza party!!!
And showing off his award! He had to run and get this T-ball award from last year, too—he was so excited to have two! He said he will put them both on a shelf together! 🙂
Katie’s school memory book has been started!
Katie is 3 years 11 months old today.
At a new neighborhood playground!
Actually, this was almost our playground. The other house we were considering was about three doors down.
Katie & Kayleigh
I watched a neighbor’s kid while she had an appointment. The girls had a blast.
Katie found a costume right away and wore it most of the afternoon.
We came back to our house to eat lunch.
It took about two hours for them to reach their limits (and mine LOL) before I turned the TV on. 🙂
Happy to be talking with daddy.
Daisies on the trail!
Katie wanted to go for a walk with me today and since it was GORGEOUS out, I agreed! There were no animals today, but lots of daisies! She picked a bunch and carried them all the way home (of course her grip kept getting tighter and tighter so it was a clump of daisy bodies by the time we got home). 🙂
Tooth-brushing photobomber.
I was taking a picture of my outfit (a new shirt I absolutely love) while she was getting ready for bed and she had to join me. 🙂
A Lego build in 2:12.
And the post-Lego build dinner at Noodles…missing daddy but chocolate milk makes everything better!
Marlins pictures are in!
Katie is LOVING taking her scooter to baseball. This is what she discovered she could do tonight.
Owen did great as the “pitcher” tonight! Normally I wouldn’t record this stuff (because you, in essence, have to record the entire game) but I wanted to try and get some video since Tom wasn’t able to be there. 🙂
My little gymnast…with a pudding face.
A hand-me-down outfit perfect for gymnastics…
And what she looks like every single time she eats pudding. 🙂
Morning kitty love.
Just a typical afternoon with Katie
Normally I wouldn’t post something shot this poorly or so random but every once in awhile a random video suits the bill. Katie has started making this noise and it was hilarious. Then Owen comes home and she has to hug him—and tell him that she got pudding on her shorts. 🙂
New panda jammies
And I wanted to try and contain her hair at night so it wouldn’t be a tangled mess in the morning…so gave her a buff like I sometimes wear. It didn’t last.
Workhouse Carnival, Year 2
Opening day was the only day we could go, so off we went!
My first carnival ride in who knows how long! It was Owen’s first time on this ride and while he didn’t love it (it went a little fast, he didn’t like going backwards, and he didn’t like the loud siren), he was a trooper!
This is him listening to the ride after we got off:
Katie wanted to do the fun house…amd was super excited ablit it…
Running into it, still excited…
And about 10 seconds later, this is where it ended—when she refused to try climbing up the rope netting to the next level.
So after trying to convince her to just try it, she turned around and walked out. She actually got her tickets back, though, so that was a bonus. Then both kids DESPERATELY wanted to grab the ducks to get stupid cheap crappy toys. Ugh. It was $5 for three ducks, so we chose that—except, of course, if TWO kids want to share grabbing the three ducks, it’s $6. SERIOUSLY? So then they both picked swords. We explained to Owen that this was exactly like Chuck E. Cheese with the dollar store toys that weren’t worth what you paid for them and he could have gotten SIX of the identical swords had we just bought them. Hopefully it sinks in like the Chuck E. Cheese lesson finally did. But they were happy.
Then Katie wanted to go on the carousel. Owen didn’t, of course (they didn’t like any of the same rides), so she did it by herself, sitting on the seat because she wants NOTHING to do with sitting on an animal.
After which we took our family photo:
And Katie’s last ride:
And Owen’s last ride:
Of course they didn’t want to leave, but we had blown through $30 in tickets and games in a half hour so we were done. If they really liked the rides I would be more willing to buy more tickets, but they honestly just want the cheap crappy toys so I’m MUCH less willing to pay for that.
We invited friends over to the pool today!
And this is what the pool normally looks like when we’re there…yes, our two kids were the only ones in the pool and we were the only two adults there. Love it!
Let me remind you what it looked like for the BBQ.
We stayed after they left and then I took these.
And then we had to walk home (since we rode down with our friends)!
Quite the backlog of monthly photos…
Baseball night!
Daddy was tired and took a little cat nap.
Katie enjoyed her scooter.
And posed for some pictures.
And Owen finally played catcher!
She loves putting carts away!
In Owee’s PJs
They’re still a little small on her so I know we will see these again! 🙂
Two silly gooses having fun before swim lessons!
And then I pretended I was taking a picture and got this video:
Lazy kids
Day 4 of 4.
Unfortunately this run will end soon…we still have about three weeks left of school (they don’t get out until June 23!) so we can only go to the pool on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (she goes to school MWF at 12:45 and the pool doesn’t open until 12) so until school gets out we can only go Tu/Th and Sa/Su.
And then she got super lucky and the life guard offered her an ice cream that was leftover from the BBQ yesterday.
My little skipper!
She said she learned it in gymnastics!
Katie’s good behavior reward
She was good while I was shopping so her reward was time at the play area!
Getting ready to run errands!
She loves wearing my sunglasses.
Memorial Day cookout at the pool!
Otherwise known as Day 3 of 3. 🙂
We had a super fun four hours at the pool for the Memorial Day Cookout! We were there as soon as they opened and it was GLORIOUSLY empty—and quiet—as we were the only ones there! (We were there so early because we know the pool gets CRAZY when they offer free food—everyone and their brother who never come to the pool all summer otherwise show up for the free burgers, chips, and pop 🙄 —and we wanted to be sure to get good seats.) The forecast had called for rain all day, so we were excited that the weather held out and was actually very nice. The sun even came out to warm things up just enough for me to take a quick dip in the pool and take some pics with the waterproof camera! It eventually clouded over but it never rained!
We made her get out of the pool and dry off because her lips were blue and she was very visibly shivering—even though she didn’t want to. Yep, she’s definitely my daughter—that’s exactly how I used to be!
After two towels and some snacks, she was ready to go again!
Katie and her friend Ainsley (they will be moving later this summer). 🙁
The huge crowd (which my pic doesn’t really even do justice)—which we will only see for the cookouts today, July 4th, and Labor Day.