Category Archives: Katie
Owen put his underwear on Katie’s head and it was a laugh riot for at least five full minutes.
“Color your own masks” from the dollar store.
Attack of the ants.
The kids woke me up to tell me there were ants all over the floor. I was a bit groggy, but…WHAT?!
Yep, they were right.
I have NO idea how pieces of Maggie’s food got over there or why all the ants suddenly bombarded us (it seems there are always random bits of food somewhere and we’ve never had ants yet) so out came the Taro.
Someone is ready for gymnastics tomorrow.
I went to put her to bed and found this on her floor. 🙂
Charlie’s Cape
Why? One word: Katie.
“Mama! Look! I put a cape on Charlie!”
Easter Egg Hunt
That’s some serious bed head.
Katie loving on Oscar
Katie talking to Uncle Eddy
Friends are coming for the weekend and Katie is excited. Here she’s “talking” to Uncle Eddy on her toy phone. 🙂
First family dinner on the deck tonight!
Spring break play date!
We finally had some gorgeous weather so we had a play date with friends at their house (one of Owen’s classmates).
Kidisms 25
Owen came upstairs to tell me that Katie was being rude. She wanted a gem from his Lego set and he said no:
She called me a rat and it wrinkled my heart.
Tom: Katie, do you want to watch TV?
Katie: Yes, because Murray has a little lamb.
Katie: Mama, do the tickling thing again, where I was laughing.
We were in the car headed to the park.
Owen: Mom! Did you see that?
Me: What?
Owen: It was like a bird but it was metal or plastic. And birds aren’t made of metal or plastic. Birds are made of…birds!
Katie: No, birds are made of feathers.
Sleeping Beauties
Tom came home feeling icky, Katie wanted to cuddle, and then this happened.
Katie taking a break.
We were at the park and Katie was taking a break because some little girl didn’t want to play with her.
Long story short, she ended up getting a book from someone and she just thought it was THE greatest thing. “Mama! It’s got words in it! And pictures!” 🙂 And I just love this picture.
And a selfie because why not?
No drama yet today so they get a picnic for lunch!
Costco Running
The empty aisles were just waaaaaay too enticing to both kids.
Threenager Katie being exhausting.
Tom wonders why Katie drives me insane some days. Here’s a sample from just today, all between 4:35 and 4:56. And these are just the ones I took videos of. Some days I get this all day long, just spread out over the whole day. It’s EXHAUSTING. And frustrating. And maddening. Enjoy!
And a great screenshot from the video:
Glitter. The things we do for our kids.
She loves her outfit, Gramma Jean. Now we just have gold glitter from one end of the house to the other.
Fun breakfast time with daddy
Friendly Easter Egg Hunt
Friends invited us to their community Easter Egg Hunt today. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite Easter-y weather—it was 45 degrees and rainy! 🙁 But, the kids still had fun! The little kids and big kids each had their own side to search on, so I went with Katie and Tom went with Owen.
Cars PJs on little sister
I got these Cars PJs at a garage sale in Troy. Owen wore them for quite some time and I put them away for Katie. I should have gotten them out before now, but I just found them and they’re a little small for her. 🙂
Boosterthon Fun Run Success!
Owen did AMAZING! They had two tracks running at the same time—Kindergarten and 1st grades on one and 2nd and 3rd on the other. The VIPs (parents, family, etc.) were in the center of each ring to cheer them on. Of course, Owen was on the outside of the track almost every time (which also meant that other kids were blocking my view) so I didn’t get many good pictures of him. I had been wondering how they were going to keep track of laps run, but the kids all had Boosterthon T-shirts with boxes on the back so every time they crossed the starting line, they had teachers and volunteers marking off boxes. Owen completed…ALL 35 POSSIBLE LAPS!! For a total pledge donation amount of…$390!! We are SOOOOO proud of him!! (The only slightly disappointing thing [for me] was at the end of the event—the kids got to take a “victory lap” with family and friends so Katie and I rushed out to walk with Owen…and he didn’t want anything to do with it and just went off on his own. I swear he’s 7-going-on-14.) If the amounts on the website can be trusted, the school hit 99% of their goal…which means the kids get the technology updates AND the playground equipment!!!
Tom wasn’t able to make it to the fun run, but Katie and I were there! Of course, she was pouting about something (I can’t even remember what since it happens so often).
Owen’s class coming onto the field.
National anthem.
Can you see Owen? (Hint in next pic.)
They had theme laps like clapping, walk with a friend, and slow-motion. This was the kangaroo lap (his favorite). 🙂
He started with the headband on, then it came off pretty quickly, and here it’s back again.
It came off again soon after.
Katie was an awesome cheerleader for Owen and all our other friends!
Westin, a kindergarten friend (we ate at their house for Thanksgiving).
Our across-the-street neighbors.
Owen and Colton (he was in his class last year and is on his baseball team this year) running together.
They had music playing the entire time so Katie did a lot of dancing!
Hazel, our kindergarten neighbor.
More dancing!
Katie helping clean up!
And the attempted class picture afterwards:
Since it was the end of the day, we went back to Owen’s classroom to take him home. This was the class goal sheet. I love to see the order of importance. 🙂
Throwback Thursday—One of my all-time favorite sibling pics
A happy moment between grouchiness.
She’s so often grouchy and acting like a poop that if I get a smile I’m happy.
I don’t know why the cat loves her so much…but it’s cute.
Lunch buddies! Charlie jumped up about a minute after Katie sat down. This happens once or twice a week.
The cuteness before the storm.
Being cute…before the eventual shitstorm that comes with a three-year-old.
Princess Kitty
Two photos that sum up my day.
Katie was a little shit most of the day. And THEN I discovered this:
What is that you ask? SHE SCRATCHED THE HELL OUT OF THE IPAD WITH A ROCK. (Breathe. Breathe.) WHAT THE HELL?! Needless to say she lost all iPad privileges for at least a week. Luckily it’s just the screen protector that is scratched—the actual iPad glass is fine. But still.
So, after the day I had, this was my dinner:
Every once I awhile I let her eat lunch in the living room.
Today she brought out the stool for her plate and a chair to sit in. 🙂
