She did this for a good 15 minutes today.
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All the pics from my day at once.
She always wants to comb my hair but I only let her on days that I wash and condition it.
He said it was costume day so we did this (he can’t get in/out of his costumes by himself).
ABCs while shopping.
This is what she was busy doing while I wasn’t watching. And this is her pout when I tell her she needs to pick them all up.
She tried a ham and cheese (no condiment) sandwich—and actually ate most of it!
I decided to make my all-time favorite garlic toast today because the bread was on sale B1G1 at the store.
“Mama, I want to put the water in please.” Except 98% of it didn’t make it in.
Outdoor lap selfie!
The little stink beat me!!
This is why I get daily headaches.
I think her issue was she couldn’t get her shoes off while the tutu was down and of course she didn’t want to sit down or ask for help.
Of course I can’t pee alone.
A new sprayground!
I read about this place right after we moved here but it took awhile to actually get there! We went today with friends.
Katie wasn’t AS excited as I thought she’d be, but she did have fun.
Mama, I want to run around!
Dropping Owen off at his activity camp, Katie has decided she wants to run around.
Bathing…pink beauty.
My favorite picture of the day.
They do this all on their own.
She likes to watch herself.Â
When wask what movie Katie wants to watch, half the time she picks her fairy camp video. 🙂
She has to be like Owen.Â
Owen wanted me to take a picture of his loose tooth…
So then of course Katie wanted me to take a picture of her, too.
She gets into everything these days.Â
She got into the pool bag and got out some stick sunscreen…which was all over her. As soon as I say “Miss Katie!” she starts a pout.
Because I love her jumps!
She didn’t do as well today with her jumping and floating but she’s still fun to watch.
Just a normal morning.Â
Katie found a pair of her shoes in our room so of course she had to put them on…and then her and Owen watch the iPad on the floor waiting for me to get out of bed (Tom is usually up with them on the weekends but he had duty last night).
Our amazing little jumper!
Katie did amazing at swim class today! (We were here on a Saturday for a makeup lesson.)
And Owen actually had a one-on-one lesson so he got a lot of practice in—and did well with his side-breathing.
This is what happens a lot now.Â
I grabbed the kids for a post-walk selfie.
Walking on a track makes for a funny GPS recording:
One way to lose iPad privileges.Â
I opened Katie’s door in the morning so she could just come downstairs when she woke up. But then we heard her walking around…and she wasn’t coming down. I went up to find this—she was in Owen’s room with his bank contents strewn about. She’s hanging her head because she just got a “no ma’am” and command to pick it all up. Being stubborn, she refused—and consequently lost her iPad privileges for the day.
Guess what Tom got?
A 2015 Subaru CrossTrek in Tangerine Orange Pearl!
He has been researching for awhile now so this wasn’t totally out of the blue…but it was a quick decision (the dealer only had this one on the lot and wasn’t getting anymore and it was a decent deal—and someone else was coming to look at it that night). We hated to spend the money, but really wanted to trade his 2008 Prius in before it lost too much more value or required major work like hybrid battery replacement.
The car is quite cool, though I’ve only had a quick ride around the block thus far (he got home about 8:15). Tom loves it—it’s a HUGE upgrade with extras like Bluetooth and leather seats that he’s thrilled about. I kinda hate him because it’s orange and I’m the one who really loves neat colors…but I’m excited because I’ll actually drive it (I never really liked the Prius).
The only minor snag in the process is that I can’t find the title to his Prius. Normally my recordkeeping is SPOT ON but it’s nowhere—it’s not in the safe and it’s not in the file cabinet…and there’s not even a scan of it anywhere! I have an old title (with the first lienholder still on it) scanned into Evernote but that’s it. And oh yeah, of course I can’t find the lien payoff letter, either. WTF??
I know it can be resolved, but now it’s going to be a PITA. What gets me is that I scan everything like that into Evernote—or at the very least, my computer. And there’s nothing. NOTHING. I know we got the lein release letter but can’t recall receiving the title. To be missing one of them maybe…but both?!
The kids were SUPER excited! We went for a short ride around the block and they were practically giddy!
I wasn’t watching her like a hawk.Â
So she covered my laptop in Doc McStuffins stickers. She’s lucky they came off easily. 🙂
Playground again!
Owen didn’t have activity camp this week so we did this instead! They played while I walked around the path for my mile walk!
Today he brought a shield and sword.
Katie likes to be pushed high!
Her same friend was back—this time with a scooter. Katie desperately wanted to use the scooter, but didn’t want to actually move on it. 🙂
Owen’s astute observation!
We were on the way to the playground when Owen noticed we all had the same shoes!
They think this is hilarious.
Owen tells Katie to sit like this when they get in the car, so when I come around to buckle her in, this is what I see. They love it.
Katie found a friend at the playground.
She has no fear of leaving me…when it’s on her terms.
Can you see them? (They’re about smack dab in the middle of the picture.)
See? (They ended up walking all the way around!)
Owen had made a friend, too—running around the track while the kid biked. 🙂 I love that they make “friends” so easily!
If I let them do what they wanted all the time…
…this is what it would look like 24/7.
But I make them do things like this (yes, make—they often give me grief until they’re out there and then they love it):
Kids in trees!
Guess which one loved it and which one was scared to death?
Katie loved it and Owen was scared—he liked the first 10 seconds of Tom lifting him up into the tree but then it was a constant stream of “I’m scared, I don’t like this, I want to get down!” I told him I wanted a picture and held my phone up, he saw it and smiled brilliantly for the photo above, then that was IT.
Katie is 3 years 1 month old today!
Just two more years of monthly pictures to go! 🙂
This is how they sometimes watch movies.
Charlie Love
Of course, 10 seconds after I snapped this, Katie did something to annoy Charlie and got swatted and there were tears and crying and drama.
Swim Lesson Sunday
She’s not even posing. This is just a natural look. Hoo boy are we in for trouble… 🙂
Getting better at floating—lasting longer in the float position little by little.
Then guess who suddenly LOVED jumping in?
She loves wearing her goggles now! We think that’s why she liked jumping in this time!
And another natural look LOL. I missed the actual eye roll. 🙂
Getting right into things!
Owen wanted to open his presents as soon as we got home…and Katie really wanted to help. She had a hard time accepting that these were OWEN’S PRESENTS and there were none for her. But he’s a nice brother so he let her help on a few.
Then we took a little break so I could go walk on the treadmill and they could play on the bounce house…and also so Owen wouldn’t blow through all his gifts in the first day!
Afterwards, I noticed Owen was wearing a new Minion #selfie shirt and I asked if he knew what a selfie was. He said no, so we took this picture:
And then he grabbed my phone and took this:
Back to the gifts! 🙂
