Category Archives: Kids
New shoes!
She was even more wobbly at first—even holding my hand she was tripping over her own feet—but it didn’t take her long to get better:
She likes them!
Still not quite ready for barrettes.
Attempt #1 — 1:11pm
Attempt #2 — 2:07pm
And then attempts #3 and #4 were both within about the next six minutes.
And then I was done.
Pool time with daddy
Cracker Face
Owen was a great big brother and shared his crackers with Katie. She certainly enjoyed them!
Owen loves his new fart gun.
Owen loves his new fart gun! It’s both a memento of Owen’s first movie (Despicable Me 2) and a going-away present from daddy! Get it here: Despicable Me 2 Fart Blaster: A Despicable Minion Gadget
A Katie Walking Medley
Here’s the proof!
Quick, before she outgrows it!
A new 12-18m outfit that just barely fits…so today was likely the first and last wearing!
And a little later…
Laundry Basketball
I wanted to see if Owen could help move the laundry to the dryer so I came up with Laundry Basketball. He did amazingly well!
Helping daddy pack
That blue thing that floats up in space.
We were watching the AppleTV photo screensaver.
Owen: Did you see that blue thing?
Me: What blue thing?
Owen: That floats up in space.
Me: A spaceship?
Owen: Yes! The Tardis!
Hee. Yep, there was a picture of our Tardis Christmas tree ornament!
Coffee Clutch
So, every weekend, Tom and Owen have coffee clutch in the morning before Katie and I get up. They hang out, Tom drinks his coffee, Owen drinks his juice and has a snack, and they watch one of Owen’s TV shows… Owen LOVES it. (Well, Tom loves it, too…)
So tonight Tom told Owen that they only had two more coffee clutches before he leaves (Sunday and Thursday, the day he leaves) but that mommy would do coffee clutch with him once in awhile. Owen says “No! Mama doesn’t drink coffee. It will be water clutch!”
I love that boy.
Katie is a walking fool!
Today she just started walking across rooms like it’s cool. She still drops to crawl a lot, but she can definitely walk if she thinks about it. And it’s terribly cute. 🙂
Of course, I didn’t have my phone on me all the times she did it…so I’ll definitely get a video tomorrow!
Here’s one attempted video where she looked like she might walk…but didn’t. 🙂
Owen is 4 years 6 months old today!
And here he is, growing up right before your eyes, in under three minutes. What’s amazing is that he barely changes from month to month, but all of a sudden he’s four years old.
Daddy nomming Katie
She likes TV now.
She’s getting better!
Happy girl!
Snorty Girl
Movie #2
Today we took Owen to see Turbo
Thankfully he woke up easily and still wanted to go to the movie! It was a regular movie (i.e. not sensory-friendly) and we were concerned how he’d handle it…but he did just fine. He didn’t even want his noise-canceling headphones!
He did get a little fidgety towards the end (“Is it time to go yet?”) but overall he was great.
My only issue was the $8 matinee ticket prices. EIGHT DOLLARS! FOR A MATINEE! /get off my lawn
But I’ll definitely take him to a movie or two while Tom is gone.
Where’s Katie?
My free Great Wolf Lodge photo book from Shutterfly!
One of the bonuses of staying at the lodge was a free Shutterfly photobook to commemorate the experience! After a few trials and tribulations it turned out pretty well (long story short, I couldn’t use the Great Wolf Lodge themed pages if I wanted to do a Custom Path book (what I usually use), so I had to use their VERY limited Simple Path solution). You can flip through it here!
Click here to view this photo book larger
Turn your favorite photos into a photo book at Shutterfly.com.
Owen? Yes. Me? No.
Owen enjoys it when she does this. Me, not so much. Yes, it’s cute…but CAN I PLEASE HAVE TWO MINUTES OF PEACE? And it pulls my hair.
It’s a good thing she’s adorable. 🙂
I don’t wanna nap, part 41.
He was being cranky so I threatened him with a nap and of course he said he wasn’t tired. I went downstairs to do something and I didn’t hear anything for awhile so went to check on him.
“Helping” Katie walk
So it might look a little like dragging and throwing at times… 🙂
Pool Play Group
Our mommy play group schedule is off a little in the summer so basically someone just says “Hey, we’re headed to the beach!” or “Come on over…I’m getting out the water slide!” So today I had the group over for a pool party! We even had a new dad join our group!! (Ironically, it turns out he lives two streets over from us! This was the first group event he came to.)
It’s impossible to get five kids in a pool to stay still for a picture!
Owen in his new favorite goggles (from Amazon, of course). Get them here: Aqua Sphere Seal Kid Swim Goggle
And Katie did REALLY well! I was going to put her down for her nap around 11 when people arrived…but she wasn’t really tired so I put her in her cage 🙂 and she was happy enough and did really well until about 12 when she got hungry and then I put her down about 12:30 (and she napped until 4!).
Good morning girls
Sometimes this is what happens
Sometimes this is what happens when you send Owen to put on his PJs without assistance. I mostly have them in the drawer as sets, but he pulled out these two odd pieces. At least they match, right? And at least he can do it by himself!!
If you’re wondering about the pose, he’s pretending to be a statue because Medusa got him.
Where did Katie go?
Where’s Katie?
Okay, let’s do it again!
Lather, rinse, repeat…about six times. 🙂
Six Second Sweetie
She switches from stinker to sweetie (and back) so quickly it’s hard to snap a photo. This was the best I could do while she was being sweet and cuddly for six seconds.
Daddy came home early!
