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Category Archives: Things Katie Says
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We were on a walk and saw 100 dog poop!
Katie, seeing a caboose on the side of the road: There’s a train bottom!
Katie and Gramma Jean were playing hide and seek. Gramma jumped out and scared her.
Katie: Ah! You scared my feelings!
Katie, with a water bottle: I’m pretending this is dia co.
Me: What is it?
Katie: Dia co. Like daddy.
Me: You mean what daddy drinks? Diet Coke?
Katie: Ahhh! I thought it was dia co!
Yet another trip to the Eagle Harbor beach!
Papa and Grannie took the kids back to the beach (leaving us home to relax and get ready for our dinner out) and Grannie sent these pics.
And added this commentary:
Katie found a puddle and added to it. (I confirmed she added water to it and not pee.) 🙂
Now it is a bubble bath she says.
Handstand Owen
I have packing to do but this is more important.
Guess who wanted to snuggle again?
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I accidentally got a speck of ketchup on Katie so I licked it off.
Katie: Awww. Now I have mama slobber.
Katie: Can I have a snack when we get home?
Me: It will be lunchtime.
Katie: BUT I WANT A SNACK.
Me: 😐
Katie was running around in her superhero Barbie cape.
Tom: Wow! Good jump! You jumped over Maggie!
Katie: Yes, because I’m a superhero!
We were at the library playground.
Owen: Mom, I know what I want to do.
Me: What?
Owen: Go over to the book and put my head in the hole for the caterpillar head and you can take a picture.
Mama! I’m sleeping with Charlie and daddy!
(Daddy is the Daddy Doll above her on the steps.)
Mama, send this to daddy.
We had just dressed her mouse in her doll’s dress and she told me to send it to daddy. 🙂
First day of summer break
The day started off okay but I may have wanted to punch both of them by noon.
Mom, I want a snack. Mooom, Katie spilled her water. Mom, Maggie stole my seat. Mooom, I don’t want to take a shower. Mom, I want to go somewhere special. Mom, I want a snack.
I take them to a neighborhood playground. Mom, it’s hot out. Mom, my legs are tired. Mom, I don’t want to play with Katie. Mom, I want to go home.
I tell them if the weather stays nice we’ll go to the pool. So every five minutes: I want to go to the pool. It’s not open yet. Mom, I want to go to the pool. Mom, I’m hungry. Mom, I want a snack. Mom, play a game with me. Mom, can I watch Netflix? Mom, Owen is in my way. Mom, I want to do rock painting. Mom, Owen is opening the door.
And on and on and on.
Sigh.
At least they had fun at the park for 15 whole minutes.
Our first Mommy & Me outfit!
I bought us a Mommy & Me set of LuLaRoe leggings and gave them to her today. She loved that we had matching stuff and the first thing she said when she put them on was “Wow! These are super comfy!” 🙂 Yes, yes they are. Smart girl. 🙂
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We were at the pool and they had started the grill for the cookout.
Owen: That smells like deliciousness!
Reading our initials on the wall:
Katie: J-T-O-K! That rhymes with Katie!
Katie wanted to leave her seat at the restaurant. I asked what she was going to do.
Katie: Some ballet on the carpet.
Owen: Katie, where did you get hurt? Your butt cheek?
Katie: No, my leg cheek.
Katie: Mom. Watch. I’m a ninja karate-r.
I was trying to teach Katie how to count from 20 to 30. She was getting the hang of it. Almost.
Katie: …twenty-six…twenty-seven…twenty-eight…twenty-nine…twenty-ten.
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. 🙂
Today’s walk went MUCH better.
Apparently we needed the promise of the library park afterward (if she was a good girl)…AND letting her pick which direction to walk on the trail. It still took about an hour but it was much more fun!
That said, she blatantly told me that she liked walking with daddy (or all of us) but not just me. No real reason, that’s just how it is. Thanks, kid. :p BUT! I did get her to admit that she’d be okay doing the walk with Owen along. Which is what I really want—that’s my plan for getting my trail walks in this summer when they’re both home all day. So we’ll see what actually happens.
But she was much more talkative today. She actually reminded me a lot of Owen babbling on and on like he does on our walks. I loved listening to it. Here’s a small sample.
Katie’s jumps and mermaid tail.
Baseball without rain for once!
As a friend commented, What is this shiny bright ball of light in the sky? It’s blinding! Seriously. It’s been raining just about every day for almost a month. So this was a perfect evening for a game!
Pay attention for a Katie surprise in the middle of this video. 🙂
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Grandma arrived and picked Katie up to hug her.
Gramma: I’m going to squeeze you until you fart.
Katie [obviously] didn’t fart.
Katie: Grandma, you couldn’t fart me!
Grauntie Marge wears a wig, but didn’t have it on yet first thing in the morning. After she put it on:
Katie: You have your big hair on!
Demonstrating his newly-learned martial arts moves to Uncle Rob via Skype:
Owen, pointing to Katie: Katie, be my assistant.
She eagerly got up and threw some punches and blocked some punches.
Katie: Do your feet kicks!
We were shopping at Nordstrom Rack and Katie was checking out the mannequins, lifting up the dresses—and she saw that there weren’t actual legs (they were just metal rods).
Katie: Mama! The mannequin has leg poles!
Katie: Mama, why are you wearing a belt?
Me: Because my pants are too big and the belt keeps them from falling down.
Katie: You could just wear comfy pants!
We were all in the car and Katie was trying to describe what she just saw flying.
Me: A bird.
Katie: No. It was white.
Me: A bird.
Katie: No. It had feathers.
Me: A bird.
Katie: No.
Owen: A goose.
Me: A goose is a bird.
Owen: A waterproof bird!
I laughed so hard over that that I actually cried. 🙂
Owen was reading Wimpy Kid.
Owen: “It was an 80 picture of Uncle Charlie.”
Me: What? Let me see.
He shows me—its “8 X 10.”
Owen: 8 times 10 is 80.
❤️ this kid.
My hair is hot!
Katie’s first experience with a curling iron! She LOVED it!
Harry Pottah!
Throwback Thursday—Brothers
I started to clean out the file cabinet and had to stop and post this awesome picture. It’s circa 1997 shortly after Tom and I met.
I showed the picture to Katie and asked who they were. She didn’t recognize either of them. When I told her, she said: “No, those are different guys.” 🙂
Such a polite little girl.
Me: May I take a picture of you because you’re so cute?Katie: Yes you may!
Waiting for Owen
On Mondays if it’s nice when I pick Katie up, we stay and play at the playground while waiting for Owen to finish his after school athletics program. She loves it.
Showing me the flowers her class planted. (Yes, they’re fake.)
She wanted to show me her picture outside the classroom!
Fine. I’ll close my eyes.
She doesn’t want to take a nap. She needs a nap. Finally: “Fine. I’ll close my eyes.” And got into this position. 😀
She never napped. I came home from my walk (Tom was upstairs) to find her wide awake. Outside with Maggie. With chocolate on her face. STINKER.
Sigh.
Katie’s first field trip!
Katie’s first field trip—to Frying Pan Park (a working farm) in Herndon!
Katie: I’m so excited to take the bus!!
He was taking a dirt bath!
Katie got to pet the sheep but I didn’t get a picture of it!
She was frustrated that the little boy was climbing behind her!
Probably the best pic of the day! She loved the animals but she really liked playing on the tractors!
This little boy in his old-timey cap just cracked me up. I love this pic—they look like an old married couple being forced to sit for a photo. 🙂
Then soon it was snack time…
And time to go home…
She had a great time!
Katie’s classroom!
After I picked Katie up today, we stayed at the school since Owen had an after school sports program and needed to be picked up at 5:15 (and it was so nice we planned to play on the playground). She had to go potty so we went in and then ended up going to Katie’s pre-K room so she could show it to me.
In front of her cubby (she’s the red square):
Her job this week.
Me: Katie, what does the straw helper do?
Katie: We put straws in cups!
“Look! TWO dollhouses! TWO!”
And then it was back outside to the playground.
Katie: Mama, what do you want?
Me: Fries and a chocolate shake!
She has no fear.
Katie’s first day of school!
She was very excited! And even though she was perfectly happy to use Owen’s old Minion backpack, I will be looking for a different one because I don’t actually like that backpack (it zips through the middle and it’s hard to fit the lunch bag in it).
Papa and Grannie’s big surprise!
Of course, we knew that they were coming, but we didn’t tell the kids…so when we came home from baseball this morning, this is what happened:
Pics from the video:
Toddler questions make me insane.
Mama, can we go somewhere so I can ride my scooter?
– 3 seconds later –
Mama, can we go somewhere so I can ride my scooter?
– 4 seconds later –
Mama, can we go somewhere so I can ride my scooter?
– 1 second later –
Mama, can we go somewhere so I can ride my scooter?
– 6 seconds later –
Mama, can we go somewhere so I can ride my scooter?
And I just don’t even answer because I’ve already answered her 13 times an hour ago.
Charlie’s Cape
Why? One word: Katie.
“Mama! Look! I put a cape on Charlie!”
Easter Egg Hunt
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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.
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:
