Saturday

Today was a good day. We started off with Kaylee's gymnastics class. She has so much fun there. She runs around and tumbles and flips and falls and jumps. They have a different theme every week and try to teach them something new. We then grabbed some Old McDonalds for lunch because Kaylee wanted the toy. They're doing Monsters vs Aliens right now. When we got home we had lunch and then met with our financial planner. He informed us that under our new plan we'll have our house paid off and be completely debt free in 10 years. Wow!

After he left, I passed out in our bed. I thought Kris and Kay went to sleep in Kaylee's new full size bed but apparently that didn't work so well. Kris laid down on the couch and Kaylee was watching cartoons. When I got up, Kaylee was asleep on her monster chair sitting up. So cute!

When they woke up, we went to Taco Time for dinner of course and then went to see Monsters vs Aliens at the Landing theater. Kaylee was scared thru most of the movie which was a downer but she was a trooper and stayed for the whole thing. I thought the movie was cute and the older kids that were there said they liked it.

We're back at the homestead and Kris is talking with her mom and Kaylee is picking the toejam out of her toes and chasing us with it. I love the sound of my girls laughing.

Nana

My mom was here recently and she got a whole week's worth of playing in with Kaylee. They played with Barbies and Critters and played dress up and Candyland and Dollies and and and and.

I really admired her ability to sit and play with Kaylee for long periods of time. I get bored playing with dolls. She said it's because when you're a little girl you play with dolls. Then when you're a mom you play with dolls with your daughter. So by the time you're a grandmother, you're used to it. I guess as a Dad, I don't have much experience playing with dolls. But I did have some Star Wars action figures when I was a kid. My dad really enjoyed putting together things like the Millenium Falcon. Probably almost as much as I enjoy putting together my daughter's doll houses. Cheers.

Favorite Number

I don't know if little kids can have a favorite number but Kaylee sure seems to have one. It's the number 50. Why 50? Who knows? The other day I was working late and Kristina and Kaylee brought me some dinner and on their way out Kaylee said, "See you in 50 hours!"

We were playing with her kitchen and she said we were making a cake or something and I asked her when it would be ready and she said 50 minutes. Kaylee has a cash register and we were playing grocery store and I asked her if I could buy some grapes and she said that would be 50 dollars. Wow, those are some expensive grapes. Grandma Debbie was watching her a little bit ago and Kaylee said something about 50 hours there too.

Haircut

Back in January, Kaylee got her hair cut much shorter than it has been. Kaylee wouldn't let us put it in a pony tail or pigtails so Kris asked the stylist to cut it down. It ended up being a little above the shoulders and had a little curl to it on the bottom. Kaylee was so good. She sat there still as a statue. Here's a photo I took with my phone.

First Movie

I took Kaylee to see her first movie in a theater today. We saw the Dog Hotel movie and she liked it a lot. We had taken her to the drive in a few times over the summer and it didn't go so well so I was a little anxious. Kristina went to see Bride Wars with Alesha at the same time so we drove over together. Everything went really well. Kaylee liked the movie. It was really crowded and pretty loud as there were a ton of kids. I got a bag of popcorn and a soda and Kaylee curled up next to me and watched the movie and munched on popcorn the whole time. She only asked a few questions. She did make us go potty about 5 mins in and then once in the bathroom let me know she didn't have to but I expected at least one potty break anyway. The movie was cute. I know Kaylee liked it because she loves anything with animals. We've been watching a lot of Disney movies at home lately and the Lion King was a big hit. This evening she asked to watch a Baby Einstein dvd on her portable player and she had it in her lap while laying on her monster and she fell asleep. Pretty darn cute. She woke up when I moved her bag of Cheetos. Now Kristina is in her room putting her down for the night. Today was a great day.

Christmas Tree

We put up our tree around a week ago or so. And what I mean by we is that I got all the stuff out of the attic and Kristina put up the tree. Kaylee loved every single ornament. Wow look at that one. Oooh that one is so cool. This one is so pretty. Even though it was the tenth red ball that was exactly the same as the previous nine. Kaylee got to help put the ornaments up. The cutest part of the whole event was when she hugged the tree and said "I love you tree!" She's done that at least once every day since.

Peep Show

We went over to Joel & Judy's the other day. Kristina was out of town and we hadn't seen them in a while. Kaylee loves going over there. They're fun to play with. Joel wrestles around with Kaylee and Judy gives her lots of attention too. One of the main reasons she loves going over there is because they have 4 stuffed peeps. Do you remember peeps from Easter? We were finishing dinner and Kaylee said to us, "Ok, now it's time for the Peep show."