Stay-cation!!

I had the best time yesterday and today! Since mommy and daddy did the big summer vacation by themselves in Hawaii this year they had a great idea for the 3 of us to go to The Great Wolf Lodge here in Kansas City! We stayed there last night and had SO MUCH FUN! I LOVE hotels…I kept saying “this is my favorite place, my favorite bed, my favorite phone, etc…” Everything at this hotel was my “favorite”! The coolest part was all there was to do at the hotel. They had a cool water park, an arcade, an ice cream shop, a store and all sorts of stuff!

When we got there we changed into our bathing suits and went straight to the water park! They had all sorts of fun stuff I played with – pools, water slides, fountains – everything with water! We also played in the arcade and daddy won me a cool ball and some silly stuffed animal…all on the first try!

We had a yummy dinner and then Papa Dick came to see us. We showed him all around our cool place and then played outside a bit! There were 2 ducks right by our patio and they would come really close to me…none of us were afraid!

I got in my pjs to go to the Clock Tower show and story time at 8am! All the other kids had there pjs on too. The clock tower came alive with the animals all talking and then the lady came and read a really long book! I got a little antsy and was the only kid (out of about 25) that could not sit still. I had so much energy I ran all over the place….up the stairs, down the hall to our room, everywhere!!! I had so much energy that I even took my shoe and threw it over the balcony and it almost hit a lady in a wheelchair. Mommy was angry and I had to go and tell the lady I was sorry (it was a really good throw though)! After story time we had dessert at the ice cream shop and then went to our hotel room for bedtime!

This morning we got to play in the water park again…boy do I love all the water stuff! I was sad to tell my hotel room goodbye, but after we left our stay-cation was not over! We went to a shopping center and did a bit of shopping, then went to Cabella’s to look at all the animals (stuffed) and fishies. I even got to feed the fish…they would go CRAZY when I threw in the fish food! To end our stay-cation we went to McDonald's for lunch!!!

It was so much fun! I can’t wait to go back there for another stay-cation!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

This place gets a BIG Thumbs Up!

Can you see Daddy and me up really high?? Daddy is waving!

Every few minuts water would crash out of the big bucket! I did not really like that part!

I love this old fashion phone they had at the hotel! A phone with a cord?? How funny! I pretended to talk on it all night long!

The Sweet shop!

This is the clock tower - where story time was!

I got freaked out on this game at the arcade! I just went to sit on it and did not put any money in it....all of the sudden it started to move like a roller coaster! OMG!

I liked this rocket ship!

Here is Daddy and I with all the prizes he won me! Good job daddy!

Daddy and I "chas'in" down the hallway to our room!

Papa came and took some pictures of all 3 of us!

2 little duckies right out our hotel room!

Papa Dick and I at story time! Me and all the kids!

Her name was Violet and I loved her. I stood in line 2 times to get my picture taken with her and give her hugs!

Swin Lessons!

I had my very first swim lesson Saturday morning at the Blue Valley Rec Center pool. It was really neat! There were 10 kids and 10 parents in my class! We were in a HUGE pool and the teacher had us do all sorts of fun stuff. Daddy was in the pool with me and mommy took pictures!

Daddy and I went around and around in circles in the pool. He flipped me around, I swam on my belly and my back and he even dunked in the water a bunch (the teacher made him)! We also got to jump of the side of the pool and daddy caught me (I am really good at that)!

I can’t wait until my lesson next week…wonder what I will learn then!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

Happy half birthday to me!

Today marks my two and a half birthday! We celebrated by going to Blue Valley Southwest soccer fields and playing soccer and then going to the new Shaved Ice place called "Tad's" and we all split cherry snow cones! What a yummy half birthday party!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

Potty Training - Status Update

I am doing really well with potty training! I can go pee in the potty flawlessly! I tell mommy and daddy when I have to go and rarely have accidents! Yeah for me!

I wear my big girl panties all day long. I do wear a diaper at nap time and bedtime though – just in case!

My challenge lies in going #2. I just do not want to go in the potty yet and I do not want to go in my diaper either! I have been having some issues with holding it and then that is not good! So – now I am working on this! Hopefully I will have it mastered soon - for everyone's sake!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

Kate Larson

Kate Larson was in town this week from California! We were really lucky and she spent most of the day with us last Tuesday. We played with Barbies and had so much fun! When I got home I told mommy “Kate Larson is a nice girl”. In fact, I call her “Kate Larson” whenever I refer to her.

On Sunday we went over to Miss Sharon and Mr. Mike’s house for a BBQ. Kate Larson was staying over at their house all week and they played a fun dinner for everyone to come over and play with her!

It was like Miss Sharon knew what all my favorite foods were! She has little water bottles, hot dogs, chips and dip, strawberries, mac ‘n cheese and cookies! She even has Toy Story 2 fruit snacks! YUMMY!

There were some other big kids at the party too (Kate Larson’s friend). They were all so nice and let me play with them all day long! I learned how to play soccer! They showed me how to play and I even scored some goals! They also took me downstairs and let me play pin ball! I got to eat with them too! I love to play with BIG kids!

I can’t wait to see Kate Larson again!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

Play Date

I was really lucky this weekend and got to have a play date with my best friend Sydney at her house! Mommy told me a could bring a toy to Sydney’s house for us to play with….I decided to bring 4 pairs of shoes for us to play with! Mommy thought that was really funny, but I thought it was a great idea! Sydney and I each wore one Ruby Red Slipper!

We had so much fun playing together! Miss Lori made an obstacle course for us to do. We had to put these little shoestring potato chips in a cup, put on a pair of shoes, blow bubbles with a straw, climb the bar stool, peal and eat a banana, then put a pillow on our head and run back to mommy! It was funny! We even got pulled around on the big parachute and we giggled like crazy!

We played outside with Sydney’s little swing set too. I can’t wait for our next play date!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

Growing up!

I can not believe how big Kate is getting. It is amazing how fast the past 2 1/2 years have flown by and how much fun she is! We have a normal bedtime routine: cuddle with mommy and daddy in their bed, giving "one-more-time" kisses (one kiss between every word), brush teeth and drink water, rocky rock, rocky rock some more, giving some more "one-more-time" kisses, mommy putting Kate to bed, then kisses and hugs, "do you want the door open or closed" (Kate always says opened), etc....

Tonight (and last night for the matter) Kate skipped a very important step in the routine - a step that we would spend many many minutes (sometimes hours in the early days) doing and a step that used to make her beg for more. She did not want to rocky rock. She wanted to go right into her bed. Now, that did not mean she was going to bed. Kate still wants to cuddle with us in her bed and wants us in her room as much as possible. But, boy is she is just growing up!

Love,
Mommy
xoxo