I realize that it has been more than 6 weeks since my last blog. By way of apologizing I combed through our home videos and have a bunch to post.
Kenna got fairies fro her birthday from Grandma and Grandpa and spend a week flying around the house like this...
So, what has happened since the beginning of September? Kenna took a month long gymnastics class through our city gym. She learned how to do hand stands against the wall, pull herself up and flip over a bar, walk the balance beam, somersault and do a sort of cartwheel. She really liked it and her teacher said she had a lot of natural talent. This month she is doing an art class for divas. It involves a lot of jewels and sparkles. Their theme is the tree of life and she is working on a few motifs. She loves it. She also recently told me that when she grows up she wants to be a rockstar and play the harp. We will see if the gym offers those classes.
Kenna is doing really well in preschool. The other day she was rhyming random words in the bathtub and said, "Mom, I'm almost getting ready for preschool. I'm so exciting!" She still makes a few mistakes in her language that I love and can't quite stand to correct yet. Instead of "years" she says "ears" so if something lasts for a long time it lasts for "ears and ears." She is still sweet as can be. The other night when Nate got home a bit later she told him, "Daddy I missed you today. Lets talk. Let's just hang out and talk." Which they did. She is as stubborn as she is sweet. I have to work hard not to turn things into a battle of will so I've learned if I just stay really calm things don't escalate. She has lots of her own opinions, especially when it comes to clothes. She's taken to picking out her own clothes and will come down completely dressed in the mornings. She only wears skirts or dresses and she only wears pretty colors. He logic goes something like this - for things to match they all have to be the same color. Pink leggings, pink skirt, pink shirt, pink sweater. Or, polka dots on her leggings, dress, and sweater. We're working on matching. I bought her some clothes for fall the other day and they were cute, I thought. However, I was informed that "gray is just not a pretty color." My mistake. Kenna has also started to give me fashion advice that goes something like this: "Mom I like your shirt but I don't like your pants. Brown is not a pretty color." I don't mind too much because she will also randomly say things like, "Wow mom! You look so pretty!" She is tender hearted and sweet as can be and I hope she never changes.
Callie has had a growth explosion over the last few weeks. She went from going the Mogli crawl to wearing shoes and walking everywhere she goes. She doesn't like shoes and will kick them off when she gets a chance but let's face it, there are some places that shoes must be warn. The little stink still refuses to say 'dada' and says 'mama' instead. She has a pretty good repertoire but all her words sound the same. She says some form of buh/bah for bye bye, up, bottle and bite; muh for more; keakah for Kenna; gaga for dollie and various other babbles that I am still trying to assign words to. She is starting to use a fork and thinks she is such a big girl when she does. The child eats almost nonstop. When she is at Lixi's house she know I pack snacks in my diaper bag and will just start pulling things out till she finds what she wants then crawl to and adult and start saying "buh buh buh" for bites. She LOVES dollies and carries not one, but two around with her. She also loves to climb up and just sit in Kenna's little black chair. She'll take some toys and hang out there. It is the longest I have ever seen her sit still.
Callie is really smart.
I love to watch her little mind work.
Like I said, she is always eating so when the fridge is open she will
crawl over to the fridge, somehow manage to get a yogurt out of the box then
crawl over to me say, “guh go, guh go” (yogurt, yogurt). She can now climb onto Kenna’s powerwheel (usually
backwards) and then screams, “muhmuh! Buhbuh!” (mama, bye bye) at which point I
make the car drive around the house for her.
Did I mention that she is super loud? Callie also spends a lot more time throwing balls than I remember Kenna doing. She's pretty good at it and loves to play catch with you. She also drives cars around more Kenna did. She loves the little people school but and will drive it around the toy room making car sounds and filing it with all of her favorite disney figurines. She's also a great stirrer and spends a lot of time in the kitchen set stirring things. Callie LOVES animals, especially dogs. She will pick up little toy ducks and say, "kack kack" and she knows that dogs say "ooof ooof". Since she doesn't know all the other noises this is the sound most other animals make as well. She is a very happy baby and gives really good smiles, loves and slobbery open mouthed kisses.
We recently had our first torrential rain fall in months and
Kenna was so excited that she put her bathing suit on and went out to play in
it. Callie also loves the rain and soon
both girls and Nate were out playing in the water.
Other than that I got a new job. I'm now working regular hours with kids instead of adults. The break is nice and I find I actually pay attention to what the kids say when I get to go to work. Nate got a promotion and is working longer hours. Since my work is in the evening we sometimes has nights that involve passing each other through the front door as he gets home and I leave then passing each other again as I get home and he leaves. It's busy but life is good.
Our friends Mike and Christina came down to visit from
Oklahoma so that Nate and Mike could go to the OU vs Texas game. Sadly, Mike’s team lost and both boys fried
but we all had fun hanging out together.
We took a trip to the pumpkin patch and even ventured out to eat. It went surprisingly well with four kids and
the food was delicious. Hopefully we
will make a habit of seeing them more.
This weekend we spent time together outside doing yard work Kenna was dressed from head to toe in pink. Her winter coat is hot pink and her shoes are also pink. She held the rake and pretended to be a statue as cars drove by. She thought it was hilarious and kept asking if people thought she was a statue. Kenna brought her stroller and dolls out and we took them for a walk around the neighborhood.
After Callie's nap we went to this wildlife rescue place with a little petting zoo and various rather tame 'wildlife'. We got to ride a train through the park and the animals came right up to eat out of the buckets attached to the train. Callie's head was ready to explode she was so excited. She literally did not hold still the entire train ride. She ran back and forth, up and down yelling "ooooh" and "oooof" and screaming while trying to get the animals so she could touch them. I held her over the train and let her touch the ones that got close enough. She was in heaven. I can't imagine what our house would be like if we had a dog. I'd never have to play with her again. Kenna got to touch a lemur and a baby kangaroo and ride in a barrel train with a crazy driver. A few times we thought we might tip but Kenna just giggled the whole time. The best part of the whole trip? Fall is finally here and it was actually cool.
