Little Sprite

After playing at our friend's house, K. came home and played in her new dress-up outfit. She's not able to put it on herself, but seems happy wearing it. Thanks, L. (and L's daughters, for outgrowing it).

In other news, K. appears to be obsessed with the outdoors, and continually stands by the door and says "side, go." Her other words include shoe, sock, hat, dog, goku, mom, dad, daisy, wow, uh-oh, bubbles, ball, baby, and book.

Reading Buddies

K, reading with her friend S. at our friend L's house.

Future Fencer?

K. might take up fencing at some point: (Of course, this is actually an empty basket from Red Lobster--we actually went out to eat and devoured many a cheddar bay biscuit between the three of us).

Happy St. Patty's Day

K. showing off her green for St. Patrick's Day.

Sweet Sunday

After dinner K. and I walked around the neighborhood. She pushed her baby in the shopping cart, which always makes her happy. Once we returned home we played with a ball in the front yard. She noticed that our next-door neighbors have a basketball hoop, and walked over and motioned toward it. With their kind permission, K. and I did some slam dunking. At one point, I was holding her so she could dunk the ball and her slip-on shoe fell off. She said, "Uh oh, shoe." That's nearly a sentence--it's certainly a complete thought!

I didn't have my camera with me during our walk, so here are pictures from earlier today. And guess who can blow kisses?

P.S. Look how close she got to getting her shoe on herself!

Blazing a Trail

It was warm enough for K. to wear her seersucker blazer to church today. Giving a smooch to her dad:
Happy.

Fresh Air Friday

Some miscellaneous clowning at lunchtime today. After lunch, K took a great nap, and after dinner we walked to the park and played until bedtime. K. walked all the way to the park and rode in the stroller on the way home. It was tough to convince her to leave the park, and once we got home I stopped the stroller in the garage and took her out. She promptly climbed back in. When we're indoors, she looks longingly outside and sadly says "side."

E.T.

Where's K?

Black and White and Red All Over

K's new favorite Sunday afternoon pasttime:

Moment of Reflection

Cats Bounce

K. found out...

...that if she hits the end of the air mattress in the guest room...
...and the cat's sitting at the head of the bed...

...that the cat will bounce.

"You should have seen how funny it was!"

A Setup for Fun

The other morning, K. was busying herself with her dishes, and when I looked I noticed that she had set the table and put a doll in the chair!

Bubbles

K. has added a new work to her repertoire: "bubbles." I keep the bottle of them on my desk, and yesterday morning she came walking up to me and asked for them. She likes playing in them, trying to catch them, and stomping on them if they linger on the floor.

Skinny Tuesday

So K's beads are authentically from the Mardi Gras section of Target's dollar spot...oh, well. Also note her spring flip-flops she was breaking in.

Group of Play

We hosted Playgroup at our house this past Thursday. Here are K's friends who were able to come over: Snacking upstairs:
I think there were some ducks outside that everyone turned to look at just before I snapped this photo. Upon further review I noticed that K. used the opportunity to snag another spoonful of grapes. Sneaky!

Ketchup

Sorry about the lack of posting recently. I will attempt to play catch-up with my photos.

This would be very cute if it weren't for my lack of using a flash and resulting grainyness:

K. has recently discovered that she likes bubbles. I was unable to both blow bubbles and capture a cute photo of her with the bubbles in it, so here's a random photo of her reaching for the bubbles just out of my photo frame. Just imagine the area filled with bubbles: K's behavior has been quite puzzling:

She got some little My Little Ponies to play with on her long car trip, and plays with them at her table as well. K. discovered that she might be part cat, and chased this ball with a bell in it aroud her tent for several minutes. Currently, she's trying to figure out how the bell comes out. It doesn't.

I'm not sure if it's good or not that one of her favorite toys is her microphone. We have a pair of them, and she always shares one with me. Her current favorite song is "If You're Happy and You Know It" and when we start singing it, she claps her hands. At the "face will surely show it" part, she puts her fingers to her cheeks. Once that verse is done she will begin to stomp her feet. My next mission is to get that on video.This game involved "pouring" the yellow ball from one dish to the next. After she played it in the game room, she took the three pieces into the master bedroom and played it there.

"Hello, Kitty!"--upon spotting the cat in my bedroom, she waved.

We went in where the cat was resting and C. actually let K. pat her for a moment before she left.

K. was playing with her stroller and at one point...

K. helping Dad with a project. Holding on to a stuffed animal at the same time didn't slow her down, and I imagine she'll be an excellent multi-tasker."Hi!"