I really can't believe that this...
...has already turned into this! How time flies.
I don't feel like it was that long ago that we had this tiny little baby in our home, and now she's so grown up! We went to SEP Conferences at school yesterday, and her teacher had nothing but good to say about her. She has nearly perfect scores on everything, she's way above the first grade reading level, her math, writing and spelling are great, and she listens and follows directions really well. (On a side note - sooo glad we decided to start her in first grade!) She is also such a great sister for Skyler. She loves to play with him, help him get snacks, hold his hand, and talk and sing to him. She is super excited that when the new baby comes, she gets to share a room with him. She's already planning where she can move her dresser so his little toddler bed will fit. I love that she is so excited to have siblings. She really loves to do crafty things, dance, and play with her friends. She's gotten quite a bit more sassy lately, but I think that's part of growing up. She's learning how to have her own personality.
For her birthday, I told her she could choose between a family activity (just dad, mom, Kylee and Skyler...she gets to pick where to eat and what to do), a cousin/extended family party, OR a friend party. She thought about it for a long time, and then decided to draw her choice out of a bowl. I wrote all three choices down, and she ended up drawing cousin/extended family party. She immediately got out some paper and started writing down party plans. She decided she wanted an animal party, so we found some animal things to do. I'm not into the super-fancy parties people throw now-a-days, so it wasn't anything big, but Kylee loved it and I thought it turned out fun.
This is the cake I made. She originally wanted a zebra cake, but I just wasn't sure about the black icing, so we went with a frog. Found a cartoon frog on google images that was kind of what I wanted, and used it to make up my own. I think it turned out okay!
This is the first year Kylee was finally brave enough to blow out the candles all by herself with no tears. Apparently she is *finally* getting over her fear of fire! Yay!
Kylee also wanted to play "Pin the Tail on the Monkey" so again I turned to my best friend - google images! Found a cartoon monkey that looked pretty decent, and drew it bigger on a poster board. Nobody's tail got on the mark, but later Kylee placed one there just so she could see what it would look like with the tail in the right place!
This sign is actually still hanging on our wall. I have a couple gazillion of these little foamie things from back in the day when non-digital scrapbooking was "in", and recently I've been letting Kylee use some because let's face it...they're just gathering dust in the closet. I decided I might as well put some to good use and make her a sign. Not fancy, but she loves in all the same.
This photo was from the night of Kylee's birthday, after the party, etc. Skyler had gone two days in a row with no nap, and the poor guy was just all partied out. We were all sitting at the table eating dinner, and he fell asleep with spoon in hand and milk in mouth. It was actually kind of funny, because someone made a noise, and he kind of woke up startled for a second, picked up some corn, stuffed it in his mouth, and promptly fell back asleep while still chewing. Poor little guy!
