Building a House

Andy came home one day and informed me that I needed to build him a house. For one of his classes, they were supposed to practice being a "project manager". They weren't allowed to touch the house or help build it in any way. It had to be a two-story thing, and that was pretty much the only rule. So, I built this lovely house out of cut-up cereal boxes. It ended up with shutters because I messed up on the front windows. It ended up with awnings on the back because I messed up on the back windows, so I had to make window boxes, but then I glued the piece on upside down accidentally. Good thing my window boxes look like awnings. When Andy saw it, his first comment was..."Wow! What great curb appeal! I think the re-sale value is going to be great!" I'm thinking it's a good thing I'm not in the construction business. In the end, I have no idea how the teacher did his grading, but I (well...Andy) got 95/100. Yay!

Washing the Dishes

Kylee has recently re-discovered her love of washing dishes. I always tell her she has to just turn the water on a tiny bit, and then she can do it. One day, I was sitting on the couch, and I heard her turn the water on higher. I said, "Kylee, turn it down!" She came walking out of the kitchen, put her hands on my cheeks and said, "Mommy. Look in my eyes. I washing the dishes, okay?" So I said, "Kylee. Look in mommy's eyes. Turn the water down, okay?" She then went back in the kitchen and turned the water down. I guess Mommy wins!

Ready for Spring

Now that the sun has started coming out more often, Kylee has been wanting to go outside and play more. She always wants to ride her bike. One day, I couldn't convince her to wear a jacket, so I got out her new princess shirt that I had got on clearance a few months back, and let her wear it, telling her that then she had to wear a jacket or the princesses would get cold. It worked! We went to the park and played for awhile. A few days later, she was convinced it was time to wear shorts. Since it was much too cold to play outside that day anyway, and we were pretty much going to sit around our house, I decided she might as well.

Under the Door

One day, Kylee and I were both taking a nap. I heard noises coming from her room, so I went out into the hallway, and this is what I saw. When I got down on the floor to see what was up, I saw this:
She said, "Hi, Mommy!" as if it were the most common thing in the world for us to be looking at each other under her bedroom door.

I then opened the door, and she came out, happy as a clam!

Kylee Paints her Toenails

One day, Kylee was playing in my bathroom, when all of a sudden I heard her say, "Look Mommy! I do my toes!" I jumped up to look, and sure enough, she had found some fingernail polish, got it unscrewed, and painted her toenails. Oops! I of course told her it looked beautiful, and so then she insisted on painting mine too. I didn't take a picture of mine, even though she did almost as good of a job as she did on her own.