More Fashion!

Are you looking for a water-resistant, lightweight jumper to wear on a summer day?

Make sure all grocery items have been removed...

Create small "leg holes", loop handles over shoulders, and VOILA!

Don't forget to re-cycle!

We Call This "Princess Gardening"

"Sure, Mom, I'll help you pull weeds!" So, off we went with our gardening tools, and Kayli in her "specially chosen" garden attire!




(Kayli pulled approximately 2 weeds, then steps back and announces "Well Mom, that should do it for today!" I just cracked up!)

Found the Keys!

Keys back where they belong. Thanks, Saint Anthony! Keys found in small silk chinese box in bedroom. Kayli said "Here they are, just where we put them!"
Excuse me? WE?

Where Are My Keys???

I’ll give you 3 guesses as to whom I suspect?

Here are the facts:
1)There are 2 hooks on the fridge. One for my keys, with the silver fortune cookie key chain, that go to the house, car, etc. One for Kayli’s bright green keys, with the sparkle star keychain, that open nothing except her imagination!
2)I have a vague recollection (which tends to be my current status for memory storage these days) of Kayli holding both sets of keys out to show me that she is just like me! Yes, Kayli, we both have our own keys, now can you please put them both away? “Ok, Mom”
3)Preschoolers have a way of interpreting what you’ve said to match what they think you should have said. So, if I said “Put them away”, she may have “heard” Put them away for safekeeping, or Hide them away, or Find a new place for them, or, well, you get the picture.
4)It’s Monday morning. I’m going to take Kayli to daycare, then go on to a doctor appointment, followed by a dentist appointment. Or am I? No keys to be found!
5)As I begin to “grill” Kayli as to the wheareabouts of my keys, she quickly realizes that the missing keys include HERS, and she tries to begin “grilling” me! This is the point where my patience wears thin and my sudden change of demeanor scares her into temporary amnesia!
6)We all know that Kayli is the “master of squirreling” things away, but she can’t always remember all the “reassigned homes” for these things. (There are so many nooks and crannies, boxes and bags, cracks and crevices to choose from) We only recently solved the “missing wrenches” mystery. (Under the pillows on the couch in the computer room)
7)Luckily, I remembered I had a hidden spare key!
8)I’m back from the daycare, doctor, and dentist. I stopped to have another spare key made. (You can never have too many spares!) I’m STILL looking for OUR keys. I know I AM NOT THE ONE WHO LOST THEM!

Anyone want to venture a guess???

Pleeease Can I Have My Butter WITHOUT Bread?

What is it about kids and BUTTER?

I ask Kayli if she would like a slice of banana bread. "Sure, Mom!" she says with excited anticipation. Then, as I pull the butter tub out of the fridge, I hear a tiny gasp, then an excited squeal, then "Mom, pleeease can I have my butter WITHOUT bread?"

My First Gymnastics Class

Kayli has been anxiously awaiting the first day of her gymnastics class, and just like her mom, the excitement is just as much about what she gets to wear as it is about what she gets to do! Woohoo!
Now, for your live action viewing pleasure:

First "Homework Assignment"

Kayli started a new daycare/preschool this summer, and was given her very first "homework assignment".
We were supposed to turn a paper bag into a puppet that represented Kayli. Then, she was to put a few things into the bag that represented things she liked. We had fun as we made sure the puppet had dark brown eyes and a lacy, frilly "princess dress" like the ones Kayli loves to wear! Inside, we put some pictures of some things Kayli loves!
As we worked on this simple, fun project together, I thought, "Wow, this is our first of soooo many homework projects to come, and I look forward to them all!"