When I Grow Up

Each night at dinner, we do Roses and Thorns.  Everyone at the table takes a turn talking about the good parts of their day (the Roses) and the bad parts (the Thorns).  As we were finishing up Roses and Thorns tonight Katie changed the subject a bit.  She said, "Do you know all the things I get to do when I grow up Mommy and Daddy?"  We said, "No what types of things do you get to do when you grow up?"

Her Response:  "I get to drive a car, make dinner by myself, ride a big girl scooter, and big girl bike."

At this point I was thinking to myself -- oh, how very perceptive.  But then the 3 year old kicked in.

Katie's Next Comment:  "And I also get to make a lasso and rope things....and buy a cow to keep at my house."

All I could say was -- sure you can (and try not to laugh).  Yep - that was our dinner time conversation this evening.  Good stuff.

Easter Sunday

The Easter Bunny didn't visit our house this year.  Instead he visited Nana and Papa's house.  Which is good, because that's where we were staying.  And Katie would have been seriously disappointed if Mr. Easter Bunny didn't arrive.  Old CottonTail even left a trail of candy from Katie's bedroom all the way to her Easter Basket.....just to be sure she could find the goods.  Things were going well in the video below until she saw a stick bug on her basket and she FREAKED OUT!  Yeah - She is terrified of bugs.

After the excitement of candy and new toys wore off, we had some breakfast and got ready for church.  Unfortunately, the weather wasn't as nice Sunday as the previous day (rainy), but we managed to squeeze in a few pictures.  As you can tell from my expression -- getting a 3 year old to sit for pictures is ridiculously annoying some days.  Not exactly the Kodak moment I had hoped for. 

It was so nice to be in Woolwine this weekend.  Katie loves playing in the creek, feeding Maddie, and running in the wide open spaces.  She even tried to convince Matt and I to let her bring this huge toad home with her as a pet.  She was absolutely begging, "Please mommy.  Can I keep him?"  Go figure, she is TERRIFIED of bugs, yet will pick up a nasty, muddy toad without a second thought. 



Egg Hunt 2013

Each year gets better!  Each year Katie understands a little more about the traditions and practices of each Holiday -- and its just so much fun to watch her excitement.

 

Matt has been so busy with school that we rarely see him -- even on weekends.  But, I insisted he make some time for Easter festivities.  So, he packed up with us and headed to Woolwine.  The only bad part was that he packed his books too because he had a test on Easter Monday (bummer!). 

Anywhooo...back to Easter.  Saturday was a beautiful sunny day -- perfect for an Egg Hunt.  My great Aunt's church has a really nice event each year for the kids so we headed there.  In Katie's age group, they had hidden 250 eggs for 11 kids.  SO much better than last year in Richmond at Maymont Park where she found 3 eggs -- and Matt and I had to guard over those to be sure other children didn't take them.

After the egg hunt was over, the church had pizza, kool-aid and snacks for everyone.  Between the kool-aid and Easter Egg candy Katie was on a MAJOR sugar high.  After getting busted with two other boys for running in the sanctuary and hiding in the pews (no, I'm not kidding) -- they were sent back outside to run up and down the hill. 

 

One of the most unique things about my Aunt Charlotte's church is that it has a large creek running through the property with a covered bridge.  Inside the bridge, there are gaps in between the wooden slats where you can drop rocks and plunk them right into the creek.  Mommy had to join in the fun....after all, I can remember doing the same thing when I was a kid.  :-)

Below is a picture from the last time we attended Aunt Charlotte's Church Egg Hunt (two years ago) and one of Katie and Matt from this weekend.  One very obvious change....Katie grew hair (FINALLY)!  LOL!