Busy Little Bumble Bee

This morning I took Kylee to the library for the first time. We met some of our play group friends there for storytime. She wasn't too interested in the stories (They were pretty long stories), but she loved the puppet show! In fact, she ran up and stood right in front of the stage.

After story time, we went inside the library for a few minutes to look at picture books.

Then we met 3 other moms and their kiddos at chic-fil-a for lunch. Kylee ate all 4 of her chicken nuggets, one of her friend's nuggets, all of her grapes, a few apple slices, and almost half of the chicken sandwich I got to bring home for daddy!!

We got home from Chic-fila just before Rikki arrived to drop of Charli. Charli hadn't had lunch yet. So, I made some chicken fries. Kylee ate 4!!!

Not too long after Charli left, Kylee fell asleep playing with her Wal-Mart card on the office floor.

Mommy and Me Mondays

Although Kylee and I still spend just as much time together as ever (pretty much all our time), and have lots of fun, quality time with our playgroup friends (We love, love, LOVE our playgroup), sometimes I feel like we don't have as much quality one on one time together. So, since our playgroup usually doesn't do things on Mondays anyways, I've decided to try to leave Monday mornings free and make that our mommy and me day. Here's the plan... Since we won't have to worry about getting ready for anything, we can spend the morning playing in our PJs doing whatever she wants to do. Then before lunch we will do some sort of special activity together (sensory activity, art project, etc...something fun that we might not be able to do on days that we have to stay clean). If the weather is nice, we can play outside after nap (Kylee LOVES being outside). If not, I'll turn on some music and we can sing, dance, play...whatever she's in the mood for until it's time to eat dinner and get ready for our parent - tot gymnastics class.

Big Girl Now

A few days ago Robert installed Kylee's big girl (front facing) car seat, and it has made a world of difference! Her car tantrums had actually got worse lately, but since she's been in her new chair, she's been great (quick - everyone knock on wood!) This morning we went to a play date at Angie's. When I pulled back into our garage and turned off the car after the playdate, Kylee signed "more"!! I thought 'surely she doesn't want more time in the car', but couldn't think of what else it could be. So, I turned the car back on and circled the neighborhood for about 5 minutes. I then pulled back into the garage and turned around and asked Kylee if she was ready to get out of the car. Once again, she signed "more." So, around the neighborhood we went. After a few more minutes, she fell asleep!

I am also pleased to announce that Kylee has been completely bottle free for the last 2 days! She hasn't had a bottle during the day in over a month, but I've been too chicken to take away her bedtime bottle. Last night when I went to get the bottle I realized I had loaded the dishwasher but for some reason had forgotten to turn it on. Instead of hand washing a bottle, I decided to be brave (and lazy) and offered her a sippy cup. There was a little bit of mild fussing, but overall, it went great! Yay! Kylee is officially a member of the big girls club!

The Princess and the Potty

Last night Kylee pooped in the potty! She followed me into the bathroom (as usual), but instead of trying to climb into the laundry basket or steal the toilet paper, she acted like she wanted on the potty. So, when I finished I asked if she wanted a turn to sit on the potty. She stood in front of the toilet and put her hands up, so I took off her diaper and stuck her on. She almost always poops about this time, so I told her to push (and modeled her usual poop face) She did and... poop! Yay Kylee! I'm not sure she realized what was going on, but this is actually the second time this has happened. I didn't plan on attempting to potty train her anytime soon, but now I'm considering getting a toddler insert for our potty and having her sit on it around her usual pre-night night poop time.

Born to Shop

Sunday afternoon I was holding Kylee while checking out at Wal-mart. Before I could swipe my check card, she grabbed it from me and tried to swipe it herself! I guess we go to Wal-Mart so much that she knows where the card goes. Later that evening we went to grandma's for dinner. Grandma's purse was hanging on a chair. Kylee opened the purse, found her wallet, took out the check card, and tried to swipe it between the keys on her keyboard. She loves getting into wallets and, no matter what type of wallet it is or how many different kinds of cards are in it, she will find the check card every time! Before we left, grandma found an old wallet and an expired check card for Kylee to keep. She loves them! She spent much of Monday morning playing with her purse, wallet, and beloved check card. Then that afternoon she picked up her check card with one hand and her purse with the other, went to the front door, and said "bye bye grandma". I guess she was all ready for another trip to Wal-Mart. (We've been going to Wal-Mart with grandma almost every Sunday, and before we go I usually say "Let's go bye bye and go shopping with grandma".)
In other news... the other night Kylee played with her leapfrog barnyard toy for the first time in several weeks. This time she was able to match all the animals to their tails and put them together all on her own!

So Loved! So Spoiled!

Last night when we were at Wal-mart Daddy let Kylee pick out her Valentine's Day gift. She chose a Winnie The Pooh balloon and an animated/singing dog. She is very happy with her selections and spent all morning dancing with her dog. She also got a card from Great Aunt Paula, her first cabbage patch doll (a CPK fairy) and heart bracelets from Charli, a monkey balloon and pink puppy stuffed animal from Aunt Michelle, and a mailbox toy from grandma.

Thanks Aprill!

After we dropped Robert off at drill on Saturday, Aprill and I took Kylee to Target (a Super Target!) for the first time where she charmed Aprill into buying her an adorable dress, a BIG ball, and her first taste of ice cream. Thanks Aprill! We can't wait to take you and baby Richardson on a shopping spree!