Little Miss Sassy

What did you learn in Sunday School this week K-Rae?...... 
"I don't know, something about Jacob, but I have a rhinoceros on my head." 
Yes, I see that......
God bless the Sunday School teachers!  
(No, this wasn't our week as teachers!)

And the choice activity of this week..... 
learning how to fly....... 
(at least it burns some energy!)

And those of you that know K-Rae, 
know that she pretty much talks non-stop....
even if there is no one to be talking to........
she is........still talking.  
I'm really not sure if she ever even stops talking to breathe. 
The only way I really survive this day in and day out is to sort of zone out.....
about 75% of what is being said.  
So this morning in the middle of one of her rather lengthy explanations 
(while I'm trying to cut waffles, clean up spilled coffee, and listen to the message someone is leaving on the answering machine)
K-Rae says, "Mom--are you listening to me???"  
Busted......
Now, I'm pretty good at multi-tasking, but I do have my limits.  
I reply,  "No, I didn't hear what you said, can you tell me again please?" 
K-Rae: "Mom!  I've already told you twice and if I have to say it again, 
my mouth will feel all blobbery!" 
"All right then, I would hate to be the cause of a blobbery mouth....."   
K-Rae: "OK then, I'll tell you, my waffles aren't ripe!" 
OK...

So actually, she has stopped saying one word lately, 
as I've banned this word from being a response to my directions......
so if she is asked to do something she doesn't want to do 
(which is pretty much everything), 
K-Rae now promptly goes to the art center, 
grabs her sticky notes and comes back with this:

It seems she doesn't mind taking the time to actually form letters to write that word!

Other notes I get tend to look more like scribble scrabble, 

and she wants me to actually write what they say.  
Sometimes I am just supposed to figure it out, 
and she'll be sure to tell me if I'm not figuring out her "writing" quite correctly.  
On this note, she was kind enough to tell me what to write, 
and was sure to let me know that Dora the Explorer had written this note: 

And this is my new favorite song.....

it gets sung a lot lately when I make K-Rae's feelings "happy." 

Another sweet song...

K-Rae came up with this one spontaneously when I asked her to sing me a song 

so I could make a movie.....

I had to motivate her with a chocolate when she said she insisted she was "too shy!" 

Apparently she became shy for 5 seconds of her life!  

She calls this song "The First Star."

OK, one more video clip to include the doggie and Little Miss Mae in this posting 

(sorry I can't hold the camera still for my moving targets):

Welcome April

Oh yes, Grandma was here...for almost an entire week! The girls LOVE all the books she brought....and K-Rae especially loved wearing Grandma's glasses to read them!  I got spoiled with all the extra help!

K-Rae came back from one activity with Grandma wearing this rather interesting hat.  I asked her where she got it, she said, "A stranger gave it to me."  OK???......

Pretty cute hat, even if it did come from a stranger......Speaking of strangers, this has been the topic of conversation lately, not an easy lesson to teach our little social butterfly who has never known a stranger in her life.  She might be starting to get it though.....while we were eating at Honey Baked Ham a couple of days ago, I commented to another mom sitting at the table next to us, that her daughter's hair was so cute and asked her how she fixed it like that.  Kelsie turned and asked me, "Do you know her?"  "No."  "Well, then don't talk to strangers!"  What do you say to that???!!!!

Painting provided a great morning activity....I was even able to get the dishes done while the girls painted!  (Aunt Paula sent the sweetest spring/Easter package for the girls....they've been asking to paint ever since it arrived!)  At one point though, K-Rae's entire paint set ended up on the floor....fortunately they were washable paints!  As I was cleaning that up, I turned around to see K-Rae, who was now finished with painting, running stark naked around the room.  Apparently something about getting paint on her hands made her feel like getting naked....to each their own!

Little Miss Mae is taking her painting very seriously!  And she has been full of it this week too.  Last night, on her talker she told us, "I have the chicken pots," (chicken pox) and she pointed to a small cut on her finger. 

And yes, the dog behavior continues.....We're going on about a year of this behavior......tell me, does this phase ever end, or at least the licking part of the phase? 

To end the week.....we added a few munchkins for the afternoon, actually our godchildren.....my, they are growing up!  Apparently all of the elementary teachers needed a break today! I'm guessing that having a planning day on April Fool's Day really wasn't a coincidence...What you do you think?  Regardless, they all enjoyed watching Tangled--the girls new favorite movie.

Oh--and the news you've all been waiting for...the door prize winner(s)
(we've decided to start drawing two names a month!!!) are......

Kara Frazier and twayt1
Congrats and your prizes are on their way!
If you're not an "official" follower yet, sign-up!  Drawings on the first of every month!

"Bowling???....."

Little Miss Mae almost couldn't sleep for two nights straight because she was so excited she got invited to go bowling with her best friend! And of course K-Rae tagged along in full force!

The event was called "Bowling for Babies" and was a fundraiser for the March of Dimes. Little Miss Mae has a little teddy bear that was given to her by the March of Dimes when she was a baby at the Children's Hospital. As we were driving to the bowling alley, we had to turn around and go back home to retrieve the March of Dimes bear, when Little Miss Mae realized she had forgotten it for the big event.

Will it make it????(to the end of the lane that is...)

Maybe not!

Best friends (& the March of Dimes bear being well cared for)

Not sure how much bowling actually got accomplished, but they all had fun and managed not to get kicked out of the bowling alley!

Hugging good-night....sleepy Little Miss Mae never ready to say good-bye.  On the way home she used her talker to tell us, "I ham happy, I ham sad, I ham excited, I ham mad, I ham hungry, I ham tired!"  The "ham" = am, sounds close enough in her mind, and obviously very emotional about the whole evening's special event. 

What has K-Rae been up to?

Current project: Getting bird house ready to hang

Daddy's Little Helper

 
Don't you think Home Depot should hire her???

 

 

Awwwww.....

(this snapshot is my favorite)

Just a little
tuckered out!

 

 

Welcome Spring!!!!!

Is there anything softer, fluffier and cuter than baby chicks?  Please RyDaddy, can we just take two home??? (That's me begging, the girls were content to just pet them.)

 We're fortunate to be able to take advantage of 3 growing seasons here...we got our cool weather crops in the ground...lettuce, spinach, kale, carrots, and sweet peas....can't wait for fresh salads in a couple of months!

Sharing a Little Green............

 It's Spring Break Week for us....

Even though we didn't travel, spring "break" is sure wearing me out!  
But then again, it seems like about every week wears me out at this stage of life.....

We've all enjoyed having RyDaddy home for the week though....
 school vacations, the perk of being a teacher (maybe the only perk)!

Yes, we made it up to the CO Nat'l. Monument for a picnic. 

These cute little green jackets the girls are wearing are from Auntie S.

So pretty up there! 

Do we seriously only live a 15 min. drive from here???

Little Miss Mae has deemed this "her" trail. 
She was the first one to find it last fall...and it's actually somewhat accessible...she loves to "hike" here. 

Yes, this is a dinosaur tooth fossil....how in the world did you guess?  It must have been quite the lucky day, as the girls found several "dinosaur teeth!"

 And a little more green...

 

The St. Patty's Day cookies were a hit this week.....

and we even managed to have a few left for today!  

Being St. Patrick's Day, 
K-Rae thought we should buy this

green whatever it is from Home Depot...she almost looked cute enough sitting in it to convince us! We settled on the Home Depot hat and seed packets for the garden!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Our family has grown by three girls.......

OK, so actually, we just added a few girls for an evening....sweet little munchkins.....Our girls thought they were in heaven with their friends AND a baby over for the evening!  Plus as an added bonus, they got to stay up late.  Friends and staying up late, it doesn't get much better than that!  RyDaddy commented that we really increased the estrogen level that night.....I reminded him if it were 5 boys hanging out instead of 5 girlies, it would be one wild mayhem of an evening, as opposed to intently reading books!

Of course, the next few days, the new game for K-Rae was pretending like she is a baby.....baby Lori to be exact.  Yes, the laundry basket is her crib. 

Little Miss Mae decided to be the official Mama...and had to have her apron on and do laundry!

 

 

I kind of liked this baby in the crib game actually.........when I asked K-Rae a question, she said, "Babies can't talk!"  Sweet!  So I milked that part of the game for all it was worth by responding with "Babies can't talk," every time I got asked a question.

  Plus the laundry basket made a great little nap spot!