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Kay's school picture for the spring semester 2010.

Last Sunday

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May 2010

We had sort of a "mini picnic" last week after Kaelyn got out off school for the day.  She and I met up with Rachel, John, and Wyatt at a park.  There were just a couple things in the bigger cooler so Kaelyn "helped" John carry it over to the tables.  It was so cute to watch them

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May 2, 2010

I have tried at different times to let Kaelyn help me when I'm baking [fun] stuff like cupcakes, muffins, etc.  I usually suggest it, pull a chair up, and have her do different things but she ususally just kind of humors me for a few minutes and then runs off (which is fine and I've just not really tried having her "help" lately).  A couple Sundays ago, I had put some frozen berries in a bowl and added some milk and sugar so we could have some over Angel Food cake.  I walked back into the kitchen a few minutes later to see that Kaelyn had pulled her step stool up to the counter, grabbed the spoon and was attempting to stir the berries.  She did this several time for a few minutes and seemed to be having fun.  She said she was "making dinner" (or breakfast).

Mother's Day Pictures of the Day

Pictures for Mother's Day

Here are some pictures to help "celebrate" Mother's Day.  The first three pictures are of Kaelyn and I.  I feel very privileged to be Kay's mommy though I don't feel worthy of the job and don't feel like I do a very good job as her Mommy.  I love her to pieces!

The best out of several attempts to get a good picture of Kaelyn and me on this mother's day.

I'm not windblown here but Kaelyn's eyes are closed.

And we finally got Kaelyn to smile (sort of) and keep her eyes open at the same time - but I have a weird expression.

And a couple pictures of my own mom, whom I also love very, very much!  I always wish we lived closer on days like today... but from hundreds of miles away - Happy mother's day Mama - love you lots!

My mama and I.  I believe I was giving her a helpful push up a hill on a hike through the woods.

My mom and her girls on a mini vacation somewhere around 10 years ago.

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April 2010

The last time we were at Disney, we were looking around in the "Pooh" store right by the Winnie the Pooh ride.  Kaelyn found a book that interested her and she sat right down on the floor and looked at it for awhile before she had to put it back.

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April 6, 2010

Lynette and Leah (with a couple "little friends" nearby) lookin' beautiful.

My brother and I.

[Sort of] Oldie Goldie Day :)

 I don't know if these pictures can really count as "oldie goldies" - they are only from two years ago - but in some ways it feels like forever ago.  Where did my "toddler" go?  I think she has turned into a little girl sometime in between when these pictures were taken and today.  And since I have been feeling especially emotional about her turning five, I decided to share a couple older snapshots of her.

May of 2008

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This was last Saturday and I have a bunch of other pictures from this day since there ended up being 3 other little girls who joined Kaelyn. Hopefully I will get a whole post done on this within the next few days.

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April 2010

Buster after he got a hold of some orange sidewalk chalk and had chewed a bunch of it before I discovered he had it.

He was holding it between his paws and chewing on it.  Thus, the orange paws and lips.  He also had it on the top of his head though I'm not sure how that happened.

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October of 2009

Fairy secrets.

Kay-Kay get a sprinkle of Pixie dust from Tinker Bell herself.

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Kaelyn looking all pretty and "springy" after church today.

Kaelyn and Joy posing in their "brown hats".  This is another picture from when Kaelyn and I were in Indiana back at the beginning of April.

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Kaelyn and her cousin Emilee.  She LOVES Emilee!  This picture was taken after my Grandmother's funeral back at the beginning of April.

Picture(s) of the day - Oldie Goldie Day

Kaelyn's class picture for this year taken a few weeks
ago. The lady sitting at the front of the group is
actually a sub. since their regular teacher was out
for 3 weeks after having surgery on her thumb.
The other two ladies are both full time aides in
Kaelyn's class. Also, there are two of her classmates
missing from the picture as well.
As with any pictures on the blog, you can click on
the picture to enlarge it and see it better. (This
one is a lot further back then most pictures I post.)


REAL, REAL Oldie Goldie for the week:

I'm the charming little girl on the right with the
beautiful hair just in case you couldn't tell. (I tried
and tried as a little kid to get my mom to comb my
hair every day not just twice a week but she just
didn't see the need for it. :) Actually, that's as far
from the truth as possible since she probably combed
my hair twice a day and never could seem to win
the battle with my messy hair).
Rachel is the one on the left - with perfectly neat hair
I might add. She never got holes in her tights, or
dirt on her clothes, or her hair in her face. :)
Lynette is the star of the show standing up on the
chair in the middle with the microphone right in front
of her. :)
We were such beautiful, talented children! :)

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Kay with Beauty and the Beast - Epcot - 12/12/09

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I'm not really sure why, but a few days ago Kaelyn was determined to give Buster a bath (even though I had just given him one a couple days before that.) It was actually pretty funny because she had put both his dishes and a couple of his toys in the tub all in an attempt to "bribe" him into the tub because he jumped out every time she put him in. He doesn't usually try to get out when I give him a bath but he wasn't very cooperative for her. :)


Yes, she did have the water running even though
you can't tell it in the pictures.


P. S. I know these are just supposed to be pictures
of the day but I always seem to have to include a long
explanation. Of course it's always your choice to
skip the text and just enjoy the pictures.

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I stole this picture from Rachel - okay, actually she let me borrow it. She took this picture yesterday when they were here. Kaelyn apparently decided that Snoop would like to look at her book about Pinocchio. Such a great picture!

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This is a post that I posted on facebook yesterday but my pictures for today go along with the posting so I copied and pasted it to here:
Tryin' to start teaching Kaelyn about working, money, etc. I had her help clean up in the kitchen tonight - as much as a 4 year old can. As soon as she finished, I gave her a quarter to put in a new money bank we got her. I explained that everytime she does "some jobs" I will give her a quarter to put in her money bank. She went skipping off excitedly and said, "That sounds swell!" :) We don't want to "pay" her for every chore and we will separate regular responsibilites from extra chores as she gets older but we want her to begin understanding that you have to actually work to get money and you have to have your own money to buy things.


She was so proud of this money bank. We found
it at the flea market yesterday for a few bucks.
She carried it all over the place very carefully.
It IS hard plastic though and not breakable.


It's just perfect for her with some of her
favorite characters on it. She is really
excited about the whole "helping out/
getting quarters for her money bank" thing.

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So I'm a little late getting my picture of the day up today. I actually had better things to do today than post pictures online - mainly just spending the day with Kevin and Kaelyn. :) But... I am sticking with my "commitment" to post at least one picture a day though a bit late. :)

Kaelyn is very fascinated with my MP3 player since Kevin got it working for me again (after it sat idle not working for a couple years). I'm afraid she's going to claim it for herself but that's another story. Anyway, I was listening to various songs last night and I had my earphones in. She heard me singing along and realized it was a Disney song she loves and she wanted to hear it. So I gave her one of them and she ended up sitting beside me listening to music with me for awhile while I was on my computer.

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These 2 pictures are from Disney on Ice back in March. We went with Rod and Betty and the kids down to Ft. Lauderdale to see it.


Don't ask... (or better yet ask Lex) :)



The three of us waiting for the show to start.