Indiana

We took a trip to Indiana last weekend; my Papi passed away. I always love going to Indiana, I have so much fun hanging out with all my family there.

On the ride there Kellen FINALLY figured out how to feed himself. Mom was very excited that I was able to hand him animal crackers while she was driving. I kept trying to get him to ask and say "thank you" but he hasn't caught on yet!!

Kellen is always trying to eat his toes... Mom says I used to do the same thing when I was little. I'm not sure why anyone would like to eat their toes, that's gross!!

After 2 years of hating having my picture taken I have started to love it. Everytime the camera comes out I ask that my picture be taken too.


Here I am "winking". I have been practicing a lot and I think I am getting better at it, but Mom isn't so sure about that!!

On the way to Grammy's house on Sunday we stopped by the Evansville Zoo. On my Zoo rating scale I would have to give it a 5. They didn't even have elephants... what kind of Zoo doesn't have elephants???

Did you know that porcupines climb trees? Mom had no idea that they could climb so high, this one was sitting 15 feet high up in a tree.

These turtles were swimming around like crazy, Kellen loved watching them.

My brother is such a trooper... he will sit in that stroller all day long while I run from animal to animal. There is no way this could be comfortable!!

These are the Tamarins, I liked them cause they had crazy hair. I kept telling Mom that they have crazy hair like my Grandma!!

My favorite animal (for this month!!) the Hippo!

I made my Mom stick her head in the bat so I could take her picture, doesn't she look so silly?!!

Kellen and Grammy... we love our Grammy so much, I hope we get to see her again real soon!

On a side note... Kellen took his first step at Grammy's house!! Mom thought that was really cool since I took my first step there too. Mom didn't think that Kellen was even close to walking but he might surprise everyone and walk by his birthday. There must be something about Grammy's house that makes kids wanna walk!!

My Nana was also in Indiana, we always have so much fun playing with Nana.

Some people wear "beer goggles" from time to time... I like to call these "cookie goggles"!!

Mom even wore "cookie goggles" with me!!

After the funeral on Monday we all got together to eat lunch. They had all kinds of great food. The cherry cheesecake was the best but I had to keep my eye out for my cousin Kyle cause he kept trying to take my cheesecake. I tried being a nice cousin and offering him my cheesecake but only after I licked all the cherries off the top. But he wasn't too interested in my "cherryless" cheesecake!!

Our cousin Isabelle is just a couple months older than Kellen so those two had lots of fun playing with all Kellen's toys.

You'd never know that Kellen was 2 months younger than Isabelle, I think it's just impossible for my parents to have small children!!

On the way home Tuesday we stopped in St.Louis and met up with our friend Jen and went to the Zoo... I know 2 Zoos in one week, I am the luckiest kid in the world!! It took us 4 hours to visit the Zoo and we didn't even get to see everything. I would definitely love to go back to that Zoo again.

They had a butterfly garden and there were tons of butterflies flying around. And it shouldn't surprise anyone that it wasn't my favorite place to be, maybe someday I'll quit being afraid of such small animals!! Mom thought that these butterflies were funny, I didn't really get why she thought they were funny, but maybe you will!!

There is my Kellen again, he just sat in that stroller once again admiring all the animals.

The Hippos at this Zoo were AMAZING. There were 4 Hippos and they were just swimming laps, Kellen and I loved watching them swim right by us. I could have stayed there all day, and we did spend the most time at this exhibit.

I had so much fun this weekend playing with my cousins, and seeing all my family. It was a great weekend especially cause I got to go to 2 Zoos. (I give the STL Zoo at 8 and a half rating, only cause it was so big and there wasn't really a great route where we could see all the animals and not have to back track). I loved Jen and had to make sure she saw all the animals with me. I know that she had to be tired after all the zigging and zagging that she did with me all day. I can't wait to go back to Indiana and look forward to stopping by the STL Zoo again on the way.

Summer Fun

Mom got to school a couple minutes early and was able to see me playing on the playground and lining up to go back into the room. I'm the second girl in line wearing the purple dress. If you could see us walk you'd know it was me cause I'd be "bee-bopping" on my way back into the school. I always walk on my tip toes and am constantly "bee-bopping" everywhere I go.
This is my new favorite funny face to make!!

TOUCHDOWN!!!

(Ok not really I think he was just excited, but it looks like he's doing touchdown!!)

Randomly I decided that I wanted to wear "Notre Dame" so of course I made Mom put Notre Dame on Kellen. I spent the whole day telling people that I was gonna "go to football with Daddy". Mom says that none of that is true, I just wanted to wear Notre Dame... is it almost football season though!!

Randomly last Thursday we were all playing outside and a couple parents decided to order pizza and before you knew it there were 8 families that wanted in on the pizza order. So everyone brought over their picnic tables and someone made lemonade and we sat down for a neighborhood pizza party. I have the best neighbors, where else would you have a Thursday night pizza party that was put together in a matter of 30 minutes.

After the pizza us girls got to jump on the trampoline!!!

My first day of school

I started school this week!!! I have been looking forward to this for so long. I didn't even think twice about running into my classroom. I basically just ran in, looked back and said "BYE MOM".

This is my teacher Mrs. Carlisle. Her husband drives the school bus, but they won't let me start riding it for another couple weeks. Everyday when I get into the car I ask Mom if I can ride the bus. I'm pretty sure Mom wants me to ride the bus just as bad as I do!!
Here I am on the first day of school. I refused to take my sunglasses off cause I didn't want the sun in my eyes. Don't you LOVE my princess backpack? I do!!

After the first day Mom took me to get some new shoes... who knew that I wasn't supposed to wear flip flops to school??! That is the only kind of shoes that I own. But we found some shoes that will go with all my dresses. Mom is just gonna have to get over the fact that they are gonna get dirty. After I came home the first day it looked like I had been wearing those shoes for months. She keeps telling me that I'm not supposed to kick the rocks but it's so much fun!!

Kellen sure does get excited when I get back in the car after school. I think he misses me!! He gets so excited kicking his feet and talking to me!!

These are my projects that I brought home this week. We also got to go to the Library, the computer lab, art class and music class. I am going to have a blast in school!!

Fun times in Wichita

Kellen and Mom had to go to Phoenix for Kellen's doctor appointment so I got to stay in Wichita a couple extra days. Mom told me that they were going to the doctor but she didn't tell me she was getting on an airplane and gonna be gone for 4 days. Everytime I talked to her I asked "Are you still at the doctor??"But I had so much fun playing with my cousins and getting to spend the night at my Aunt "Pretty's" house. They can go back to the doctor anytime as long as I get to spend more time with my cousins!!

Kellen and I splashing around in Grandma's bathtub. We love this tub cause there is no texture on the bottom and we are able to slide around like crazy. Sometimes Kellen gets so excited he slides right off his bottom and ends up face first in the water. But I always keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't drink too much water!!
Easton came over and played with me. We both thought we were so funny trying on the Mr. Potato Head accessories!! This picture of Easton is priceless!!

It was a little bit harder to keep my mustache on, I guess my nostriles are too big (thanks Dad!!)

Easton's Mom came over so my Grandma could help her make some Super Hero capes for Brett's birthday party. In case you didn't know my Grandma can fix anything!! (The last thing I was at the Gap, they had a book that had a ripped page and I brought it over to my Mom and told her not to worry cause my Grandma would fix it). Of course Easton and I had to try them out, we thought they were the coolest thing ever. Grandma said she was gonna make me one too... I hope I get a purple one!!

Kellen and I playing in the basement while Grandma made the capes. I sat at the easel forever writing everyone's names down. I am getting really good at writing my own name.

Brayden got a weight bench for Christmas and I have been watching him lift weights. When he's not around I like to lift weights too. Everyone thinks it's really funny watching me!! He better watch out before long my "guns" are gonna be bigger than his (it probably won't take long considering Brayden is a "stick boy" and it's impossible for him to gain weight!!!!)

Grandma and Kellen

We've got the best Grandma. She let's us wear our jammies all day, that is definitely the way to my heart.

Grandma even encouraged me to play in the rain with her. We both got all wet but we had a great time!!

I have become quite the snuggle buddy lately, I love crawling up on the couch and laying with my Mom.

Grandma bought this car ramp at the consignment sale not realizing that all the pieces were not there. But we found a way to still play with it. Kellen thought that it was too funny when the cars came flying at him.

Aunt Pretty took us to All-Star Sports. I had so much fun riding all the rides, I loved the go-karts, and the bumper boats. I had so much fun getting the big kids all wet!

Me and my Aunt Pretty!!

I even got to drive the go-kart by myself!!

We also got to go to Kourtnee's birthday party. While all the big kids were playing inside Konnor and I took over the slide and pool, we were having so much fun sliding down head first!!

This was my favorite way to go down. It wasn't as much fun at Grandma's house without the pool to catch me, I just ended up with my head in a pile of dirt!!

My brother just loves his Uncle P.

"MOM, KELLEN IS EATING MY WHY-FLYER, MAKE HIM STOP!!!!"

I thought I would tease him and offer him my toys not knowing that he could actually reach them and he took it right out of my hand and stuck it straight into his mouth. That's the last time I offer him one of my favorite toys in the car. Because he is too far away Mom couldn't even get it from him so I had to watch him play with my "Why-Flyers" until we got home... I was NOT happy about it!! After 10 days we were all ready to get home. I don't think that we have anymore trips planned for a long time. Although I keep asking my Mom if we can go see Grammy and Papi, so maybe she'll give in and take us to see them. I'll keep you updated!!