My little Girl

So I know I have a girl and all but does she really have to wear a dress everyday? That's what she did this week. She also has been doing her own nails. She is actually quite good considering her age. She doesn't paint her hands or fingers. Here she is at it.

and her toes. She even picked out the color.

It was more fun when she picked out the black polish. I'm not sure where she learned that...

-kacey

The Zoo

Jordan, Dale, Evelyn, myself, Caitlyn and a small tag a long, Alex thought the trip was great but super hot. It has been a long time since I was in the children's zoo, I didn't remember pretty much anything in it.

We got to pet a hedgehog, a guinea pig, a rabbit and goats.

When I told Caitlyn we were going to the zoo she said she wanted to see zebras and elephants. So we made sure to hit those enclosures. We also saw other animals on the way between those two.

This is all we saw of the hippos.

Here are just a few random pictures from the zoo. Looking cool with her sunglasses and water.

and why did we bring the stroller?

Caitlyn's 3rd B-Day

We had Caitlyn's party on the Sat after her actual birthday but this way most of my family could come. It was great. She got a lot of presents.

The day of she helped grandma Lundy and me make her cake. Which she picked out. Devils food cake. I think she has my taste in food.

I asked her what she wanted as a cake. At first I kept getting told Tinkerbell but then a few days before she changed her mind. She asked for block cakes so this is what I made. It was actually pretty easy to do.

Before any one thinks we didn't do anything for her actual birthday we did. We had her favorite meal, chicken nuggets, mac n cheese and apple sauce. Plus I made cupcakes with Tinkerbell figurines.

Our Vacation

So our sitter was going to be closed for a few days and instead of staying in CoMo I decided to go to St Louis. We had about 10 days to spend doing whatever we wanted. Although Jordan was going to camp for a few of those days. Evelyn told me while we were there that we sure knew how to take a vacation, do nothing, rest and sleep. I did have a few things I wanted to do while we were in town, such as Caitlyn's birthday party and going to the zoo. Plus eating at a few places we don't have in CoMo.

Jordan and I actually had a few minutes to ourselves. Evelyn offered to watch Caitlyn if we wanted to go away so we took her up on it. We had our first real date in who knows how long. It was great. After that we got to spend at least two more meals together just the two of us. It's nice to know we can still talk about other things than the kid.

We had one night when Ryan, Christine and the kids came over to play. It was very cute we had a small pool set up on the deck and the kids had a blast.

Separate posts with pictures of the party and the zoo to come.

Caitlynisms

So the other day on our walk Cailtyn told me to "Don't fall into the storm drain. I like you." With all the emotion she could muster. She also grabbed my leg to help. How cute is our little girl?

She told her daddy at dinner "Don't cut yourself, I like you. I like you, I like you." Reaching her hand out to her dad. She was very concerned that he might hurt himself with his fork.

In the car with her dad:

Caitlyn: "Dad are you tired?

J-Yes a little bit. Are you tired?

C-No

J-That's because you are full of boundless energy.

C-That's because I have an Easter Egg. (laughter)"

(We split up the Easter candy into the eggs and she is allowed to have one a day.)

Caitlyn's first haircut.....

of sorts.

I wasn't sure if we were going to need to cut her hair. She managed to get it caught around the wheel of an automatic toy of Trev's. She didn't cry but she did say it hurt. My mom and I were able to get it all out. Although it took a little bit of time and pulling of hair. Thankfully her dad was holding her. I think she learned her lesson. Don't hold rotating things next to your hair.

So if you all don't know I've been cutting Jordan's hair for the past few years. I think I'm getting really good at but we don't always get around to it at the right time. So we are training our kiddo to help out. She had her first lesson tonight.

She had fun. I did most of it since Jordan seems to want to keep his ears on his head.

If any one needs an idea of presents to get the monster, she loves stickers. She goes through them quite fast because she sticks them everywhere.

Jordan brought her home from daycare today and she wanted to play with this puzzle. She solved it correctly a couple of times, and then decided to make sure and put all the pieces in the wrong places. That's a kind of organization, right?

And as you can see she still likes climbing into the toy box.

Happy Easter!

Our Easter Bunny wishes you a Happy Easter!

Caitlyn, Kacey, and I had fun dying Easter eggs Saturday night:

And their fingers:

Caitlyn got encouraged to search for all the eggs that the "Easter Bunny" left hidden around the living room the night before. We'd have hidden them outside, but we've had all that crummy Missouri spring weather here recently. She had fun anyway:

She had to open each egg after she found it:

She also got a basket of gifts:

My mom came in a couple of weeks ago and helped make our yard look better. Caitlyn also wanted to help, so we got her in the garb to do so:

She came home sick from daycare one day and just wanted to lay on Daddy and watch Charlie Brown. She didn't do much watching:

She has also been requesting to be an airplane a good amount:

The other day she pulled out a Super Nintendo cartridge and wanted to play. I'd like to point out that she actually earned some points playing Battletoads. It's only a matter of time before she starts beating me:

And here's a cute one to finish the blog with. Enjoy!

-jordan