Dancing With a Prince, Well Almost.

Kaitlyn and her friend Alex love to dance. Whenever the dancing starts the dresses have to go on. Now you might think this is mostly Kaitlyns doing, but you would be wrong. Alex calls the shoes that go with the dress his dancing shoes. He loves the way the dress spins and Kaitlyn loves having someone to dress up with. They have so much fun dancing around the living room.

The best little dancers around!

Awe aren't they cute!

On this particular day the dancing turned into watching the hail. They had a great time watching the hail bounce around on the ground. They sat there and watched for about 20 minutes.

OUCH!!!

This is what happens when you pick up a kitchen knife and go to put it in the dishwasher, sounds like a completely safe thing to do huh? Well this is what happens if while holding that knife you drop a pepper shaker and go to catch it as a reflex. You should always put the knife down before catching things. The result is 8 stitches in 2 fingers, one cut so deep that I sliced through about 2/3 of my tendon. I know I am supremely talented, everyone wishes they could be as awesome as me.

I had to have surgery to stitch my tendon back together. Surgery was followed by about 6 weeks of physical therapy, several follow up appointments, not to mention weeks in 3 different braces my pinky finally works again.

Her First New Bike

When it finally warmed up enough for her to go out and ride her bike we found that our Princess had grown so much over the winter that she was to big for her little bike. We went to Walmart and let her pick out a new bike. She had a blast riding all of the bikes up and down the aisles. Eventually she picked out this princess bike. It has to be the girliest bike I have ever seen. It has tassels in the handle bars, plastic hearts in the wheel spokes, and the pedals are actually shaped like flowers. It also has a bag on the front which she loves to fill with stuff. It also has an extremely cute bell that distracts Kaitlyn enough that she almost crashes every time that she rings it. This bike is perfect for her.

Dad getting the bike ready to ride.

Our first ride around the block. Her old bike would tip over when she turned so everytime we came to a corner she started panicking. Hopefully she gets over that fear fast. It is hard to always ride in a straight line.

Check out those cute hearts in the wheels and those pretty tassels!

That has to be the cheesiest grin I have ever seen. Got to love the cheese.

Kaitlyn is loving her new bike. Every time she has to put the bike away she cries. She likes it so much that she even went out and rode her bike in circles around the empty garage.

The Planetarium

We recently spent a Saturday playing at the Clark Planetarium. We had a blast!

Kaitlyn and Mom on Mars.

Check me out I am on the moon!

How do my feet measure up?

Kaitlyn had a lot of fun playing at the contraption that moves the balls all over the planetarium. It was so much fun playing and spending time together.

Balloon Fun!

Kevin and Kaitlyn are always making up new games to play. Silly games like the frown game, tickle torture, hang by the nails torture, one arm and one leg, and many more. Most of the games have names and they play them all of the time. This game didn't end up with a name, but all that they needed to play it was an almost flat Valentines day balloon. Instead of hitting the balloon up into the air with their hands they crawled around on their knees and blew the balloon up into the air. The goal was to not let it touch the ground. While they played I took pictures. Kevin and Kaitlyn are the best of friends and always have so much fun playing together.

Love That Dog!

Kaitlyn and the kids I watch love the dog. Sadie is a good sport and lets them climb on her and pull her hair. There are many days I wish I didn't have a dog, but days like this one are not one of them. She is so much fun with the kiddos, and Kaitlyn sure loves her.

What an Artist!

Kaitlyn is a great artist. She loves to draw more than anything else and she is getting pretty good at it. I took a few pictures of some of her recent pictures and here they are.

This is an ant in the dirt

These are Kaitlyn's drawings of Arthur and DW from the cartoon Arthur

Family portrait including her cousin Morgan, labeled with names. I believe the thing on the left is an umbrella. I am not sure why it belongs with the family portrait, but it sure is nice.

Beautiful flowers

A pumpkin in a wagon

Starting at the top right there is a butterfly, a strawberry, a fish, and a dog.