A Tisket, a Tasket

A Kyla in a basket! For some reason, on this particular morning Kyla wanted a PB & J sandwich for breakfast. So I made her one, and left her in the kitchen. At the table. When I came in to check on her, this is where I found her.

Hey, as long as she's eating and she's comfortable...it's all good. And she's soooo cute!!!

Valentines Day

KD's teacher this year is so awesome, and has been so helpful, that this year we wanted to do something really special and unique for her for Valentines Day. I looked through an Oriental Trading catalog and saw a kit to make hershey kiss tulips. After looking at the picture for a while, I thought it looked easy enough to make myself without buying the kit. So, after assembling what I thought were the necessary items, I attempted the project. And i'm very proud to say that I was able to turn this...
...into this!

They turned out so great, and were so easy, that I think we might do this for her teachers every year!

Princess Kyla

For Christmas, Grandma and Grandpa Hess gave Kyla a Princess Dress-Up Trunk. The next day, she insisted on trying all of them on (accessories included) and wanted me to take pictures. So here they are.

Gorgeous! She is definitely royalty!!

She's 3!

I can't believe it! My Kyla turned 3 this past Thursday! She is getting so big, and has so many big changes this past year. She became a big sister, got her first haircut, and learned how to use the big girl potty! It's amazing how fast the time goes by. But I love her more and more every day.
The morning started out with a bowl of her favorite cereal (Cinnamon Toast Crunch). I wanted to make her eggs and toast, or pancakes even, but no. She wanted cereal. And what the birthday girl wants, she gets!

Then for dinner, we ate the Old Spagetti Factory in Trolley Square. She wore her birthday crown all day, but took it off when we sang happy birthday to her. She got a scoop of Spamoni Ice Cream with a candle in it. When we sang happy birthday to her, there was a table next to us with a bunch of people, and they (along with the other waitstaff) sang with us. It was neat!

Then for the activity that night, we went to the Hollywood Connection down in Sandy, and played a round of Mini Golf. It was Kyla's first time, and she had a blast! She putted the ball into the hole every singe time, and I think managed to get 20 over par on every hole as well.

KD and Kyla wanted to sit on this dinosaur, and I thought it was a perfect picture opportunity. Unfortunately the lighting in the place was not the greatest.

And here's Jason and I with our birthday girl. Oh, how we love her! We cannot count the ways, there are way too many!!

Kamryn's Favorite

One of Kamryn's favorite things to do is "unload". Doesn't matter what it is: toys, laundry, art supplies. If it's in a box, she'll find some way to unload it.
These toys taste pretty good, apparently.

What? No More?

Awww!

All Done! Now I have to put them all back in so she can do it all over again. So Fun!

A Friendly Game

Oh, what to do on a Sunday Afternoon?

How about a friendly game of Crossbows and Catapults? For some reason, KD really wanted to play this after church last week, and Jason was more than happy to oblige.

Kyla love yelling "Fire!", and then shooting a catapult, or one of the crossbows. She really got into it.

KD was the strategist. She took dad's lead and aimed at all of Jason's important spots.

They had such a fun time, as you can see by the video above!