The Sweet Life

Katie is living the sweet life, at least for the weekend. She is allowed to choose her own outfit for a Saturday morning pancake breakfast outing.



Then on Sunday, she is served breakfast in bed. Just so happens to be Mom and Dad's bed that is now covered in bran muffin crumbs.

Quotes and Quips #2

Jon told Katie to put shoes on so they could kick the ball around the yard last night. She chose these:

Katie: Mom, do you like my puffy shoes?

Me: Yes.

Katie: Do you want to pet them?

Can I get a "Yea, Fall is Here" cheer?

Houston, We have a Toddler!

We took road trip this weekend. The idea was to enjoy our family and the last waning days of summer. And we did do that - in between Katie's bouts of terribletwoititis. For those of you encouraging the creation of a lil' bro or lil' sis for Katie, I invite you on our next road trip. Yes, I do. Interestingly enough, K is smiling in most of these pics, but don't be fooled. She is smiling because she is masterminding her next plot to overthrow the unsuspecting parents.

Daddy and Kate say "Go Rangers!" at the Astro game.


A trip to the gift shop, and now we own a pom pon that doubles as hair accessory.



Wearing our mom and daughter sneaks to the game. Mom, want to take this to the next generation? I can get you a pair!


I took cuter pictures of Katie happily waving from the carousel, but I love the similar expressions they are wearing in this one. This was at the Houston Aquarium.


Yes, it was humid.


Daddy shows off his muscles at the Children's Museum


I know this picture takes my blog from a G rating to PG, but I can not resist! If that's not her maiden name, she LOVES her husband! This was on the road to Kemah. If I lived in her county, she'd get my vote. I wonder if her students gave her a lot of .....
All during our trip, Katie would answer any question we asked with "maybe." Maybe I will try to be more mature in the future. Or maybe not? Jon will probably start his own blog after this!

"This is my best prize ever!" That's what Katie said when her Daddy won this big fish for her on the Kemah boardwalk. Jon was looking a youthful 29 this night to the Guess Your Age Master of Ceremonies/carnie. Fish or no fish, I'd say being mistaken for 29 (as long as you are actually over 29) is worth the money to play this game. I can see how this is a gamble though. I wonder if the M.C./carnie is trained to guess low.
We were calling the fish Nemo, but Katie has never heard of him or his movie. She renamed him Nina.

Move Over June Cleaver

there's a new mop in town!

boots: the farewell tour

the best boots ever

fit perfectly with thick socks last fall

fit perfectly with tights throughout winter

still sorta fit if feet are jammed, crammed, stomped, and willed into them

katie's got a lot of will

it's painful to watch really

so i decided to put the boots away

here are photos from the farewell jaunt to the park by our house





goodbye, boots

you'll be missed

and remembered


the above photo is from katie's 2 year photo shoot with zack thompson

he'll take pictures of your cool shoes too

Party Girl

We celebrated K's 2 years with a party yesterday.

Before the guests arrived she practiced blowing out her candles.



I love the look on her face here. It is if she is daring anyone to take that cupcake away from her!



Grandma and Grandpa with the party girl.



Katie and Bryce (the only guest in the toddler stage) enjoyed playing with all the open gifts.



I think the thing Katie enjoyed most about the party was everyone sitting around watching her play.



How lucky is Meme?!

She was chosen, by Katie, to be in the dancing show.

Mary Janes in the Snow

are a bad idea.
at least i managed to dress katie appropriately for the weather.
after lunch and nap, i think we'll build a snowman.
i'll post pictures of him.

Don't Step on my Red Glitter Shoes

black velvet (leggings)...



sun studio's million dollar quartet...


Doesn't everybody's mother make them an Elvis dress to celebrate the King of Rock and Roll on his birthday?

dadstrong

i made katie a livestrong, daddy, cheerios, bumblebee inspired dress with this pattern and a few old t-shirts. i was going to add a red segment to the dress, but decided the colors of the german flag would not go well with jon's shaved head. the one with jon's picture was a gift he gave me, size large, when we were dating. i am not sure what that reveals about how jon views my size and style!



you can't tell in the picture, but i sewed the back black panel on wrong side out! oops!



you can make fun of these wonky bell sleeves if you want. i am not sure about them myself.



how much will she hate me when she is 15 and sees i made her wear this? for the record - she chose which shoes to wear.

We love shoes!

An afternoon walk

I told K to go get her shoes so we could take a walk. Here's what she came up with.

Family Reunion - Western Style!

Here are a few pictures from our family reunion with Jon's branch of the family. It was also Founder's Day - a celebration of the town's heritage that Jon's Uncle Charlie helped to plan. The weekend was kicked off with a cattle drive. How many head of cattle does it take to be consider a drive?



Cousins, Uncles, Aunts, Oh My!
Jay, Uncle D., Aunt A., Cindy, and Aunt Nino.



These two were born for the stage. We had a coffee and donut breakfast at a little theater. Someone mentioned it was the venue for Jenna Bush's wedding rehearsal dinner. How cool is that? I sewed the skirt Katie is wearing. That explains the many seams and asymmetry.



Aunt Nino and S. getting ready for the parade.



Katie riding in style.



K LOVES horses!



Sweet! We had a bench in our hotel room just for the stuffies to sit!



Linda played the guitar for the girls. Katie and L. are letting their lights shine.



Blowing bubbles with Aunt Bev and Granddad.