The Chinese Laundry Girl

The other night I was trying to kill time why Brian was putting together some dinner for Kylie and I. What better thing to do then start laundry. I should step back and say it had been well over a week and when I ran out of running shorts I knew it was time to do some laundry! I asked Kylie to help me sort the clothes and she insisted that I SIT DOWN MAMA and she sorted them. She put Mama clothes together, Daddy clothes together and Kylie clothes together. She got very upset when I tried to teach her light clothes and dark clothes and quickly got the point. She then dragged the laundry basket by herself telling me Mama I got it to the laundry room and preceded to stuff at least two loads of laundry into the machine. She just said Mama go sit down, I got it!

Now if someone else is going to do the laundry I am not going to stand in the way. The funniest part was when she found a pair of her shorts that looked like she had a good fun day at school and were covered in paint, mud you name it. She holds them up to me and says Oh no Mama what happened and lets out a big sigh. (At this point I was thinking I was being punked! I mean this is what I think every time I do laundry). So I explained to her that we had to use stain remover and she needed to be careful when we ate and played. She insisted on spraying the pants until every fiber had stain remover (and she did manage to get the entire stain out!)

The machine didn't die from being over stuffed and the clothes were washed nicely. Kylie was no where to be found when it was time to dry, fold or put away but it sure was a huge help to have someone start the wash for you! It was nice of her to let me put my feet up for a few minutes!

Doing the laundry

Kylie is 98% potty trained and is doing great. The other night she decided to wear a hat and sing Twinkle Twinkle, plus play the drum on the potty! We ran out of battery but captured a bit of it.

Kylie being a NOLE fan and eating her Chinese pastry!

A Saturday of events...

Today was a busy day for Kylie. We started off the morning with swimming, which every week she gets better and better at. Its hard to talk to a parent and ask them how old their child is and soon learn that they are 4-5 years old and Kylie is swimming like a fish next to their child. But everyone has to start somewhere. After swimming, we were at a fund raiser for Kylie's swim school. The event was at a Bricks 4 Kidz location, where they incorporate Lego toys with education. As daddy grew up playing with a ton of Legos, here are a few shots of her experience with them along with "Mr. Blue"! We finished off the night at a friend's place, Billy&Wendy's along with their 2 kids Isabella and William. Besides great food and company, Kylie had a blast running around all evening!

A Giant Swim with Mr. Blue!

Let's start with the large beginner blocks....

And on to the original size Lego pieces!

My first Lego creation!

Kylie just loves hats...

Does this explain the day of fun...2 minutes into the car and I was talking to myself!

Happy Happy Birthday America

We had an amazing 4th of July weekend, filled with visits with both sides of our family. My parents came down for the weekend and we also drove up to see Brian's parents. We did swimming, yard work, parks, cleaning the cars the list goes on and on. I would love to show you everything we did and the good time and smiles had by all but I don't have any pictures!

We were exhausted after our visits and were lucky that our neighbors invited us over for some pool time, BBQ and watching Fireworks for the 4th. Here is Kylie who got out of the pool long enough to play with her first sparklers. She thought they were really awesome but HOT! She really enjoyed the "professional" fireworks we could see in various directions and even stayed up to 10pm enjoying the night.

We hope you had a great 4th of July with your friends and family!

We knew the day would come

I think since the day Kylie was born besides Volleyball, Brian couldn't wait for Kylie to experience video games.. Today was just that day. I am pretty sure I saw him tear up when Kylie was playing some Animal game (I really don't know the name) on Xbox 360 Kinect. She loved it!

Don't they look happy??

Here is a video of her playing part of the game. (Kicking soccer balls)

Last night we went out to dinner for a little Mexican/Spanish Food. Kylie wanted some ice cream, we didn't know it was going to be this big! She also enjoyed having a lady singing and playing guitar at the restaurant. She thought it was just for her and decided she must dance along!

The ice cream....

Mommy and Kylie and the singing lady!

Father's Day...

A belated Happy Father's Day to all. As Tricia had to travel for work, Grandma Pam, Kylie and I were invited to go out with our neighbors to dinner. We missed "mommy, mommy", but I had to share a few of the smiles that made my day!

Grandma and Kylie making pizzas!!!

Noah, our neighbor, and Kylie with the biggest smiles of the night!

Yes, Kylie chowing down on french fries and Daddy with the big burger!!!

It's been a while...

It's been a while since we have posted, but it's not that nothing is going on. It is the fact that so much is going! Ever since Kylie took swim lessons with "Learn to Swim with Mr. Blue", she has been a fish! On the weekends, we have been spending a lot of time with friends and Kylie at the pool. Each time we go, we feel as if she is swimming farther and farther.

This past weekend, we also had a special guest visit our garage! He had the tenacity to steal Kylie's swim toys, have the urge to blow bubbles by knocking the bottles over, and try on some shoes. After a couple hours of searching and having Ira, our phenomenal pest control man come out, we tracked down our furry little possum friend! Here are some pictures of Kylie's in her camouflage hunting shorts and trying to be a fish out of water with her swim goggles! By being in camouflage or under water Kylie would be safe!

Happy Memorial Day

For Memorial Day weekend, the Lum family headed up to Atlanta to celebrate! On our outbound flight we were delayed for over three hours in the Fort Lauderdale airport. We were only 2 mins from boarding time at the gate and the weather in Atlanta shut down the airport. Brian and I got creative in the airport gate games we could play with Kylie. All in all she did very very well traveling.



In Atlanta the only time we sat down was when we were driving somewhere or sleeping. We went shopping, fishing, water skiing, tubing, hung out the pool, bike riding, walking and a ton of laughs.


Besides seeing my parents, my brother and his girlfriend also came in for a visit. We had a blast!


Sadly, we were there when my parents house was put on the market for their seventh move as the company my Dad works for is relocating to Dallas. Hopefully we can make one more trip before they move.



Here are some pictures of our time in Georgia. A Huge Thank You to Lenny's girlfriend for taking such amazing shots. We are truly blessed to have so many friends and family that are good photographers! I am going to be getting so many processed and around our house! Please disregard the bad Lum pictures as they are mixed in below...

Here is Kylie and Brian Fishing.. She felt the lure was a fish and kept catching it..

Kylie is number One on her cell phone raft in the lake

Yep I made it up on the first try after over a year. Kylie was worried when "I FELL DOWN!"

Kylie and Mommy Water Tubing - She laughed the whole time

Kylie going on this big slide all by herself..
Various Pictures from the Pool

Lenny, Kylie and I

Random shots of Kylie blowing bubbles and riding her bike outside of Grandma's House







Thanks for reading our Memorial Day Post!
Love from Kylie!