Saturday is one of the best days of the week. We all get to rest, play and spend time together. Kylie woke up at 6am this morning and asked for donuts. Now I don't feed her donuts all the time but this was a special Saturday. She insisted we get dressed at the same time, we did our hair together and we were out the door by 8am in search of some donuts. We stopped at Dunkin Donuts for Munchkins and then drove to Starbucks for a latte for Mommy!
When we got home, Kylie decided to help me with the yard work and assisted me in cutting, edging and trimming the front yard. Her contribution was running through the sprinkler, which she carefully marked with cones. She also sat in her beach chair and took notes while she watched me sweating! If only I could teach her to make lemonade and bring it out to me that would be great.
The Sprinkler Video!
All the fun this morning she is wiped out and taking a good nap. Next up picking up Grandma from the airport! It will really be a girls night tonight! We miss you Daddy/Brian!
I picked up Kylie extra early tonight and told her we were going to have a Girls Night. I was super excited and all she told me was Juice Please. When we got home we decided again it was a girls night.. Dinner and a movie.
If you have been reading along, you will know what movie she picked. All I have to say is not again! We took out the blender and made some frosty beverages (non-alcoholic of course!) and enjoyed for the trillionth time Toy Story.
Anytime I can spend time cuddling with my two year old is well worth it, even if the movie is the same! Today Kylie is 2 1/2 OH MY!
Everybody Clean Up... Kylie does not like messes AT ALL! In fact this weekend, Kylie and I were shopping at Macy's in the shoe department. Yes I have a shoe problem and so does Kylie. Anyway back to the story....We were looking at the sales rack and the person next to us was looking at shoes dropped them on the floor tried them on and then kicked them under the rack. Kylie screams out OH NO MOMMY SHOES, gets out of her stroller puts her hand on her hip says OH NO again and points to the lady that left them there. She gave us a look and basically ran out. We had to go around the whole shoe department and clean everything up and finally Kylie said, ALL DONE!
So neat freak she is... A couple of days ago we were cleaning up her toy room and she so neatly put her toys into her bins and ready to put away. Except this time the bins were better in the shower and she could close the door behind her and SAY ALL DONE!
Lately Kylie is starting to pick up more and more. She realizes where things are left, where things belong, and definitely what she likes. Toy Story the Disney movie has become her favorite and she often tries to pretend she is Buzz Lightyear saying "To infinity and beyond" with her arms up. Here are a few recent pictures of her endeavors...
"To infinity and beyond"...Baby dressed up in Buzz Lightyear pajamas!
P.S. Grandma, you can see how she put on the "baby baby crocs for her baby"
Peek-A-Boo...at the park in our neighborhood
If the swings aren't there to pretend to fly, the next closest thing is the slides!
Yesterday as we were getting ready to get in the car to go to school we noticed that one of the palm frawns had fallen. Now this is nature the palm frawn dies and it drops, although the palm tree survives. But trying to explain this to Kylie wasn't easy. She kept saying oh no tree broken Daddy! She was trying to lift up the palm frawn and for anyone who has every tried to lift one of these realizes that they are super heavy! She kept telling Brian that it was broken and was trying to jump up and down while lifting the frawn to put it back on the tree. She was super traumatized by the tree loosing a (leaf/palm frawn).
I have to admit it has been awhile since we last posted a blog post. We have been having so much fun! Kylie is at such a fun age where we are constantly at a go and I think some nights she could put us to bed at night.
We have been to the parks, Dr. Seuss reading at Target, Soccer Practice, riding our bikes and so much more. We would love to post all about our latest adventures BUT our home laptop computer has been infected by a computer virus. We are hoping our good friend is able to fix it tomorrow and we will be back up and operational. In the meantime enjoy a few quick pictures of what is going on with us!
We hope to be back and operational soon!
Playing in our bounce house
Dr. Seuss reading time at Target with Aiden Just got her haircut (not happy as she wanted FroYo Treats -behind her)
In October, Brian's birthday to be exact I decided I needed a personal goal. As many of you know I am a person that is very competitive and a goal setter. I announced at Brian's birthday dinner, "I am going to run a half marathon!" Well the story starts back a little bit as I was talking to my friend, Heather who said you could totally do a half, we talked all about it and I was convinced I could. Now back to the story, when I made my announcement everyone kind of looked at me like oh okay! Everyone was very supportive yet somewhat skeptical .
I started training right away and stuck to my running on Tuesday, Thursday and long runs on the weekend. It was very important to me to show myself and Kylie that hard work and goals pay off!
I finished my first half-marathon and already know I can easily cut 10-15 minutes off my time the next one I run. Yes, I said next one. This isn't the end of my running for sure!
Thank You to all my friends and family for your constant support. I couldn't have done this without you! This taught me a very important lesson, never say you CANT do something.. You always CAN!
A HUGE Thank You to Heather for pushing me into this goal. Can't wait to run a half together. Thank You also to Jamie for running the A1A with me and congrats on beating your own personal record! Also, to my parents who were there at the finish line. (The next one I run won't be during Volleyball Season and happy to have Brian there!)
The Start of the Race (Posted on Sun-Sentinel.Com) there I am in Orange
All done
Kylie and MamaThe Medal - I won't take it off... Heather told me how amazing getting your first medal was but I didn't belive her. WOW, you would have thought I won a Grammy!
Next Goal, Potty Training.. I think I can I think I can.. Kylie knows she can??
She took in People Magazine to catch up on the latest gossip
