A Backyard Surprise

Katie was so excited one day when she was in the basement and looked out the back window. "Look! Look!" We barely had enough time for a picture before it disappeared.

I was pretty happy to see the bunny!

Sharing the Castle

As much as Katie loves her castle tent that my mom and dad got her for her birthday, I think our cat, Bingle, might love it even more. Every day, Bingle finds time to jump in the castle and play likes she's a kitten again. Katie thinks it's funny, so she's happy to share.

Bingle really likes my castle. 

Sometimes she thinks no one sees her in there! 

I'm happy to share!

Super Katie

When I was out shopping with Jennifer, she found a superhero cape that she thought every girl should have. Katie loved it.

Thank you, Aunt Jennifer! I love my cape! 

The next morning, I put my cape on before I did anything else!

Excitement

Katie was so happy when I took her to dance class last week when she discovered that her friend, Kyla, was back. It thrilled her to no end! I didn't think she would get any happier until I told her that Kai was waiting at home to play with her. "Let's go home!" was all she could say.

Kai was interested in my Barbie camper, so I showed him how it worked. 

He was confused about how to make Ken shower.

Later we decided to color. As soon as we started, Kai discovered my hopper and decided he better try it.

I showed him how to use it.

 Then Kai took off with it!

When we got tired, I decided to play with princesses. 

Kai tried to figure out how all of my princess toys worked. 

Then we went to an old favorite…my zoo! 

I discovered that Kai is very strong. He kept burying me in the zoo. 

We traded places and passed animals back and forth through the secret door. 

Before he left, I tried to teach Kai how to fish.

Thanks for making my Saturday fun!

A Hunt

A couple of weeks ago, we had a bit of a wind storm, and it blew a lot of small twigs and branches off of our neighborhood trees. Katie has decided it's a great idea to hunt for sticks on our walks. We're getting quite a collection of sticks.

One night I found a long stick. I don't know why everyone told me to be careful with it. 

On this night, I had my duck to walk, leaves, and a handful of sticks. My hands and legs were full!

A Lesson from the Bats

When we went to the zoo, Katie was really interested in how the bats hang upside down from the ceiling. She decided to use her bat lesson in her creative play.

I can make my dolls hang off their bunk beds like bats! 

Wow! Three of them can hang by their feet at once!

A Day at the Zoo

We decided to head back to the zoo for a day of fun!

We went to the zoo on a really hot day. The tiger was panting. 

The bats weren't doing much of anything but hanging around. 

The flamingos were sleeping too. 

One of the alligators moved right in front of me! 

It was pretty exciting to watch! 

We never knew our zoo had porcupines until this visit. 

My favorite is always the giraffes! 

The hippos kept putting their heads above water right before me too. I must have looked friendly on this day! 

The polar bear was hanging out in the cool water. I didn't blame him!