Building Vocabulary

I love listening to Katie "read" her stories. Sometimes, she has stories mostly memorized and can tell them almost word for word. Other times, she "reads" the pictures and tells me all about what she sees and what she knows about the pictures. When she does that, she'll shock me at times with some of the words that she knows and uses. She was reading a Frozen book in my bed the other night and she said, "Anna was delighted with Elsa's magic." I was pretty impressed with her word choice!

I love bedtime reading!

Happy Birthday, Grandma!

My mom recently had a surgery for cataracts. When the shot was put in her right eye, a vein was accidentally hit, and she was left with a bloody and black eye for a few weeks. With that in mind, we didn't go out for her birthday yesterday. We had a low key day and will do something when she recovers. However, we couldn't let her birthday go by without a few presents. Katie was more than happy to pick them out!

Now, Grandma can hide her black eye with this pirate eye patch, or... 

…she can show it off with the help of zombie eyeglasses. 

Happy Birthday, Gaga!

Enjoying the Last Days of Summer

As summer was officially coming to an end, Katie decided to take full advantage of the weather and blow bubbles out on the deck.

Bubbles are so much fun! 

I love to watch the breeze carry them away. 

Do you want to play?

Ready for the Public

We had to run some errands the other day. Katie was feeling super and was more than happy that it was raining!

Part of being a super hero is always being ready for the rain!

A Birthday Card

Awhile back, Katie got a birthday card in the mail from Uncle Jeff, Aunt Grace, and Ian. It couldn't have been a more perfect card…a combination of princesses and stickers. Katie had to take the small stickers off the page, look at the number on the back, and match the number to a grid to create a picture. She really loved putting the stickers in place. It took a long time, but she was very proud of her accomplishment!

I can't believe that my little stickers fit together to make a big picture!

Wishing a Friend Luck

I have a lot of family members that are pretty big fans of Starbucks. My mom happens to know most of the employees at our closest Starbucks. One of the workers, Grace, had seen Katie in the store with us asked my mom about her. It turns out that Grace was also adopted from China. After making that connection, Katie always had fun going over to say hello to her new friend when she was in the store. Recently, Grace was heading off to college, so Katie gave her a good luck present.

I brought you a present, Grace! 

Good luck in college!

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!