Red Thread...

There is an ancient Chinese belief which states that there is an invisible red thread that connects each of us to all of the individuals who have been, currently are, and will in the future be important to us in our lives.

This red thread can stretch, twist, and bend… but will never break.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

The First Warm Days of the Season

As soon as we had a day that was near 90 degrees, Katie wanted to get her wading pool out to play. Her fun day got more fun with Garyldine and Jim dropped by the house.

When I first stepped in, I sat down very slowly. The water was colder than I thought it would be! 

I brought plenty of toys to play with in the pool. 

Why is it so fun to dump water from one container to another? 

When Garyldine and Jim came over, I knew that Jim wanted to play with my toys! 

He liked the water too!

Friday, May 13, 2016

A Bedtime Book

My friend, Noreen, sent Katie a book last Christmas in which Katie stars with The Little Mermaid. It is one of her favorite bedtime books that we read over and over and over. She told me the other night that she wanted to read it by herself.

I absolutely love this book! I get to be Ariel's friend in it!

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Tattoos

Katie decided to decorate herself with Barbie stickers that she called tattoos. She thought she looked pretty good!

How do you think I look?

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Royalty Day

Katie was so excited to hear that her school was having a "Royalty Day," where she could dress up however she chose to go with the theme. At first, she was sure she wanted to be Elsa, but then she changed her mind to dressing as Sleeping Beauty. It was the day of her dreams!

I love to dress up as princesses! 

Who wouldn't love it? 

I was ready to go!

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Mother's Day, 2016

For Mother's Day this year, we followed our tradition on planting flowers in the front of the house. Katie was so excited to go to the store to choose the most beautiful flowers that she saw. This year, she tried really hard to plant the flowers the correct way, but she usually left one side of the roots uncovered so I'd do some touch up work when she wasn't looking!

The night before Mother's Day, Katie told me, "I can't wait for Mother's Day. I made you a present at school, but I can't tell you what it was! We painted pots, but it's a secret!" The next day, she surprised me with her painted flower pot.

After I ate breakfast, I decided to make this card for my mom. 

Then I looked through my things and decided to give her these two special key chains.

This was the pot I painted at school.

I was excited to help unload the car after we bought the flowers! 

I was all ready to go! 

First, I pulled weeds and gathered rocks. 

After my mom dumped the new soil and laid out the flowers, I started planting the ones that I like best. All you have to do is set the flower upright and put a shovel of soil next to it! 

After I planted, I filled my watering can to give the flowers a drink. I had fun looking at the wet sidewalk, while dreaming of jumping in puddles. 

The flowers were happy with the water! 

Happy Mother's Day!

Monday, May 9, 2016

A Day with Grandma and Garyldine

Katie was pretty happy to get to spend the day with my mom and Garyldine. She always likes to do that, but on this day, she was going to do something she had been anticipating for awhile. The dogs were getting groomed, and Katie knew that when they were at the groomers, she would get to feed the ponies that were on the same property. She couldn't wait. She got to do some other fun things with them too!

Garyldine had never seen my library. I couldn't wait to show her! 

We played in the play area for awhile. 

I love the toys that have a tent over your head! 

I scheduled my rocket to go to the moon! 

After the library, we went for a treat at the coffee shop! 

Then it was finally time to see the ponies! 

We were taught all about feeding horses. 

They loved our apples! 

I'm going to remember this day for a long time!

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Hanging Out on the Shelf

One afternoon, Katie thought it would be comfortable, for some reason, to sit on our shelf. She found out she doesn't fit on it quite as well as she used to.

It's pretty comfortable down here.