A Trip to the Beach

We decided to take advantage of a milder fall day and go to the beach. It's always a fun day when we go there.

I was excited for the beach since we hadn't gone for about a year! 

I thought I might need two pairs of sunglasses for the trip. 

Before we went to the beach, we stopped at a restaurant. I wasn't so sure about it…it smelled awfully fishy! 

I was so excited to get to the beach! On the way there, my mom bought me my first sand bucket and shovel! 

I felt like I was digging for treasure. 

I loved it! 

While I dug, my mom and grandma found this seaweed growing from a rock. It looked interesting to me too! 

Aunt Jennifer joined me in sand-digging. She showed me how the bucket could help make a sand castle. 

She built a castle with a moat! 

It was beautiful! 

I added sticks for flags. 

Then I asked Aunt Jennifer to help me dig a swimming pool. It wasn't very long ago that I didn't even want to touch sand. I've come a long way! 

My mom and grandma went for a walk while Aunt Jennifer and I built things. They were looking for shells for me, but found an alien-looking jelly fish corpse instead. 

While they were on their walk, Aunt Jennifer let me run all the way to them. 

I ran a long way, but... 

…I had plenty of energy to run back! 

I even danced in the sand once I found Aunt Jennifer again! 

Logs at the beach are very different and interesting. 

The birds are interesting too. Aunt Jennifer and I went to look at the birds. 

We knew there were seagulls, but we were shocked to see the large birds. While we were watching them, we got caught in a short downpour!

After we watched the birds, I decided to draw Rapunzel in the sand. 

The whole day was just happy! 

I drew a little more before we left. 

I also wanted to destroy the castle before we left, so no one else would. 

Finally, my mom and I stopped for a picture. We loved our day!

It's a Party

While I made dinner the other night, Katie wanted to help out, so she set the table, which turned into a "party" for Katie.

I love to share my kitchen things when I set the table! 

Hmmm…what else do I need? 

Ta-daaa! I'm all done. Do you see my party table? 

Who could want more?

Being with Chloe

Katie goes through spurts when she just has to be with Chloe. The other afternoon, she disappeared, and I found her copying Chloe.

I love you, Chloe!

Fun with Earmuffs

The other day, Katie found a new way to wear her earmuffs. She gets lots of use out of those things!

My earmuffs work as hair accessories!

Halloween Pajamas

You may remember that Katie got some glow-in-the-dark Halloween pajamas last year, and she was scared of the glowing face. Whenever she was anywhere dark, she'd quickly cover up the glowing spots. With that in mind, I was shocked this year when Katie selected her Halloween pajamas…glow-in-the-dark. Her fear seems to have completely passed, and now she wants to walk around in a dark house all the time, so she can light up.

I like my magical pajamas this year! 

Boo!

Having Fun at School

Katie loves going to school. She has made a couple of good friends, and she shares her adventures at school with me at bedtime. Her favorite thing at school is the playground, but she enjoys all the other things as well…calendar time, handwriting, music, reading. I'm glad she's happy there!

I have so much fun on my playground!

We had a pumpkin hunt at school and got to decorate the pumpkins we found!

Castle Blocks

One night Katie was playing with her castle blocks again. While she helped Aunt Jennifer build the castle, she figured out that the blocks could be used in different ways. One the castle was done, Katie went to bed, leaving the castle for morning, but unfortunately, someone found the blocks.

These blocks can be used as a hat, or... 

…as glasses! 

After I went to bed, Chloe admired the castle so much that she had to lie down next to it. 

A castle doesn't last long with a dog nearby!