Lawn Mower

As promised here are more pictures of the grass. There really isn't a lot of grass. Katie was SO excited. She was a little taken back when he turned it on. But after a little bit needed to be right in the action. Now when he mows, they have to go around 2 or three times so Katie can push it. Yes, she can push it all by herself for a little ways. The funniest part is the conversation we have several times a day about the lawnmower. It's usually the first thing we talk about when she gets up now and then whenever she sees it on the patio. This is how it usually goes:

K- is it on?
M- no it's off
K- it's daddys
M- yes it's daddys
K- it's a lawnmower (or mower)
M- yes it's a lawnmower
K- it's big
M- yes it's big
K- it's black
M- yes it's black
K- it's a push
M- yes we push it
K- it's heavy (with emphasis)
M- yes it's heavy

Naming of the Noodles

Everything is either a baby, mommy or daddy. She pulled the silverware out of the drawer one day. When she got to the serving spoon she looked at it for a second and said "it's daddys" and "it's papas" because it was the biggest one she had ever used. Everything small is, of course, a baby. She does this with everything lately. Well, tonight at dinner we had ziti. She started by saying this is the baby, then the daddy, and then the mommy noodle before she ate each one. And then she started giving them names of anyone she knew (cousins, friends, froggie). It was really funny. She was so matter of fact about it, I had a hard time not laughing.

Grass

We have grass! This was my Christmas present. It started out as rocks. Katie would want to go outside and then end up eating the rocks. The process started last fall, but the grass came during Christmas break. Thank you to everyone who made it possible.
We had some great help...

... and some Katie help.


Finally, time for the sprinklers.


And the curbing.


Here is a small piece of the beautiful green grass. More pictures to come in the lawnmower post. :)
That is Katie's microphone that we each get to sing with when we play outside. She loves being outside. It's great to have a place for her to play.

Idaho Trip

Katie and I got to go to Idaho to visit family. Unfortunately, Kimball had school and couldn't come. The highlight of the trip was, well besides grandma and grandpa, the snow. She still isn't sure what to think of it. But she had a great time on the sled with Papa. The have attached a rope to the sled so it's easy to pull the little kids around the yard.

She was investigating the snowman and realized her hand was cold and wet.


My parents have also acquired a few sets of cross country skis over the years. It's been a long time but I made it around without falling. The snowshoes on the other hand I wasn't so lucky. It turns out the polls really are important. My brother is behind me ready to catch me if I fall or run over me one of the two.