Settling In

We are making some good progress on getting settled in and the boxes are dwindling. According to Mom's nerdy clipboard with the list of all the boxes, there are less than 20 to unpack (and now that we have a basement some of those items may never see the light of day again!)

Poppy and Boppy (or Grandma Boppy as I now call her) were here this weekend. They got a ton of projects done for us and we had a fun visit. They babysat me while Mom and Dad were at the Rotary fundraiser that Mom co-chairs. And guess what! Daddy won half of the grand prize at the reverse raffle (he and another guy formed an alliance and agreed to split if either of them won). What a great time for that to happen! It will pay for some of our new fence!

My first week at the new school was good. There were some tears the first few mornings, but I am settling in and the teachers said they couldn't believe how well I was adjusting. I get to take my lunch in a little lunch bag and I love to unpack it on the way to school and put it on the shelf myself when we get there. I am a big fan of the big playground and tell Mommy "I played on the big outside." Every day when we leave school I ask if I can come back to the new school, so I must like it.

As for today, I am just coming off my junk food high from our trip to the circus. I was entranced by all there was to watch and also made time for a few treats since we were there at dinner-time (nachos, hot dog and dip 'n dots ice cream to be exact). I was very excited about the elephants and enjoyed the acrobats and the tigers. I danced some and clapped along. By the end, I had kind of run out of steam, so I wasn't very into the trapeze, but I had a fun time. When we got home and Mommy asked what I remembered about the circus I said "the floor was dirty" (because I kept wanting to sit down on the floor instead of my seat and since it was covered with sticky dip 'n dots Mom wouldn't let me). Mom had to laugh that after all of that, that was what I remembered!

The Big Move

Well, we got all moved in to the new house on Friday and are feeling somewhat settled in. I love playing outside in my new yard and the neighbor girl has been over to swing on my swingset.

Last week I visited my new school twice-- once with Dad and once with Mom and I enjoyed it a lot and have been asking when I could go to the new school. I am a little ahead of the rest of my new class, so the teachers think I will probably move up soon.

Mom spent all day Thursday packing and as soon as I came home from school I started pulling things back out. I like having my things in place! She also went to the doctor that day and I should tell you that everything is good with my baby sister.

The big truck arrived on Friday morning (an hour earlier than scheduled, much to Mom's dismay!) Luckily we were all up and dressed! I had my breakfast and went to school for the last day there. We took cupcakes so I could have a little goodbye party, but as much as I have loved my school I didn't seem to be upset about my last day. Several teachers were very sad to see us go, but I just said "Bubbye. I go to new school."

Then when Mom picked me up we drove to the new house and all of our things had moved there. I ran all over the place and then we ate pizza. After all that work I had to sit down and relax in the big red chair! Right now I am sleeping in what will be the baby's room (until I move to my big girl bed). Mom had it all set up like my old room with everything in the same places. When I went to bed I started noticing what wasn't excatly the same. My night light wasn't in the same place and I showed Mommy where it should go. I mean does it really matter that there isn't an outlet there? Then when we were reading I noticed that the basket of blankets next to my bed wasn't there. And when I was in my crib I saw that there was no basket on the dresser to hold the wipes and diapers. I battled through these adversities and am happy that things are more in order now.

Aunt Jen and Uncle Buddy came to visit on Saturday and helped us a lot (mostly playing with me so they could get other jobs done). We had a good visit around putting them to work! Lily came home from five nights at camp and got moved in. She is doing pretty well, too, but we don't have a fence up yet, so we have to take her out when she wants to go. It's a little annoying!

I have fallen twice in the driveway and have two skinned knees, but I didn't cry and Uncle Buddy got them cleaned up for me. You can probably see my Clifford band-aids in the last photo.

I am adjusting pretty well, but it is a lot for a little girl like me to process. I get a little clingy at nap time and bed time and ask for lots of "Daddy Big Hugs" and "Mommy Big Hugs" Yesterday I discovered one of my old pacifiers (which I never used as a baby) and wanted to have it with me for my nap. Fortunately, I lost it (seriously Mom & Dad did not hide it) so hopefully I will forget about it soon. We will post some photos of the new house once more boxes are out of the way.

"Happy Easters!"

That's what I said when I woke up today. I was very excited about the day and my Grampy and Grammy L. were here from Canada to celebrate the day with us.

On Saturday we dyed Easter eggs. Mom thought this would be a fun project, but in the end it only took about five minutes. I just kept plunking them in the cups then grabbing them out. No wire dippy thing for me. And my hands were green and yellow for a while afterwards. I really wanted to play with my eggs and rearrange them. When you're two it's hard to remember what fragile means!

Today we woke up and put on our Easter clothes and went to our new church. I was pretty well-behaved and loved the children's choir and wanted to clap for them. The only incident was when I dropped my sandal in an unreachable place under the pew in front fo us and the people next to us had to send their little boy under to retrieve it while I shouted "My shoe! My shoe!!!!"

When we got home from church Grammy and Grampy came over for brunch and the Easter bunny had arrived with my basket. I was very excited to look at everything and am a big fan of jelly beans. As usual, I unpacked the basket and then reloaded it a couple of times and carried it around a little. It was really wet out so I didn't get to do an Easter egg hunt, but we might do one next week.
After naps for everyone, we went to our friend's (Joy and Chris) house for Easter dinner and had a wonderful time. I got another Easter basket from Auntie Joy and was pretty good throughout dinner. My two favorite dishes were cucumber salad and butter. After I decided to try to pull the table cloth off, Grampy took me outside to walk around the yard and see the fish in the pond. We spent quite a bit of time together outside from that point on and I showed him how to blow bubbles.

It was a great Easter and a great visit with my grandparents. I have actually renamed them-- I call Grammy Grandma now and Grampy Baa Baa (as in Baa Baa Black Sheep, I guess).

We move this week and I will visit my new school twice before we move, so I will probably have a lot to report next time.


Happy Easters!

Last Week

Well Mom returned home Monday night, but the chaos continued. My Great Uncle Jim passed away so we drove up to South Bend for the services. I was sick with a fever and a cold during that time, but glad I went. It was nice to see the family and I even got to see GG (Great Grandma).

On Thursday night after school we went to our new house. This was my first time to see it. I was very excited about the swingset and pretty much just wanted to go outside and play. We met one of the neighbors and they have a four-year-old girl who I played with for a little bit. We took dinner with us and had a picnic on the kitchen floor. Mom & Dad thought this would be fun for me, but I asked "where's the table?" I think it's silly that we have two houses right now, but seem to be understanding that we're moving.

Struggling this Week

As some of you might have known, Mom was away this week so Dad had to help me with this. He struggled with the pictures so when Mom comes home tomorrow night we will upload a couple. What did I do this week? It was a good week only one accident report but a couple close calls. Fell off the slide at school and hit my head. I got a little ice, passed the concussion test and didn't miss a shift. (Can you tell Dad is helping me?)

Mom thought it was funny this week when Dad and I were clowning around. He would say "Peace out, Katie." I would say "Peace out, Daddy." The next day I said it when Dad was going to work. Dad was changing me the other day and I made a funny noise and not from my mouth. I said "Katie's bum loud" and Dad just about died laughing. I was talking to Mom and I said I love you , Mom. I then said I love you, little sister.

Mom being away has also helped my eating in my opinion. Let's just say I love pizza. We also had steak, brauts and salad over the weekend and a few donuts from Tim Horton's.

I have also helped to pick my outfits with Mom gone. Yesterday morning I was playing in my Cow pajamas and my dog rubber boots. (See last week). Today I heard Dad ask Mom if overalls were okay with a black turtleneck and she said it was fine and then he asked if it was okay with sneakers and she said never. I wore sneakers. I played with my friend Kaitlyn today. She has her own slide and little sister. We are moving to their subdivision next week.

That is all for now. I would write more but I have to get back to cleaning to get this place looking livable for when Mom comes home tomorrow.

Peace out.

Katie

New Boots!

Yesterday while someone was looking at our house, Mom and I had a great girl's excursion- we went to buy shoes. One of my treasures was this pair of Dalmatian boots, which I wanted to wear as soon as I got up today. Of course I had to wear them all day long and I had to wear my black pants so that they would match.

The weather was beautiful today so we played outside a lot and I got to test my boots all over the place (but no rain puddles yet).

Last weekend Mommy was out of town for work, and Daddy and I were so busy that I didn't get to the computer to blog, so I will give you a quick update. Dad really had me working hard. I did laundry. I made grilled cheese sandwiches (with extra butter, of course) and then I was exhausted! And when Mommy came home she knew we had had Daddy time because now I sleep with two balls in my crib. I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but I am using one as a pillow and lovingly clutching my baseball with both hands.