Katharine's Pinocchio performance

Katharine's Musical Arts Schoolhouse had their production of Pinocchio this morning! Katharine was a fairy. She was uber cute and did so well in the theatre portion of the show. She did well during the dance portion until the little boy bedside her starting crying. Then she pretty much stopped what she was doing and looked at him like, "what's the matter with you?" Overall, she really enjoyed it and was really excited that even Aunt Stephanie came to see her!

I am so proud of her! There was very little "stank eye" :-). It makes me a little sad because she will not be attending this school next year. We decided to put her in Legacy with her brothers. If she doesn't attend Legacy next year, she will have to be tested. I know she won't do well being tested with a stranger. I foresee a whole lot of "stank eye" :-) We will have to investigate other performance avenues for her. Overall, great performance from a girl named for Katharine Hepburn :-).

Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Kitty Litter

Last week, Katharine and I went to the mall. We went to Hallmark to get a card, and she decided she wanted to get her own card for her upcoming birthday. She chose a sweet 16 card that plays, "girls just want to have fun". She and Victoria open the card and dance all over the house to this song! Victoria does this squat dance, it's so funny! Very cute!

A little while later, I'm looking for Victoria and find her in the laundry room grabbing hand fulls of kitty litter, and throwing it and some kitty poop in the air! So gross! None of my others were ever interested in the kitty litter! Nasty, Victoria! Good grief! Though she is a cute dancer! :-)

Mommy, you look Hot!!

Oh my goodness! I took Kaden and Colin to the mall with me to run some errands. At one point, I took them potty, and Colin said that he really liked my boots. That they were pretty. Kaden then said, "Yeah Mommy. You look Hot!" Oh my goodness! Jason needs to stop saying that! I don't want Kaden to go to school and tell some little girl that she is hot! Good grief :-)

Dallas World Aquarium and Victoria's doll

We took the kids to Dallas World Aquarium. This was Victoria's first trip there since she has become so mobile. She wanted out of her stroller and was trying to crawl into the aquarium! She was hiking her leg up, intending to scale the glass wall into the shark tank! We went outside to the Penguin exhibit, and she was hiking her leg up trying to get into the penguin exhibit! She has no fear! She is a climber, into everything! We all had a great time! They love the aquarium!

Victoria is very sweet with her doll. She carries her doll around and hugs and loves on it, so sweet. Very maternal :-). Let's hope we survive her upbringing!

Christmas and Aidan's Birthday

Nana and Papa, and Aunt Mindy, Uncle Shawn, Aidan, and Ainsley came to celebrate Christmas with us! We all had a great time! We went to church on Christmas Eve with the kids, even Aidan, and they were all so good! It was so cute. I told Kaden that it was time to pray, so he slapped his hands together and started praying so earnestly. Upon seeing Kaden, Aidan copied him and did the same! So cute! We opened our family presents on Christmas Eve, as is our tradition, and Santa came Christmas morning.

Kaden and Colin loved their Star Wars toys. Katharine like her doll house, and Victoria was playing with whatever anyone else got! We all got marshmellow guns, and marshmellows were flying everywhere! It was fine because they were edible for Victoria!

Aidan had his birthday party at Gattitown. What fun! They all love the bumper cars, including daddy and uncle shawn! They all won stuffed animals from the water shooting game :-). It was a good time. They miss cousin Aidan so much when he goes home!

Victoria is walking!!

It's official! Victoria is walking! She is doing great and is now into everything! Yea Vixie! So proud of her! She has been taking a shower for a few months now with Katharine. She loves that too! Our little girl is growing up!

Victoria is taking steps!

Victoria started taking some steps by herself! Like 4 or 5 steps! This is the first time she has taken steps unassisted! She is climbing every where, including up to Colin's top bunk bed and standing up there! Yes, she does not possess that healthy dose of fear. Yikes! We have to keep a close eye on her. Yea that she is taking some steps at 15 months!