Eggtravaganza

We dyed Easter Eggs with Katie for the first time today!  David and Aunt Tori were a little disappointed that I only provided 13 eggs as they felt Katie should have had at least a couple dozen to dye, but they came to terms (kind of :) and our eldest still had a great time.  Though on their behalf and true to form, halfway through Katie asked  for "more eggs, more eggs please."

Ready to start!  Obviously I'm been reading to many craft blogs (http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/) and had to "slightly" decorate for the egg dying occasion.  Turns out that Katie's birthday paraphernalia comes in handy for a great many things.

Aunt Tori showing her how it works . .

Cleaning up the spills, very much my child!  Though in my defense, I had no problem with mess and figured it was going to end up much worse then it did.

David and Aunt Tori were distraught over some broken eggs that resulted from our dying experience.  Apparently this is a very serious matter in the Fitzgerald household, Katie was a little rough with the eggs.  Don't worry Katie there's nothing wrong with being "wide open" like your mama :).

K & C Six Month Comparison

Katie (above) and Caroline (below)



Caroline Mackenzie at Six Months

What I've noticed about you lately:

• That you like Apple Sauce much better then Banana Oatmeal Cereal!
• That you watch and follow us around constantly, contorting yourself just so you can make sure to see where we are.  You're going to be a busybody just like your mama and sister.
• You've beginning to notice strangers and are not a fan of them!
• You can now bounce in the excersaucer and very much enjoy being upright.
• You still love to be swaddled but now can wiggle your way out of it once you awake in the morning.
• You love Raleigh and squeal with delight when he jumps up next to us.
• You're in the 75% for both weight 16lbs 11 ozs and height 26.25 inches.

Our month-by-month sticker picture

You're starting to sit up on your own . .

And can quickly topple over, but at least it's with a smile!

Beautiful girl

MORE

Katie,

I often wonder why your first word wasn't "more."  It was, in actuality, your first sign . . you started using it to ask for more food.  The sign (the only one of two you'd learn) eventually started to be accompanied by umm, umm, umm . ."more" in the making.  As you've gotten older the "umm" turned into the actual word.  Today you still use the sign but ask for you what you want as well!

From the very beginning "more" seemed to be the motto you live by!  You love partaking in so many things, you always want more of whatever it is that we're doing - more outside, more ducks, more slides, more passies, more cake, more blue berries, more walking, more trains, more songs . .the list is endless, because the things you love are endless.

Thank you for being so enthusiastic, for enjoying so many things and for wanting more of what life has to offer!

Love,

Mommy



Birthday = CAKE

Tonight we celebrated our neighbors little boy's 2nd birthday.  David had picked Katie up from school (Caroline was home sick with pink eye - no fun) and upon returning home showed Katie the balloons across the street.  He explained that she was going to a birthday party, to which she responded - CAKE?  Nice to know that her apple doesn't fall far from my tree!  Like mother, like daughter to the core.

The theme was "Hog Wild" - BBQ all the way, they even had a sandbox filled with corn.   Needless to say Katie loved it.

Looking at pictures lately, I can see Katie teetering between babyhood and childhood.  In some photos she looks so young, in others I can see the child that she's becoming.  The below is a perfect example of the later, pure kid walking with her scooter . . .which she knew how to ride (how is a complete mystery to me).  She's growing up and Caroline will be quickly following behind, I finally get why parents are always talking about time going by too fast.

Easter Bonnet Parade

This morning at I joined a million other Primrose parents to watch our children participate in their annual Easter Bonnet Parade.  Each class made their own bonnets and used this time to model them.  Well I guess I should clarify, Katie had a bonnet, Caroline had a fabulous flower bib that was made by her wonderful teachers.

Caroline spotting me in the crowd!

Katie spotting me in the crowd :(, she was a little overwhelmed by all the people . . .

After the parade I stopped in to feed Caroline her bottle,  a little mother/daughter bonding time!

Sunny Sunday

By working full time and with the girls attending "school" daily, weekends are precious and sadly can be eclipsed by other things that need accomplishing during those two days.  This weekend however was a perfect blend of family, date night, house chores and unfortunately even a bit of work thrown in.  BUT predominately it was time spent with our girls which leaves me in a great mood this Sunday evening and ready to start Monday off right!  A nice reminder that family time always needs to be in the forefront.

As mentioned Saturday was 54 degrees and overcast, today was 75 and sunny . . . the weather was perfect and our family loved spending the day outdoors!   Not only was it a great weather day, it was also a wonderful day for pictures . . and I got some fabulous ones of my beautiful girls! 

Yeah for wonderful weather!