3 Years Old

I asked Kezie what she wanted for her birthday, and all she would tell me was, "Cake." When pressed, she specified; "Pink cake." That was all she would say.

I decided to make her a princess castle cake, and found a model that looked pretty easy to copy. It was my first decorative cake, but it turned out ok. Mostly, it was neat how much Kezie liked it. She got really excited when she saw her "pink princess castle cake!"





It took a long time, four cake mixes, three batches of frosting, and I had to buy a new cake pan, but it was fun to make. Mostly, I love that she loved it.

Kezie got to see a lot of family this weekend. Grandma Marie and Grandpa Everett came with Aunt Beth and her cousin Ellen for a couple of days. Kezie loved this, because playing with her cousins is on the list of her very favorite things to do, and having grandparents and an aunt around to pay attention to her makes it even better. Grandma and Grandpa Knighton were here, and Aunt Britt, Aunt Alli, and Uncle Davin, who are all also among her very favorite people. Overall, I think Kezie had a great weekend.

A birthday present:
She also got books, clothes, a fun food playset, a giant bouncy ball, a magna doodle, and some spending cash. Plenty for a three year-old. She had a great weekend, and we have great family who celebrated the event with her.

Did someone give this kid caffeine?

Ivy entertaining herself

Wheeee

Kezie learned a new trick


She spent about an hour doing somersaults in the living room yesterday. Shawn and I were dizzy just watching her.

Ivy is still growing at an astonishing rate. She is no longer on preemie formula. Yay for her, and yay for my budget!

She is grabbing everything in sight and trying to eat it.




Poor kid can't figure out why she can't get those fish in her mouth. She did get her mitts on some garlic bread today, and ate it so fast I couldn't believe it.

Yardwork

Being bitten by a lot of black ants at the same time kind of hurts.

On the plus side, my front yard is starting to look pretty good.

Kez and the cous

Kezie's favorite part of Snowbird was her second cousins. She loved playing with them, eating with them, and watching movies with them. Payton is one of her favorite people ; she wouldn't eat a meal unless he was in the room with her.

It rained THE WHOLE WEEK. Finally on Friday we got a morning of sunshine and ran outside to take advantage of it

Kezie playing at the park with Payton, Paige, and Kali.
Chilling with Aunt Alli. Both girls loved having Alli and Davin around all week.

Little Fishie

The girls and I spent four days at Snowbird last week. My family has been going since before I can remember (I think since before I was even around) so it's fun to see the next generation get into being there.

Swimming is a central activity, and Ivy took to the water like a mermaid. She kicked, she splashed, she went under the water without protest.


She swallowed water, she spun around in her little floatie. She had a great time.

Yardwork and potty training

Potty training day 5. Going really well, as long as we are at home. Kezie loves the extra attention she is getting.

She loves the yard. She knows the names of the flowers (though she can't say chrysanthemum) and she likes the freedom to ride her little bike around. I'm liking the yard, though it will be better when we get rid of the waist high weeds in the backyard. It's been three weeks, and I'm still working away at it. It turns out I have two large grapevines. We also have an occasional garden snake.


Ivy update: still cute.