Fun Week

Kylee,
Gran had so much fun with you last week. You make everything even more fun because you react so dramatically. You are in that stage of life so full of imagination and pretend. I could sit for days and just watch you in whatever little world you are in at the moment. I have always loved to watch people's hands. You are so expressive with you hands when you are a princess, when you are the mommy, or when you are Kylee telling the grown-ups what you think. One cute habit you have with your hands is when you ever so often use them in a very dainty way to push your hair from your face. It is just precious. Then there is your princess in amasement look when you cup your face with both of your hands. You look just like Snow White. Of course...when you point that index finger firmly at your babies, it is hard not to laugh. You are so confident that you are in charge of those babies.

You were so cute at the zoo. I was concerned I would not be able to walk a lot and see everything you did. I am so thankful that the weather was good and I was able to take every step to see your response to the animals. It was fun to see you laughing and enjoying all the sights. It was funny when you growled at the lions and tigers...your low, raspy sounding growl. For some reason you only growled at the cats. You also enjoyed the Space Center. It was interesting that you mostly liked the science area. I think because it was dark with stars twinkling all around. You would climb up to get high to look into the space ships. We were not really paying attention to you in the gift shop. When we turned around we laughed when we saw you calmly sitting on a little ledge holding two, not one but two, hot pink beany babies bears that had NASA insignia on them. We did not have the heart to take them from you...so we bought them for you.

Kylee, Gran has the grandest times with you. You make the mornings happy wake up times, the evenings sweet sleepy times and the whole day fun. Love is like a circle...a circle big and round. Gran and Pops love you!

Kenna,
Hey, sweet girl! Gran so enjoyed last week with you. Now that you are full fledge crawling, there is no keeping you still. I loved watching you follow the last person out of the room. You are so happy as long as you are near others. You do get a little distracted by toys laying around, but you never forget which door your "goal" went out. So once you tire of the distraction, you resume your little journey. Sometimes the person you are following has returned to the room and passes by you. Then you slowly sit up...turn and continue following them in the new direction. I love this slow persistence you have to stay focused on your goal. Then there is that precious twinkle in your eyes as you reach your "person" and flash them your sweet smile. You warm the heart of the one you follow and lift your little arms to. You also love to pull up and stand. The determination as you think how to get where you want to go is so cute. It is like you make a plan of crawl, pull up, hold on and walk, crawl, pull up again, stand, and finally grab for the item you saw and wanted. Then you follow through with the plan.

Going to the zoo with you was wonderful fun. I am so thankful I was able to walk the whole way pushing you. People kept noticing you. They would go on and on about how cute you are. You were friendly to them all except for this one lady who got close and talked to you. You teared up and got the sadest face. Aunt Becky realized she had a diaper rag on her shoulder. She thought you might think the lady had your diaper rag and was taking it away. Your sweet aunt got your rag out of the bag and gave it to you...sure enough you returned to your happy self. You so quietly watch everything around you. It is funny though when you are watching something and it passes from your sight. You twist around almost to the point of falling out of the stroller to keep watching it. This happened when we walked to the park one day also. Several times I would look down and you were turned around, peeking out the side of the stroller and staring at me pushing. When you saw me looking at you, you would smile that big, cute smile of yours. You were so good at the Space Center even though there was not much there for you. You were content to watch all the people. Several times you did crane your neck to look up. I wondered if you were looking for balloons for some reason.

Kenna, Gran adores you! You are truly a bundle of joy for our family. A day with you is filled with gentle peace and happiness. Love is like circle...like the love of Jesus goes on eternally. Gran and Pops love you!