Kylee's Ariel Wig and Kenna's First Tooth

Kylee,

This last Friday I took you and Mallory and Kenna to the mall for some play time at the play place. This made me a little nervous because the potty training thing has not been going so well. But after about 30 minutes of playing I packed you all up and took you to the closest bathroom that happens to be in the Build a Bear store. Big mistake. Mom ended up spending way too much money before we left there. You, Mallory and Kenna all got a bear or dog with a Cinderella or Ariel outfit. Afterwards, we went home and played for a little while until Aunt Becky came to get Mallory. That is when you realized that the Ariel outfit that we bought for the bear looks better on you. Especially the bright red wig! You have worn that wig (and the shell bra) everywhere for the last 2 days. I knew it was going to be an issue on Friday night as you positioned yourself in the bed just right for your wig to look beautiful. I thought about making you take it off to go to sleep but honestly, you had to stay very still to keep it where you wanted so you went to sleep very easily. When you have it on you say over and over that you are, "so bootiful bootiful." You have worn it to IHOP, Target, Chili's and Wal-Mart and got plenty of laughs from everyone around. We did have to put our foot down about church this morning. You could not wear your red hair or your bra to church.

A friend of mine was writing in her blog this week that she must be a bad mother because when her little girl got her foot stuck in a toy she went to get the camera to take a picture before she helped her get the toy off of her foot. That reminded me of you getting your head stuck in your potty this week. I did get a picture of that before I took it off of you. But I am not brave enough to post that picture since you were completely naked (except for the potty ring aroung your neck).

Here are some other pictures that I wish I had gotten of you this week:

-sitting on the potty with your head leaning over against the wall (the potty was about a foot away from the wall so it was quite a lean)

-sitting on the potty (yes, again on the potty) with the potty seat (the cushion that you are supposed to sit on) sitting on your head like a crown

You are such a funny little girl! It is still hard for your dad and I to be stern with you. You cross your arms and pout so dramatically! And we always have to turn around and laugh. Lately you have started to tell me to "talk nicely" when I am getting on to you. Yesterday when I explained to you that I am the mommy and you are the little girl you looked very offended and said in your indignant tone, "I am not the little girl, I am Cinderella!" Then you turned and walked off like you had just won the battle. Dad overheard the conversation and had to come over and talk to you about that. You really don't understand that you are a child at all.

On another note: one of your very favorite things to do is sing. You love the song Daisy Daisy and can sing the whole song by yourself. It is too cute.

'Daisy, Daisy

give me your answer do.

I'm half crazy all for the love of you.

It won't be a stylish marriage,

I can't afford a carriage.

But you'll look sweet

upon the seat

of a bicycle built for two.'

You never seem to get tired of that song. But you do enjoy changing the lyrics up a little. You like to replace the "Daisy, Daisy" with whatever is on your mind at the time. And you ask me to sing your new song for you. I have sung different versions of this same song probably over a thousand times over the course of your life. Here are some of the versions that you like the most:

Kylee, Kylee

Kenna, Kenna

Ariel, Ariel

Cinderella, Cinderella

Mallory, Mallory

Lynlee, Lynlee

Ariel panties, Ariel panties

Car, Car

Trampoline, Trampoline

Sticker, Sticker

Puniner, Puniner (Computer, Computer)

TVD, TVD

Ariel bathing suit, Ariel bathing suit

Kylee's bed, Kylee's bed

and on and on and on.......

(I do feel silly proffesing my love for Ariel panties and stickers in song but it makes you so happy!)

Kenna,

You got your first tooth this week! You had a pretty fussy day and were not acting like yourself at all! I ended up taking you over to see my friend Patty at the clinic and she checked your ears to make sure that they weren't infected. But they were fine. Of course, I did consider the teething issue since any time you have been fussy in your life someone has told me that you are probably teething, but here you were at 8 months with no teeth. So, I wasn't convinced that was the issue. But it was! You first tooth is on the left side of your lower gum. You don't like anyone to touch it at all. I guess it really does hurt. But your fingers seem to help. Thank goodness for your fingers!

You have also started to throw little tantrums this week. I hope that this is related to the tooth! Whenever something isn't going your way you arch your back in protest and fuss, fuss, fuss! It is almost impossible to get you in your carseat right now. You are getting very strong and you really fight being buckled in. You also don't like the high chair. Pretty much anything restrictive. And a lot of times mom putting you down is worthy of a big fit!

But you are still so very happy most of the time. If we call your name you will stop and look back at us with a big smile. This morning you were crawling over by the comode and I called your name and said, "no, no Kenna." You looked back at me and flashed your smile and went back to what you were doing. Every time I called your name you did the same thing. You are so cute Kenna!