Easter Egg Hunt

Kevin and I debated if we should take the girls to the Easter egg hunt. Well, the decision was easily made for us on Saturday morning when we found out that the Curtiss hunt was actually going to be held inside at El Norteno's. We decided that we would take both of the girls and let them have some fun.

Keltie very much likes watching me get ready. This morning she decided that she wanted some make up on her eyes as well. She was so proud. Such a helpful sister.

Each child got to pick up 16 eggs. Keltie was apprehensive at first, but then got into it.

Kinsley was excited about being able to put an egg in her mouth.

Daddy and his girls. (A lady from the Owen newspaper took this picture as well and then took a family picture of us. Check the newstands, it might sell out fast. If it's even in there.)

This is the face Kinsley always has when someone new holds her so it wasn't a big surprise.

Keltie freaked out when the Easter bunny started walking towards her. Eventually she let this picture happen. She did give him five one time when he walked by. Keltie was very excited because she won a pink stuffed bunny and Kinsley won a white one. It was fun and now she keeps asking when the bunny is coming to our house.

Keltie's 3rd Birthday

It's hard to believe, but over the weekend we celebrated Keltie's 3rd birthday. The time has gone by so fast. She is changning so much everyday. She is such a little sweetheart and we have loved watching her grow, learn and change each day. She was so excited about her birthday. Everyday, on the way home from daycare, Kevin and her talk about a lot of different things. He has been working with her on learning with her birthday is. So now when you ask her how old she is going to be on her birthday, she always replies April 10th. We have been talking to her a lot about getting ready for her birthday. When we had her party on Saturday she kept asking if it was her birthday today. We had to explain that it wasn't really her birthday, but just the day of her party. She didn't quite understand this, but she was still excited. She had to pick out her dress and then had to of course have Kinsley match her. I asked her what I should wear and she told me a dress. I explained to her that Mama doesn't have any. She looked at the shirt I was going to wear and she told me it wasn't pretty. Gotta love the honesty sometimes. Here are some pictures from her birthday party. Thanks to all who came and shared the day with us.

Keltie wanted a Minnie Mouse cake so this is the result. She loved it. She sat by it for the longest time just looking at it. Minnie Mouse cookies to go along. In her favorite colors, pink and purple.

Listening to everyone sing to her.

Blowing out the candles.

Minnie Mouse ears that Grammy made.

Great Grandma trying to make Kinsley smile. Needless to say, she spent a lot of time with Mama and Daddy.

The best present....an umbrella. She has been wanting and wanting one since Christmas when her cousins both got one.

The Great Grandmas. (Grandma and Grandpa Hemmer had already left.)

Since it was so nice yesterday on Keltie's actual birthday, we went to the Marshfield zoo. She was so fun to watch and got such a kick out of the geese. She walked around the whole loop of the zoo as well. We then went tu Subway and she got a kick out of ordering a chicken sub with olives.

I hope that she had a great time. We love you so much Keltie. (It's off for another celebration today at daycare with pink and purple cupcakes!)

Pictures

Auntie Carol made a visit to our house a few weeks ago to take pictures of the girls again. I couldn't post any until now because we wanted to hand them out at Keltie's party. The girls did a great job and were wonderful for pictures. It's so fun to watch the two of them interact with each other. It's so hard to choose a favorite, they were all so good. Thanks again Carol.

I can't believe how big she's getting. It already looks like a school picture. Keltie loved this purple dress.

So happy.

Keltie's face lit up when Carol said she would take pictures of her with her books. She is such a book girl and could read all day long if she could.

Sisterly love.

So precious.

What is she thinking?

All dressed up.

Some people say this makes them want to cry. It makes me laugh because it's a face we see a lot on Kinsley.

Books and Sisterly Love

Mom asked me to take a picture of the two girls reading together so that she can hang it up in her room at school. Well, we usually read about 10 books a day at our house so that wasn't too difficult of a task for us. It was more difficult getting the two of them to sit next to each other. Kinsley wanted to grab all the pages, while Keltie pulled the book away from her. I have a feeling that this is only the beginning of the two of them doing this to each other. Here are a few of our attempts.

Follow Up

This is a follow up to last week's post about taking Keltie to Child Development Days. She did a really good job. When we first got there, she cried for a little bit, but as soon as I left the room she was fine. I peeked in at one time and saw her strutting her stuff so I knew that she was feeling confident. The girl that she worked with spoke with me afterward and told me a couple of things that she could do. I already knew that she could do all those things, but it was nice to know that she's right on track. She did tell me that she doesn't ask questions. I kind of gave her a funny look because she should be with me in the morning when I drive to daycare. I think by the time we have driven the 10 miles to Cathy's house, I have heard at least 15 questions come out of her mouth. I'm sure that she was just being shy. She did have a lot of fun and I think she's even more excited to go to school now. This is her standing outside of the school. (Yes, I have already turned into one of those moms and she hasn't even started school yet.)

A Look Into The Furture

Today I am taking Keltie to Child Development Days at the elementary school. We have really been talking a lot about this at our house to get her prepared. I have explained to her that Mama gets to come get her from the babysitter and take her to a special school where she gets to play. At first she wanted me to play along with her, but I explained to her that Mama has to go to a boring meeting. She was so excited this morning. We had to pack her little backpack and get her all dressed up to go.

She's saying, "I'm ready for school."
She is growing up way too fast. Hopefully she will agree to do the things that they want her to do. If not, oh well. She gets to go to McDonalds afterwards so she's equally as excited about that.

Chow Time

Kinsley has been starting to eat more and more solids. She's so funny because she gets so excited about things. She loves to be in her high chair. I guess that's probably because she spens a lot of time in there especially when I'm cooking. She loves to be right in the middle of everything so it's easiest to put her in the high chair so she can watch. Here she is the other day eating graham crackers.

"I love eating."

"This is yummy."