Katie Learns Her ABCs

Thanks to Sesame Street, her parents, and a few great singing toys, Katie's new obsession these days is learning her ABCs. Here's a video of us singing them together last weekend:

And here's what Katie's version of the ABCs sounds like without any help from me and with a few horse "neighs" thrown in:

I Love You This Much

A year ago, Katie received a book from our dear friend "Aunt Bev" for her baptism. It's called "I Love You This Much" and Katie has always enjoyed my voice inflections as I read the stanza that repeats between the verses:

I love you best

I love you most

I love you high

I love you low

I love you deep

I love you wide

I love you this much!

It was such a delight last week when she started trying to "read along" with me for the first time! See below.

Katie's First Haircut

I decided last week after some subtle hints from nice relatives and friends (and some outright mocking from some not-so-nice brothers) that it was time for Katie's first haircut. While she has had a natural mullet for most of her life, with bangs too short to need a cut, we were past that stage:



So, off to Cartoon Cuts we went! Katie brought along her stuffed collie (thank you, Aunt Laura!) for moral support, but it was still a little scary for her. She started whining and squirming as soon as I put her in the chair:

But the reason I had chosen Cartoon Cuts for her first haircut is because I had heard that they had ELMO VIDEOS she could watch. Sure enough, once the blue "FBI Warning" came on the screen (how bad is it that she recognizes Sesame Street's FBI Warning?), she immediately stopped whining and started smiling. "Whas dat?"

Ten minutes later, Katie's hair was much shorter and all one length. I think it's pretty cute. Plus they gave us a "First Haircut" certificate and a lock of Katie's baby hair, without me even asking.

Peanut Butter and Snoozing Sandwich

Today at lunchtime I put Katie in her highchair with a peanut butter sandwich and dashed into the other room to do a quick favor for someone online. Suddenly the kitchen became suspiciously quiet, so I tiptoed in to see what was going on. My suspicions were quickly confirmed: