The Little Hunter

Cory wanted to take the girls hunting one time this season. He tried a couple times, but it never really worked out. Finally, he decided to take them this past Sunday. Adilyn decided that she didn't really want to go, but Kacy was up for it. I was surprised that she was so excited, but she was! Cory woke her up around 4:45am, and they headed out. He said that she did great! She got a little bored, and she didn't like sitting still, but that is to be expected. They didn't see many goose, so they packed up pretty early. She had a great time driving her Barbie jeep in the open land! No curbs to run into, no cars to watch out for. Once she got home, she ran inside saying, "Hunting is fun!" The next morning, she came downstairs and started crying. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, "Why did Daddy go hunting without me?" He wasn't hunting, he was still sleeping, but her little heart was broken when she thought he had left her. So cute! I hope she continues to enjoy going out with him every now and then!

Crazy Kacy Quips

I definitely love my extra time with Kacy now that I am not working. There are many things that I like about staying home, and many things that I don't like... but that's a whole other post for a whole other day! Kacy is hilarious, and I love the things that she says and does. Here are some of my newest favorite conversations we have had :)
*Kacy was naked for some reason, and it was time for bath. I told the girls to get upstairs for bath, and she said, "Yay!!! I don't even have to get un-dude!" She meant that she didn't have to get undressed. I think she was trying to say "undone."
*She said to me the other day, "Why did those China people make the toy that way?" What?!?! How does she know most toys are made in China?
*She was missing Nammie, and she said that she really wanted her just to come live with us. I told her that PawPaw had to work in Fort Worth, she said, "But, he could just share an office with Daddy. There is lots of room in there!" She had it all worked out!
*We pass the middle school that the girls are going to go to every single day. Every time we pass it she says, "That's the school we will go to when we older! I so excited!" (Let's see how she feels in 8 years!)
*She still says "whobody". Like, "Whobody going to come help me?"
*Her newest thing is to ask "What's in....?" or "How is _____ made?" Like, "What's in applesauce?" or "How do you make lemonade?" I really try to answer her as best I can, but how do you answer "What's in a leaf?"
Love this girl, and love how her little mind works :)

"Help, I'm Stuck!"

Brooke's favorite thing to do is to climb in tiny spaces and small places, and get stuck! She definitely thinks she is smaller than she is because she usually totally underestimates her size and gets stuck. One of her favorite places to climb through is between the couch and the chair. Usually her head gets stuck about halfway through, and she gets so mad! One time I was taking a shower, and she was crawling around the bathroom. I heard her struggling, so I peeked out to see what was happening. She had crawled under a step stool, and had gotten stuck underneath it. She was crawling around with the stool stuck on her back like a turtle shell! I yelled for Kacy, and she came to rescue her. Thank goodness for big sisters! I hope she grows out of this once she starts walking! :) She is going to run out of places to crawl through as she gets bigger!

Photo Class

Cory, Shane, and Carl all got together and decided to get me, Dana, and Sonja a photography class for Christmas. We were very excited because we all wanted to learn to use our cameras more, but even better - the classes are on Friday nights, which meant, mandatory girls' night out! I haven't had one of those in forever! Way too long! We had such a great time. The information we learned was actually pretty helpful, and we learned a few cool techniques. We have one more class to go to, and I hope we will learn even more. It's great to have such great friends to be able to not only get along as couples, but also get along when it's just us girls. Cory and I took the girls to the park the next day, and I practiced all my new techniques. I wouldn't say that I'm a professional quite yet, but maybe after our "Photo 2" class :)

3 Kids and a Dog Crate

You never know what is going to entertain kids. The other day, I was going to try to sell the dog crate that we have had for years and never used. I got it out to clean it off, and of course, the girls wanted to help. Well, after we had it all cleaned off they decided it would be fun to make it their little home. They all got in it and played in there for a good 30 minutes without fighting. I found that very ironic because here we have a huge house, and they fight all the time. Put them in a tiny crate, and they get along. Go figure! :) They were pretending that Brooke was their doggie because she was crawling around. They would pet her, and in one of the pictures it shows Kacy even cleaning her off a little bit. Brooke loved it, and even after the girls were done, she kept going back in for more playtime. Silly kids!

Social Butterfly

Kacy has always been out-going and social. She loves giving hugs, and she loves talking to people. The other day, she was on a roll! We were waiting in line to mail some packages, and a lady started talking to her. I was letting her push Brooke around in the stroller, so the lady was talking to her about Brooke and asking all about her. Kacy just talked and talked and talked to her. By the time I was finished, everyone in line knew that Kacy had an older sister who was five, a little sister named Brooke who was almost 10 months, that both her and Adilyn's birthdays were in June, that we were going to a beach house this summer with Nammie, that her mommy's name was Celisa and her daddy's name was Cory, and that her favorite show was "Dora the Explorer." It was hilarious! Later that day at Adilyn's dance class, she started talking to another mom there and talked to her about whatever. It's so funny to have kids act so different. Adilyn is so much more quiet and reserved (like me), and Kacy is just so opposite (definitely not like me)!
Kacy makes friends wherever she goes, and she has such a fantastic, happy personality! Love that girl :)

Do You Know What Song I Am Singing In My Brain?

The girls were singing really loud the other day when I was trying to cook dinner, and I told them to just be quiet for a minute. Adilyn said, "But, I want to sing!" I told her to sing the song in her head. Surprisingly, that was good enough for her and Kacy to accept. After a few minutes of that, they thought it would be funny to try to figure out just which song they were "singing in their brain". What? It became a huge game of guessing songs. Of course, it could be any song in the entire world, so it became a bit difficult to guess the actual song. We decided that we could guess 5 songs, and if we didn't guess it in 5 than the person just had to fess up. Since then, Kacy always says, "Mommy, guess what song I am singing in my brain?"