Life With Katelee

Life with Katelee is always an adventure.

One evening recently I began making dinner only to have Katelee start begging to go to a restaurant. She begged and cried and threw an uncommonly big fit about wanting to go to a restaurant. We were not going to a restaurant. We were having spaghetti at home. So I invited her to visit Jennifer's restaurant. At first, she wasn't very willing to go along with my game, but she warmed up to the idea eventually. Katelee asked daddy to be her date at the kitchen table. I took their orders and brought the drinks. Then daddy slipped into the kitchen to help the cook while Katelee decorated the menus. I really wanted to show you Katelee's decorated menu - it's so cute - but it didn't scan very well. If you can see this, there is a picture of noodles and cup of juice and utensils, and then Katelee has written "The noodles at Jennifer's Restaurant." In the end, we had a delicious (and cheap!) dinner at Jennifer's Restaurant, and all agreed we'd like to do it again soon. :)

Also, Monday was a momentous day for Katelee! A big, BIG day! It's the day that she finally got the hang of pumping herself on the swing! HOORAY! This day has been several months coming, as we've worked and worked at helping her get the rhythm. At the park on Monday, though, it finally clicked! We were both SO excited!

In other news, today was parents' day at Katelee's preschool. We both were able to go, and we had a fabulous time! We listened to a story and some songs. Then the kids took us to the 'centers' to play with them. We dissolved some capsules into sea creatures; made an ocean scene out of crushed vanilla wafers, blue jello, and shark fruit snacks; played in the 'housekeeping' corner, watched Katelee practice her name, and more. It really was a ton of fun and made me want to go to preschool every day! The very end was show-and-tell time, and it happened to be Katelee's turn for show-and-tell. We were so proud to watch her tell everyone about her favorite blanky and puppy (the items she chose to bring today) and show them off to everyone.

I am so grateful for Katelee in our lives. I love her so much!