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| {Lens Baby: Farmersville Park} Kate and I met a couple other LB moms over at a park in Farmersville this morning. I'd never been over there, but we enjoyed the drive, the cute park, and the downtown area. a couple more... |
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| {fan of fans} taken w/ iPhone & Instagram app Kate and I ran to Lowe's today, and while I was looking at the lamps, Kate started going berserk - rocking in the cart and jabbering away. It took me a second to realize what was so exciting, but then I saw them... all those fans. Kate's been fan-crazed the last few days, asking "what's this?" every time she looks up. Not sure what the fascination is, but I think we've found a new "cool" spot! |
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| {best pals?} As I've shared before, Kate adores Kirby. We need to work on the "pat gently" concept, though. Kate frequently takes both hands, grabs Kirby's hair, and pulls as hard as she can. Kirby just sits there and takes it. Sometimes she'll relocate if she's had enough. Here, Kate has her hand IN Kirby's mouth, and still, Kirby is so gentle. |
First Day of Spring
The three of us (four if you count the somersaulting Caroline in my belly) took advantage of the gorgeous Sunday weather by playing at the park.
Kate loves the freedom of being outside and running around... like a dog off-leash!
Kate's favorite activity was going UP and DOWN the stairs. (She's not allowed to do this on her stairs at home, so it was extra fun!)
Almost to the top (again).
Peeking through the side panel.
And UP again.
Taking the slide DOWN this time.
Did you know Kate's obsessed with dogs? She loves to say "da" or "dada" for "dog" ALL. THE. TIME. Gets a little confusing when she means "Daddy!" She got super excited every time she saw a dog at the park today. She went tearing off after this couple and their dogs. Look at her arm outstretched... "DA! DA!" I wish you could have seen how fast she tried to chase them down. So cute!
Having fun walking on the picnic table back and forth. I think I asked her to show me her teeth here.
When we got home, Kate tried her first (soy) ice cream treat. She wasn't so sure about how cold it was at first, but soon decided she loved it and was covered in sticky orange dreamsicle goop. Love.
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| {first day of spring} We celebrated the season's change with a trip to the park. More pics to follow in next post. Compare to last year's first day of spring and a two month old Kate...    |
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| Tonight we had our church life group over for a barbeque supper. We enjoyed gorgeous weather and fun fellowship. I took only a handful of pictures, and this is the one that turned out halfway decent! Kate was poured into her size 18 month clothes I just ordered. Looks like they'll be going in the "outgrown" bin a little soon. |
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| {march MADNESS} Nick took off work yesterday and today to enjoy the opening weekend of March Madness. Yes, there are TWO TVs set up in our living room right now to increase game viewing. Well, all our cheering didn't help the Ags today. There goes my bracket! (Yes, I, the loyal A&M fan, picked the Ags to go all the way.) |
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Lens Baby: Vintage Cameras Kate and I met up for another fun play date with our Lens Baby friends today. The theme was "vintage cameras." Kate really enjoyed playing with my Brownie Starflex camera, but this bottle of Coke was a hit, too! Here are a few more pictures from our get-together...
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| {Kate playing peekaboo in the car with her blankie} Can you believe this was the ONLY picture I took today? (taken w/ my iPhone & the Instagram app) |
Lens Baby: Garden Party
Here are the rest of the photos from yesterday's Lens Baby event, "Garden Party." Kate was bribed with pinwheels and special dairy-free sugar cookies, so they are in almost every shot! Everyone brought neat props to share, but Kate's not old enough to take direction like "stay here on this picnic blanket," so I mostly just followed her with my camera as she explored the nature preserve. We both had a great time!