Sunday, November 18, 2012

Dora's in the House!





I am big on family traditions and one that I have started in our home is that of birthday parties/celebrations including a cake that I make of their choice. It is my way of celebrating their births-and expressing my extreme joy being chosen as their mother. I want them to know how important and special they are to me. This year-Katie wanted to have a Dora fiesta:) Here is how it turned out:P

Our party included:
Pin the tail on boots
A dance party with glow stick balloons
And the finale -a great big pink llama pinata!-took quite a beating to crack that sucker-we bought it at a garage sale for 2 bucks:)
Her cake was Dora-wasnt the best cake I've ever done but she thought it was great. Icouldnt get the face right.

Not Monkey.....Princess!









This beautiful princess entered our family three years ago this October-and our lives have never been the same-completely and fully her own person with her own way of doing things. Unlike her older brother, she is all about being independent-yet she still cuddles up to her mom. Her energy is invigorating and her spirit infectious! At three years old, she can out dance anyone in our family-and shakes what her mama gave her:) She as she plays around the house-making up songs telling of her joys in life. I love this little girl and can't wait to see what a wonderful person she grows into. I only hope that I can show her the way.

Things about Katie:
Every time daniel calls her something other than a princess-usually a monkey-she promptly corrects him and states that she is a princess not a monkey daddy!
She can touch her tongue to her nose
She is very-methodic-likes to line things up- her toys, stack blocks, make designs with dominoes
She is very good at putting puzzles together
Ever since she could talk-she has called Daniel by his first name
She has a green elephant blanky that she loves-this is her comfort-she never took a blanky-she called it mam until last year
Her favorite candy is M&Ms and she loves gram crackers and milk
She loves Dora the explorer and boots
She is a girly girl-in every sense-she likes all the bells pulled out for her-painted nails, makeup, hair done up, frilly tutus or dresses, high heeled shoes and as much costume jewlery as she can get on
She loves to play dress up and serve us chocolate milk and fruit from her play kitchen
She is a very good mom to her dolls
She loves nursery and jumps up and down when we tell her she gets to go every sunday
She loves to sleep-in like her mom
She is our dare devil-and tried the zipline this year at my Aunts house-squeeling all the way down with a big smile on her face
She loves to be the center of attention-and has no problem being in front of crowds
And like her brother-she wants to be friends with everyone
I love her prayers-as she thanks Jesus for everything in the room-(while she looks around) :)
She brings laughter into our home often-the other day-we went to get ice cream and at the ice cream parlor-there were pictures on the wall of different ice cream flavors-I glanced over at katie and found her standing on a chair in front of a picture of the chocolate ice cream cone-licking it:)

My Katie Lynn is a gift-a gift wrapped in bright pink paper with purple polka dots-and a great big bow on top. I will eternally grateful for her! Happy Birthday my big three year old-mommy loves you so much.