Valentine's Day

We got Kelsey a water table for Valentine's Day. She loves to play in the water so we thought this would be a great gift for her. Of course, she loved it and our kitchen floor is always clean now!

Guess who was taking this picture...Rusty! Only he would snap a picture instead of taking the bucket away from her while water piles up on the floor!

Snowman

Today Kelsey and Rusty got out and made 2 snowmen. They made one at our house and then one at Grampy and Ya-Ya's. Kelsey loves the snow and didn't want to come in and eat dinner. She cried and ran around the yard trying to get away from Rusty. She was so cold and full of snow, but she didn't care. I'm sure her and Rusty will be back out there again tomorrow as Rusty has another snow day.

New pictures

Robin came out and took several pictures for us. Here are a few of them!

KaZoing!

This weekend Kelsey and I were invited to a Latin Family Adoption Celebration of The Three Kings. It was held at KaZoing in Louisville. KaZoing is a bounce house with several inflatables. Of course, that is Kelsey's favorite thing.

The group started off with a short story about Three Kings Day and the children all made crowns. Kelsey loved gluing on the jewels!

While the crowns dried, the kids got to play on the many inflatables. We had fun and we were all tired by the time we left the room. Kelsey wanted to go through the obstacle course like the big kids. We only went once, that was all I could take!

However, she was able to climb up the big slide by herself today. But, she tended to back up the line. At times, she'd turn around and stop on the steps and look at everyone or she'd plop at the bottom of the stairs and make everyone walk over her. She was so silly.

Here is Kelsey and Becca going down the slide together!

She started to wear down a bit and decided to play with some of the other toys in the bounce room.

While we were busy playing, the Three Kings visited the craft room and left each child a gift. Kelsey got a small gift from each of the 3 Kings. Here she is with one of her small gifts and wearing her crown.

Mom and Kelsey enjoying some snacks after some fun bouncing.

Becca and Ella

Playing in the Snow

Yesterday we got our first decent snow this winter. We bundled Kelsey up in her snow suit, boots, and gloves and headed out for some sledding.

At first she screamed, yelled, and carried on like a crazy child. She did not want to get in her sled. Even though she'd played in it all day inside the house. Once we finally got her buckled in and Rusty took off she was fine. Well, more than fine. She loved it!! We started off easy on the street and Rusty ran around pulling her behind him.

Kelsey and Ya-Ya are racing down the street. Kelsey won!

We have a small hill on the left side of our house. This was just big enough for Kelsey to slide down by herself. She loved it and didn't want to come back inside. She just laid back and enjoyed the ride. Here is dad pulling her back up the hill.

Here is a little video of Kelsey sledding. I bet she'll have us back out there today!

Christmas

We started off our Christmas festivities on Christmas Eve with Ya-Ya, Grampy, and Uncle EJ. We had our traditional appetizer spread with lots of presents.


On Christmas morning Kelsey woke up to lots of gifts from Santa. She was pretty tired out from helping all of us open our gifts the night before, but she managed to at least open her big gifts. I had to help her open the others. Here is Kelsey and dad looking at her new bouncy!

Wow, a train table! Kelsey will love playing with it!

Dad likes this bouncy better than the Jump-o-lene because he can actually get in this one! He still can't really jump, but at least he can be in there with Kelsey.

Kelsey got a new vanity for Christmas from Uncle EJ. She loved sitting at it and playing with the hair dryer, mirror, and brush.

Kelsey with her guitar from Mike and Robin. I have to say, it is very LOUD. I'm not sure the volume control really works.

Curlers

I decided it was time for Kelsey to experience the sponge curlers! Well, it wasn't very successful. But, I'm not sure I left them in long enough. I'd planned on being home all day and then decided to go to lunch with mom and dad. So I tried to blow dry her hair while still in the curlers. We didn't even get a little bit of a wave when I took them out. So, we'll have to try them again sometime.

Since she is very much 2, we had to still wear our grown up panties. So, we put them on over her pants. I can't wait to show her this picture again in 15 years! Priceless!