Kate's Castle

Kate informs us daily that her room is a castle. She calls it her "pink castle". It goes along with this whole princess theme she is obsessed with lately. I probably don't help the obsession along when I buy her a princess backpack and princess flip flops (or "slip sops" as she calls them). It's really cute though to see how her imagination is developing. She pretends really well and so it's fun to listen to her playing and overhear what she talks about. She definitely picks up things faster than I realize. And just today as we were leaving our development, Kate asked about Tinkerbell (refer to Tinkerbell post). She says "Where Tinkerbell go?" I thought it was hilarious she still remembered this girl. I told Kate she was back in school again (some of the schools around here have mid-winter break).

Last night, Kate was "helping" me cook dinner and I was on the phone with Melanie. Kate was wanting to stir the pork around in the pan. (I was making sweet and sour pork which turned out so good. Everyone loved it. Thanks Jeni for the recipe recommendation!) While she was on a stool next to the stove she lost her balance and fell onto the pan and then onto the floor where all the pieces of meat and pan went flying. She was scared and she got burned on her finger a little. I think she touched the pan on her fall down. But luckily the pan or meat didn't land on her. All I could say to Melanie was "I gotta go" and hung up. After getting Kate happy and making her stick her hand in a cold glass of water I cleaned up the mess, finished dinner and I did call Melanie back. :) We have a gas stove so it could have been much worse had she touched more of the hot things. I hope Kate learned her lesson and will let mommy do the stirring and cooking- she can just watch. I've told her this multiple times, but you know how they love to help cook.

Preston hasn't been rolling over lately. I don't know what his deal is. He first rolled over right before his 4 month birthday. He rolled a handful of times, but hasn't done it lately. Kyle has yet to see him roll over so he doesn't believe me when I say he did! He's still eating pretty good so I hope that he keeps it up and puts on some weight (and rolls). We are actually taking him for a feeding evaluation next week because he's not the fastest eater and except for these last two weeks, he hasn't been interested in food. That's not the case now, but I made the appointment a month ago so we'll keep it and see what they have to say.