Tinkerbell, Paint and More

If you are dressed like a princess, Kate will do whatever you say. I found this out yesterday when we were outside. This girl came up on her scooter dressed like Tinkerbell. (I've never seen this girl before.) Kate touches her dress and says "Pretty dress. I like your dress." Instantly, she's hooked. I was putting our neighbor's garbage cans away in their back yard and came out to find Kate heading up the sidewalk to this girl's house. I asked where she was going and Tinkerbell informed me that Kate was going to go play at her house. I told this girl that we didn't know her and that Kate had to take a nap soon anyway. (I found out this girl was 7 years old and she told me more about her family and her life than she should probably know- poor girl!) After visiting with her more, we all ended up going down to the playground to swing. Kate was in heaven. She kept repeating "I'm swinging with Tinkerbell!" Since that day Tinkerbell has come over twice to ask if Kate could come play. Kate was napping. Maybe another day Tinkerbell...

My Mom sent us a Valentine's Day package with yummy homemade chocolate candy and this watercolor paint set for Kate. Kate LOVED it! She spent a good couple hours painting away. You can tell why with the next picture.

All the colors look the same- black! It's a mess, but she was having a blast. She's almost used up all of the paint. I will probably have to replenish our new little Picasso's paint supply soon. :)

My sister, Marci, came up to go shopping with me today. I have a lot of gift cards from Christmas that are burning a hole in my wallet. I'm excited to use them. She is on break from school all week. We had fun trying on a lot of shoes and jewelry. It was nice to have someone to go shopping with and someone to help out with the kids. My friend watched Kate in the morning so we could go shopping in peace while Preston slept in the stroller. It was nice. In the afternoon we ran more errands and Marci bought Kate some pink glittery "princess" shoes and I was afraid Kate would want to sleep in them. I think it would be an understatment to say that she loves these new shoes. What's funny is the box they came in has princesses all over it. She loves the box almost as much as the shoes. Kyle said we should have just asked to have the box for free and she would have been happy with that! Here is Kate in her princess dress (over her pajamas) and she's modeling her new shoes.

We were lucky and had a beautiful day on Monday. It was in the low 50's and blue clear skies. We took advantage of the nice weather and met Kyle at a park near his work and had a picnic lunch. Kate played on the playground and we had a good time out in the sunshine. Gotta love the sun! I can't wait for spring/summer.