Easter

We have been dying eggs since the beginning of the month - 3 separate batches. The ones above are the typical PAAS dye - tablet placed in cup with water and vinegar. She did a great job with the basic colors then mixed them up a little at the end. She also named them all - from sparkle, to rainbow, to earth. The eggs below are a newer type of tying i guess - you place the dye like liquid packet into a plastic bag then drop the egg in and mix it all around ( Katie didn't like this way as much)

We had a quiet Easter this year. Katie is getting much better about having her photo taken with large furry people. She is looking so big.

She found the eggs in the house and her basket. She doesn't eat candy, so it was packed with toys and arts and crafts. Then out to the back for the monster eggs - she found them without any problems.

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday

Great Adventure

Well this past weekend was the start of a new season at six flags. Katie is now tall enough to go on some big rides. We bought our season passes and went saturday to get our IDs. The wait was about an hour, so while Bill waited on line, Katie and I went on the parachate jump. She wasn't at all scared - going to be a great year. Some of her favorite rides were either gone or closed for the day. There used to be this huge jungle area to climb and slide on but they took that out - she was very sad. She also wanted to go on the log flume but we told her it was too cold ( which it was). We went on a few others, saw a show, ate dinner then headed home. Katie and I went back on Sunday - hey its free now why not. She ran up to and hugged Bugs Bunny - something she wouldn't do last year.

We had her face painted - what a pretty princess

Went on some "kiddie" rides

Then off to the new rides. She rode Black Breards Lost Train - even wanted to sit in the front car.

The Jolly Roger

She wanted to ride the Buccanner but MY stomache was feeling queessy at that point - I told her she would have to ride that one with Bill.

All in all a great day

WHAT FUN

Hide Hello Kitty

We have taken a spin on hide-n-seek and play hide hello kitty. I have to admit I really get a kick out of it. Katie has had a few good hiding spots. Here are a few of my favorite. Here she is hiding in a bundle of stuff that needs to be put away.

Hiding behind the curtain - this one took Katie a while to find.

Not the most obvious spots - but fun

This one is my favorite - Bill or Katie couldn't find her here.

Homework

Katie enjoys writing on her dry erase board. She will pretend to do home work. She has also started playing hangman on her board. She is pretty good at writing her name in all caps and lower case.
" Tongue in Katie" - I hope she out grows sticking her tongue out

She loves to do math

Chatty Katie

Katie has never really talked on the phone much - a quick hi love ya bye is about the extent of most of her conversations. Well the other night she call her Nana and walked around the house and talked for about 15 minutes. Needless to say my mother enjoyed every minute of it.

She's just too cute

Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty is EVERY WHERE. Target now has a clothing section for HK - she is stylin' in her hat.

Who builds the traditional snow man any more - not when you have Hello Kitty on the brain.

Fire

So for some time now Katie has been afraid that our house is going to go on fire. I think it's been since fire safety in school started - about 5 months ago. How do you tell a 5 year old that she has nothing to worry about - I promise her that there will be no fires in the house, which I am not sure is a good thing but what else can you do. She is worried about all her "sleep friends" burning in the fire and who will save them. This had been going on for a while - to the point were she was crying at night. I am not sure if some of her worries was just a stall tactic to delay going to sleep or true fear - she does seem genuinely concerned.
So after a few weeks something had to be done. I told her of this special spray she can put on her sleep friends that would keep them safe if we had a fire. Again not sure if this is the best thing but had to do something. So a conjured up this magical spray ( the forced air cans that you use to clean your keyboard) wrapped it in tape and drew a no fire label - she believes it and that's all that matters.

We sprayed Hello Kitty first - worked like a charm. The spray made her feel cold and I told her that is how it works to keep the fire away. We sprayed all her sleep friends then her blankets.
Is it wrong of me to lie to her? I just hate seeing her worry so much. I would be happy if any one had any other ideas. Now she is worried about bad guys coming into the house - ugh. Why can't she just be a care-free kid!