Terrible Three's??

Wow have we had a fun few days. Sunday night Kendall would NOT go to sleep. She is taking medicine for a sinus infection so at first I thought "oh heck just come in my bed". Yeah, well that didn't work. She fussed, cried, whined SCREAMED until 4 a.m. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??? I don't think I've been that frustrated since she was an infant. I finally just turned the TV on and said don't get off the couch and I went in my room. Somewhere in there she put her babies in their bed and then she got in bed. Needless to say, yesterday was a VERY long day.

So today I think I've realized she just wants the CONTROL. Which I do not give up easily. As Aunt Stacey said to me "the monkey's do NOT run the circus". She wants to brush her own teeth with no assistance, she wants to pick out her own clothes, she wants to open the fridge and get her water. She had a meltdown this morning when I didn't let her pick her outfit out. And when I take off from her what I just picked out and tell her to go pick something out then, she gives me a snotty little grin like HA I got what I wanted. oooh that was oh so pleasant. So I guess now I'll lay two outfits out in the morning and let her pick - that way she still has a little control.....MONKEY

Happy 3rd Birthday Kiki!!

As I've said before - wow does the time fly. Where have the past 3 years gone? Well after going to Kolton's birthday at Chuck E Cheese in June of this year, it is ALL Kendall talked about. She just HAD to have her birthday there. I thought oh great, day after christmas is either gonna be crazier than normal there, or dead. Luckily, it was the slowest I'd EVER seen the place. Kendall finally got her Little Mermaid party at Chuck E Cheese (and Lynee' got her a Little Mermaid sweatshirt for the occasion, PERFECT). She was so excited when we pulled into the parking lot she was speechless (which as all of you know, does not happen often). Kendall got LOADS of presents (thank you) and she had such a blast with her friends. I don't know who had the most fun though, the kids or the big kids like grandpa, daddy, allen, uncle andy....it was definitely a toss up....

So on we go with the 3rd year - Kendall has such an imagination and just talks my arm off so there is definitely never a dull moment. Aunt Becky watched her the week of Christmas and all she had to say was "man is that girl exhausting". Yes Beck, I have to agree with you. But it's so fun to see what she's gonna say or do next that it makes it all worth it.

Meijer makes some awesome cakes! There was not a piece left either :(


this would be daddy playing a game.....one of many

having some pizza with Laila before running around

gifts gifts and more gifts

not afraid of Chuck E

Brady was attempting to eat some pizza, but it fell off his fork onto his lap

this was NOT Laila's idea, this was Sarah's.....

Merry Christmas!

Kendall finally understood what Christmas meant this year PRESENTS. She wasted no time opening things this year. And she has enjoyed everything so far. It was a long day with NO NAP but she did just fine. Breanna got to spend the night on Christmas night and she was in her glory.

Visiting with Santa

Kendall was not afraid of Santa this year either! She got to visit him once with daddy and once with mommy. While with mommy we ran into Uncle B, Aunt Krissy and Quinncey. Quinncey was NOT a fan of Santa - but she did okay.
Kendall and Uncle B showing us their teeth.......

At least Quinncey was looking at me!

What a great week we have ahead of us - Christmas and Kendall's birthday party, she is excited for both!!

More birthday parties

Kendall went to Libby Lou's on Friday for Adalynn's birthday - all the girls had a blast!

what diva's

getting her hair done

like she really needs a microphone

this was adalynn's but she loved it

little make up

talking this girl's arm off....

Then on Saturday we celebrated Ellery's birthday - and the kids had fun hitting the pinata, but they weren't strong enough to break it so Ellery's dad had to help!

I'm telling on you!

On Sunday Kendall and I went to Costco (one of our favorite places) and it was ABOUT to be nap time so I was rushing - by the time we got to the car she had had it and was a CRAB. So I told her she was a crab and she just looked at me kinda funny and didn't say anything. We are almost to grandma's house and she says "is grandma going to be there?" I told her yes she would be home from church now and she told me "I'm telling grandma that you called me a crab." Very funny Kendall.

Nice long weekend

Me, Breanna, Aunt Beck and Kendall made our own play dough on Friday. It burnt the heck out of my hands - but once it cooled down the girls loved helping me knead it into actual play dough.Kendall picked green - of course. Since everything is green.

After we ate lunch on Thursday - we did our usual afternoon of bowling. Kendall got to use Breanna's Spongebob ball and she was in love with it! The bowling center didn't have shoes small enough for her, which really bothered her because she wanted to be like the rest of us. But she soon forgot about it and had a blast.

She would only let grandpa and Aunt Beck help her bowl.