The Latest Antics

Soooo, we have a climber on our hands! It does not matter if it is the toy popper thingy, the chair, the rocking chair (which she balances very well on), a toy, ANYTHING that Karsten can get her hands on she will stand on it. And why, you ask is she standing on something?
Her newest favorite thing-turning on the old school boom box with a 3 disc cd changer! She knows that her Mickey Mouse, Pooh and children's Jesus music cds are in there. So every now and then...which is becoming more often, you about want to jump out of your skin when all of a sudden "Mickey Mouse Club" goes blaring thru the house! You betcha-we have a music lover!

Lost Without George

Karsten's new favorite is Curious George. She gets to watch him for 30 minutes every morning on PBS while mommy does her hair and cleans her face, etc.

She has her Curious George Christmas book that she LOVES. We have to read it every day so daddy and mommy switch up the book by making up new stories each time we read it...let your imagination go wild! :-)

Well, as of yesterday George (the Christmas book) had gone missing for about 2 days. Karsten was HEARTBROKEN! She was wandering around her room, the house and looking over every book in her bookcase saying "George, where are you?" She even offered up that he may be hiding in the living room, her playroom, the car...but alas, nothing.

Last night we scrubbed the entire bookcase full of about 100 books-I kid you not! And voila-there was George-hiding and smooshed between the back of the bookcase and the wall. You would not believe the sound of Karsten's HOORAY! and celebration dance when she finally got her beloved George back in her hands.

And then we used our imaginations and read George all over again...

Dyeing for Easter Eggs!

Today we dyed Easter eggs with the cousins. It was so much fun, but very tiring too. Karsten only lasted about 2 eggs, not counting the first one that she squished in her hand...and then ate when she discovered it was a hard boiled egg inside! Her new discoveries are just hysterical!

This is the only good shot of K and Mommy looking at the camera. Nice skills Tommy! He distracted her while shooting the photo!

Ohhh, look at the concentration!~

Aunt T teaching K that you can color on the egg with crayon.

Sarah was attempting to get K to look at the camera,

but K thought it was a funny lesson in snapping!

Monkey see, monkey do...

A Night Out!

Tonight was DATE NIGHT! We had tickets to the Chamber of Commerce annual Awe$om Auction that we attended for work. It was a fun filled night and a reason to get dressed up...the theme was "It's All About the BLING!"

Chris pulled out an old leisure suit costume that I have NEVER seen in all the years that we have been together! It was great and we added some long gold chains courtesy of the mother-in-law. Britt got to re-use a bridesmaid dress so that was a bonus!

All in all it was a fun night dressing up, having adult interaction and some wonderful food and drinks!

Friday Night FUN!

Friday night fun and pizza with the Cushmans! Karsten was so excited to see Dawson and Mommy and Daddy were looking forward to hang out with Nicci and Levi. The best was snuggle time with Millie Lou too! Karsten and Dawson decided to be EXTRA goofy as she sat in Millie's car seat and sucked on her binkie. Dawson decided to put on Karsten's snow white high heels and walk around sporting those and his camo fleece pants...what a fashion statement! FUN all around and a great night!

Daws decided to help K by putting the shade down on her! Daws putting on the heels-they were a bit tricky to get on.

The fashion statement!

HUGS for friends

Sweet Millie Lou

She LOVES her mommy!

Just precious.

Skyping is the Best!

With all of the various technology out these days, one of our favorites has to be SKYPE! We love it as it allows us to stay in touch with our family out of town. It is especially nice for Great Grandpa and Grandma to watch Karsten grow "real time". Karsten got a package in the mail for Easter so we decided to open it live-what fun! You can see Great Grandpa and Grandma watching intently as Karsten opened her present. Then you can see Karsten modeling her new duds for them (with her other clothes still on!).

A bit of wacky hair to go with it!

She was showing how she could spin like a ballerina.

Artwork on Display

In honor of National Library Week, many of the area preschools had their artwork on display at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. The various walls of the children's area were splashed with color of the various artwork of little ones.

Karsten's art medium was collage.

The Observant Child

It's a good thing Karsten was so observant this morning. As we were putting her jacket on to walk out the door she looked at me and said, "Mommy, why you wear your slippies"? Little did I realize that I was about to head off to work in a dress and my SLIPPERS! And, she also asked me yesterday "Mommy, what happened" pointing to my toes? She had to bring attention to my one toe nail that the polish had come off of that was barely poking out of my peep toed high heels! Leave it to a 2 year old to make you feel so unkempt!!!

Playing with Grandpa

Last year Karsten was gifted a black pair of rubber muckin' boots, just like Mommy and Daddy have. We tried to get her to wear them last summer, but they were a bit too big. Well she fits into them perfectly now and LOVES to wear them with any and everything! We go to Target, the grocery store, around the house, outside, on the playground at school, everywhere in them. The other night after dinner she was intently talking with Grandpa about her boots. In such Karsten fashion and with the encouragement of Grandpa, she started putting her Disney stickers on her boots :-) What a crack up! You may be able to see Minnie Mouse on the toes of her right boot.

The Park

Does anything spell FUN more than P-A-R-K??? These are shots from our many trips to the awesome playground at the Surprise park near Grandma and Grandpa's AZ house. The slides and swings are favorites~!