Meeting Elmo!

We got a chance to meet Elmo this morning at the East Valley Mom's Consignment Sale. As soon as he came out the kids started crying and freaking out. I mean, look at him, he's pretty scary and he stood about 6 feet tall! Anyway, Kayley saw him and I set her down and she made a run for Elmo! She thought he was great!

She gave him a big hug...he gave her a sucker...and the whole way home she kept saying, "Thank you Elmo! Elmo snack! Thank you Elmo!!"

Trader Joe's

We like to go to Trader Joe's because they have these cute little kid-sized shopping carts. Kayley was pushing this cart through the store and she would tell people, "S'cuze me! S'cuze me! S'cuze me dude!" She almost plowed over this poor man and I told him, "oops, sorry!" and she looked at him and said, "Sorry, dude!" It's pretty cute, but maybe I should have taught her Sir and Ma'am instead?

Yummm...we should get some of these!

Kayley enjoyed putting things in her cart.

"Ewww! Yuck~!"

Did you see the calories on this thing???

Baking Cookies...

The first time I tried to make cookies this summer, I turned on the mixer and Kayley cried because it was scary. Shows you how much I bake huh? Anyway, we are getting the hang of it and the other day we made cookies again and Kayley helped!

I made her do the dishes.... Ok, just kidding, pretty much she splashes in the sink while I bake.

Terrorizing The House

I had to spend some time in the kitchen chopping up veggies. It took a little over an hour and during that time Kayley just ran around the house playing... She would run through the kitchen, then I'd hear her in her room, then the living room, then back into the kitchen. I didn't think much of it and just kept quickly chopping veggies....
Well, when I finished in the kitchen and came around the corner, here is what greeted me in the living room! Holy Cow! I was only in the kitchen for an hour!

Another of Kayley's favorite things to do. For some reason Kayley LOVES my shoes. Every time I turn around my shoes are scattered all over the house. Here she is lining them up....

And counting them. She does pretty good, she can count to 13 now!

Kayley really likes to play with the viewmaster. Remember these things??

Dear Heavenly Father....

I really wanted to share this funny thing that happened today with Kayley.
We sat down to lunch together and got ready to say our prayers. Kayley said, "Kayley say it!"
So I agreed...
She said, "Heavenly Father... thank you for the egg....and toast....and juice....and milk....and babydoll......and mickeymouse....and sandals....and shoes.....and pizza......and elmo.......and scissors....and ketchup....and blanket............."
At this point I was giggling so hard that she gave me the stink eye....

Then she continued....
"Jesus name.....Amen!"

"Again!!!!???" she said.

"Ok" I agreed.....

We repeated this prayer with a few differences about 8 times. It was pretty cute... At the end of each she would say, "Amen! Again???" And we'd start over and do it again. I eventually cut her off because my lunch was getting cold.