Buddy Bunny and The Tonsilectomy

Kate has gi-normous tonsils. The poor little girl sounds like a growling bear when she sleeps so we're off to get those darn tonsils out.

Supermom took a tip from Supergrandma and Supergrandpa and took Kate to get a toy before her surgery. Kate chose to make an animal at Teddy Set Go. Hello Buddy Bunny!

Please make him soft so I can hug him.

Just a smidge more . . . I can do it.

He needs the perfect heart . . .

Big sister made a kitty.

Surgery day: here are Kate and Buddy

both dressed for their tonsilectomies.

Here they are with Stacy, Kate's patient advocate.
She gave Kate a tour of the surgery center the week before
and she fell in love with our little diva.
Her job is to make the experience fun for the kids.
She gave Kate lacing beads, movies to watch,
Popsicles, toys, books . . .
Geez, I want to have my tonsils out again
just to hang out with Stacy.

No more tonsils.

Hey, I can breath!

Big sister helped take good care of little Kate.

Laurel had empathy.

It took a few weeks to get back to normal.

We had a few impromptu naps along the way.

Kate's Halloween Party

We love Halloween in Schultzville. This year Sarah had a whole week of festivities at school so Kate had her own Halloween party with her friends. She had bubbles, dancing, loads of goodies, a scavenger hunt and a pinata. Big fun when you're four!

Happy Halloween!

Kate's First Day of Gymnastics

Poor little Kat. She could hardly wait for gymnastics to start. Then on the first day she found out that she had to wait a whole extra month to start gymnastics so that her sweet little arm could heal completely. When we showed up for her first class in September she was sent home. Being only four I was worried that Kate would cry and maybe even have a fit. She didn't - she teared up a bit and said "I'm so disappointed mom!!" I was so proud of her. Being Supermom, I tried to make the wait somewhat fun for her by helping her find the perfect body suit and making her regular class time on Tuesdays fun by doing another activity.

But alas could replace her first day of class. She was ready to go at 7:30 this morning - even though class wasn't until 9:30.

Here she is out front.

Saying "Hurry up mom. I want to go in!!"

No time to pose for a picture mom.

I need to get in and warm up.

Okay I'll smile really fast since the door isn't

open yet. Snap the picture now okay?

Her first class was great. She enjoyed the Koala and the bars.

Kate can already do a beautiful cartwheel and handstand. Go girl!!

P.S. I have recently learned that Sarah and Kate will no longer pose for photos when it comes to activities they enjoy. Notice that I have very few pics of Sarah at soccer and none from gymnastics. I was only able to catch a few shots of Kate today - and that's only because she's four and still somewhat compliant . . .

Ackerman Farms

Roadtrip!!!

Today Kate's preschool class took a trip to Ackerman Farms. This is a real farm that grows thousands of pumpkins for Libby - you know, the pumpkin pie filling people. They have hundreds of varieties of pumpkins and gourds - from all seven continents. (Go Supermom - I was paying attention when Farmer John was giving the tour.)

We saw normal pumpkins, pie pumpkins (yep there's a difference,) fairy tale pumpkins, snake gourds, birdhouse gourds . . . the list goes on and on.

Here are Kate and her buddy Payne.

That guy bent over on the right is Farmer John.

He's showing the class all the kinds of pumpkins.

See the little guy in blue behind Kate. That is Thatcher. He has a crush on our little princess. When we arrived at the farm Thatcher ran up, grabbed Kate, dipped her back in his arms and planted a big kiss on her. A few weeks ago, Kate's teacher came to the car and said "just in case Kate says something, one of our little guys asked her for a kiss today . . . " I said OH, was it Thatcher ( having been warned by Kate that he had a crush on her.) Mrs. Iverson nodded and said "you should be proud of Kate though, she replied What are you crazy? We can't kiss until college - or at least highschool!!!"

Oh that Thatch - what a cutie. He stuck by Kate most of the day. Can you really blame him? Kate is adorable!! (I'm not biased)

Check out this sign.

Oh Sh!t, where is my kid.

Oh there she is.

Oh no, are they giving her a goat?

This is a wild turkey.

As opposed to a Thanksgiving turkey.

They are completely different.

Who knew?

Here is Kate's class in front of the farm.

What a fun day!

Sarah's class had come to the same farm the day before. I wasn't able to go because I haven't taken the class required by the catholics before I'm allow to volunteer. I brought both girls back to the farm on Thursday to pick out pumpkins for our yard. I'll post some pics soon.

Baby Kate Goes to Pre-K

Our sweet little Kate is off to Pre-K.

She was so excited!

Just like big sister,

she chose her outfit the night before.

I'm off to school tomorrow!

How do I look?

Maybe there will some cute new boys!

7:37 am: I'm ready Mom!

School starts at 9:00.

Welcome back!

Hey girls, how was your summer?

Friends!

Kate, wait, mommy wants to go in with you . . . .

Kate with her teacher Mrs. Iverson.

Fall Soccer

Who knew soccer would be so much fun. Both ladies are playing soccer this fall. They both have games every Saturday and Tuesday or Wednesday. The season started out a bit bumpy. Neither of the the ladies had played before they weren't very good. But, with a little coaching the girls have gotten pretty good.

Kate is good for three to four goals per game. Sarah doens't love all the running, but she is a fantastic goalie and very good at defense.

Kate played the first few games in her cast.

Soccer girl!

Even though the girls shirts are the same color they are on different teams in different leagues. Kate's league plays 3 on 3 and they do not keep score. The goal is really just for the kids to get out there and start learning the rules. Sarah's league does not keep score either but the players are pretty good. They are more advanced in the skills and rules of the game.

Most of the kids on Kate's team have never played before.

They all chase the ball up and down the field.

Go Kate! Run girl run!

We see this a lot.

Their goal: get the ball and kick it!

Go Kate go!

Look at those curls!

The Saturday games are usually at the same time but the week night games are always on different nights. When Kate plays Sarah has time to play with her friends - Kate does the same on her days off.

Some of Sarah's boy friends from school stopped over to watch her team play. Lord help us when Sarah and Kate are teenagers.

The New Neighbor . . .

As much as we all love our new neighborhood in Illinois I think little Laurel is the happiest. Her yard is exponentially larger than before AND there are lots of cute boys in the neighborhood. This guy just moved in. We don't know his name, but he seems like a pretty good dog.

Chase me!

Hey, let's invite Jack over to play too.

P.S. A few days after this our new neighbor was roaming the 'hood again. I think he likes us because he sat down in the driveway behind Jeff's car. I had to put him in my car and drive him home . . . poor guy.