Bedtime Routine

Photo Dump

Some days Kennedy just seems especially cute and I take a lot of pictures of her.  This was back in February when it was warmer.  Since then (as you'll see in later pictures) we've had WAY TOO MUCH SNOW.

Eating her strawberry

I took a cake decorating class.  A cute friend from church named Alisa teaches and so my friend Amber and I decided to go.  It was super fun!  I'll have to go to another and learn more.  Here are the rosettes I made.  Not bad! 

the flower is cute...

Look at my pretty seashells!

And now I just really want Kennedy to have a Barbie cake so I can make a pretty skirt.

Holy cannoli!  From our trip to NYC.  I told Derek i had never had a cannoli and he decided to fix that.  You know what? Not that good!  Fine, but not that good.  But now Kennedy has had a cannoli too :)  It was a great trip though.  Lots of walking and lots of awesome things to see!  

Kids just loving the fancy seats in Amber and Renata's theater room

Just cute.

I can't get enough of how cute she is.  Like, I know.  It's a toilet picture.  But she's just so cute about it!  We're not really there yet.  But it's fun to practice and have it be a place she's not scared of :)

Run like the wind, Bullseye!

I love getting ready for church on Sunday. Kennedy always looks so beautiful, I get to try a little harder than usual, and Derek always looks handsome. 

The snow came.  It's hard to see, but our doors were covered in a couple feet of snow.

Pretty.

ON St. Patrick's day the library had Kurt Gallagher come and sing kid songs.  Ok. SO MUCH FUN.  I was obsessed.  Such a fun little concert.  

Renata and Thommas joined us.

Kennedy decided to wear a swim suit bottom on her head.  If it wasn't Sunday I might have let her wear it all day.  We changed to a dress after this.

Daniel Tiger is the best.  Also, she is just so cute.  I love her posture and her frame and anyway.  SHe's just really cute right now.

A few fun things:
Kennedy is obsessed with teh wheels on the bus.
Kennedy likes to do everything by herself.  It's pretty hilarious how upuset she can get from me opening a cupboard she wanted to open.  Honestly, I kind of love it.  I know I was fiercely independent as a kid and it's fun to see the resemblance.  Plus, we came to earth to get bodies and grow and become able to do things, so it's fun to see her learning so much
Kennedy is soooooo good at sharing.  I had a starburst the other day and gave her one, and she took the one I was about to eat.  I told her it was mine and that she had another one and she gave it back to me!  So nice.  Later that day, she was eating an orange and I asked for a piece and she gave me the one she almost had in her mouth (which I told her she should finish and that I'd take another.)  But she just gets to excited to share!  For now :)
When we say "scripture time!' she runs over to the bookshelf and grabs the scriptures.  (actually, usually the Spanish set and Jesus the Christ.  but still.)
Kennedy loves "feeding" her stuffed animals and even animals in books water from her sippy cup.  When she's inconsolable in the middle of the night this has helped her to calm down.
Kennedy loves to say "Oh boy!!" and "Bobbie" lately.  It's hilarious.

Sunglight

Despite the feet of snow outside, today the sunlight shone itself through the window and made a block of light on the floor.

I'd forgotten
How it feels
To have the sunshine
Touch your skin
Even a time so small
As two seconds
Can do so much.
You remember
That it used to feel like this
All the time
And you never fully
Appreciated it.
It touches you--
It is warm and it is good.
It sounds cheesy
But somehow it soothes your soul.
It helps you remember that
Everything will be okay.
It is happy. It is light.
It is hope...
Winter was too long.
I hadn't realized
How much I've missed
The Sunshine.


One of the reasons I love spring so much is that during winter you forget how the other seasons are.  I'll look at old pictures in disbelief--"there was no way the grass could have been that green!"  And you get so used to bracing yourself for cold every time you go outside.  But then spring comes and everything changes. And you're ready to appreciate it.  The trees beginning to grow leaves.  You see a flower.  You smell the dirt.  Everything is fully appreciated again and I just love it. Every little piece of springtime is so happy.

Money is so cool

I know, captivating title.

Kennedy is at the awesome age where  we don't have to worry as much about her eating non-food items.  (Obviously we're still careful, but I don't have to freak out if there's money laying around anymore.  Which is nice.) Because of this, we've started to let her play with the jar of spare change we keep.

The other day after her bath we sat on the bed and played with money.  I entertained myself by looking at the pictures and dates on the coins.  I had forgotten how neat they all are!  I think it's so cool that each coin has the face of someone on it--and the amount of effort that goes into making a simple penny.  I love it.  (Also, I had to look up who's faces were on the backs of the silver coins.  Call me pathetic but I couldn't remember.  Thomas Jefferson, FDR, and Washington fyi :)  Anyway, it had been a long time since I've taken the time to appreciate the beauty of simple coins.

Within the mix we had both a New Hampshire and Virginia state quarter.  I wish I looked at all my quarters this carefully!  I love the state quarters.  They're beautiful.  (I need to check with my mom to see if she's still collecting for us.  I bet I get a different set of quarters passed to me out East than she does in Utah.)

Finally, I was struck by how cool it is that money is passed around.  Some of the date on the pennies were from hundreds of years ago!  How many hands have touched those pennies, nickels, dimes?  What were their lives like?  What kind of work did they have to do to earn the money?  Where did they spend it?  I just think it's a cool thing to think about.  We're all sort of linked together through our exchanging of money.