Our Pumpkin

We had a volunteer pumpkin plant come up this year from the remains of one of last year's Jack O' Lanterns. It grew well next to Granny's house. It only ever put on one little pumpkin that stayed, but Kara was pretty excited about it.

This past weekend we needed to pick our pumpkin so it would be out of the way while the new shingles were put on the house. So Kara and Daddy cut our baby pumpkin off the vine. Mommy just took pictures! Kara is convinced that her pumpkin will make a good pie, but I don't know about that!

Here's my happy little girl with her pumpkin. This is my favorite picture of the day!

The Bowling Party

We had Kara's party at the bowling alley on Saturday. Grandma Laurie made the cake and worked very, very hard on it. She was just putting the finishing touches on the writing when Kara told her "I wanted Wall-E" But I think Dora turned out just great, and the cake tasted wonderful!!

Kara's big present for the day was her very own bowling ball with Barbie on it. She has enjoyed bowling thus far with a "house ball" she calls 'orange' So now she is outfitted with her own stuff. I fully expect her to get really good at this bowling stuff so she can earn college scholarships. She does have time though!





Her first attempt at throwing the Barbie ball didn't turn out so well though, she tossed it right in the gutter!

















Cousin Kenny was into giving the high-5's. Here he is with his daddy. As they were getting ready to leave that day Kenny told me "I bowl, I bowl!" So Kara and I helped him throw thbe Barbie ball.










Kara and the Cake Grandma. I didn't get any photos with Kara actually looking at the camera here, since there was so much bowling going on!




All in all it was a really fun day! Kara seems to really have enjoyed celebrating her birthday this year!

Walk Chalk

Kara loves her sidewalk chalk. She begs to go outside and play 'walk chalk' practically every day. One day I traced her outline on the sidewalk, so then she decided that she needed to do the same to Mommy and Daddy. She has us lay on the sidewalk, then draws marks under both feet, both hands, and head (by pulling up on the persons head by the hair). She is quite the artist!

A Happy Birthday

Kara's birthday went wonderfully! She was such a happy girl all day long. I came home yesterday morning with balloons for her, and she just grinned!

Her first present to open was her ring from Mommy and Daddy. She hollered A RING! And the best part for me was that it fit perfectly!






Yesterday afternoon I took Kara over to the park to take pictures. I've taken her there every year on her birthday with the camera. Sadly, the baby swing broke during a wind storm this year, so we had to use the big girl swing instead.

For her birthday dinner, Kara wanted to have a "crab lunch" at Red Lobster. We ended up being a party of 12, which was a lot of fun for everyone, but Kara's favorite part is always looking at the 'crabs'.

Kara begged to pet a lobster this time, and when they pulled him out of the tank, she really did touch him!

To end the day we went to Miranda's for cake and presents. Uncle Matt baked a cake just for Kara, and you could tell that she was so happy that he had!

3 years ago...

I was just thinking that three years ago today I was already in the hospital being induced to have Kara. A lot of the things that happened then are a blur, but mostly good memories. I remember being very, very tired since I didn't sleep well what with the hospital bed and all the monitors.

I can't believe my baby is already 3. It doesn't seem possible! She has gone from a tiny, tiny baby to a girl. She doesn't even look like a toddler to me anymore. :( She does still act like a toddler though, and if the last few days of fit-throwing are any indication 3, for us, is going to be worse than the so called "terrible-2's"

Tomorrow I'm taking the night off work to stay with my baby girl and celebrate. We will be going out to eat a "crab lunch" for supper. I can't hardly wait! Then the big party is on Saturday. This fullfills Kara's requirement to have 2 birthdays this year.

*SIGH*

Just practicing.

Patti just let me know I can upload photos directly instead of uploading through Photobucket. I didn't know this before, so THANKS Patti!

I missed out on some good photo opportunities this weekend because I didn't have my camera with me. Kara and Matt did a lot of playing outside with sticks. I think she has Uncle Matt totally trained.

And I missed a couple really sweet moments with Landen. Those kids just hug and kiss (and occasionally bite!) each other.

More pictures from this weekend

This weekend was pretty well filled with good opportunities for pictures of Kara and Kenny together. Here are a few more

Kara and Kenny riding the tractor with Uncle Les



And my favorite from this weekend, Kara and Kenny on the back of Blaine's truck