Christine and Kassandra's outting with Kevin and Deegan

As many of you know, I babysit Deegan, Kevin and Kelly's boy.  Kelly had purchased a coupon from Groupon for some playtime at Kinderland cafe.  Since Kevin had the day off he invited us girls to go with him.  We had a great time!  Thanks Kevin, Kelly and Deegan!

I'm handcuffed!

Kassandra was playing with a slinky and having so much fun.  Until somehow she managed to get each end on a thumb and wrap it behind her back.  She was unable to move her hands and started crying.  So like any good mom I run to get the camera first. 

So after Kassandra's first experience with paint I thought that I should buy her some and give her some "practice" on getting dirty.  So here we go.  Our second attempt at painting.

 First thing she did was dip her finger in the blue and eat it.  If you look closely you can see her blue lips.  It's my fault really.  Every time she has a plate it has food on it.  How could she have known that this is not for her to eat this time.

 So in went the pacifier.  There, now she won't eat the paint!

 Then after she was done Kassandra discovered that she can paint the floor.  Yeah, next time I will put down a painting mat.

Hair Day

As Kassandra's hair grows her hair is getting, well a little wild. These pics were taken after her bath.  I took the towel to dry her hair and when I lifted the towel this is what it looked like. 

 WHAT?

Kassandra's procedure

Today Kassandra is having a small procedure done - or at least that is what they tell me.  She has to have tubes put in her ears.  Due to her teething she got fluid in her ears.  The fluid had trouble draining and built up and sat in her ears.  The fluid is now so thick that it can't drain.  This is making it hard for her to hear.  To her it sounds like we are all underwater.  So they tell me this is a simple procedure.  That it is 5 to 10 minutes and that's it.  She will feel like she has a hangover for about 20 minutes, but that is due to the gas they use.  We get to take her home the same day and then in 4-6 weeks we will start to see a difference.  We will also notice that she won't be sick as often.  Like I said - that's what they tell me.  But since I'm the mommy it does not stop me from being stressed out over this.  Good thing I have Tom by my side and that he is the sensible one in this.
Ok so now that the procedure is over I can tell you that it did only take about 5 minutes and it was so quick that I only had 2 sips of my coffee before they called us back to be with Kassandra again.  However 20 minutes was more like an hour.  But after an hour she was good to go and the happy little girl that we see every day.
Here are pictures of her waiting for the procedure.

 She got to play with the mask they were going to use on her.  They said that by letting her play with it she will get use to it and so that when they go to use it on her she won't be afraid of it.

This was her after the procedure and once she calmed down.  What a trooper.  (No flashes please).  :)

Mother's Day 2011

The best part about my Mother's Day was spending it with Tom and Kassandra.  It was a very mellow, lazy day which I loved.  Of course because of that I we didn't take any pictures so I insisted that Tom take a picture of Kassandra and I before bed time. 

Nap time

Apparently I mis judged how tired Kassandra was.  She was so tired that she laid on the floor under my legs and fell asleep.  It took all of about 30 seconds.  She has never done this before.

I'm a big girl now!

We took Kassandra off the bottle and have been trying to figure out which sippies she likes the most.  I'm not sure if it's Dora (after all, she will sit and watch it for a whole 3 minutes) or if it's a straw and she loves drinking from straws, but we finally found one that she likes.  Check out our big girl!

May 1st - Birthday day

We had a very busy day.  First it started with Gwen's birthday party.  It was Alice in Wonderland theme.  If you didn't have a costume you would wear something wild and crazy.  Now that I explained why Kassandra is wearing her outfit I will tell you how much fun she had.  The party was at Child's play.  It's a big indoor play area for kids.  Kassandra is not a member as I don't feel it is something that she would get enough use out of but for a first time visit she had a great time.  You will see by the pictures that she had her favorite areas. 
Gwen turned 3 years old.  I am happy to say that I have been watching Gwen since she was an itty bitty baby and watched her grow into the wonderful little girl she is today.

After the party we came home so Kassandra could nap.  After her nap we went to Daxton's birthday party.  Daxton lives 1 block down from us.  He was born 6 days after Kassandra.  Kassandra and Daxton haven't spent much time playing together, but after the party we realized that needs to change.  Kassandra loved Daxton's toys but more than that they did have a great time together (at least when Daxton didn't take a toy away from Kassandra). 

Is this anything like the rabbit hole?

oh my goodness!  What a cute and happy little girl!

 Daxton

 Mommy I love the ducky.                                                 Mommy, Daxton is taking his ducky back.

 All is right with the world again.  At least until we have to pry the duck out of her hands to go home.

 Happy Birthday Daxton.  For his birthday his daddy let him loose with the toilet paper.