Happy Fathers Day Daddy!

Kassandra and I got Tom a few little things for Fathers Day.  As always, I think the box and tissue paper had more of an entertainment value then anything else.

 Tom's best look yet!

 Top hat

Aunt Shirley comes for a visit

Tom's Aunt Shirley was in town for a wedding and came over for a little visit.  We can't wait for her to come back.  Kassandra just fell in love with her!  Plus we loved talking and catching up with her too. 

Lollipop time

Kassandra loves her lollipops so we bought a few for her as a treat.  I think the smartest thing we did was put on a bib!

 No more pictures please.

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).  :)