creatures!

so this girl is completely unafraid of creatures of all kind. 

she loves buggies! 

most days she runs around trying to catch some sort of creature. whether it be these weird beettle-like bugs that have invaded around our house or digging for worms.

if i don't catch her in time, her excitement gets the best of her and she, well, loves them a little too much.

a.ka. squishes them. 

oops.  

& this. ugh. i specifically asked her to NOT. pick. up. that. snake. 

& she did it anyways saying, "c'mere lil snakey, c'mere..." in her tiniest, cutest little voice. 

bleh. i could barely stand to take these shots. 

{& i have to advert my eyes as i even type this, avoiding such eye contact of said photos...}

i have vague memories of some other little girl i once knew who would catch critters, especially of the snake variety and put them in ziploc bags and bring in the house. let's hope those genes did not get passed on down to my girl!

then last week we came across a frog! it had hopped right up on her boots.

best. day. ever! 

she squealed with excitement & wanted to hold in her hands asap. 

i had to keep telling her to not squish it. she had a death grip on its midsection.

if she could've, she would've held on to that frog all day. 

love this girl & her love for creatures. 

except for the squirmy, scale-y type ones. 

no. thank. you. 

cupcake love.

raise your hand if you like cupcakes.....

my hand is definitely raised! & so would C's if he was around right now! 

in fact, when i was pregnant with C, i would eat about 6 cupcakes a day! f'reals. it was bad. 

the love for cupcakes still carries on...

for their birthday's we've started a little tradition of going down to Saint Cupcake for treats. we love the little dot cupcakes, they are the perfect size for tiny hands. 

so for sissy's birthday we went down to pick up the yummy treats for her birthday party the next day & of course while we were there we had to have one! :) 

it got a tad messy. 

C had frosting up his nose, in his ear {his ear?! uh, yah.} & all over his mouth. K had it up and down both sides of the sleeves of her jacket & she hated it when it got on her fingers! 

i remember reading a study done where they indicated that there is no such thing as a "sugar high"

ha. i beg to differ! 

they. went. nuts. 

i am so glad  St. Cupcake was not on my radar yet when i was with child, that would have been 

really, really bad. ¡oy! 

oh, happy day!

dear kennedy,

today marks the day that we celebrate you & the wonderful blessing you are to us. you are truly a gift from God.  when i say the words, 'today she is three. three!' over and over in my head, i just can't get over that fact that yes indeed you are three. how in the world can that be already?! but yet at the same time, it feels like you've always been with us. 

i feel like i could stare at your beautiful face all day & most often i do. just gaze & in complete awe, that you are a part of me. my heart fills with so much joy that it wants to explode & i shake my head in disbelief that this all must be some glorious dream & that i did nothing to deserve you. God's grace is definitely in full bloom in you. 

i love your big saucy brown eyes. & i think you know how to work them to get your way already. your giggles and full blown laughter is music to my ears & i love how you get the hiccups when you've laughed for too long. it makes me giggle to watch you run with a little skip in your step. your personality is so bouncy that it must shine through even while you run. 

you adore your big brother so much & i know he feels the same about you. it melts my heart to see you two pal around, little BFF's & also you two can drive me insane when you've spent too much time together. but no matter what, you two will always be my greatest accomplishment. i simply could not ask for anything more. 

it always shocks me how much you love princesses! maybe its because i am not big in to such things, but you certainly are & that is completely ok. you are my princess. {& your daddy's too!} pink is your favorite and we can't forget purple either! you love puppies and kitties and will quite frequently pretend to be one or the other & will recruit me to be the 'momma' one. even though you like sparkly pink things, you do also love to play soccer, run, jump, climb and play with bubba's firetrucks & construction toys. & let's not forget about how much you love bugs! {buggies, as you call them} you even picked up a snake {it was a tiny one, but still! eek.} without even blinking & you loved it. you even dig after worms with your bare hands. your big brother won't even do such things! 

if you could eat fruit all day, you totally would. & let's not forget about 'shocolates'. my, oh my, do you love shocolates! {which makes me smile, because i love chocolate as well!} 

simply put, you. are. amazing. 

you make my heart so happy.

happy birthday my sweet little love. 

saying farewell to 2 year old days.

well! today is the day!

you get to say au voior to those little 2 year old days

& say bonjour to big 3 year old days!

since you've been jonesing since yesterday to play with your new playdoh ice cream factory

  {thanks Lola & Papi!},

it'd be a fabulous idea to kick off the day doing that. 

make tiny ice creams, lick it for reals, why not?

 2 year olds can still get away with doing such thing right?! 

right. i agree. 

after a morning of licking pretend playdoh ice cream, your tummy begins to growl. 

ask politely to have a picnic lunch on the couch with your cute bubba.

AND! get to watch your new current fav flick, Tangled. 

{that girl has some seriously long hair. dang.}

inspiration will strike & you'll need to take immediate action after the credits roll.

quickly put on your new Tangled princess dress {thanks Tita Michelle!} makeshift some long, luscious locks

{thanks to your mother for helping} & prance around yelling, "Eugene! Eugene!" 

{if you haven't seen this movie, you must. immediately.}

after princess play wears you out, recruit your brother to play My Little Ponies with you.

shhhh, don't tell his friends! but it seems he is enjoying it! 

when your mother is not looking, sneak off in to the bathroom and climb in to the sink.

you must be part kitty, right? 

make silly faces in the mirror, after all, no one is watching! 

 after your momma finds you in the sink, you'll be required to snuggle with her. 

suggest to make silly faces and take pictures with her phone. you'll both laugh &

she'll totally forget that you were just curled up in the sink! ha!

once the afternoon starts to wind down, you realize that it must be dinner time soon, 

your tummy is hungry! 

suggest pancakes for dinner.

oh &, a smoothie.

yes. that'd be perfect. 

slurp up your yummy dinner! 

  

the meal is finished and you feel like playing a quick game of "lets-be-super-silly-&-run-away-from-mommy&daddy-instead-of-get-jammies-on". its the best. 

to you anyways, not for your parents. 

your giggles are out but the sugar bugs on still running rampant in your mouth!

ahhhhh! have your brave daddy get. them. out!

finally its time to snuggle in for some stories. 

pick the "animals" book which has spiders and all sorts of buggies in it 

& exclaim, "ahhh! spider!" when you get to that page!

at just for good measure, if your 2 year old days haven't received a proper send off by now,

make one. more. silly. face.

there. 

¡adios! 

hello, big girl, 3 year old days.