Paul and I went to a Dave Matthew's Band concert on Kate's birthday (Friday, the 26th) to celebrate our anniversary (Thursday, the 25th), which I feel a little bad about, but only kind of. We didn't even acknowledge on the 26th that it was her birthday, instead we just pretended that Saturday, the 27th was her birthday. I doubt there will often be a conflict with her birthday and our anniversary (we can celebrate our anniversary any time, this year was just tricky because the concert was scheduled on a specific date), but it was nice that neither she or Parker are old enough to understand dates.
On Saturday we had lunch at McDonald's and she opened presents... SO MANY PRESENTS!!! Man, that girl is loved! From us she asked for a ninja turtle backpack and an Elsa book. We were planning on having cake with friends on Sunday, but Paul was appalled by the idea of no cake on her actual birthday (which is funny because it wasn't even her actual birthday!), so he lit a match and shoved it in a Twinkie. She was in heaven. Kate loves food in almost every variety, but she loooooooves sweets!
Paul commented yesterday that Kate is almost a Sunbeam! Crazy! I remember that three was a tough age for Parker, but four was a breath of fresh air. I can see that being true for Kate as well. She is mostly wonderful and sweet, but she cries a lot more now than just six months ago. She likes to do things by herself, except the things that I would really like her to do alone like putting toys away or putting her shoes on.
Here some more wonderful things about my favorite three-year-old:
*She loves to snuggle and likes to tell me that she loves it.
*She likes hugs and kisses and when she kisses me she holds my face with both hands.
*She misses Parker when he's at school.
*She's potty trained!
*She LOVES dogs! She loves to pet them and let them give her kisses. Whenever she sees a dog she gets so excited and starts talking in a high-pitched squeaky voice.
*She is very concerned about whether or not her choices make Jesus happy and asks about it daily. "Mama, I put my buckle on. Does that make Jesus happy?" "Mama, I ate all my chocolate. Does that make Jesus happy?" "Mama, I didn't have a pee pee accident. Does that make Jesus happy?"
*She loves to swim, go to gymnastics, watch Dora the Explorer, eat and play with her best friend Sierra.
*She loves to color but CANNOT be trusted to do it unsupervised.
*She likes to play this game where she tells you she loves you and then you have to say it back, more emphatically.
Kate: "I love you!"
Me: "I love you!"
Kate: "I love YOU!"
Me: "I love YOU!"
Kate: I love YOOOOOUUUU!!!!!!"
*Recently she started crying (angrily) when we shut the door after putting her down for bed. It was happening over and over again and we just couldn't figure it out. Initially I thought she just didn't want to go to bed, so we let her cry a bit, but then when she wouldn't stop one of us would go in there and try and calm her down. She does not communicate well through tears, so mostly there was no progress. We finally deciphered what the problem was: she wants us to wait by the door before we walk out so she can blow a kiss. However, you CANNOT blow a kiss to her at the same time. You first have to catch her kiss with your hand, and then you can blow a kiss back. It's so sweet that I can't argue with it, but sheesh!
Kate is so darling and I'm sure glad she's ours!!!
