Papa's hat

This afternoon Kate and I headed to my parents house for a lunch/park date with Papa. One of the things that caught Kate's attention was Papa's hat. She just had to try it on! "Yo yo, what up dog?"

I unfortunately did not get any pictures of Kate playing with Papa or our time at the park, but we had a wonderful afternoon. Thanks Dad!

Creative Playtime

For the past month, every Tuesday morning Kate and I head out to our Creative Playtime class through the City of Davis. The class is 2 hours long in which the kids get free playtime for an hour and then after cleanup we have snack, story time, circle time and then park time. Kate enjoys her time here and loves playing with all the fun things that surround her. Below are some pictures from today. One of Kate's favorite things to do is organize the little animal figurines. Sometimes we build a zoo with blocks for the animals but today we piled them in the barn. Next, Kate found the ponies and brushed all their hair...she is such a girl!

Play dough time!

This kitchen is a bit too tall for Kate but it didn't stop her from washing the plate in the sink.

Kate loves to hold the "baby" and take her all around the classroom. The doll also likes to walk the balance beam with Kate but unfortunately that picture didn't turn out.

Puppet show! Well, sort of....Kate likes to pull all the puppets off the stand and look them over. I was surprised she actually let me put these two puppets on her hand.

Kate has a huge fascination with helicopters. The other week we saw a helicopter at Daddy's hospital. It was getting ready to take off and the noise was pretty loud so Kate didn't want to see it lift off the ground. However, ever since that day she talks about going "up, up, up" in the helicopter with Mama, Dada, Bebe, Chee chee, Papa, and Gramma.

Kate found all the baby dolls and arranged them on the chair...she is quite the organizer.

Park time! Kate loves going down the slide all by herself.

Toys are brought out during park time and so the kids get to share wheelbarrows, strollers, balls, and cars.

Kate especially loves it when she gets lucky enough to get a baby and a stroller. Frequently this has posed a huge problem when it is time to clean-up. Kate usually throws a fit when I tell her we need to take the baby inside.

We have 2 more weeks left of playtime. It has been a lot of fun!

Block belly

The other day Kate decided to stuff as many of her mega-blocks in her shirt. She was able to get quite a few in there. She was so proud of herself that she had to show Daddy.

Kate and Elmo

Kate wanted Elmo to wear one of her winter hats. Of course Kate had to wear Chloe's old hat while Elmo wore her new one. She is a very goofy girl!

Kate and Drew

Will's cousin, Lilli, and her two boys, Drew and AJ have moved back to California after being in Indiana for 4 years. They are currently staying just a few blocks away from us at her parent's house while her husband finishes up his last rotation for optometry school in Chicago. Over the past week we have had the opportunity to hang out. Drew and Kate have now become good friends and they love to play together. Drew is 3 years old so he shows Kate around while Kate just follows what he does. Thanks to Drew's Dedushka, he has a very cool playhouse that Kate loves to go in and out of.

"Momma, can you put down the camera and help me reach the hoop?"

Exploring the backyard

Rocking away!

Cute little AJ is 10.5 months old. He was trying to get in on the fun with Drew and Kate. He actually climbed up on Kate a few times and whacked her on the head. Kate didn't seem to mind....she just stared at me like "Momma, what am I supposed to do?" Drew wanted to ride the rocking horse with Kate...Kate wasn't too sure about that.

We are so thankful to have Lilli and her family back in town. It is so fun to watch the kids play together and it is great to finally have a stay-at-home mom nearby. :-)