Summer Break, Here We Come!

The past week has been so busy that I have not had time to blog. Since school is now finished though I am hoping to get caught up. Here are a few highlights to get started: The Owatonna baseball season came to an end this past week in the section final game. Unfortunately, the huskies did not make it to state this year. However, they had a great season and have a lot to be proud of. Mattey finished his fifth year of teaching on Friday and I will finish mine up on Tuesday when we are done. We are both looking forward to time at home with Kelsey. We started our to-do list filled with fun outings and house projects. It is always such a good feeling to know we have time to catch up on family time and house work. I absolutely love that both Mattey and I are teachers because we get to share time with our family all summer long. Hello summer break!!!!!

Throw It In

Matt recently taught Kelsey how to play catch. She stands on one side of the room and he on the other. Matt will tell her to put her hands out and she stretches out her arms in front of her. Then before Matt throws it she will say "throw it in." When she catches it she says "I catch it!" Then she will say "I throw it to Daddy" before throwing it back. Tonight Matt would throw it up and she would say "up high Daddy."

Another thing she has started to say is "I no like this." For instance, after the bath tonight I laid her on the living room floor to get on jammies and the TV was on. She said "I no like this, Daddy" until we changed the channel to a show she wanted. Silly girl :)

On a potty training note, she asks to sit on the potty everyday before bath, but never actually goes. She just wants to put toilet paper in the toilet. Today she sat on the potty chair and then when Matt got her off she took off running and guess what she did? Peed on the carpet of course. She came running back in the bathroom and said "I go potty." Let's hope the next time she says this it happens on the toilet!

Happy Memorial Day

To complete our Memorial Day weekend, we began with a parade this morning. Kelsey was decked out in red, white and blue, complete with her flag. She was saying all morning "we going to a parade." She was very entertained during the parade and would say "more coming" after each thing would pass us. Next up was the park. We met Grandma and Grandpa and Stacey and the boys for some play time and a picnic. Kelsey liked going down the slide with Connor, Jacob and Grandma. She also liked walking on the equipment with Grandpa and having Jacob look up at her through the tunnel slide. We made our way home for the afternoon and after a great nap, played outside with Kelsey's golf set, tee ball set, wagon and bike. It was such a great day! The weather was absolutely gorgeous. In fact, I can officially report I have my first sunburn of the season. I never think I am getting as much sun as I really am and then BAM, I am fried! I guess it is a sign that summer is here, which is a great thing!

Kelsey Funnies

Here are a few recent funny things that Kelsey has said to us.

Mommy: What do you want for breakfast?
Kelsey: A cheeseburger

Daddy: Kelsey, let's get your dress on.
Kelsey: A church, Daddy. I be quiet(kiet). Shhhhhh

(At the baseball game)
Kelsey: A home, Mommy?
Mommy: Pretty soon
Kelsey: Two minutes?

When she asks for things lately, such as "I color, Mommy?" and I respond by saying "Should I get the colors out?", she always says "K". It is cute because it is never yes, but instead just "k".

When picking up her colors or looking at books, every color is always green (or in Kelsey words "geen")

She likes to put the toilet seat on and then make a sound like she is going to the bathroom. Then, she has to pull off toilet paper and drop it in the toilet.

When we were in church today, Stacey took Lucas out for a minute. Kelsey says" oh no, where Stacey go?" Then when Stacey returned she said "Stacey back."

Whenever I give her a kiss and say I love you, she likes to respond by saying bye.

If Matt is in the basement or outside and Kelsey doesn't see him, she will say "Daddy baseball game?"

When we are driving home and get close to our house, she must recognize where we are by looking out our window because she will say" we're home."

So far, so good

The beginning of our Memorial Day has been great! To kick things off, I went to see Sex and City 2 with my neighbor and Stacey. It was a pretty good movie. The three of us saw the first one together, so it was neat we got to do the same fot the second one. Saturday morning we did not have swimming lessons because of it being Memorial Day weekend, so we were able to get up and just play for a bit. Mattey had his first round of playoffs for baseball in the afternoon, so we made our way to the game. Matt's whole family was able to join us as well. They ended up winning the game 17-1 and move on to the final four in Red Wing this weekend.

On our way to the game

Hanging out with Kelsey's friend, Ava


Saturday was a beautiful day and we were able to enjoy the weather by having a cookout at Matt and Stacey's after the game. We played baseball, the boys did the slip n' slide, Kelsey went on the swingset, and we all soaked up a litte sun.

Today we got up and went to church, followed by breakfast with Matt's family. When Kelsey wakes up from her nap, we plan to maybe go for a bike ride depending on how hot it gets and have a graduation party after that. It is such a good feeling to know we have tomorrow off! I will post more this week about how we spent our Memorial Day! Enjoy your day off :)

Time with the Boys

We got to watch Nolan, Connor and Lucas the other night because Jacob had his preschool evaluation. Kelsey was very excited the boys were coming over. She is in love with Lucas. She seriously adores him. She always want to hug and kiss him, and is usually pretty gentle with him. When we laid Lucas on the floor, she had to lay right down next to him.

Later we had a little dance party, and Kelsey picked Connor for her dance partner. Connor is so good with her. She just wanted to jump around and hold his hands. You could tell Connor was a little embarrassed, but just stood there and let her do her thing. What a good cousin!

Little Miss Helper

Following our exciting Friday night of baseball, the rest of our weekend was very relaxing. We began with swimming lessons on Saturday morning. Every week her class seems to shrink. This week there were only two girls. It is kind of nice because there is tons of room for Kelsey to splash around. We only have one more class left! We filled the rest of our day with household chores and errands, including getting groceries. Kelsey likes to help put things in the cart. She sometimes likes to grab random items off the shelf, so we have to be on the ball. Once we got home, she helped up put the groceries away. She even tried to hand us the eggs....thankfully Matt has quick reflexes and saved the eggs from smashing on the floor :) She sure does like to help and do whatever we are doing. To end the evening we went to Matt's parents for dinner. It was so relaxing and I loved every minute of it!
Kelsey has been really into helping us water the flowers. She has her own watering can and has caught on to what to do. However, her can is so little that she is constantly filling it back up. I am not sure what gets more water, the flowers or Kelsey. Either way, she has a blast doing it. Today after church she once again grabbed her watering can and got to work. What a good little helper :)