Kendall Catchup

I'm experiencing mommy guilt because I haven't written anything about my KBug in a while.  She is truly the coolest kid on the planet, hands down.  I love hanging with her - she keeps me laughing all the time.  Some things she's got going on:

- She goes to preschool at Grove Park Chapel 2 mornings a week.  Next year she'll go 3 mornings a week.  She really seems to like it, even though Lilly put sand in her hair on the playground yesterday.  This unfortunate event brought us to a family discussion about what to do when people put sand in your hair (because that happens often in life, I suppose).  My grand advice was to say "Please stop putting sand in my hair" and then if she does it again to tell Mrs. Denise (to which Kendall exclaimed - "That's what I did!!")  James' advice was "Don't push her or hit her".  Um - thanks James - bringing up violence when that was the furthest thing from her mind.  Nice.

Anyway - the school is great.  My 3 year old can recite the fruit of the Spirit...unbelieveable.

- She goes to dance class one afternoon (well, one 30 minutes) a week.  I was extremely proud to peek in yesterday (thereby ignoring the sign that asks parents not to stand in front of the door) and saw that my kid was the only one in 1st position.  Of course visions of glitter, hair spray and a red and white cowgirl dance costume filled my head.  Wait - the red and white cowgirl dance costume was mine when I was a kid...unfortunate choice, Mrs. Ann, unfortunate choice.

I say all that to say that she really likes it, but if she decides that she wants to try something besides dance, I'm all for it.  I just want her active and involved in something - be that dancing (no pressure, Kendall - your mom just did it for 10 years and has spent the last 15 seriously regretting not keeping up with it) or T-Ball.

- She loves her baby sister.  Right now, at least.  She likes giving my belly a zerbert.  She always says "Hi Raegan, it's me - Kendall" when she speaks to my belly.  She says that she's not going to let Raegan to dangerous things like walk without holding our hand.  Oh, and she said that if Raegan says "stupid" she'll give her a spanking.  Niiice.

- Other things that Kendall likes right now in no particular order:  chicken, Good Luck Charlie, the new version of the ABC song that Hooked on Phonics is teaching us, playing outside, bubbles, caterpillars, movies, Berenstein Bear books, baby/Barbie dolls, balloons, slushies, playing ball of any sort, her tricycle, rubbing lotion on Daddy's back (like how he taught her that one, huh?), snuggle bunny every night, finding the moon in the sky, the beach, bars of soap, paint (and tasting paint), Play-Doh, her friends (specifically Beccy, Charis, Jackson), her grandparents and aunts, swinging, our inside jokes (I'll ask her how much she loves me and she holds up her hands to show a teeny weeny bit or "put that away" when I hold out my hand to get a handshake - which we saw on the Tooth Fairy and she thought was hysterical), knowing what's next on the agenda ("what we do after this, Mommy?")

Things Kendall does not like right now: bedtime in her room, monsters, any bug besides a caterpillar or ladybug, mornings (although that is getting better since we've started a chart of things she's responsible for complete with stickers and a prize box), being forced to speak to people when she doesn't want to, cheeseburgers (she only likes hamburgers), milk, having her ears cleaned, Daddy brushing her hair ("he not gentle"), the vaccuum cleaner, skinned knees, ice packs on skinned knees, getting out of the bath ("I stay til water goes out"), discipline (who does?).

God, thank you for Kendall Anne Mason.  She is the light of my life.