Self Confident Woman

Today Katie was getting ready in my bathroom. She insisted on doing her own hair and getting dressed all by herself. She then told me that she looked so beautiful. Then the kicker..."Mom, I do not look beautiful for a boy, I look beautiful for myself!" Our talks on self esteem are working! We have also had talks about loving ourselves because of the preschool love triangle (earlier posting). Never a dull moment in the Everett household!

Work Out With Kate!

Katie was showing me her work out today to keep fit and trim. We were on our way out the door to ballet class...hence the leotard. I am also such a dork and I am not sure how to change the view so she's not sideways.

Also, please note that I was eating, filming, and holding Kellen at the same time. Therefore, my voice sounds like a man and the camera is shaking thanks to Kellen.

Those are huge lips!

This Monday we were having Family Home Evening and Katie asked that she could also give a short lesson. Right in the middle of her little lesson Katie looked right at me and said "Mom, you have huge lips!" I replied, "Yes, honey, they are rather large." She then said, "No, Mom, they are HUGE!" Kids are so honest. I guess I will never have to worry about collegan lip treatment! She then continued with her lesson.

Here comes the bride, in her wedding glide

Katie loves to pretend that she is getting married (I know, scarey!). She has a little dress up skirt that she puts on her head as her veil. She insists on calling it her wedding glide. Our girl is so silly!

Kellen's First B-day

Our boy is one years old! Crazy! Time flies when you are having fun!

We gave him a piece of cake and a some ice cream and let him go to town. He was totally unsure of what to do. It was kind of funny! Of course, after a while, he got a hold of it and ate the yummy treats.

Happy Birthday Kellen

Kellen's birthday is actually October 10th but we were too excited to put together a slide to wait. Katie and I put together this slide for our little guy. We love our Kellen! Happy Birthday my little guy!!!

Happy Birthday Kellen!

Preschool Love Triangle

At four years of age Katie has developed her first crush. The boy in the middle of the picture is her crush. Too bad that Dylan likes Lilly (to the right) and only wants to flirt with Katie. Yesterday while at preschool I caught Katie trying to wrestle Dylan to the ground. I put the Kibosh on that one. Then I heard Lilly yell "Ms.Chris, Dylan is blowing in my face!" I have this sneaky feeling that Dylan was trying to blow in Lilly's ear.

Um, again, they are FOUR! What do you do? I never thought that this would happen so young in life. I am trying to remind Katie that you don't want a "bad boy-flirty type". Really in the long run the boy that is kind, sweet and loving is the type you want.

One Chocolate Chip

I gave Kellen one chocolate chip on the way home from the grocery store. It takes about 5 minutes to get home. In that time he took the chip and managed to get it all over the place! Who knew that one little chocolate chip would do that much damage.

Shopping Time!

One night we went to Home Depot and I could not resist taking a picture of the two "tinys", as we call them. Kellen just thought he had died and gone to heaven because he got to steer the car too.

The Many Faces of Katie

Katie loves to sit and pose for the camera. One night at dinner we decided to get her to show us her poses. The first pose shows an angry side.
Surprised!
Scared
Silly
The best of all, Happy!!