Katie Update

Some things that must be told about Katie:

I love that she calls ballet, "ballelet" with an extra "luh" in the middle. So cute.

She has learned the Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe speech to help her pick between things she can't make a decision on (for example, does she want the pink plastic ring or purple - ah, how to decide?). It cracks me up to watch her do this. Apparently, even though she says she doesn't know which one she wants, she'll put two "items" out and start saying/pointing "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe". The end always goes something like this: "...and my mother said you are go-ing to...(silence, contemplating)...okay, wait, wait, wait. Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe. Catch..."

And last but not least, this is actually a story from the last day of Kyle's baseball season that I just kept forgetting to post. She was sitting on the bleachers talking to my sister, Kim, about getting along (or not, as the case was at the time) with Kyle. Kim looked at her and said brightly, "Well, Katie, don't worry too much. Most brothers and sisters fight a little, but when you grow up you'll be the best of friends. I must tell you, though, he does have issues with you coming into his room." And Katie quickly replied, "Oh, no, Aunt Kim, we're not allowed to wear our shoes in our rooms. We have to take them off when we come in the house!"

Cub Scout camp

Last week, Kyle spent 5 days (8am - 4pm) at Cub Scout Camp. They had all sorts of activities scheduled each day, including archery every day (Kyle's favorite)! I was able to volunteer at the camp on two of the days, and I was assigned to be Kyle's Den Leader for one of them. Here are some pics of Kyle at Camp.

Pic 1 - Kyle running to third in a kickball game for Sports session

Pic 2 - Hammering nails in Crafts session (pretty difficult task for most of our 7 year old cubs).

Pic 3 - Archery range - Kyle is 3rd from the right. I couldn't get a good shot because they were shooing us back behind the white line they stand on (for good reason!)

Pic 4 - Lined up for Telephone in the Community session - remember doing this as a kid? You get all lined up in a row and an adult gives you a sentence to pass on. Then each boy whispers it to the next kid and that last kid is supposed to tell everyone what the original sentence was. They had 18 kids and started with "The cow wears polka dotted pants." They ended with "Shock a baby." Only boys could end up with that!