kylie is growing up

This first picture speaks volumes for me. Kylie's imagination is really soaring these days. This is her make-believe house and her baby Cinderella. She will play alone for longer stretches now, which is great when there is much to do with Jake as well. Cinderella sleeps with Kylie every night, and I wonder how long this will last. Besides her passy, she never really had a consistent comfort item. She also loves to sing and make-up songs. Just this morning she asked me for a stage to stand on. Of course, I remember doing concerts in my bedroom (for my animals) so I am excited about the possibility of my daughter enjoying performing. One of the lyrics she made up during her number song: "My mommy is so cool, and I love her..... 8, 9, 10, 11....." Oh, she makes me laugh!

Kylie is learning so much now, I'm always amazed at what she knows. She called me from the kitchen to show me that she wrote her name all by herself. WHAT??? I didn't know she could do that! So, of course I wrote the date and took a picture of it.

Kylie still adores her baby brother. I am not under the illusion that this will last forever, but it truly warms my heart. She was holding him the other day and told him "I'll take care of you, and when I go to school, you'll miss me buddy".

Ainslee and Kylie had their first "official" sleepover (not including vacation) at Ainslee's house. Vicki said they did great - besides waking up at 5am! They watched Tinkerbell, made their own pizzas and slept together in Ainslee's big bed. I sent Kylie with the outfit that Vicki had gotten her as a gift. Little did I know that Ainslee had the matching shirt! How cute are they??

And, speaking of outfits, Kylie is really starting to like dresses. She gets herself dressed every morning and says "look Mommy at my pretty dress". Since she only has a few dresses (and they are mostly long sleeves) she hasn't had too many choices. Oh, and skirts are NOT the same as dresses. Did I mention that Kylie has been waking between 5:30am-6am each day? She was waking in the middle of the night and coming in our room, but after much discussion about not waking Mommy & Daddy, she has decided to get up, turn on her light, get dressed and play in her room for a while...... yet another stage.

Ever since I made Kylie a mickey mouse pancake, she has talked about them and asked for them often. This particular pancake is all cut up on her plate but I let her hold the big-as-your-head pancake for a picture. Check out Jake in the background eating the spoon.

Daddy wanted to show Kylie how to take a bite of the pancake. I snapped a picture just in time so he could see how he looks while eating. Hee-hee! I try to convince him to take smaller bites - then he wouldn't have to chew so long.......

PS - I'll know when he checks the blog because this picture will probably disappear!

Oh, and another funny Kylie story - we were on the highway and Jeff pointed out a long hummer limo to Kylie and she announced: "That mommy must have a lot of kids." LOL!!