kapria conversations: 4 years old

I like to post snippets of our conversations with Kapria on facebook. But I thought it would be nice to have them here on the blog for us to remember and enjoy. So here we go.

9.27.11

fyi: the password is "jungle jimes" (just in case you come over and want to get past kapria at the front door.)

9.26.11

last night at dinner kapria kept bugging mila: poking her, touching her head, putting her arm on mila's chair. so we had a conversation about personal space. it started off like this:
trav: everyone has their own bubble around them.
kapria: then i will POP it!
yeah . . . it took awhile to convince her that that was not an option.

 9.22.11

kapria told me today that she's training mila to be good. sometimes i just wish she'd take her own training advice, too.

9.19.11

we have a new niece! when i told kapria that aunt chelsea and uncle rob hadn't picked her name yet, she said, "They can call her Sparkles!"

9.13.11

conversation at the dinner table tonight goes like this:
kapria: what are you scared of, dad?
mila: what you scared of?
trav: the only thing i'm scared of is you girls getting hurt.
kapria: the only thing i'm scared of is being eaten by crocodiles.
mila: yeah! crocodiles!

disney day with friends

We went to Disneyland with several friends and had a great time together. The kids all got along really well, and it's always fun to have other moms to go with. I loved talking with Leslie and Jen. We went on Small World, Teacups, Winnie the Pooh, the Tiki Room, Tarzan's Treehouse, and ended with the Ariel ride. By then the kids were exhausted and ready for naps. Baby Ellie was a sweetie and SO good the whole time. And I learned that there's a great baby care room with tiny toilets for the kids to use! New things to learn about every visit. Ha ha ha.

first day of preschool

Kapria loves going to Miss Laurie's Preschool. She adores Miss Laurie, who is also the primary chorister and just the most amazing, energetic, happy, and sweet person. Miss Laurie is always full of praise and excitement when she sees the kids, and I know she's the perfect preschool teacher for Kapria.

Kapria is the only girl in a class with four boys, and she's also the oldest. She's always gotten along really well with boys, so I know she'll do great. She already came home and told me how much she liked playing with Kody and Aaron. And she got to cut paper, which is one of her all time favorite things to do. I guess I need to let her cut paper more often at our house.

I'm excited for this next adventure for her, but I'm not ready for her to be in school yet. Good thing we have two more years until kindergarten. She could probably start next year (she's right on the edge of some state cut-offs with her September birthday), but Trav and I have thought about it a lot and researched and talked to many many family members and friends, and the conclusion we've come to is that we want her to start when she's six. That way she'll be the oldest in her class rather than the youngest. And most importantly, we want all the time we can get with our girls at home with me before we start school for the next 20 + years of our family's life.

So I'm enjoying these next two years as much as I can. I love love love being home with my girls.

my little bro is 22

It's so fun living close to my parents now. We get to celebrate birthdays and holidays together. So for Mckenon's birthday we all went to Chin's. Chinese food - yum! Uncle Paul joined us, along with Mckenon's friend George. The girls did a pretty good job, considering the fact that they don't like Chinese food. Good thing there was ice cream cake. Gotta love ice cream for dinner.

Happy Birthday, Mckenon! We're so glad you're home and we can celebrate with you. Kapria's face in that corner picture pretty much sums it up. Love you!

arrived!

Our newest niece arrived!

She is darling and has lots of dark hair like her big sister Reverie. And look at those adorable rosy cheeks - I just want to hold her and kiss her! This is the first time I haven't been close enough to help my sisters when one has a baby, and it makes me so sad. I am really missing them. Somehow I need to get to Utah in the next few months so I can meet this beautiful girl.

We're far away, but we love you, Tanneah!  

being awesome

the pinklish party: part 1

Kapria loves pink. She's always called it "pinklish" (no, we haven't read the book Pinkalicious, but I will need to read her that soon). So when I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday this year, she said, "I want a pinklish party!"

Trav was such a good sport to help me turn our living room into a pink wonderland for the big day. So here's part one of our party: Decorations and Food.

I pulled out every pink stuffed animal, doll, toy, and frame we have to use for the decorations. Then I searched through my bookshelves and found all the red and pink books to put on the shelf. I switched out all our photos to show pictures of Kapria. (This was by far her favorite part. She loved seeing so many pictures of herself. But Mila kept thinking the little ones were of her. They had a few arguments over that.) I used wrapping paper to cover the mantle and the magnet board and wrapped a few books to keep things pink. It was a lot of work, but definitely worth the happy results. Everything was pretty much free or inexpensive, aside from the balloons and flowers.

mila loves her blankie

And her Aunt Abby!

family beach party