another beautiful day (our last one??)

At the park today. None of those leaves are from native trees, they're mostly maple, but the girls didn't care why they had leaves to play in, just that they did! That's Kat's little friend Charlotte. These are all iphone pics (have I mentioned that iphone is a word now in her lexicon?)

At our playdate this AM. I asked the mom 'did you buy Colin drums or were they a gift?' They were a gift. I was pretty sure that they were, but Kat liked them and looks pretty comfy back there.

I think she's doing a rim shot here.

Toddler, baby Einstein and a large screen TV. And icebergs.

A beautiful day at the dog park

It's a beautiful day today- with the help of our landlords son, who came over to do some painting, Boo got in teh car and we headed to the dogpark. Fun was had by all.
Kay loves to walk the empty leashes. Which is far less hazardous that walking them with the idiots attached....

She was trying to write in the gravel. I swear that she kept saying 'k' and then the subsequent letters got less distinct...

She found another toddler to play with. Even loaned him one of her leashes to drag arouns. Which he did. Then she moved from this pile to a gully about 100 yards away and we all followed her....the little boy, 2 moms and stroller and 4 dogs. And then we all followed her back to the pile. She may be a born leader.
This is 2 of her best little friends at the playground yesterday. Charlotte and Rodrigo.


So. We get home from the dogpark. I carry the kid in to put down for a nap. I left the doors of the car open as I knew I had to come back out, to collect the kat snax, shoes, socks, etc. And I couldn't put the wet dogs on the porch (where they would like to be) as some of the boards were painted while we were out. So I threw them outside. So, imagine my surprise when I went to the car and see this. Ben waiting very patiently in the back of the Rav. Then I see the side gate is open. And then I start to panic. Where's Boo. I can't go look for him, as Kat is here sleeping. I let Ben in the house. Again. And there was Boo in the backyard, clueless that his freedom was just steps away. Lucky for me.

Halloween Part I, II & III (IV yet to come)

At the Pumpkin prowl at the zoo last weekend. She has 3 costumes to choose from- the penguin, the bunny (got them at a garage sale for $2 each as well as next year's Eeyore and kitty) and the low key Dora the Explorer, which will be a fall back costume all her life......

She got the trick or treating thing immediately- ohhh. what did they put in my little basket? I should eat it now!

This is yesterday's halloween party- same little bee- Charlotte- whom she just loves.

Dancing. I think.

Apparently bunnies like to have their bellies rubbed. Who knew?

I don't know why the little bunny never smiles for pics...or looks happy for that matter.

Last night at the Musuem of Flight. I think that's the only time she had to hood up.

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Halloween at the zoo

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In the pool. We love the pool. 

Cheryl's Visit part two..finally

Oh yeah...Cheryl's been gone for over a week andI haven't posted the rest of the pics. I am a slacker. Kat was obsessed with feeding Cheryl at every meal. I should mention that in Cheryl's research, she wanted to go whale watching while in WA. We discouraged that, as it would have been 6 hours on a boat, paying a lot of money, traveling a long distance and freezing our butts off. So we did a ferry ride instead, as it's a great way to view the city, let Kat play in the wind and potentially (though I never had) see marine mammals. Well, surprise, surprise,we saw whales!!!! Lots of whales!! It was awesome! Cheryl has a few pics of them. I didn't get any.

And I have figured out how to send an SMS message (I have no idea what that is) from my iphone to post a pic directly on Katnaps. So, be on the lookout, especially this week as I exploit my new skill and Kat experiences Halloween for the first time! First party is tomorrow- see if you can figure out what she is supposed to be!

Kat loves her lemons.
Love that face!

Here are all 4 of us. We went to the locks and fish ladder. There was ONE lonely salmon looking confused in the fish ladder. At least Cheryl got to see one!

A cute close up.

More feeding of Cheryl. I don't know how she's eating without Kat's help.

Kat makes Dan 'ride' old paint with her. But he's never allowed to hold on at all. It's a riot.

Taking Cheryl to the airport. Kas was happy to pull her bag throughout the terminal. She needed a course correction now and again, but she did drag it all the way to security where we sadly parted with Kat's new toy, Cheryl.

Cheryl's visit, or in Kat's world, Kat's new toy!

There were many airplane rides this AM. There's a video of this on the video bar to the top right of the page.

Kat's turn to give Cheryl a ride....

Yesterday on the ferry, in the wind. There's a (sideways) video of this on the video bar to the top right of the page.

The bubble gun...and Ben

We went to the Salmon Days festival the other day and saw lots of kids with these bubble guns. Now I HATE bubbles. And Kat LOVES them. I always wind up covered in sticky, slime as she wings the wands all over the place and licks the bubble solution out, as blowing them with her own mouth works for her. So I asked a mom where they got it and beelined over there to get us one. We got it out this evening and fun was had by all. And I stayed slime free, though I can't say as much for the dogs. Actually, I think it's a good cleaning tool- as she covered many of the outdoor play items with the bubbles, so when we get a good rain, and I'm sure that we will...they'll all get clean. As will the dogs, I guess.
Once she got the hang of the trigger, she was a maniac. Poor Boo had no idea what was happening (and I hadn't run for the camera yet) and she pretty much covered him from behind, so he didn't even see it coming. He made himself pretty scarce after that.

Cleaning the yard toys.

That face just killed me! It may be the funniest face ever.

Ben actually loves snapping at bubbles. Though tonite, he was more interested in hanging with me, which made for difficult photos and lots of blurry closeups and walk throughs.