Kallee Boo’s and the end of the summer

Kallee had a great and fun August as the end of the summer came and went pretty fast.
We took Kallee to the beach and while she loved the beach she hated the bath that followed. She so fun to watch as she would jump like a dog into sand pits and she loved to drive over all of the Sand Castles that her Mommy and Grandfather made. She was happy on the beach except for the cold. Not a fan of the cold.
Kallee also loved the walks with the stroller around Seaside, OR. The Place that we go to is called Rivertide Suites and it is an Excellent Place to stay and easily accessible to the Beach as well as Main Street in Seaside. The Rooms which are really big with Washer and Dryer as well as a full Kitchen and Cable in two rooms with a view are great and very comfortable. So we would take at least two and maybe three trips around Seaside, OR. Kallee would tell us where she would want to go which was usually to candy or the Carousel. She loved the Oregon Salt Water Taffy which I find very tasty. I also like that you can buy pop in glass bottles made with pure cane sugar. Nothing better than great sugar for my daughter and I.
She had only one melt down and she went to bed that night at 7 o clock. So for a Vacation that lasted 8 days that is not bad.
We also visited the Portland Zoo, and she loved the animals, especially any animal that was in the water. She like looking through the glass at the fish and the crocs, and other various water creatures. Plus the big Elephants and the Wild Dogs and everything made the time fun.
Kallee has grown a lot this summer. Her vocabulary is getting larger by the day. She is using small sentences and multi-syllabic words with ease and is asking what the names of various objects are. She still does not need many words to communicate as she still uses great facial expressions and of course the finger point. She gets along great with her big brother. They played well together during the summer and only annoyed each other once a day.
Her diet is becoming more vegetables, cheese products, sugar, and fruits as she is getting older. We threw out much of the candy we acquired from Valentines, Halloween, Christmas, and Vacations because she kept pointing to those things all day. She likes crackers and will some meat groups but her tastes are towards the sweet side.
Kallee also had her first real scare of her life as her father took her up to fishhook and the Snake River. Kallee was swimming with friends and family when she got fascinated by logs that created a walk way by a little swimming place at the park. The walkway curves and she started to go into a blind spot where the walkway bends. So I got up just in case she got in trouble and it was a good thing I did. When I got to her she had slipped off the logs and was struggling in the water to stay afloat. She had a life vest on, which is set up to turn a young child around face up, but it does not work if you struggle against it which she was, so she was going down for the third time when I got to her and pulled her up right out of the water. She coughed up a like river water and then we sat there together for a while holding each other. Kallee is a strong person, very strong willed who will fight you when she does not get her way or you are trying to get her to do something she does not want to. But at that time we both just sat there both felling vulnerable and knowing how much we needed each other. At the time I was extremely calm and knew exactly what I was supposed to do and look for as a First Aid Person. It was only later that night when I could not sleep that the fear of what could have happened hit me. How if I had not gotten up right when I lost vision of her. How much her life means to me. How much I love my daughter. How much I let her get away with because she is my little princess. I know one thing for sure is that I will always, ALWAYS be there for my children.

Kallee And the best Wedding for her

Kallee went to one of the best weddings for her. As a two year old nothing could be better then a wedding outside with a big hill and a play set with slide and climbing material as well as a bouncy house. Kallee might not have enjoyed the ceremony but I know that all others did as they watched two people start their lives together as one.

My Cousin Allison Married her beau Robbie in Moses Lake at a place called our hidden meadow. www.ourhiddenmeadow.com

It was a beautiful wedding with a great view and really good food including a wonderful chicken mole by the groom's mother. It was fun and festive and a really good time.

The pastor talk about the lifetime covenant that a man and woman enter when they become husband and wife and the families got a chance to meet each other.

It has to be one of the first times that our side of the family was either outduled or at least equaled on the dance floor by the other side of the family. That is a good thing as Kallee's and Jayden's auntie Grandma's Janet, Nancy, and the rest of the family love to get down to We are family.

Here is a video of the Dancing

Madeline's 8th Birthday

Kallee and Jayden enjoying themselves at Madeline's 8th Birthday.




Kallee and Jayden also enjoyed themselves a lot last week as they got to spend a week with their Grandparents. Grandma and Grampa Lee got to play with them from Monday through Wednesday Morning and Grandma and Grandpa Gebers had them until Friday night. I believe all had a lot of fun and enjoyed the time a lot while Jayden and Kallee got to take advantage of both grandparents by staying up later than daddy lets them. Kallee and Jayden told me they loved spending time with all involved.

Thank you to all who played and had fun with our kids while we got fun in the sun.

Love you !!!