Kallee is 4!

Kallee turning 4

Our Kallee turned 4, though it took forever to really celebrate it.   I have issues with the shoulder and tennis.   Plus then Jayden got sick and smashed his thumb in the car.  Then Alison and Kallee got sick.  So we finally got to celebrate it two weeks ago.

Kallee was okay with that as long as we had a party and she got to have one of those.  As always, it was full of pink and it was princess themed.  She really does love to act like a little princess.  She likes to dress up, especially with the shoes.  She likes wearing the shoes.   She likes to take me and have a little tea party with her dolls every once in a while.  I do my best to be a good tea party guest, but I sometime fail and she scolds me, but seems to forgive me easily.

This year has gone well for Kallee, She finally got potty trained and we are also do not need to buy anymore diapers of any kind.  That is a great feeling.   She is only crying in the swimming lessons every other time.  I am hoping she starts getting over that fear soon as well. 

Her language skills and verbiage are getting more extensive and clearer.  We did take here to a speech specialist and we were told she is doing okay for her age.    She definitely struggles with her words when she is mad or crying, and she will get frustrated with you if you do not understand her, but most of the time my little girl and I are on the same page.

Here are some stories that I can remember over the past year:

I will remember this year as the year of the sneaky Kallee,  if you are not careful, you will find your candy had been eaten by the Kallee sugar hound.  She loves sweets so much, to the point we have had to either get rid of the sweets or moved them to way out of her reach.   Her sweet tooth is enormous and her nose just can smell it from anywhere in the house.  Jayden has even lost a Easter Bunny to the Kallee sugar hound.   She will also borrow your pens and markers as well as your scissors to cut her doll’s hair so you have to keep one eye on her at all times.

But she is also one of the happiest kids I know.  She can make you smile by just listening to her talk to her dolls or explain to no one what she is doing, like putting on her clothes or playing in the bath.  She is a creature of habits, wanting you to “sit with her a little while” every night.  She loves being in Jayden’s bed.  Yes, she sleeps in Jayden’s bedroom while Jayden has taken over the spare bedroom, after we moved out way over 75 garbage sacks full of clothes and toys.   She likes to emulate her brother whom I know is someone she looks up to.  She loves to hang out with JJ and torture the poor boy.  But you can tell she really thinks he is one of the greatest people ever. 

I will remember that Kallee moved from size 2 to size 3 in a month and then to size 4 within 4 months.   I will remember all the ways she gets her hair done and the only thing I could do is comb it and put in what I call the sports Pony, which is wrapping the band 3 times and the pulling the hair up to get it tight on the back of her head.

I will remember that she loves pink clothes and purple.  I will remember the painting and artwork.  Her lack of girly attitude when it comes to insects, and her thumb in her mouth when she is bored or nervous.  

I will never forget the pain of toilet training or how she found the right swim instructor who would not let her give up on going under water or give into her insistent crying.  How she tells us to stop talking or the hysterical cries when she is really upset.     Or how she looks in her little dance outfit and how proud she feels when she does something right.

I will miss the time she decides that climbing up on you and putting her nose on yours is not cool.  Or the Kallee Boo hugs that I would get when I was gone too long for her taste.   I will miss the phone calls asking where I am and why I am not home.   I listen to the Darius Rucker song It won’t be like this for long and think to myself how I have to slow down and listen and pay attention to these times.

So here is to slowing down and paying attention.  Here is to a start of a good summer.  Here is to going to Hawaii and spending time with our kids… as a family.  Here is to the next adventure..