Kensi's 4th Birthday!

She wanted a parfait like in the "Fancy Nancy" books. This is a BIG parfait! And she insisted that it have brownies in it and cherries on top.

She got some Strawberry Shortcake and Tinkerbell dolls. After perusing the little girl aisle at Wal-mart we are very glad that she is still into Strawberry Shortcake and Tinkerbell and NOT Barbie!

Posing!

Breakfast blueberry pancakes with a cherry on top!

"...everything!"

Kensi's birthday is next Wednesday and today I asked her what she wants for her birthday.  Her reply?  "...everything!"  

Well, there you have it.  That definitely narrowed things down! 

The rains came down...

Kensi was singing The Wise Man and the Foolish Man today and was singing...

"The rains came down and the flowers came up..."

It was very cute!

Kids fall pictures

 Kaiden

 

 Nicolas

 

 Luke

 

 Afton

 

 Makensi

 

Garrett

Kensi's 3rd Birthday!!!

Kensi turned 3 on Mar. 10th! Happy Birthday Kensi! She thinks that she is a big girl now. Aunt Amy was over the other day and told Kensi that she wasn't old enough to stay home by herself, and Kensi said, "but I had my birthday so I can to."

Marshyl started a tradition last year with drawing a sign for the kids for their birthday to hang on the wall. He didn't know what to draw for Kensi, so I suggested a Strawberry Shortcake since that is what she wanted for her birthday. He spent half of the night drawing Kensi's sign, it is by far the best sign so far! He totally did it freestyle and when he went to paint it, he realized that we had no green paint and very little blue. But he made it work. Marsh is an amazing artist!

We took her to Wingers for her birthday lunch and then to Toys R Us to pick out a present. All she wanted was Strawberry Shortcake and so of course we couldn't find ANYTHING Strawberry Shortcake! We did finally find 2 dolls at Toys R Us, and she loved them. When we got home I started feeling really sick and was in bed the rest of the day. I don't even know what I had that time, I have have had EVERYTHING in the past month. But Dad saved the day by making the cake...strawberry shortcake, of course! She had a great birthday!

I'm a big girl now!

Kensi is obsessed with chap stick and every time I put on lip stick, she wants some too. Of course I tell her "No". I left my make up bag down where she could get it the other day and boy did she ever get it! This is what she looked like when she was done with herself. She loved the lip stick and the mascara. She even got the mascara ON her eye lashes. Now that takes talent!

Kensi's 2 year check up

Kensi had her well child check up today. She is really closer to 2.5 years old, but that's life sometimes. She is doing great!

She is 35.5 inches tall and 28 lbs. 3 oz.

Bathing Beauties

Two bathing beauties. Afton had been out in the sun and got a little burned. A bath felt great!

Kensi's first real hair cut

More hair...

Today Kensi got her first REAL hair cut! I say "real" because we did buzz off all of the yucky hair that remained a couple of months after her surgery; but that doesn't count as a real hair cut. So here we are 1.5 years later and she needed a real hair cut. Her hair was getting so long! I took off about 3 inches in the back to even it up with the front. She looks great!

before

after

Kensi set the table

Last night I asked Kensi to help Afton set the table. I came in a while later and found that she had set the place settings, just not on the table. She was really proud of herself!