Open House

So Kenzi's school had Open House on Thursday. It was funny in that I had to hang posters for PTA (Be a PTA board member!) and you could feel the anxiousness in the air before they let everyone in. But nonetheless, everyone seemed to have a good time and Kenzi was especially excited.

Here is what was at Kenzi's spot on her table.

This apparently is where the children can sit when it is time to read.

So the next class room we went to was the music room. I asked if Kenzi really hit her head with these tubes to which she said yes. Maybe that is why she runs in circles!!

This instrument looks a little less painful but it is definitely louder.
So there was a snack bar in the cafeteria to which I had Carter take Kenzi as I had to get back to the PTA table. It was a fun night and I was really happy to find how many people I recognized and knew. Later, Kari

Kenzi makes her own lunch!!!

So now that Kenzi is going to be a big sister She has made some strides towards maturing. One of the steps is that she decided that she would make her lunch. "Becuase big sisters need to know how to make their lunch!" So one miraculous morning, she woke up early eager to do so.

Here she is looking for the jam.

She is getting the frozen Go-Gurt and telling me it is cold.

This is the first time that she has put peanut butter on anything.

Her accomplisment! She was so proud of herself!

When my mom came to visit last she had Kenzi slice olives with a butter knife. I had not really thought about letting her use a knife beofre that but pretty much since then she uses it like a five year old would. Though everyday she gets better. She will be throwing them in no time!

I know this is not a life changing moment. However, I am so very thankful for Kenzi and am just amazed at how fast she is growing. I am even more thankful that she is SO excited to be a big sister! Enjoy! Kari

The rest of February...

So February seemed to have flown by in a blur! So here is the rest of the month!



Valentine's Day Party! Kenzi was so excited for her party and it is so GREAT that she gets excited that I come too. I really wonder how long that will last! But anywho, here is Kenzi handing out chocolate heart suckers to her classmates.
KEnzi digging to see what she got from her classmates. The children were beyond excited to open up the bags!

One of the parents had the brilliant idea of bringing chicken McNuggets. Every kid had them!

We brought a craft just in case the children had time after the valentines and food. And thank goodness. They were foam planes, which the kids seemed to like. Apparently Mackenzie thought it required some concentration!

And then... I thought maybe it wasn't such a good idea to do planes as the kids are running around the room and throwing the planes. And this is of course after the sugar!

Tuscon Arizona

So the REAL reason for the blur was our family traveled to Tucson Arizona on President's weekend. While we were there we went to the Children's museum. and Kenzi was in Heaven the whole time!
A life sized connect four.

A future "One of Texas' finest!"

Carter and Kenzi getting me ALL wet!

Kenzi going down the fireman's pole. The first time she was not to happy!

So it seemed that everytime I turn a corner in this place, I was saying "Oh I want a magnetic wall in our house! That is a great idea!" This was one of those moments!

Our artist. She is constantly bringing home pictures that she has painted or drawn for us.

The music room. Even Carter was getting into it. That is a flipflop he is using to cover PVC pipe. Pretty cool. Seriously things I had no idea about!

So probably the absolute CUTEST thing was they had a vets office. To which Kenzi jumped right in and made friends and helped sick animals. She even told Carter that his dog had to stay for ten days and have special food becuz it was struggling with his heart moving in his chest. Though the dog was all better when his ten days were up!

So in one of the rooms there was a pile of bean bags that I fell into and had to be pulled out of. But of course we had to have Kenzi take a picture first. Not bad, don't you think? I mean the picture taking!So hopefully this wasn't too long. Though you are probably most wondering about the visit with the birth mom. It went great and we are glad we made the trip. And the best part... She said she was still glad that she picked us! So not much time left until Steeler gets here! Thanks to everyone for the love and support! Later! Kari