My little cheerleader

From the day Kinley was born, I have been grooming her to appreciate college football.  Mostly, I have been teaching her of the greatness of the BYU Cougars and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and of course to despise USC.  I have had to be rather sneaky about teaching her to be a Cougar fan, what with her dad being a Ute fan and all.  So, every chance I would get, we would sing the Cougar fight song.  Finally, during the BYU vs. UCLA game, since BYU scored like a hundred touchdowns, she finally let out a "rah rah, rah rah rah, GOOOO COUGARS".  Oh, persistence sure pays off.

So, with one huge victory under my belt, it was time to push harder on the Husker cheers. Yesterday Kinley and I put on our red Husker shirts and prepared for the game.  As the game started, I told Kinley to say what I said, "Go Big Red!"  Kinley said, "Go Big Red, Yellow, Purple".  Ugh, sigh.  Maybe next week. 

Shower incident #2

What is it about kids and their ability to know the worst times to bother you.  Before showering yesterday, I put on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for Kinley, like I always do.  I was about half way done with my shower when the door flies open and Kinley comes flying in hysterical.  She pulls the shower curtain back and yells, "mama, get out!"  She even added a finger pointing the direction I was to get out in.  I asked, "What's the matter Kinley?  Mommy is right in the middle of her shower".  Still hysterical, she yells, "get out NOW!".  I was getting a little worried, so I jumped out of the shower, grabbed my towel, and headed to see what the problem was.  Not to worry, she had accidentally turned the channel and was having to watch ESPN.  Rich will be devastated to know that Kinley doesn't like watching Sports Center over and over either.

New Addition

After much discussion and much searching, we have finally added to our little family. Meet our new little baby, Mazy.Mazy was found by my grandparents in Utah.  She was hanging around the retirement community they live in and appeared to have no owners.  So, they rescued her and sent her up to us.  We really have no idea what kind of dog she is or how old she is, but she is turning out to be a very good dog.  She is completely house trained and never barks...pretty good for a stray dog.

Kinley, being absolutely obsessed with animals, absolutely loves her (unless Mazy is sitting on mommy's lap, then she's not a fan).  Kinley spent all day yesterday talking and barking commands at Mazy.  "Mazy, play doll house", "Mazy, get down", "Mazy, come here".  It was actually rather entertaining.  Kinley especially loves when Mazy tries to sit on her lap.  And if you're wondering, no, dogs can't play doll house, but our dog will lay by the doll house and act interested, so I guess that is close enough.

I think we all need a little time to adjust to our new addition, but here's to some new puppy love.

Self esteem boost

While taking my shower this morning, Kinley performed her usual routine of coming in and out of the bathroom several times and chucking toys in the bathroom.  As soon as I stepped out of the shower I heard a loud "oh, hi mama".  I said, "hi Kinley".  She then looked at me funny, wrinkled her nose, and said, "ew, cucka".  To which I promptly replied "you're cucka".  Very mature, I know.  Then I promptly informed her that I used to look better before her pregnancy ruined my body and gave me all of these lovely stretch marks.  I think I handled that well.

Like mother like daughter

She might look just like her daddy, but I think she picked something up from her mommy.  Where else did she learn to put things in such a straight line???

Of course, Kinley insisted on giving her "friends" a snack.  She wanted 1 vanilla wafer per "friend", but she had 20 friends out, so we settle on "fwee cuckoos".  And yes, the kitties are eating their cookies with their bums...or maybe this was Kinley's way of telling me they were done with their snacks.