The mailman

On Friday, I took Kinley over to her friends house to play.  When I went back to pick her up, we were visiting on their front porch when the mailman came.  Kinley was so excited and told her friends, "look, it's the mailman.  He's my father."  Needless to say, Kinley's friends' mom gave me quite a look of shock.  Very funny but rather awkward.  I assured her I was just as surprised to hear this information as she was.  Thank heavens Kinley looks exactly like her daddy so we don't have any further confusion.

Trying to be like Jesus

Today I heard Kinley singing the following lyrics to "I'm Trying to be Like Jesus".

I'm trying to be like Jesus, 

Trying to not spit and be a princess.

Not only were the lyrics way off, but the tune to the second line didn't really fit at all.  Oh well, at least she's working on doing something positive.

Busy, busy, busy

I have been a serious blog slacker lately, my apologies.  We have been spending quite a bit of time outside now that the weather is some what tolerable.  If we aren't outside, you'll most likely find us hanging out in the bathroom waiting for Kinley to go potty.  We are very happy to report that she is wearing her big girl undies and doing fairly well, just down to the occasional accident.  So a big yay for Kinley.  I think I might actually miss spending all of this time in the bathroom with her, she says the most hilarious things while she's on the potty.  She is constantly saying things like, "relax, be patient, I don't have time for this, chillax", etc.  My absolute favorite is when she told our adopted family that she made a "pine cone poop" and it was "so big".  Aahh, still makes me laugh.

We are also going to try our hands at gardening this year.  I am trying not to get my hopes up too high for this garden since I have managed to kill every plant I have ever owned.  Luckily we have a few people around us that are sharing their gardening skills with us, so fingers crossed for some fresh vegetables from the garden.  We had to kill off the grass and then basically rototill it to death.  We'll be planting soon, hopefully, if the weather will cooperate and warm up a bit.

Kinley's new favorite thing to do is play golf in the backyard with her daddy.  She was able to earn a nice little set of clubs for herself.  She is surprisingly good at it and is learning how to hit the ball pretty well.  I, of course, am making her spend equal amounts of time playing softball with me and I am happy to report that she is showing some real potential, quite a hitter.  Kinley can often be heard singing her own praises, such as, "I'm the winner", or "I'm the greatest hitter", she's very humble too. 

Rich's friend Brett sent him this awesome shirt.  If you can't tell, it is Carlton from "The Fresh Prince".  The shirt is at least 10 times brighter in real life.  I tried to tell Rich that it really didn't match with his royal blue shorts, but in reality, it doesn't really match with much else.  I just wanted this particular Rich outfit documented somewhere.  I'm sure those of you out there that have had your ties mocked will enjoy this.

Mother's Day

First of all, Happy Mother's Day to all of the mom's out there, especially our own mom's.  Today while laying down with Kinley to take a nap, she paid me the following compliment.

Kinley:  "Oh mommy, I love your eyeball"

Me:  "Well that's nice of you to say"

Kinley:  "It's so hairy, I like that"

Then, filled with the warm fuzzies of motherhood, we drifted off to sleep, hairy eyeballs and all.