Another attempt

We decided to take the plunge and try being pet owners again. We bought this little guy yesterday and so far he is making a nice addition to the family. His name is Milo and he is a 3 month old Shih Tzu. Kinley absolutely loves him and so far Milo seems to be tolerating her just fine. We took Milo to get groomed today and Kinley cried for most of the car ride home that we left her puppy. Hopefully Milo works out better than our last attempt at dog ownership did.

New Pictures

Here are a few of our pictures from our recent family photo shoot. Thanks do our most talented friend Kandis for taking these for us. They sure look a lot better on my computer before I post them to Blogger, so just pretend the colors look much more vivid.

She's on a roll

Sorry to bombard you all with Kinley's comments, but this girl is on a roll lately. Yesterday while I was getting ready, I was watching the Martina McBride concert that was on t.v. Kinley was in the bath tub playing with "Bath Tub Mickey Mouse" and yells, "mom, this music is making me sad, and now Mickey just died. Great." Personally I find Martina to be rather uplifting so I don't know what her problem is. Apparently she has inherited her father's bad taste in music.

Then today I informed Kinley that Grandpa Reed had to have eye surgery. I suggested we make him a card to help him feel better. She says, "I know, let's get some bubble gum. I can chew it, then put it in my hand and give it to him. That should make his eye feel better." Absolutely! I'm certain the doctor recommended pre-chewed bubble gum as opposed to pain medication.

I saved my favorite for last. Kinley is becoming a huge fan of dancing, loves to watch it. So I showed her a clip from So You Think You Can Dance of a break dancer. While he was spinning like a maniac on his head she says, "oh, I can do that, but I don't feel like showing you right now." I usually don't feel like demonstrating super awesome tricks to people either.

Words of Wisdom From Kinley

"Mom, it's not fun to be filled up with pukes. It makes us sick."

Flashback to about 12:15 am, and I can hear Kinley crying. I get up to see what is wrong. When I open the door she says, "I puked-ded." She tends to add an extra "ed" sound to past tense words. The poor little thing continued to "puked-ded" for the next 3 hours, then fell asleep, tossed, turned, and flopped around all night. I, of course, didn't sleep a wink for fear I was going to get "puked-dud" on. Then, 7 am rolls around, and some how Kinley is magically cured and back to her usual self. Very strange.

Strange conversations

Kinley and I have been having some very strange conversations lately. I'm starting to notice that not only is she one very funny and silly little girl, she is also a tad on the strange side. Here's a few of our conversations.

Kinley: "Mom, I was talking to Heavenly Father and I said, Heavenly Father, I don't want to eat the seeds (on her strawberries), and he said, that's okay, you don't have to eat the seeds. Then I said, Heavenly Father, I really want some Handy Manny toys, and Heavenly Father said, of course you can have some Handy Manny toys."

Me: "Did Heavenly Father say how you were going to pay for the toys?"

Kinley: "He told me to ask Santa."

Kinley: "Mom, you can't be my best friend anymore. Reese is so much my best friend, I don't have room for you."

Me: "Well that makes me sad. Who is going to be my best friend?"

Kinley: "Maybe daddy has room for you."

Rich and I have both been very busy attending various different church meetings. It seemed like one of us was at a meeting almost every day last week (okay, mostly me). Kinley calls them "mediums", seems like a strange word to not be able to pronounce. Today, I overheard her talking to a few of her friends of the stuffed variety. It went something like this: "Raffey, we are having a medium in 5 minutes. If you are late, you are going to be in big trouble. Tiger, you have to be at the medium too." I only caught the beginning of the meeting, but it was pretty funny. "Thanks for coming to my medium. Today we are going to the dentist. If I'm nice, we get Monsters vs Aliens. Don't ruin it for me." To this I will just say, classic Kinley.

Introducing

Before I had a child, I use to say idiotic things like, "my child will never do.....". Apparently I have bad karma or something. Naturally, my child is doing all of the things I said she wouldn't, and worse. For some strange reason, I always figured that my child would not be one to insist on wearing some crazy outfit in public. I thought for sure I would be able to talk them out of this. As I feast upon my words, let me take this time to introduce you to our new Superhero.

I know what you are all thinking. It's a bird. No, it's a plane. No, it's just Kinley in a ridiculous mask. Wrong! This amazing creature is Batgirl. Batgirl made her first appearance a little over a week ago. Thanks to a cape that I was able to use my poor sewing skills to make, and a great $1 bat mask from Target, we now have this beautiful creature running around. At first, Batgirl was just content to "save" people that were in our house. Then, she needed to save a few people in our neighborhood and we had to take a walk in her costume. Then yesterday, apparently the folks at Walmart were in peril and she insisted on going to save them. I must say, I am proud of myself for actually letting her wear the costume out in public, it is a big step for me. Plus, she makes a pretty cute little super hero.

Shortly after this picture was taken, Kinley said "okay mom, Batgirl to the rescue!" Hopefully she can rescue my sanity, motherhood seems to be knocking it out of me.

Another classic from Kinley

Earlier this week, I was heading out to the movie with some friends. I had Kinley in bed and was just waiting for Rich to come home from his meetings at the church. As I was grabbing my bag and jacket, I could hear Kinley yelling for me. I opened the door and asked her what was wrong. She said, "I put my hand down my pants and now it stinks. I think you should wash it." I thought it was pretty funny, totally disgusting, but pretty funny. The sad part is, it isn't the first time it has happened.