1st Snow of the Season

While I like snow, I have been happy to have such a warm winter! For the fact that our heating bill has been much lower than last year!!! It was nice to get a quick snow this season. It came in around 5pm Sunday night and was completely melted my Monday afternoon!

KFC was eager to go play in the snow as soon as it started falling. I stayed inside and watched! After warning her that snow is slippery, her feet slipped out from under her and landed right on her butt. Daddy came to the rescue (bottom right)

Our dogs LOVE the snow. Elle has always loved eating thrown snowballs and the tradition continues with Maggie. 

The next morning the snow was all finished. On the railing of the porch it measured 1 1/2 inches, in the yard it measured from 2 1/2 to 3 inches.

KFC's preschool was delayed an hour so we took the extra time to play in the snow. Glad she got to because it was ALL melted my the time I got home. I spent around 40 minutes that morning scraping mounds and mounds of snow off the van! All that effort for just hours later it to be all gone. Oh well, nice work out for me :) 

5 Years Old

Today marks a very happy and sad day for me! 5 years ago today, I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of a sweet little baby girl! February 6 2007 is day I never though I would get to experience. This day is a day for me to remember just how fortunate I was to conceive and carry a baby. But as she turns 5 today, she will no longer be considered a "preschooler" as she will be starting school in the fall. I am definitely out of the baby years and on to the school years and that makes me super sad. I always knew that one day she would go to Kindergarten but knew she was years away from it, but oh how quickly 5 years snuck up on me!

Today when she woke up, I asked her how old she was. With wide eyes, she happily replied 5! Then she asked why she wasn't any taller and why her face still looked the same. Told her these things don't change overnight! :)

This year I am starting a thing where every year I will ask her the same set of questions and see how her response changes to them. Here are her '5 Year Old Responses'. We definitely got a kick out of her answers! The last question made me sad because I know how much she wants a brother/sister and she loves to pretend she is having a baby.

Kaile's 22 Questions

5 Years Old

1. What is something Mommy always says to you? Be good

2. What is something Daddy always says to you? Cute

3. What is Mommy really good at? Exercising (yeah right!)

4. What is Daddy really good at? Feed the chickens

5. What do you and Mommy do together? Play games and do crafts

6. What do you and Daddy do together? Play Hide and Seek

7. How do you know Mommy loves you? Because she does

8. How do you know Daddy loves you? Because I'm Cute

9. Favorite Color? Purple/Blue/Pink

10. Favorite Toy? Dolls

11. Favorite TV Show? Phineas and Ferb

12. Favorite Food? Ketchup & Nuggets

13. Favorite Game? Duck Duck Goose

14. Favorite Snack? Goldfish

15. Favorite Animal Elephant/Bird/Bunny

16. Favorite Song? Itsy Bitsy Spider

17. Favorite Book? Green Eggs & Ham/Tinkerbell

18. Best Friend Piper

19. Favorite thing to do outside? Swing/Barbie Car/Dogs

20. Favorite Drink? Juice/KoolAid

21. Favorite think to sleep with? Moses (Bunny)

22. What do you want to be when you grow up? Have kids