Adventures in Kennedyland

We love Kennedy so much partly because she keeps us entertained constantly.  She is a funny little girl with a huge personality, and I'm sure it will just get bigger as she does.  Yesterday Brett put his tie on her and she looked hilarious.

My favorite picture is this one though because her face is just priceless.  It's like Frank Caliendo's Donald Trump face.  I couldn't find a good picture to give you a hyperlink to, so hopefully you know what I'm talking about.

But she didn't stop there.  This morning I was sitting on the couch and she crawled around the corner towards her room.  She has a basket for toys that Lucy loves to lay in.  Kennedy is constantly attacking (as nicely as she can of course) Lucy and she is learning how to climb up on things.  The combination of these three factors led to this picture.

Maybe I'm a bad mom because she was crying when I took this picture...but it was way too funny to pass up.  Don't worry.  I didn't let her cry for more than 2 minutes.

She was totally stuck and couldn't move herself at all.  She is so funny!  We laugh at her all the time.  We have so much fun with her.  I will keep you up to date on all of her antics.

Shrove Tuesday = Mardi Gras = Pancake Day

Today is Shrove Tuesday, better known as Mardi Gras.  But did you know that it is also Pancake Day?  And this isn't some random holiday - it's a tradition to eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.  I found a few interesting tidbits on Baking and Books that I thought I would share with you.

• The pancakes we know today were invented in Medieval Europe with the first pancake recipe appearing in a 1430 AD manuscript.
• National Pancake Day is based on the tradition of Shrove Tuesday.  It is the day before the Catholic season of Lent begins and in the Middle Ages it was common to prepare for the austerity of Lent by using up all the eggs, butter and milk in your pantry.  Considered luxuries, these ingredients were forbidden during Lent so they were often made into huge batches of pancakes.
• In the small town of Olney, England there is an annual Pancake Race that's been a tradition since the year 1445.  According to legend, it all began when an Olney housewife heard the church bells begin to ring one morning, summoning everyone to service.  She was so anxious to get there that she ran outside with her skillet and pancakes.  Nowadays this story is reenacted when contestants line up, skillets in hand, waiting for the "pancake bell" to ring.  Once it does they begin tossing their pancakes in the air - and catching them too - as they race 400 yards to the church.  When the race is over, everyone enjoys a community pancake party.
• The world record for pancake tossing is 416 flips in 2 minutes.

Who knew?  Happy Pancake Day and Mardi Gras to everyone!!

A Chain of Giving

I entered this on Noelle's blog, so now I need to pass it along to you!  The first 5 people to comment on this post (and continue the chain on your blog) will receive something made by me!  What it is will depend on how close you are to me, so I'm not going to specify anything.  You'll just have to be surprised. :)  Good luck!

And now for something completely different (that you don't have to put on your blog)...

love that I get to plan Kennedy's birthday already!

hate that I have to wait 2 months to implement it

love that I finally have some snacks and good food around the house

hate that since I'm home all day I will eat it

love that I got my new Cooking Light today!

hate that we already went shopping and I'll have to wait until next week to try any of the recipes

love that Brett now only has to work every 3rd Saturday

hate that he still has to work Saturdays at all

love that we get to watch Lost tonight

hate that we have to watch it a day later than everyone else

love that Brett is doing so well in his class

hate that it's in Lehi in the evening

love that I'm getting way better at using the leftover food we have

hate nothing....

Rubber Ducky, You're the One

I thought it was about time that I took some bath pictures of Kennedy since we don't have any.  It is so convenient to have her be able to sit up on her own in the bath!  I know she's been doing it for a while, but it's still awesome.

She loves the bath!  Her favorite thing to do, of course, is splash.  She gets me really wet.  She also loves to crawl around the tub and chew on all of her toys.  Lucy likes to come and look at the water, which is a little bit distracting to Kennedy, and she tries to stand up.  I keep trying to tell her that we don't stand up in the tub, but she doesn't listen. :)

We usually give her baths in the morning instead of at night, because she has so much hair that if she sleeps on it wet it dries weird.  Plus the water doesn't really make her sleepy.

Kennedy turned 10 months old yesterday.  I can't believe it.  She's been out of my tummy longer than she was in it.  She's getting huge and so grown-up!  She loves Lucy, sitting with mom, Baby and Little Einsteins, playing the piano, singing, classical music, playing with daddy, and many other things!  She has a new habit of sticking her fingers in my mouth and feeling my teeth, especially when I'm singing to her.  She has started to stick her fingers in my eyes and try to stick them in my nose.  Thankfully she hasn't won out on that one.  Yet.

Who Needs Toys?

The bottom shelf of our bookshelf is reserved for Kennedy's toys.  Everyday she looks in there and finds fun things to play with.  Lately she has decided though that the shelf itself is more fun than the toys.

Once all of the toys are out, she climbs in and sits in the shelf.  She will play with the toys that are still in there, but she just loves to sit in it!  She will get too big for it soon enough, but it's quite entertaining for the moment.  And she's so happy!

And for a Valentine's Day report: it was great!  When Brett came home he brought me a beautiful bouquet of roses and pink lilies, a box of cookies, and a poem that he had written me.  He even brought Kennedy a strawberry snack that she loved.  We went to PF Chang's for dinner, which was delicious, and then we went to a dance that our church put on.  It was way more fun than I thought it would be, since I haven't been to a church dance since high school.  It was very successful and we had a great day!