Kitchen Screaming and Magnets

Kara now makes frequent trips onto the tile floor of the kitchen from the living room. Usually she will get excited and "chase" someone(usually me), or she will just want to explore a bit. I wouldn't think she would like the cold tile, however, it hasn't appeared to bother her. Kara has discovered her the bucket of alphabet magnets that he sister used to play with all the time. These are especially fun in the kitchen since you can either put them on the refrigerator or smack them on the tile. Addison would quickly join in anytime Kara was playing, which Kara likes as long as Addison doesn't take away any toys Kara is currently playing with. If Addison gets riled up enough, she can get Kara screaming and laughing loud enough to hurt my ears. Below are some pictures from earlier in the week when they were in this playful mood. There are some movies below as well, however, I must warn you that there is some screaming on some of them.






Kitchen Movies:

Kitchen Chase

Addison takes a quick Break to watch TV

Kitchen Chase 2

Kitchen Chase 3

Magnet Time

Feeding Time

Here is Addison helping feed her little sister Kara. The mess afterward was worth it for this photo.

Back to the Park

Addison had wanted to go to the park this past weekend, so we went to the large one in Mills Branch that we had driven by a while back. The park had three separate areas and a large hill in the middle with the greenbelt running between them. There was nobody there since most of the kids were at the community pool up the road. Addison was a little shy about the larger slides unit I went down them with her once. She also rode in one of the swings with me for a few minutes. We found out that Kara does not like to ride in the swings either. She gets that from her sister. Addison also had fun on the little bouncy car they had there. I think this was mainly because it was red.


Here is a quick movie of Addison zooming down one of the slides:

Slide Movie

Kara Going Crazy

Kara loves to sit or lay in an area and have a good time playing with her toys. She will also go nuts when you clap hands with her or dance with her. Addison can get her riled up pretty quickly, however, this time both her mother and Addison participated. Later, Kelly caught Kara doing some of this on tape which you can see below.



Above is after we came back inside to find Kelly and Kara going crazy. So, Addison decided to join in. Here is the movie of Kara going nuts right before we came inside:

Kara going nuts

Singing the Alphabet

Addison has been able to sing the Alphabet song for a while now, but we finally caught her on tape. She is a lot more shy singing it on camera than when she just sings it normally for some reason. Here is the movie:

Alphabet Movie

Memorial Day Weekend

Kelly's Dad and Stepmom swung down a few days prior to Memorial Day weekend. The girls had a blast since they went in the pool most of that week and we had a get-together over the weekend with my parent's as well. I cooked some hamburgers and hot dogs(bratwurst) on the grille as well. We also had some spicy bratwurst, including the Nolan Ryan and Earl Campbell sausages. The spicy kind is my new favorite. Addison was wearing her new floatie that my mom and dad bought her. It works out really well since she can move around in it a lot better than the life-vest one we had previously. Addison was a bit shy about going around in the "big pool" versus the spa(little pool) at first. However, she now swims around on her own and loves to jump to us from the steps. She will still get tired sometimes and want us to help her move around in the big blue floatie.

As you can see in the movies at the bottom, the adults making big splashes was a huge hit with Addison. She also like to jump off the diving board, which really entailed one of us handing her off to someone floating in the pool below. Kara is really content in the water and will float and play unless she gets hungry. She really is pretty relaxed and content in most situations, which is a relief with Addison going crazy all the time.







Here are those pool movies I was talking about:

Pool Movie 1

Pool Movie 2

Pool Movie 3

Pool Movie 4

Pool Movie 5

Pool Movie 6

Pool Movie 7

Reading and Head Shaking

Here are some shots of Kelly and Addison both reading on the couch. I like it when she mimics her mother. It's cute.

Here is a quick movie of Addison shaking her head and getting Kara to do the same. Kara loves interacting with her sister.

Head Shaking Movie