In the past we have stayed at their home for one week. This time we had two wonderful weeks of cool weather. When I say cool, I mean COOL. It had been in the lower to mid 60's and cloudy. Even Chris who laughs at people who wear sweatshirts when the temps dip below 70 was cold. Below are some pictures of what our 4th of July looked like.
View from the Frost home
Kate did not get to wear her fabulous 4th of July outfits - yes 2, of course! - because it was cold. She had a really cute red, white and blue dress with red sandals for the evening. Her day outfit was denim cutoffs with red, white and blue embroidered stars and a white tank. We all ended up wearing sweatshirts that evening while we relaxed by the fire. Can you believe it? Sweatshirts and a fire on 4th of July? Only in California, never in Yuma!
Kate with Nana and Papa
Kate with Mommy and Daddy (she wasn't in the mood for picture taking, surprise surprise)
While in Carlsbad we took Kate to the park and to the strawberry farm. She went down a slide for the first time and LOVED it. Kate quickly figured out how to climb the steps to the top of the slide and go down. She flipped and slid down on her belly a couple of times, but that just made it more fun for her. Kate did not really dig the strawberry farm as much as we wanted her to. We may have picked a bad time that was too close to her nap time, who knows? But we all still had a good time and it was a good experience.
Kate getting ready to go down the slide
Eh, wrong way but always a good time - she got the hang of it though!
Look at my teeth mom! (Kate has 8 teeth with one molar poking out right now)
Daddy showing Kate which berries to pick
Kate sampling a not so sweet berry
"Augh mom, not another picture!"
During our time away from home Kate learned some new things. We picked up a toddler bowl/spoon/fork set and Kate started using it like a pro. Since we started feeding her "real" food I have always given her a spoon which she always chewed on, banged or threw to the ground. It was really just to expose her to it and get used to holding it. Within the past month I started showing her how to scoop food and put in her mouth. One time I could not scoop the food and started putting the food on the spoon with my fingers and she copied me...really cute but not the way to do it. Anyhow, I think she has a pretty good hang of it now and is even "stabbing" food with her fork.
Kate even picked up a new word, "don't". For the past week she has been saying, "don't go" in a sing-song kind of voice. Her favorite expression is still "uh-oh" and still loves to tell mommy, "no" or shake her head no at me. Kate has also grasped the concept of giving people kisses. It is so cute! I can say "give me kiss" or "dame un besito" and she will do it. We had some friends visit us while in Carlsbad and my friend brought her two-year old and Kate gave him a kiss - it was too cute!
Kate giving Cristian un besito
We love all the kissing too! Although sometimes she doesn't get the pucker right and just goes for it open mouthed.
ReplyDeleteYes, we did not get a picture of Kate trying to tongue Cristian...she also does the "mu-wha" sound when going in for a kiss - really cute. Kate also has much love for Blake and has been going for kisses towards him.
ReplyDeleteLet's see if she'll give Grayson a smooch! Molly's not too sure about him!!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had a great time in CA. Too bad we couldn't hook up while we were over there. It was chilly, but such a nice break from here.