I have quite a bit to catch up on, so this is going to be a longer post. First I’ll share some quick Katy-isms:
* “Mommy, dat bird is eating germs” when she meant to say “worms” – in her Brooklyn accent
* Laying down for naptime “Mommy, ewww…you smell like chips” after we had Doritos for lunch
* “Mommy, I want a apple with the crust cut off” – meaning skin peeled off
* “Mommy, I not shary-ing my toy wid Allen” – the concept of self-tattle
* “Wherza mole, wherza mole?” – trying to find the mole on my arm to pinch while she goes to sleep – gross! Sometimes now I say it to her while I feel all over her arms and she dies laughing!

OK, Allen is now stomping all over the house and doesn’t crawl anymore. He can do everything except get to a standing position without pulling up on something. He laughs at anything and everything, and is a good sport about Katy picking on him more lately. We’re about to transition him off bottles to sippy cups…sad times. I think he’ll do ok since he’s so easy going. And he’s getting another bottom tooth, so he’ll soon have four up top and three below.

Here are Katy’s pictures for her flapper skirt costume.

And here are the pics from her official recital. She really hammed it up and had a ball!

We celebrated Memorial Day at Jerry & Kathy’s house with yummy steaks. Allen had a blast! My nephew Jake caught one huge bullfrog which Katy loved…from a distance. She’s sporting a dress the Mom delivered from my sister Laura. It came with a matching dress for a dolly…adorable! After the frog incident Aunt Kathy pulled out her baby possum and Katy fell in love!

Katy’s dance class met up for their big celebration at The Bounce and Katy rode that huge slide again…but never alone. My friend Holly helped her each time while Allen made goo goo eyes at Holly’s little daughter. He also played ball, which he loves!

For my sister Amy’s birthday we all went to Keith & Sarah’s place and had a swim-tastic time!! The Wii was a huge hit, especially the Mario Kart driving game for Katy and Mimsy. I caught tons of cute pictures that weekend and even Laura let me shoot her! I love the lighting in Sarah’s bathroom. She should open a portrait studio in there.

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Friday the kids and I were getting cabin fever so I told Katy we were going to do something fun after we cleaned up the house. Well, it was somewhat clean when I decided to take them to Gattiland for the first time. Peter met us there, but I was feeling pretty brave being there for the first 20 minutes with just me to wrangle those hoodlums. The food was disgusting and Katy didn’t eat anything but some jello, but Allen loved it all! After we ate I took Katy to the bathroom and she finally was the game room. Her face looked like she was seeing Disney World for the first time! It was all I could do to drag her into the restroom and take care of her business. Our most fun ride we did as a family. It had two seats that reclined like dental chairs, and you were tilted all over on a virtual roller coaster ride. Allen didn’t like the shaking too much, but once I faced him away from the screen he was ok. Katy screamed for the full two minutes of the ride, as if she really thought she was on a coaster. People were walking by laughing at her and I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe!

And finally, yesterday Peter went out to water the lawn with his little buddy trailing behind in a swimsuit. She put her new swim goggles on and played in the sprinkler, rode the wet slide and blew bubbles with her daddy. Allen really wanted to join them but he is so allergic to mosquito bites that I didn’t dare let him. It was dusk and that’s the worst time for bugs. Instead he was stuck inside with me and I gave him his all-time favorite delight – a bath!!

With all these photos in one post my blog might blow up. I can’t believe how much we seem to do every week. I think we need a vacation from our vacations!