This Christmas was all about Pirates and Princesses this year. Kasen asked Santa for a "BIG pirate ship" right after Thanksgiving. She stayed with her first request and was thrilled to see the Playmobile pirate ship under the tree. She is also obsessed with a Disney show (Jake and the Neverland Pirates), so Santa included a few of those figures for good measure. She reenacts the shows using her own Jake, Cubby, Izzie and Captain Hook.
She also got some princess stuff. Our neighbor got her a Snow White dress up kit with a crown, shoes, purse and a wand (shown below). She LOVED walking in the fluffy high heels. Kasen is also loving Beauty and the Beast right now, so her Belle crown, doll & book all got extensive play time.
This year she was able to open all her presents and definitely enjoyed each one. She still wanted to play with them after opening, so we took our time. There was a lot of Playmobile (besides the pirate ship) so we now have a whole bunch of options from school, to bathroom, to princesses, and the list goes on. Here are some pictures and videos from the day (plus her Santa picture thrown in):
I knew which donut she would pick.... the one that looked like a cookie. Mr. Snowman was so nice, yet doomed just the same. Luckily the frosting cleaned up ok.
Again it has been a while since we posted...something about work and a kid taking up all our time. Nana and Pepe Picard visited over Thanksgiving and we had a great time. Kasen enjoyed having them here and often asked "Where Pepe?" or "Where Nana?" Here are some pictures from the visit.
Nana and Pepe went to see Kasen at her soccer class. They stack cones and kick them over, play things like red light green light, and of course kick the ball into the goal.
Kasen read to both Nana and Pepe, they also read to her. Here she is with Pepe reading, and reading to Nana (who is taking the picture). She is really into books these days, makes up the story if she doesn't know it or recites what she remembers of any book (maybe not the one she is reading)
Kasen helped Karl get the turkey ready with brushing a little oil on it.
She also like showing off her favorite team apparel for the Sounders and the Giants
More to come for Christmas, hope everyone is doing well and having a great holiday season.
We have been slacking in the posting area. Life has been busy with: Kasen activities; we are having some work done on the house to get more storage upstairs; and just the general life events. Still, we wanted to get some recent photos and videos up of Kasen.
We have started soccer again after taking the summer off. She seems to enjoy it and has gotten good at dribbling the ball around. The passing and hard kicks need some work but we have time before she can qualify for the Olympics any way. Here are some photos of her at class. She loves to roll around with the squishy ball and try to catch bubbles in the cones.
The other day we went to a fall festival at a local nursery. There were games, live animals (Kasen loved the turkey which she called 'the chicken that makes the funny noises'), a maze, and snacks. One of the games was a zucchini race where you "built" a car out of a zucchini. This picture is of her working on the car with Debra.
She also won a pansy on a wheel spin. She was taking a little break on the bench when I took this photo.
Kasen is also really into music, of any kind really. She loves to sing or play instruments. A while ago I bought her a Taiwan kids book that plays music to pages. She loves it now, plays it all the time, and has even started to try to sing along with the songs. Here she is singing along to the book
Hope you enjoy the pictures and videos. More to come with Halloween (Debra made Kasen a costume), Thanksgiving and Christmas not far away.
It's been a busy summer and it seems to be coming to an end. It's getting dark earlier and cooler as well. We have been enjoying the outside as much as we can before we head indoors for the fall/winter hibernation here in Seattle. Here are some videos and pictures from our recent adventures.
We had a Sounders game this past weekend. Kasen has really gotten into going to the games and seems to enjoy them. This game she got a Sounders tattoo, to go with her other tattoos. She really likes her ink. Here is a picture and a little video.
The other day it was in the low 60s in the evening here. Kasen wanted a popsicle for desert. So, she got all bunddled up (cause she eats the really slow and the drip everywhere) and head out onto the front porch. Here are some pictures and a video of the action.
Finally, she is totally into talking on the phone. Whether she is talking to Karl, Debra (and yes she uses our names), John or Pepe she loves her phones. Here she is busy on the phone.
Hope you enjoy them, she is getting really active, busy, and talking a bunch.
The zoo by us every year has a concert series. We posted something a little while back about Kasen getting her face painted (http://karlanddebra.blogspot.com/2012/07/kasen-and-face-painting.html). Since then she is always talking about face painting. We went to the last concert of the season the other night and of course had to get face painting. Kasen does seem to enjoy the shows, she dances, chats with folks, and just has a good time being outside. Last night she convinced a nice lady sitting next to her to share he popcorn. Here are some pictures from the night.
The back stairs on the house had started to fail (and when I mean fail they were close to having someone put a foot through a stair). Karl decided Sat that he'd replace the stairs and since it was daddy day, Kasen was going to help. First they had to go get the wood and Kasen went along, She helped to make sure daddy did it right as seen here, quite the foreman she is:
Once we got home it was time for demo work. Kasen was right in the mix there helping with measuring (not sure what we were measuring for the demo) and cleaning with her broom. She also suppled the music, below is a picture of her singing while we work (she hasn't learned to whistle yet). THe whole tim she kept telling mommy that "We're Working!"
Finally it was time to start cutting the wood and installing it. The saw was loud so we needed her headphones to make it better, better (as she would say). She also had to have gloves like daddy.
Once we got it all done (luckily she took a nap for a while so things sped up), she got to play with the drill. Really she wanted to use it the whole time we were installing the stairs but luckily she was good at getting screws for daddy. Here she is learning about drills.
Yes, she does crash into Karl at the end of the video.
