Oh...The Things Katelyn Says...

This is an older image of Kately, but I thought it was fitting for this post. :)



I wish I had started this blog and recording the things Katelyn says much sooner. But I guess I shouldn't beat myself up over it. The important thing is I am doing it now, right?

Okay here are two fun ones from this week:

#1 Last night we went to Lowes as a family and the girls and I went all over the store looking at all the fun stuff! (You can make anything seem fun to a 2 year old...) When we went down the lighting aisles Katelyn oohed-and-awed over the pretty lights and fun variety of lights. I took her under the ceiling fans and when we came to a tropical themed one she pointed up at it and said, "Look it's like leaves!" Then she covered her mouth with both hands and gave a hilarious & hardy fake chuckle and then giggly said, "It's like leaves. It's a fan. That's so silly!" And then she went on still exerting a hilarious hardy fake laugh -it was in a deep and cheesy voice -hard to describe.

I was sad Alex wasn't with me when she did it -it was so funny. The moment was great! And it was more than just a funny laugh- the fact that she found humor in it and how she did it was a milestone for sure. I don't know if most 30 month old kids are this way yet or not, but I LOVE IT!!! And if she's advanced I am glad I am getting to enjoy this stuff sooner than most!!! I cannot wait for this with Grace.

#2 While I was nursing Gracie, Katelyn got on the bed with us and asked me to read her a story. I said I couldn't, but would tell her one. So I made up a story about a caterpillar named Lewis and his fried Rico. In the story Lewis becomes a butterfly and eats his way through the cocoon. (I don't know if they actually do that, but this one did!) I told it in a dramatic way, "When Lewis woke up he was in the dark! He couldn't see anything. And he felt different, but couldn't see if he looked different. And he was soooooo hungry -he thought to himself, 'I could eat a cow!' So he ate his way out of his mysterious enclosure..."

Soon after I was done telling the story (actually, Katelyn stopped me so she could tell her version of it) she said the funniest thing. She told her version of the story to Gracie and her version included, "Caterpillars are scary in the dark and they turn into cows and when cows get hungry they become butterflies." I explained that Lewis wasn't scared in the dark -just not sure what was going on and that cows don't turn into butterflies. I tried to explain that I was saying that Lewis was so hungry he could eat a cow, but Katelyn insisted that cows do turn into butterflies and soon she was going on and on about cows and butterflies and there was no stopping her. :)