Klay Family

This week, in Kindermusik, we had a fun "ramp" to throw cars and trucks down. Our music class is learning a few new signs each week, along with a song. So far, we have worked on clean-up, a greeting song (signs for "Hello" and happy), more, all done, bubbles, and ball. Each time I wanted to zoom the car down the ramp, I had to sign for "more" which I am quite good at.

After we zoomed cars down the ramp, we were given permission to zoom our bodies down it! Of course, I loved this part and wanted to leap right up on the ramp. After this activity, I couldn't keep my feet away from the folded down ramp, so Mommy eventually just leaned it against the wall (Mommy is a downer sometimes). My parents realized that I am tall enough to open the latch door at music class too, so the next few weeks will most likely pose a challenge as they are trying to confine me to the classroom.

Our music class is very different in the sense that we get to play a lot. We have learned "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" and "If You're Happy and You Know It" for songs. Otherwise, we do a lot of play and sign. Jillian brought a water tub and ducks to float in there. We were supposed to learn the sign for duck, although all toddlers in class were way more interested in splashing in the tub of water. In case you are curious... my bear sweater was perfect for our new song "Bear Went Over the Mountain" and it was made by my Great-Grandma for Christmas. I had lots of compliments on it... gotta love those crafty Great-Grandmothers (no one else will be able to carry on this tradition!)

Uncle Matt (Daddy's youngest brother) came home with his fiancee, Jill, for a quick weekend visit. Great-Grandpa John (Daddy's Grandpa) has been in the hospital for a week now with pneumonia, heart problems, and is currently on dialysis due to the amount of fluid in his body. He is not doing so good, so we are saying lots of prayers for him. I am the only grandchild, of three, that lives in WI (the other two are in GA), and I get to visit with Great-Grandpa often. He loves to give me high-fives and we have a special bond. I am hoping he can pull through this!

Anyhow, Matt and Jill came home to see Grandpa and to see family. We went to dinner on Saturday night at a local restaurant, where I enjoyed mac and cheese, fries, and a grasshopper (ice cream treat... see below).

Daddy played darts after dinner just for kicks (he is definitely not a professional dart player, by any means!) As an FYI, these were the plastic darts not the sharp dangerous ones. I liked how the scoreboard lit up and made lots of sounds. I even walked around this little area, touching all the gambling machines and arcade games and was lucky enough to find a skittle on the floor, which I nearly ate before Daddy fished it out (gross, I know!)

Before leaving for the night, we all shared ONE huge grasshopper (they split the enormous thing into two glasses for us). This is an ice cream treat with creme de menthe (alcohol) but Mommy was sure not to give me any of that part. I really didn't care too much about the treat anyhow since I was obsessed with the arcade area.

We headed back home that night to sleep in our beds and to have a quiet Sunday around home. Daddy took a few pictures of Mommy's ever-expanding belly. She is now 19+ weeks and is one week away from the BIG ultrasound! We can't wait! The baby is starting to move more, at least Mommy thinks so. She says she is starting to feel uncomfortably big already... yikes! She still has 20 weeks to go! I love to give the baby kisses and hugs, which is what the pictures below show. I call the baby, "baby" and also "Lilly" since Mommy has brainwashed me into thinking it is a sister. If it is a boy, I don't think Lilly is masculine enough.

Kisses to our baby

Giving the baby a hug before saying "Nigh, Nigh" and covering Mommy's tummy with her sweater, which she is happy about.

I have a talking toilet that we bought a month ago. It sings a little jingle about going potty and doing a "good job." I mostly just sit on it backwards and practice flushing the toilet. It has a little purple arm to put TP on, but Mommy says I am NOT ready for this... too much fun! I must spend a lot of time in the bathroom with Daddy, because in this picture, and often when I sit on my toilet, I make farting sounds with my mouth. I say the words, "potty" and "poop" and can even tell my parents when I have poop in my diaper now. Mommy is so very hopeful that I can be an early toilet trained toddler. We will keep working on it.

One of my favorite games these days is hide and seek. I just give my little smirk and start to run, hoping I will be chased. I have two very sneaky hiding spots in our house....

My favorite spot is a little corner in our dining room. I still can't believe that it takes my parents SO LONG to find me here. I just love this little spot.

My next spot is under a chair. This is another awesome spot, where I curl up and become invisible somehow. Again, my parents just can't seem to find me here either.

It is hard to believe that February is here! The long days of winter, will hopefully get shorter. I hear that it will be cloudy on Groundhog's Day, which would be good and bad news. We are back on the snowmobile for daily laps around the backyard and golf course, but I also look forward to the days of "John" and my own little riding lawn mower too. Mommy is looking forward to more walks in the neighborhood and warmer temp.'s for us to get outside to play. My next post will be an important one with special news about our baby and with other fun events happening this weekend!