Kendall was hanging out on the couch watching TV this morning and I told her that she needed to turn off the TV and play with toys for awhile. She didn't like that idea and said that she wanted to watch TV all day. I told her I'd give her a little while and then she was going to turn it off. About 5 minutes later she came to me and said, "Mommy, I will play with a toy. But I want to play with YOU." I need to be reminded to play with her sometimes, I get so busy doing things and she can be good at entertaining herself. So then she said she wanted a game, so I let her pick something out of our ridiculously full game closet. I almost forgot that we even had a Lite-Brite, it must have been about 5 years since we've used it. It was one of my favorite toys as a kid. We had a lot of fun making this hot air balloon, even though she lost interest about halfway through and wanted me to finish it. We will definitely be playing with this more often. Noah will love it, and Hannah will probably even still play with it.
Here's another fun fact about Kendall: she has an unusually good sense of direction. It started out that she always wanted to go a certain way when we were leaving the house or coming home, and she would get really upset with me if I went a different way. The she started really recognizing the way to familiar places, even if she didn't know where we were going ("This is the way to Target!"). On Saturday, we were taking Noah to a birthday party and while we were standing in the house she asked, "Which way is Jakob's house?" I pointed east. We got in the car, wound our way out of the neighborhood and were then going east for about a mile. I had to turn south for a little bit before going east again, and when I turned, she said, "Mom, you said the party was that way (pointing east)." How could she remember that from inside the house, after all those different turns? It might have been a fluke, but she does stuff like that all the time. At least it could come in handy if we ever get lost!
I love my sweet Kendall! She's definitely the "baby" of the family. Everyone adores her and she almost always gets what she wants. Our biggest challenge with her right now is that she will not stay out of the pantry. We even have one of those locks that flips over at the top of the door, and she climbs right up on the counter and opens it. She has no fear and doesn't care how many times she gets in trouble. So we found a different lock that you can put a padlock through, and we're probably going to buy it. It's pathetic, but we have a padlock that we put on the refrigerator too!
Arg! Can't get spaces in between my paragraphs again!
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Hey Megan. I finally took the time to create an account so I could post comments to your blog. I love it, by the way! Since it's taken me forever just to create an account, I'm going to make comments in this one space about everything. First, I'm glad your dad is doing well. I can't imagine how scary that was for you all. He will continue to be in my prayers. To Hannah... Congratulations! You did awesome! I read about the Spelling Bee the next day on the internet and they had pictures of the winner and runner up. I was hoping they'd post a picture of Hannah, but no such luck. Next, I do remember Lite Brite. I loved it! Megan, your latest entry about Kendall made me laugh. Gotta love 3 year olds!
She does look big in that picture! Crazy!
Happy Birthday...again!
Oh no... This post reminded me of something. When he was about three years old, Andrew stuck a red one of these things up his nose. It took the doctors at the ER about 3 hours to get the silly thing out. He nearly had to get surgery!
I'm so glad you posted this. What a funny memory it brought back.
:-)
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