Home is Where Your Heart Is

Tuesday, Eric was off work and Kaylea's school was cancelled as they anticipated the Tropical Storm Fay coming.....which didn't hit us thankfully. Anyways I love days like this because it gives us a chance to go to lunch together as a family. So Burger King is where we opted to go (as I cheated on my diet with an Original Chicken Sandwich add cheese).

Now Kaylea is a very bright little girl (not that I'm biased) and she is also very sweet and caring. Its amazing how tender her heart is and how loving she can be sometimes. We were having fun playing with the kids meal toy that was a matching game and Kaylea wanted me to keep playing it with her, but we had to head back because I had to work. (She never likes the part where I have to go back to work). I said, "Kaylea, I promise I will play the matching game with you when I get home."

Who knew children were so perceptive? Kaylea said, "But mom you are home! Cause daddy and Kaylea are here and since we are here this is your home!" I couldn't argue with that!

PS - Check out the Vidal Sassoon Hair Model below! lol so cute! Look at that red hair!

All About Kids Back to School Bash

Here are some pictures from the All About Kids Back to School Bash that we went to on Kaylea and Mommy Day two weeks ago (I know I'm behind on my blogging!) We had a great time. Kaylea got to meet the USF cheerleaders, take a picture with the Cypress Gardens Princess, and a picture with a pageant girl. She also got a free helmet and got to ride a bike for a first time! We had a blast and Kaylea even sat to get her face painted!

A few more Kaylea pictures

This is one of my favorite pictures she has taken recently. Her smile is so contagious!

Here is a picture of Kaylea trying to imitate Mommy doing pushups at her bootcamp!

Kaylea Makes Key Lime Pie

Well, my mom has introduced Kaylea to Key Lime Pie. I never cared for Key Lime pie or Lemon ice box pie, but it seems to be a favorite among my family. Well McDonalds started having Key Lime Pie down here and Kaylea tried it and became a big fan! So, one day my mom decided to have Kaylea help her make my grandfather's version of it - his recipe for "Lemon Ice Box Pie". So it uses Lemons instead of Limes. So Kaylea was very excited to help! Here are pictures from Kaylea's first time cooking a Lemon Ice Box Pie! She was very proud of herself! (But she likes the Key Lime Pie from McDonalds better!) lol

New Pics since the Weight Loss!

Here are some pictures since my 55 lbs weight loss so far. I've gone from size 22 to size 14. They are featuring me with these pictures and my before pics in the next issue of "Medi-Living Magazine" the Medi-Weightloss Centre's monthly magazine. Still have about 30 lbs I want to lose, but I've come a long way!

Mom and Dad need a Ka-Pow Sign!

So Kaylea recently has been coming into our room at night and wanting to sleep in our bed. Well at some point this has to stop. Nobody gets sleep. Not us. Not her. And so we are all tired, exhausted and grumpy the next day. So we told Kaylea she was going to have to start sleeping all night in her room again. (She never had a problem before... not till we got the big girl bed for her!)

So Kaylea agreed on one condition. She requested we make a "Ka-Pow Sign". We were like, "Huh? You speak chinese now?" We had no idea what she meant. SO I asked her to show me what a "Ka-Pow" sign was and she offered for us to make one together. She had me get a piece of paper and a crayon. Then she said, "OK. Draw a big circle and put a line through it. Then draw me in the middle!" There you go folks. The official Ka-Pow sign. It goes on our door each night... so now instead of her busting in our room and jumping in bed, she just continuously knocks until someone tells her she can come in. LOL!

It took us a few days to figure out she had been trying to say a "Keep Out Sign". That toddler language is quite puzzling sometimes!

Well she came to Eric the other day and said, "Daddy I need a Ka-Pow sign for my door with you and mommy on it. If I can't come in your room you can't come in my room!" Nuff said.