Krewe de Speyrer: Kate - 23 Months Old

We are less than a month away from having a two year old!! Kate is such a big girl and continues to entertain us on a daily basis with the things that she says and does. She is really to the point that I feel like we are carrying on actual conversations all the time. She is speaking in sentences a lot of the time. One of my favorite things she says right now is "I so essited!!" (I'm so excited) usually with hands in the air and often a little dance that goes with it. Kate is LOVING going to school. In the beginning she was crying when the helpers at school would get her out of the car in the carpool line but now she's excited to see them and happily tells me bye-bye. One of her teachers told me one day that the only trouble they had with Kate that day was that she started crying when it was time to put away the toys because she didn't want to leave. I'm so glad that she has somewhere to go play with other kids where she has a great time and doesn't want to leave! We try to get details about school, her friends and what she does at school out of her but all we get in response are things about cars (she played with the toy cars on our open house visit) and tea party (snack time).

I thought this would be a good point in time to note a few current favorite things. Kate still LOVES tv and "dd's" (DVDs). Her current favs are "Memo" (Nemo), "Pee Pooh" (Winnie the Pooh) and still loves all the baby Einstein movies. Current favorites in the book category are Dr. Seuss Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You?, Yat and Dat (a local book about New Orleans food) and of course her Dora and Mickey books. Little Einsteins have moved into the favorite TV show category along with Mickey and Dora. Kate really enjoys coloring and collecting what I like to call "treasures". Kate will put things in a bucket, basket, purse, wagon, toy stroller...you name it and carry these "treasures" all over the house. Here is a short list of some of Kate's "treasures"-- dental floss, handles to razors, a travel bottle of shaving cream, a travel bottle of scope, measuring spoons, flashlights, measuring tape, cans of soup or vegetables from the pantry, little cups like the ones you rinse your mouth out with at the dentist, silver cup and rattle that were Nick's as a baby, her miniature Mickey and friends and most recently mini pumpkins like the ones you would use several of for a centerpiece. It never ceases to amaze me the things that she becomes attached to and wants to carry around with her.

Kate is getting so big! She's the perfect big sister and pretty sweet to Momma and Daddy as well. We are so blessed!!