Princess Kate Update

It has been too long since I have done a detailed Kate update. As of today Miss Kate is just a few days shy of being 2 years and 4 months old. She is such a big girl!! I feel like she understands a lot and can say anything. She talks non-stop! Her overall pronunciations are improving, although I still often have to translate for her. Kate is very observant, has a great memory and a wonderful imagination. It is fun to hear some of the things that she connects with no help, as well as some of what goes on in her imagination. A couple of the more recent things that have made us chuckle are--she looks up at me and Nick in church and says "I sit on baby Jesus' couch" and then the other day she asked "I eat banana like a monkey?" (And she meant this in contrast to how she normally eats a banana. "Like a monkey" is with the peel still on the bottom half of the banana--we have never talked about that being how a monkey would eat it. I'm sure she saw it in a book or somewhere else and it just stuck with her).

Sweet girl!

Kate is also still living her daily life at home in full princess mode. I think she has spent more time in high heels in the last couple of months than I have in the past year. Hands down her favorite princesses are Cinderella, Belle and Sleeping Beauty at the moment. She still loves all the others she knows about though. We watch Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast often, mostly so that she can dance and sing along with the music. She has both movies memorized and may have no clue whatsoever what the words mean but she can say them right along with the characters. She LOVES to dance and sing and asks for music to dance to all the time.

I have to say that her singing is one of my favorite things right now. She says that her favorite songs are Jingle Bells and Happy Birthday. She also likes to sing Twinkle, Twinkle and her ABC's. It is hard to get her to do it on video. I was in another room last week and heard her singing Twinkle, Twinkle in the sweetest possible way. I got the camera and tried to get her to sing on camera and she wouldn't, but I did get this--

Kate also often pretends to be a "dancing girl" or a cheerleader. She has gone to a couple of LSU basketball games with Daddy and loves to watch the cheerleaders and dancing girls. Very recently she and Daddy have also been into playing superheros. Kate wants her blankie tied around her neck and Daddy has a blanket cape of his own and they fly around the house and jump on the bed. Pretty entertaining!

Super Kate!

Kate is still a perfect big sister. Of course there are times where its hard for her to see Emily playing with a toy that is hers but she usually only protests for a minute. She now asks to play with Emily a lot. She wants Emily in her room with her while she's playing and will show her things and talk to her. It's pretty cute.

Someone's hiding

Peek-a-boo! This is Kate's little table in her room that she likes to convert into what she calls a tent with a sheet. She just had to have Emily in her "tent" the other day. Emily loved it too!

Kate playfully pinching Emily's cheek

She's got a future so bright she's gotta wear shades

Life with our little 2 year old certainly has it's challenging moments these days but we are very blessed to have such a sweet, fun, loving little girl!!