Buddies

KK, Tiko and Jessie.  These 3 are inseparable.  

Sushi

KK, like most kids, enjoys eating "kid" food.  Chicken nuggets, mac n' cheese, pb&j, etc.  For some reason, she also likes sushi.  I never had sushi growing up (I *thought* I didn't like fish) but when I was pregnant, I craved it for some reason and ate it all the time.  That must be why she likes it, because I'm pretty sure not many kids will eat it.  She eats all sorts of different rolls.  Anything from spicy tuna to eel to shrimp tempura and crab.  She doesn't love the seaweed so we try to get her soy paper.  The other night I asked her what she wanted for dinner and she said SUSHI mommy!  So out we went.

Swim Class

We finally enrolled KK in swim lessons!  Granted it was only 4 weeks, but our schedules didn't allow any longer than that.

I saw a Living Social deal so I convinced my friend Jenny to snag it too so we can hang out 4 Saturdays in a row. :)

Here the girls are on their way to swim lessons!

The first day of lessons we were "those" parents with "that" screaming kid.  KK wanted nothing to do with the pool or her instructor, even though her BFF Maddy was with her.  By the end of the first lesson she warmed up a bit.

Lessons 2 and 3 were much better.  KK was open to going under water and was obeying her instructor.   Best of all, she was having a blast!

Lesson 4 was not so smooth.  She refused to listen to the instructors and threw a fit the whole time.  After that lesson, I was glad it was her last day.  She was a very naughty girl.  :(  Overall it was a great experience though.

We've been trying to keep up some of the things that she learned at swim lessons.  Tyson takes her in the pool at least once a day, but usually twice.  She has floaties that she uses for the pool but Tyson also takes her out of those so she realizes what it is like to not have them on.

Perhaps after we get back from our vacation I'll enroll her in some more lessons.  I feel like she could really learn a lot if we kept her in there for more than 4 weeks.

Go Devils!

Love my lil model.  Strike a pose!

Bowling

Like I've said before we do family date nights pretty often.  This Friday we took KK bowling.  This girl can BOWL.  She broke 100 both times (no bumper...just the ramp)!  I wish I would have taken video because after she pushed the ball down the ramp, she would come running to me yelling "yay mommy, I did it!"  Tyson and I used to bowl all the time before we had KK so it's nice being able to keep up that tradition with her.

Charley's Birthday

KK's friend Charley turned TWO!  She had a FUN birthday party at Tempe Town Lake's splash pad.  We've been to splash pads before, but this place rocked!  It even had a mini waterslide which was perfect for KK.  The best part?  It's FREE!  I cannot believe this place is 10 minute from my house and I've never been!  We will most def be frequenting it this summer.  KK had a great time playing and splashing around.

KK and Birthday Girl Charley

Bubbles!

The Splash Pad

Waterfall...Excellent!

Family Fun Fridays

We've been trying to make it a habit of having family fun Fridays.  We will either go to happy hour, browse the mall (or dollar store) or take KK out for frozen yogurt.  We are typically so busy on the weekends that we rarely get time with just the 3 of us so we've been trying to set aside special time for just us.