The beginning of May, one of my dear friends came home from her mission. We met when we were both singing in the Salt Lake Children's Choir and she is seriously one of the most amazing people I know. I love Emily to death and was so excited that I was able to leave Kollyn with David for a few hours and go to the choir's spring concert with her. We had dinner at Red Iguana in Salt Lake before heading over to First Presbyterian Church for the concert. It was so great reminiscing about our years spent together and remembering all the songs we sang that are still part of the rotation. And being able to see Mr. Woodward again was so great. I was noticing the other day that when Kollyn dances it looks a little like how he conducts music. ;) And that brings back so many awesome memories. :) Those 4.5 years were some of the best years. I sang some great songs and I met some amazing people I still consider good friends. :)
We have a small "garden" on our balcony. We're growing peas, spinach, carrots, basil, and mint. Kollyn loves to "help" me water them and will do it multiple times per day (minus the water part). She likes seeing our plants and has gotten so excited to see them get bigger. It'll be fun to show her that we can eat some of these things and use them in some of our cooking (even though it won't be much). I love watching her soak up information. She watches me water them and wants to do it too, so she does everything I do when I water them. She even shakes it the same way I do. :) She is such a quick learner and it's so fun to watch.
The middle of May my friend Dawn came to visit us. She's from Canada and we last saw each other 5 years ago when she graduated from CEU and went back. We had been in some of the same classes my freshman year and she really helped me with the Math and Physics problems I was having, and since I spent so much time in the Math Lab, we became good friends. :) She came down to do a field study with her Geology professor as part of her Master's program and came in a few days early so we could catch up. She stayed at our house and Kollyn warmed up to her almost instantly, giving her hugs and kisses. Dawn brought her some blocks with a little wagon and she loves those. It is good that we were able to have her stay because I have missed her since she left. :) I'm sad I won't be able to fly up to Canada for her wedding next year, but I am glad that I was able to spend a few days with her before her adventure to Southern Utah. :)
Kollyn turned 18 months this month, which meant she got to start nursery. She loves it! We started taking her in a few weeks before and stayed with her to make sure that she would adjust well and she has had a blast pretty much every week. The first week there were some little boys throwing a ball around and it kept hitting her, so she took it when it came close and ran away, holding the ball up so they couldn't get it back. Needless to say, when she finally gave it back, they threw it the opposite direction. I think she got her point across. ;) But every other week she has had a blast and is getting better and better about sharing and interacting with the other kids. :) I love to see her social side come out when she is around other children. She doesn't care about age and just wants to play with everyone.
They do bubbles for the last five minutes and I can tell you, as much as she loves snacks and coloring, her favorite time is bubbles. She yells "Bubble!" the whole time she's running around and through the big storm of bubbles from the bubble blower. It's so much fun watching her get so excited. This next week will be the first week we leave her alone there so it'll be interesting to see how she handles that. I'm going to bet she doesn't even really notice we're gone. :)
They do bubbles for the last five minutes and I can tell you, as much as she loves snacks and coloring, her favorite time is bubbles. She yells "Bubble!" the whole time she's running around and through the big storm of bubbles from the bubble blower. It's so much fun watching her get so excited. This next week will be the first week we leave her alone there so it'll be interesting to see how she handles that. I'm going to bet she doesn't even really notice we're gone. :)
Too cute not to share. We went to Ikea for a few things and she got super excited about this stack of rugs. She would climb up on it, say, "Two, THREE!" and slide off. She is getting pretty good at counting and is so proud of herself when she is able to do what she wanted to do. She also really likes to slide. :)
The day before we left for our trip (Kollyn stayed with my parents the week we were gone), we had Kollyn's first haircut. She wasn't a big fan. She cried when the girl sprayed her hair with water and again with the blowdryer. It was an interesting experience but probably not one we will repeat in the next little while. :)
But, she did get a balloon and she was very happy about that.
This little girl LOVES books. They are probably one of her favorite things in the whole world. She is perfectly content to sit and have you read books to her for HOURS. She'll bring me books randomly during the day and will keep bringing them to me if I let her. She has to have at least 4 books read before nap and bedtime (more if she can get you to read them) and will sit by herself and "read" for quite a while which makes it easy for me to make dinner or breakfast. :) She also loves to have "Poppa book" whenever she goes to their house. She knows exactly where the books are kept and will run over there yelling, "Poppa!" and then hand him a book as she climbs up onto the couch so he can read them to her. This is one thing I hope never changes. I love that she loves to read so much! We signed up for the 1000 books before Kindergarten program at the Provo Library and we have easily read 1/3 of that (and that's just the ones we've marked on the chart, so I know we've read way more than that). She is a bookworm and it's so much fun! :) It has encouraged me to start reading again. And I'm really glad.
We had a BBQ that night with Karin and David and Luke, and our friends Book and Amy and their daughter. Kollyn kept trying to sit in Luke's Bumbo and it was cute to watch her and Luke go to the fridge together to play with the magnet animals we have on there. They would take them off, hand them to each other, laugh, and then put them back on the fridge before going off and doing their own thing for a minute, and then come running back to the fridge to start all over. :)
Kollyn loves Lilli. She's so excited when they come over and keeps saying, "baby" and trying to share toys with Lilli and trying to feed her. It's fun to see her be gentle with babies and how much she wants to help. I think she'll be a great big sister someday. :)
This little lady is learning and soaking up things like a sponge. Her 18 month appointment was today and while she's quite petite (She's 21 pounds (9%), 31 inches (29%)) she learns things SO fast. She talks and says more words than most kids, in fact she's on par with most of the 2 year olds our pediatrician and his partners see (the doctor was amazed at the amount that she talks and how much of it is totally clear and understandable) and she has very little fear of new experiences. Having her in our family challenges us and makes us grow, and it's been great! :)
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