Kaeley Grace

I admit I am not the best blogger. I'm usually at least a month behind trying to document happenings in our little corner of the world, and as a matter of fact, I am behind now but I had to take just a moment and blog about my Kaeley. She's getting so big so fast! I had lunch with her at school a week or so ago and for the first time I felt as if she would have rather had lunch with her friends than me.... broke my heart a little, but deep down, I know she's still a momma's girl. Kaeley catches the bus at 6:50a.m. That's early for the Morton clan! It's usually just me and Kae up at this time of morning. I help her get ready and fix her breakfast, pack her lunch, and then I drive her up to the bus stop. I've really come to treasure this time with her. She's so sweet first thing in the morning. First we usually snuggle for a few minutes in her bed until her alarm goes off. Then I get lots of hugs and kisses, which are not freely given by Kae. The other day we were waiting for the bus and she asked me if I was lonely while she and Ella were at school and daddy was at work. I answered that one with a "no...ummm.... I stay busy..." Then later that week when I was going to be working on a cake she told me "I hope you have a good day and do a good job on the cake." It just felt good to know she thinks of me. The absolute best part of my day is when she gets out of the car to get on the bus. I get the most sincere "I love you" and she blows me a kiss. Then when she gets on the bus, she tries to get a window seat where she can see my car and she'll wave or hold her hand on the window until the bus drives off. My sweet girl! Since I'm on a roll, I'll go ahead and brag on her interim report card that came home Friday. She brought home all "E's" with the exception of an "S" for classroom work habits. Supposedly, she talks a bit much to her friends. Guess I can't blame that one on her daddy! Anyway, I'm so proud of her. She brought her reading and her writing grades up from "S's" She's been working hard and it's really paid off! She also lost another tooth on Friday. She's very proud of that. She said it makes her look more grown up. No argument there. I don't know that it's so much the tooth, but the bottom line is that she is growing up. She primps in front of the mirror, is concerned about her hair and clothes and being stylish! When she gets all dressed up, she must top it off with some lip gloss and she's got a perfumy body spray that she likes. I have also noticed that she's taken an interest in jewelry as of late too. As a reward for a good report card, she was treated to a manicure and pedicure ... OPI Red - no doubt! She was bummed that it was cold and dreary today and she had gym... she wanted to wear flip flops and show her painted toes off to her friends. I love you Kae - you're one special girl!!!

Disney in February

February was also when we had our whirlwind mini-vacation to Disney World. We flew down on a Friday afternoon and spent Saturday and Sunday at Magic Kingdom and then flew back home on Monday. We've decided that when the girls are older we'll go for a week and hit all the parks. For now, Magic Kingdom is plenty of fun for us! Ella of course was all about seeing Mickey and Minnie. She loves the princesses too, but Mickey and Minnie still rule her world. Kaeley enjoyed seeing all the characters too, but she is still painfully shy when meeting them. Saturday we managed to make it all day without a stroller, but Ella was getting over a cold and although the weather was perfect at 70 degrees, it got cool in the evening, causing her to cough. So typical Ella with a cold, coughed until she threw up in the hotel Saturday night. I was prepared because Sundays tickets were already paid for - gave her some Zofran and off we went. She was a little tired and rundown, but still we had a great time. We even finished Sunday out with dinner at Chef Mickey's. Of course, they were too excited to eat! Since Kaeley and I both have February birthdays, we decided to make this a birthday trip so at Disney they gave us Happy Birthday buttons to wear. Every time we ate at a restaurant or saw a cast member or even just other visitors in the park, they told us Happy Birthday! The girls both loved riding Dumbo - probably their favorite, but the line was so long. Peter Pan was a hit too. They especially enjoyed the shows and the parades, and shopping of course! So much fun! Here's some pics from our trip...

Kaeley Takes the Ice!

Now that we are enjoying some beautiful spring weather, I need to go back and catch up on February! Kaeley had her first ice skating experience in February. Her friend, Megan Defranco had her birthday party at the icearium and so we just had to go! I have to say I was quite impressed with my Kae... at first she was going to have no part of it. I got her skates on her and sent her out on the ice, well, they had the lights off - for "Friday Night All Skate". 7 year old, 1st time skaters were not liking that! So I got some skates on and went out with her. She held on to me and the side wall for a couple of laps and then she was off. Mostly still grabbing the wall, but she would get brave and go out in the middle of the ice too. Even when she would fall down, she did it with a smile. Much better than I ever thought she would do and she even asked to take lessons. Now, with Kaeley, you have to take that with a grain of salt because she's not asked to take lessons again, but perhaps we will give it a try later. Here's some pictures.

Kaeley and her bff - Lulu, known to most as Lily...