Kahlan is growing up so fast and she is definitely her own person. She is getting to the age that Jake calls "kids say the darnest things." Here are a few stories that make us laugh!
Bugs: So we have these small little flies that always fly in our faces. Kahlan get really mad at them and usually yells at them to "go away". Its pretty funny but the other day she was so tired of the fly she yelled "go your own home". It was so funny, she was like this is my home so go to your own.
Skype and phone: Kahlan loves to skype and talk on the phone to everyone. But now she uses her play computer and phone to talk whenever she wants. She'll walk around on her phone and tell whoever what she is doing or if she went potty. Also she will sit on her computer and I'll ask her what she is going and she'll say she is skyping with someone, usually whoever we just recently skyped with. It's pretty funny what she tells them too.
Super Why: This is a PBS show that Kahlan loves. She usually watches it in the morning when I'm working. It's one of those shows that pauses to let the kid respond. Kahlan has started to respond. It ask your name and she says "I Kahlan" and then it ask if you will help and she says "yeah". She loves to dance when they sing the end song and that song always get stuck in my head.
Memory: Kahlan has a memory like an elephant all of the sudden. She will randomly say something that we did months ago. Or if you told her something the day before the next morning she asks about it right away. It's a little hard because you can't promise something for the next day and not do it because she remembers now :) My favorite is we saw some fireworks at a baseball game this summer with family and Kahlan will all of the sudden line her animals up and say they are watching fireworks. Then she will remind me that she saw fire works at the "game ball" (she mixes the words up). Then she will go on to say that she saw a dog there too. I get to hear this a least twice a week.
Singing and reading: Kahlan loves to sing and we sing all the time. I will hear her singing to her aminals and babies. She is really learning a lot of the words to our favorite songs. She loves her church songs too and knows most of the words in a few of them. Kahlan also loves to read. We read everyday and she will read to herself all the time too. She makes up her own language sometimes but with most of the books she knows the stories so well that she will say some of the words or phrases from the page. We have read them so much that she is starting to memorize them. They really learn and take in so much at this stage.
There are probably more but that is all I can think of right now. She is adorable and we love her so much! Life would be so boring without her. She can be trying because she thinks it's funny not to listen or she will throw fits when she doesn't get her way but I am getting more patient and learning to ignore some things.
Here is a picture we took the other day and she is just looking so grown up!
Kahlan is trying her hand at being a Pioneer at the Mormon Fort in Vegas
Kahlan figured out that it was best to ride in the wagon than push the wagon.
This is not the original but a replica of the fort the Mormons built in Vegas. I don't think it worked to keep the weirdos away.
Kahlan was able to become one with the sea life.
Kahlan and her Uncle Kevin (she calls him 'come') at the fort.
Kahlan may be playing it cool as we watched the water show at the Bellagio but she was anything but cool. She freaked out when the show started and despite telling her the water was dancing she refused to enjoy the show. Although she clapped at the end of the show it was more of relief than of joy.
Someday Kahlan will ride a dinosaur she is sure of it.
Dad and Kahlan in front of some piece of Modern Art that Kahlan wished we could bring home and place in our front lawn.
Who could resist sitting in a bird chair with a wall of water running behind you?
