It's Preschool Time!

Well I finally feel the urge to write and let me tell you big things are happening in the Kim household...

By big, I mean preschool.  Kensleigh starts next week and she I couldn't be more excited.  We have been talking about it all summer and today was the day she got to go and meet her teachers (well one teacher, her other teacher had an emergency at home to deal with)... Now Kensleigh was bouncing around at home, ready to go and get in the car, running around being a silly, giggly little girl and then within 2 minutes of being in the car she passed out.  Yep, she sure did and there was drool...A LOT of drool...

Once I was able to awaken little miss, she was ready to go in and see her preschool.  Right when we walked in her classroom she introduced herself and then went straight to play with the kitchen.  Mikah even decided to join in on the fun and crawled right on over to be with his sister.  Kensleigh had such a big smile on her face and was beaming with happiness.

We met up with our friends and headed to the Chick Fil A and needless to say came home exhausted and ready to nap, who am I kidding both kiddos passed out on the way home and are now both wallowing around in their beds.

In a way I thought i'd be sad and emotional for this day to come but truth be told I am so excited for Kensleigh to take this next step and start this next adventure (because little miss sure does love an adventure).  I was ready and she was ready and it felt so good knowing that.

Heres a few shots of Kensleigh all excited about going to see her preschool and meet her teachers...

I tried to tell her she didn't need her backpack but she went to the closet and wanted to put it on anyway.

All around happy! 

She even "packed" her own lunch.  She went to her kitchen and got lots of play food and filled her lunch box to the brim. 

One of my favorites... 

Growing up too fast.  Such a little girl now.

Strawberry Pickin' and Mothers day!

Whew...Sunday was a fun filled day with a Georgia round trip for us.  We started off the day going to church and to breakfast.  Then in the car to meet my mom to go strawberry picking, which I couldn't think of a better way to spend Mothers Day than with her and my babies...So we drove down to the "middle of nowhere"  Georgia, (as Jong would call it) and Strawberry picking we went.  Kensleigh had gone last year and the first thing out of her mouth this year was "Ooh, I get ice cream right there." How did she remember?  Smart girl... Last year as soon as Kensleigh would pick the berries she'd popped them in her mouth and eat them.  I remember her shirt drench with strawberry juice.  This year all she wanted to do was hold the buckets.  Even as we were loading them down with strawberries she still was determined to carry them.  When we would try to carry them for her and she'd say, "No, those my buckets-you have to share..nicely..."Hah-I wonder where she's heard that before?

So we picked strawberries and we ate strawberry ice cream (the best you'll ever have) and we felt like we had been on the beach for hours due to the heat.  What happened to the overcast weather? I'm not sure, because we were expecting cloudy and slight mud due to the rain the day before-Neither of which were present. But we sure did have a great time anyway. 

After Strawberry picking we thought, What the heck?, since we were already in middle Ga we should surprise Jongs mom and take her out for dinner.  Whats the extra hour in the car?  So we headed on over to them, got a table for 5 and 2 kids, and when she walked in her face was priceless. So worth the extra time in the car.  I can't even describe how excited she was to see us. I mean mainly the kids, us too of course, but the kids mostly...

It was a great, wonderful, long day, but all worth it to be with the ones we love most.  I'd say the BEST Mothers Day yet.  However, don't be fooled, when we got home Sunday night we fell into our beds and fell fast asleep-literaly.... I think Jong was as happy as me to get 8.5hours of deep sleep in that night....

Greetings- hugs and kisses!

Ready to pick some yummy berries, daddy!

I mean when did she grow up? Can I say little girl....

I think Jong agrees that they are yummy...

Kensleigh holding on tight to her baskets

I found one!

Yay! for Strawberries

"one, two, three baskets-mommy!"

Waiting for her ice cream...

Couldn't get it in her mouth fast enough...

"May I please have some too?"

Loves!

BEST.TOY.EVER!

After nap yesterday I wanted to play outside, maybe bring the baby pool out, and let Kensleigh play in the water.  Its been pretty here lately and hot in the afternoons.  So I pulled out the Sprinkler ball that I had gotten last summer (then never used-fail).  However, saying Kensleigh LOVED it, is an understatement.  She had the BEST time and it was so fun watching her light up with joy and run around and play.  I think Mikah had fun too. He got to get a little wet and sit in the baby pool for a bit.  He would smile and giggle at Kensleigh as she ran around like a wild chicken.  By the end of our fun outside Kensleigh and Mikah were ready to eat!  I think they wore themselves out!  

And no, I did not tell Kensleigh to do the "sorority" pose in the 4th picture...lol

Happy 8 Months Baby Boy!

Happy 8 Months Mikah James!  You are the sweetest, giggliest baby I know.  You sleep 11 hours at night (bedtime normally about 7:30pm) , take two, two hour naps a day, have no teeth, and are almost crawling but not quite yet.  You try so hard to crawl and get both legs up and scooted under you then look at me for help(what do I do with my arms mom?) and then you belly flop.  Its cute.  Of course I'm your mom and think most things you do are cute...You are currently eating solids at dinner and while you did not like them at first they have grown on you a little bit.  You LOVE to nurse, you don't like bottles, and you like to have sippy cup to play with just because your sister has one.  Anytime she has one and you don't you try to take it away from her.  And let me tell you-when we take anything away from you- you object-its the loudest little squeal i've heard.  But again cute.....haha

Kensleigh and the stroller...

Kensleigh is at that age where you know she doesn't want to sit in the stroller any more-she wants to walk.  But then she touches everything or walks super slow or runs really fast.  So the other day we took a walk around our neighborhood and she opted to push her stroller around instead of sitting.  So I thought what the heck  it'll wear her out.  And she walked the whole way-I was impressed.  And it was so cute.  Before we left she ran upstairs to get her mini mouse and was so excited she even put her own shoes on (and on the correct feet too) I was impressed again...

Kensleigh you amaze me each and everyday.  You are growing too fast.  You are amazingly sweet and sensitive and don't get me wrong you have your moments (or days) too.  I love you!

(and yes I am working on my french braiding skills, so if ANYone would like to come give me a lesson I'd appreciate it. Kensleigh would too for that matter, everyday she asks me to braid her hair like Elsa's)

Easter 2014

All in all we had a great Easter, it was mostly calm and relaxing.  We got up super early to ensure we made it church on time and were able to park in the "preschooler" lot.  (Trust me, you don't want to haul TWO kiddos plus bags from the black lot) Then we headed to brunch at a new place by us that turned out to be wonderful, probably one of our new go to places... and then home for nap time!  Yes, I even snagged a nap too...It was by far the best nap I'd had in a long time (there may have been drool....) 

Kensleigh had blast going through her (and Mikah's) Easter baskets. Mikah had a blast chewing on his easter eggs.  And if you ask Kensleigh what Easter is all about, she will shout "HE HAS RISEN!" really loud and throw her hands in the air!   It's really so sweet and so innocent. 

I've been working on taking more pictures (one of my new goals) but scrolling through the bazillion of them I realized I need to work on a few more family ones (and maybe a few with me in them-ha!)...

Update: (Yes, I still try to blog!)

Whew, I never blog anymore. I long to get better and be more diligent, but not sure when that is actually going to happen.  I have two little kiddos who require my attention ALL. OF. THE. TIME!  Who am I kidding I love being their mom.  They are awesome in every way (except when Kensleigh purposely knocks over her friend Oliver or smacks Mikah on the head) Okay, so maybe not all of the time...

We are doing well over in the Kim household.  Kensleigh is becoming such a sweet little girl (yes, little girl-I can't believe she isn't a baby anymore) and Mikah is growing like a weed.  Everyday I try and tell him to slow down but he doesn't listen.

 This has been a big past 6 months for Kensleigh. She has learned to use the "big" potty, given up her paci, and sleeps in her very own big bed!  Luckily, she only tried to kill me when we were potty training.  At least now I know what I'm in for for the second time around.  But all in all it wasn't as bad as some of the stories I hear (or at least thats what i'm telling myself).  Transitioning her to her big girl bed was easy.  I was prepared to leave her in her crib forever,  but one night, early in Decemebr I looked at her and asked her if she wanted to sleep in her big bed or little bed-She said big bed and that was that. Giving up the beloved paci I was dreading.  She only got it at nap and night time, but she LOVED that thing.   I. MEAN. LOVED!  But we took a trip to my parents a couple of weeks ago, I didn't take one with us and while she asked about it she went to bed there without it. When we returned home she asked about it once and I told her I didn't know where it was and again that was that. Now, before the trip to my parents I tried cutting her paci, hoping she wouldn't want it anymore.  Well, that definitely didn't work out as planned.  She told me it was broken went and threw in the trash then preceded to pitch a  fit of scream-crying. I was weak, weak I tell you-I went, dug it out of the trash and gave it right back to her.  Now she couldn't suck on it, but she wanted it nonetheless.

Mikah is growing way too fast.  He is such a sweet baby.  Always happy.  He is now 6 months old! ( I know, i'm in denial too) But I love that he is becoming more interactive, playful, and wanting to move around and keep up with his sister.  And boy can she make him laugh.  They both get to just a cackling and it MELTS.MY.HEART.  He currently sits up like a little gorilla, you know with his hands in front of him holding himself up, kinda hunched over.  Its sweet.  Then he just topples over, looks at you and smiles. Then proceeds to try and swim his way across the floor.  He ends up rolling in circles across the room.  He will be crawling before I know it.  I'm not ready for that yet.

We have our days and our moments but all in all we are doing great.  Being a mom is the hardest job but I wouldn't trade it for the world, even on the bad days and the sleep deprived days.  (At least on the sleep deprived days I have my Spark to get me through!)