A Few Updates

So what is new for our happy little family?


-Grandma is still back in Iowa so Grandpa is babysitting. Kassi always says great grandma sick, grandma take care of her, bumpa take care of me.


-Kassi and I went in yesterday and got our H1N1 vaccinations. Since I fall in a high risk category I was able to get the inactive vaccine, Kassi was just out of the high risk, but they went ahead and gave her the inactive vaccine as well, per my request. Wes says he won't be getting his since he would get the active he doesn't see the point. I guess I agree with that as well. Just take his chances at least Kassi and I should be safe.


-Kassi refuses to use the potty for my dad. Yet she still tells me and uses it when I ask her to. Today he set a pair of her panties in the bathroom as a reminder for her. She knows too, she looks and them and says "wear those when I use potty all the time."


-Wes has to go to Billings three times in the next two weeks to take ASE tests. Each time he will be driving home late. This always makes me nervous, but at least he is not gone all night then.


-Kassi's new things: "Hello, my name is Kassi Hanson." She almost has her address down too. Usually it ends up something like "13 2 street cody." She can count to 15 now! She sings many songs now. She tattles on bumpa "Bumpa watch Gunsmoke all day long." I know there are many more things, but right now that is all I can come up with.


-I have been busy at work planning our Christmas and Awards Banquet, trying to transition someone new into my place as the chair of our Christmas Decoration Committee, working on annual reminder letters for residents/business owners and trying to find time to update my ever growing and changing list of how to's with the hopes of taking vacation someday and not needing to worry about logging in to do this or that while I am off.


-We will be getting a new puppy in the late spring, early summer. I put a deposit on an English Setter pup from a litter that is planned for that time. The place we will be getting her from had some puppies available this fall, but we decided it would be better to wait until Wes is off of snow call and it is a little warmer outside. They will likely have a couple of litters available to choose from. Our poor Daisey dog is completely blind at this point and I am not sure how she will react to the new addition, but it may help her out. Maybe the puppy can be a new set of eyes for her and help her get around.

Still Swimming

Tuesday's are Kassi's swimming days. I know she really enjoys this and she is actually learning something too. I wasn't so sure at first that she would really learn how to swim at such a young age. Today her instructor said she really is starting to pick up on things and is doing really great. She is starting to remember to hold her breath and blow bubbles when she goes under and today I guess she kept saying she wanted to jump and go under. I am really proud of her. I definitely think her instructor is part of the reason she is doing so good. Miss Pepper is wonderful with her and Kassi talks about her a lot. Pepper was telling me today that Kassi kept talking about something today, but she couldn't figure out exactly what she was talking about. Still don't know what she was telling her? Kassi calls her, "my Pepper". I am getting better too about going out of the pool area. This seems to help Kassi keep from getting as distracted as when I am in on the pool deck.

I figure as long as Kassi is having fun and Pepper thinks she is advancing we will keep up our Tuesday swim lessons!

Halloween

Kassi chose to be Little Bo Peep for Halloween. She really enjoyed getting to wear makeup and have her hair done! We did the downtown trick or treating and she walked the entire way. She was very tired by the time we got done, but she did not want carried and there was no way she was going to let either of us carry her candy bucket. There were times she would stop and set it down for a second then pick it back up. What a doll! She is growing up so fast!

Halloween House

Yesterday Wes and Kassi built a Halloween House. I think they had a lot of fun! Kassi was very particular about where the candies went. They had to be in just the spot she thought was perfect, which usually happened to be in the valley of the roof. There ended up being a large pile of candies stacked in there. Notice the purple lips in the ending pictures. Of course the best part of all this was eating the frosting. She also sucked on or took bites out of all the spice drops. Maybe that was the wrong thing to let her do, and yes I am a big softy, but hey it's her house if she wants half eaten spice drops on it who am I to say any differently!
Well I could write more about this experience, because it was rather fun, but I have little girl snuggled up as close to me as she can be without being right up on my lap! What great way to start the day!!