Pinewood Derby 2010

Here is the main dude and his Wiiiiiiiiii car.

Tim and Andrew in the inspection station. Making sure each car is the proper size, has the proper wheels and doesn't weigh more than 5.0 oz. Then they pass it off to the next Dad who enters the name, number and car name into the computer.

My boy scout, cubmaster and cub scout!

Kendyl was so excited to enter the family race.

Putting her car on the track.

She won 2 of the 3 runs she did, and came in 4th of the 16 cars in the family race!

Waiting patiently at the end for her car. The she expertly would get her car and run back to the beginning to put it back on again. She cried when her turns were over. "I beat boys Daddy". Tim was so proud!

Steven didn't win for speed this year, but we have a feeling (ok, inside knowledge) he will win in the artistic category. Awards are given out at the Blue & Gold Banquet on March 20. I am sworn to secrecy until then!

That's Kendyl

This is just the perfect "Kendyl Face" caught on camera.

Just had to share.

Snow, Snow and More Snow

As everyone is aware - we have been hit hard this winter with snow. We got 24" of snow on 2/6, then another 24" on 2/10. It was difficult to deal with as Tim was not around for most of it (he is "essential personnel" at work) and the stomach bug hit our house in the middle of the 2 storms. Here are a few from the 2nd storm - very out of order. I have more with the big piles from the plow I must not have downloaded yet.

Kendyl finally decided she liked the snow in the middle of the blizzard portion of the storm on 2/10. Either that or she just couldn't stand being inside any more! Andrew shoved a portion of the deck for her to play, but that wasn't good enough - she wanted to play in her playhouse. Steven is such a sweetie and made a path to the playhouse and carried her out there - and played with her. I stayed and shoveled the deck a bit more.
Later in the day we decided the trampoline looked a little heavy - so the boys went to clear off some of the snow....Kendyl had to go too of course. She loved playing on it, but kept loosing her boot.

After lunch we made snow ice cream - here the are getting the snow. This is only the left over 2 feet from the weekend and a few inches from the morning. The heavy stuff came in the afternoon.

This is what we woke up to on Thursday 2/11. Beautiful...but what happened to the driveway?

Here Kendyl is enjoying the snow again - after it finally stopped snowing. She is sitting on the 2-4 feet of snow.

This was before the plow arrived.

Tim worked for 2 days straight plowing and working at work, I couldn't see how he was going to then dig us out too so I surprised him with hiring a plow (just.this.once). He better not get used to it!

Little Miss "I Do It!"

January 13, 2010 - Kendyl insits on dressing herself. It's the beginning of the end.

While I love she is becoming independent (see, I even took pictures), I didn't expect what would come next. You see, not only does she now insist on dressing herself every morning (every.piece.of.clothing), but on picking it out too. Yes, in 2-3 weeks we have grow up about 10 years.
Turns out, these are her favorite pants. If they are clean....they are her go to pants. Luckily we have a few shirts to match.

She refuses to wear jeans.

Usually.

She loves dresses.

As long as it's the right one.

Which one depends on the day.

Sometimes it's a dress with pants. Why I didn't take a picture of that I will never know.




And here is a typcial morning. She now eats her cereal in the family room watching Curious George. Luckily we've only had one mess - that was because she was sitting on her knees and fell into her cereal - oops!

We do her hair right before we leave for school - that is if Kendyl is in the mood. Ahh, the joys of a girl.