First piano lesson

Kaylyn started off February with dropping gymnastics in order to add piano lessons. Here she is at her very first piano lesson (this will become an invaluable picture when she's a famous pianist). Her teacher, Zach, will be leaving for his mission in mid-July. Kaylyn is already sad because she'll miss him.

Kaylyn turned 6 - celebration at school

Finally we got back to school. So we took our traditional birthday treats in for Kaylyn's class - ice cream sandwiches. I still get comments from the kids in her class about how much they loved her treats! The tradition in her class is you get to wear a crown for your birthday. Kaylyn loved being the special kid.
I don't know which was her favorite part - getting to hand out the ice cream or eating it :)

Kaylyn turned 6 in January - friend party

Kaylyn's family party was over the weekend before her birthday. And then an ice storm hit. We had planned a fun birthday party for her friends on her actual birthday right after school. When the storm hit, we had to adjust plans. Several friends couldn't come due to bad roads. Others said they HAD to get out of the house and were coming over no matter what. Here's what we ended up with...

First, I covered the kitchen table with paper for coloring. Here's Sydney showing off her artistic talents.
And Rylie with her's (you can see Morgan and Keegan-Rylie's brother in the background).Another butterfly cake. This time Kaylyn really wanted it to be purple. So thanks to a friend at Church who does cake decorating, I made purple icing.
Somehow I missed pictures of everyone during the cake. So here's a picture with Max. I always thought Kaylyn's friend David had the potential of being her first date. But Max and his family stole the show by taking Kaylyn on her first date to the movies with Max to see Madagascar 2.

And Max always makes his own cards, which Kaylyn loves. Sitting beside Kaylyn is another friend I missed in the pictures - Carsey.

Kaylyn had a great time and was excited to get to have everyone over in the middle of the break from school (we were out 3 days).

Kaylyn turned 6 in January - Family Party

Kaylyn turned 6 in January and my side of the family all gathered together to celebrate. Kaylyn requested a butterfly cake. So my sister pointed me in the right direction for instructions. I think it turned out very pretty. Most importantly, Kaylyn liked it.

Ian enjoying himself while waiting for cake and ice cream.Here's my sister Robin. The hair growing out the side of her chin is my niece, Regan.

Kaylyn really enjoyed all her presents. Some of the faces she made were incredible. But I chose a happy face for her Wall-E dish set. She is a BIG Wall-E fan.Here's Joseph and Morgan having fun while Kaylyn opened her presents.

Sunday's Princess

So on Sundays my girls usually get a bath in the morning so they are clean for church. This works great for doing hair because it's easier to do a "do" with damp hair (at least for me).

So having read Jasmine's blog post about Evelyn and Julia's hair-do's, I started on Morgan. Here's the result....

I asked Morgan to smile for the front view. Normally she has a very sweet smile but this one turned out funny.

Here's the back view.

Kaylyn refused to even have her hair brushed - but got that much done anyway. Then she put it into a regular ponytail during sacrament meeting.

Magic House

In mid-January, we headed up to see Jim, Denise, Luke, Jayna and Isaac. Kaylyn was out of school on Friday so we headed up early and went to the Magic House with Denise and the kids.
We quickly found our way to the 6 and under area. And after 30+ minutes, had to drag the kids away from the slide.
This is Morgan going down backwards, looking back up at me. Luke in one of the tunnels.

Adam and I disagreed on whether he could get through the tunnel. We compromised - he could get in but couldn't make the second turn. Here he is at the second turn.

Adam also had fun playing with the large "legos". After watching him build his "castle", we decided Isaac needed to join him.

Here's Jayna in the net tunnel (which is up in the air if you can't tell).

Morgan tried the board next to the mesh tunnel.Kaylyn loved exploring at the water table. I believe that's Adam playing in the background.

Morgan driving the boat.

Everyone enjoyed their time. And Kaylyn keeps asking when we're going back. We went to Luke and Jayna's in February but due to weather had to get on the road instead of playing at the Magic House.

Let's Cook

Adam has the tradition of making fudge every Christmas (and other times too). We didn't get a chance to in December so instead, we made it the first week of January. Kaylyn and Morgan both wanted to help. We had just received our Christmas presents from Robin and Matt - aprons for everyone. Here are Kaylyn and Adam pausing from fudge making to grin at the camera.And here's Morgan on the chair standing behind Daddy, hoping to help too. Not sure where her apron is - she has one that matches Kaylyn's.

The next day while Sissy and Daddy were at work and Mommy was distracted in another room...

This is what I discovered when I went to investigate the strange sounds from the kitchen. If you can't tell from the picture. Morgan grabbed a fork and got herself some of the fudge. She was very happy with herself, because her tummy was full of fudge. So all the goodie plates of fudge that I had planned went out the window.