Katya at the park

We all know how our little Katya loves the park! She spends less time on the swing these days and more time climbing and on slides. About a month ago she walked all the way home from Columbia park! For those who don't know, that is about a mile. It is a great way to get her to leave the park without a fuss ("Would you like to ride in your stroller or walk?") Love that parenting strategy of giving the toddler a choice...yet either way, it is what I wanted. If she throws a fit or drags her feet then "Okay, mommy will choose for you. (mommy always chooses the stroller of course:0))." It works like a charm.


Here she is walking UP the tunnel slide at the little park by our house. She is getting so much braver and more independent. But luckily for me, she is not too brave:0)

She loves swinging at the top.


Yesterday Katya said: "Rea-rea have brown eyes. Uh-huh. Katya have blue eyes! Mama have blue eyes. Daddy have brown eyes." She is such the little sponge for learning that kids are at this age. I love it! She is getting really good at her colors and we like to practice counting and saying the alphabet. A few days ago when Craig was spelling out her name, slowly as he wrote it in play dough, he said "K. A." And she said, "T. Y." I clap the spelling of names a lot, making my own version of the BINGO song. ("There is a baby really cute and Reagan is her name-o. R.E.A.G.A.N." "There is a daddy really great and daddy is his name-o. ect.)

Here she is watching a movie in front of the fire with a smelly Bentley pillow.

There is that 'smile for the camera' face we love (don't forget you can click on the picture to make it bigger and easier to see).


And speaking of parks...the girls are both up from their naps so off we go!