Ride 'Forsey.' Don't Fall Down

Fun with daddy always involves flying in the air and riding around the house. I LOVE it!

One of my most favorite things to do is to ride around on my 'forsey' who is also known as daddy. I am a daddy's girl through and through, and every night that he is home for bedtime, he gives me a ride to bed. Thomas has been wanting to go for some rides lately too. I have to hold on to him really tight. One hand on daddy and one hand around Thomas. I take care of him.

Things at school are good. I LOVE my new school and actually look forward to going most days. My Macedonian language is coming along. I can say some things really clearly and others things come out sounding like jibberish, but at least I am trying.

Happy Birthday Poppa!!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Happy Birthday Granna!!!!

We Love you!!!!!

Dear God...

"Dear God. Thank you for mommy and daddy and Thomas and me and mommy and daddy and Thomas. And thank you for food. I hope you have some food too. And Jesus tell me, Amen."

I love to pray before meals these days.

Fun Days

Bible Verses

A word from mom:

Last night I realized that we haven't reviewed Kate's Bible verses in a while and we needed to go back over some of the ones she learned when she had just turned two. So this morning as we were going over her verses of old and this is some of what she originally remembered:

"Remember the Saturday to keep it holy." She's basically right.

"Thou shall not spill." instead of "Thou shall not steal."

Life as of Late

Do you like my thinking pictures??? I am trying to show off my cute little curl.

Things here have been BUSY lately. I have become quite the pro at going to my school, and I am even starting to speak a little Macedonian. I should be fluent by this time next year.... I hope. I am super into the Backyardigans right now and I am so grateful that I can watch them on the internet. YAY! I have memorized about 30 Bible verses, and mommy is teaching me a new one every week. It's so fun.

Daddy asked me yesterday if I was going to get married, and I said, "No daddy. I am going to stay with you forever." Then later I said, "Daddy, I have to stay with you and mommy so you can take care of me." I think I made dad's day. Bless him. I don't know what he would do without me. He wouldn't have any one to play hide and seek with or build strong towers with, and really I don't think there is a better man out there anyway. Why would I want to leave him?! :) I love my daddy!

I'm Three!!!! Wheeee!

Can you believe it? I am three years old! Wow! It was a great day. I sang happy birthday to myself all day long. Some of my friends came over for a party. Mom made me a "Dear God Dora Cake." Mom is not really sure what the "Dear God" part is since she only drew Dora on it, but I understand. Anyway, everyone sang Happy Birthday to me in English and then they sang me the Macedonian birthday song. We popped balloons and played pin the tail on the donkey, which was really funny. It was very exciting!

Mommy and daddy made sure I knew how grateful they are for me. They gave me gifts, mom made me my favorite meal, mac and cheese, and they said a special birthday prayer for me. They thanked God for 3 whole years of me. I can't wait for three more.

My goals for this next year: learn to ride my new tricycle, learn to use a hair bow, teach Thomas to walk, and learn to write my name. Whoa. Big plans. But just like Jr. Asparagus from Veggie Tales says, "little guys can do big things too."

Thanks for all the birthday wishes and gifts.

Miss You Grandma

My Favorite Playmate

I love to make him laugh. So sweet. We play well together... most of the time

Mommy and daddy had both of us on rocking horse and I think Thomas may have been a little squished or either he was just making a funny face.

First Day of School

September 1, 2010, I decided it was time to go to preschool. I was one brave little girl. Mommy and daddy woke me up with a going to school song, cheesey maybe, but it got me out of bed. I got dressed all by myself and had a really yummy breakfast of baked oatmeal and chocolate milk. Mommy and daddy walked me to school and half way there, I got my brave face out of my pocket and put it on. I walked right into school, headed into my classroom and didn't look back. When mommy and daddy picked me, mommy could tell that I had been crying even though I tried to hide it. When mommy asked me why, I said, "Well, it was just a little bit scary." Mommy took me straight to the store and let me pick out a chocolate prize and then when I got home daddy, mommy, Thomas and grandma had all bought me presents. I got a vacuum cleaner and a stand mixer. I guess I am in training to become a domestic woman. Anyway, daddy made me a "Daddy Cafe" which is basically just chocolate milk, and then we sat on the porch and talked about my morning. During lunch mom asked me some more about my day and why I had been crying. I told her about how a little boy had taken my blue blocks so I couldn't finish building my tower. Other than that the day was great. Here are a few pictures of the day:
Here I am getting ready to leave the house.

Daddy and I walking to school.

This is my friend Jovana and her mom, Ane. She is in my class.

And here I am in front of the school getting ready to go in. You see my brave face?

Dress-Up

Here I am playing dress-up with my friends. They told me they had to help me get ready for a wedding. I guess they are my dates.

Itty Bitty Pretty One

To Tie You Over...

More posts to come SOON!

My Life with My Friends

Here I am with my new friend, Kate. That's right. There is another girl with my name. Gasp! She is about a year younger than me and so sweet! I guess I can share my name.

This is my teenage pal, Rebekah. I LOVE her!!!! She was helping me throw rocks in the lake!

This is Maggie. She is just the cutest little thing. I love her too!!!!!

These guys are my pals. Judah (in the gray) and Josiah (in the red) are my bestest pals in town! I love getting together to play with them! They are American like me, and I love them like my brothers (daddy won't let me love them any other way than that)! The other two guys are my Macedonian friends. They are pretty cool. This is us at our Sunday night kids Bible time. We always read a story, do a craft and then we get to have a snack. Yum. It's really fun!

This night we learned about Noah, the ark, the big flood and the rainbow.

And this is me playing with my friend Stefan. I like to share...well, sometimes.

Feeding Elmo

Here I am feeding Elmo with my "breastesses."

What?! It's a natural thing.

Rockin the Lego Head Lamp

Grandpa, I stole it from daddy. I thought you would like to know.

Darlin' Diva

Life in Macedonia is going great! It is finally warm and I am thrilled! It stays cold in this place way too long, but we made it through another winter and I think warm weather is here to stay! YAY!