odds and ends

So, it’s been awhile since I felt I have posted anything. Here are some lingering pictures from the camera that I download today. The big news in our house is Kennedy slowly asking us to use the potty. We had our first bowel movement in the toilet on Monday, July 20. I had just laid her down for bed and she told me she needed to go to the potty. I figured it was one of her stall tactics, but since we are in training mode I figured I should give her a chance. Sure enough if she didn’t tinkle then toot, then you know what happened. I yelled for Trey and we all did the “Who, Who” dance together. It’s a little dance we created and Kennedy claps, wiggles, while we move our arms around and around saying “who, who, who pee-peed in toilet? Who?Who? Kennedy Lynn Dodson!” It’s silly, but she’ll ask for the “who,who” dance.

We received several big boxes of clothing from Mel Knussmann.Within the boxes, were these adorable Gap tennis shoes that Kennedy loves. We had to put them on and go for a run. She ran almost 1/2 mile before getting to the school playground. The way back was a little different, but she loves the shoes.

Sherry was staying at our house, watching Kennedy and decided to fill the little turtle sand box up with water. Kennedy had such a great time relaxing in the water. Two of the photos are of her showing the "I love you" sign.

While we were down in Mathis, we had to drive into Corpus so we decided to take Kennedy to Mustang Island. I figured she wouldn't really enjoy the salt water, but to my surprise she loved it. We walked along the beach looking for seashells, sat and let the waves hit us, walked out into the ocean and tried to jump the waves, and watched Trey ride in on the waves. I'm looking forward to our next adventure to the beach.








It finally rained/hailed in Mathis. Kennedy and Trey went running in it.

Weekend at Lake and Santa Fe trip....

I went with Kim Hill, Donna Monroe, and Tracy Sims on a long 12-14 hour road trip to Santa Fe. Tracy’s parents have a beautiful home there where they entertain some of Santa Fe’s finest. Their home itself is like a museum with all of the different art work present. We went to Jackolopes, the flea market, Milner Plaza(where we went to one of the museums there), toured downtown, drove up some mountain to the ski lift(where we got a bit silly) , and ate delicious food. The weather was so wonderful it was hard to come back to hot Texas. Here are some of the photos from our trip:


















We went down to the lake and Trey fished a little. He caught a couple of fishes, but nothing really worth keeping to clean. Kylie and Kennedy went swimming in the pool.
Kennedy eating her waffle and showing how she freezes!





It's been to long to remember what really was going on in these photos. I think she was running around dancing in the house.

Potty

This morning I didn't go into work until noon, so I thought it would be a great time to try to get Kennedy to go to the potty. She was playing in her room and I brought the toilet in there so she could sit on it. She sat on it and kept saying" I'm going to pooh pooh in it" I said "that's great". But all she did was a little toot. About an hour later she wanted a piece of gum so I told her she needed to use the potty first before getting a piece of gum. Well, she went peed! She wanted to dump it in the toilet and then she needed to go some more so she did. I was so proud of her. We called and left a message on Trey’s phone….she kept saying “daddy, I peed!” I know it’s a long road ahead, but I’m so proud of her.

Pepper, Playtime, and the CTR Parade

Yes, this is a Pepper we picked from our garden that Kennedy decided she needed to take a bite out of. She says " I like peppers"....then after tasting it "I don't like peppers". She continues bitting it.....so does she like it or not?



Olivia came over to visit for a little bit while her dad and Trey talked. Olivia wanted to sit in the chair with Kennedy so Kennedy said just to sit on top of her. Well, when Olivia wanted Kennedy to sit on her, Kennedy said "won't fit".

Kennedy loves to pull everything out of drawers. Apparently, I liked to do the same thing as a kid. Here she is pulling out all the straws and cookie cutters out of the kitchen drawn. Thankfully, after they were spread out all over the floor she said "Everybody Clean Up!" So, she proceeded to put everything back in the drawer.




Joy, Frank, Mel, Kirk, and Gracie came down to the Chislom Trail Roundup Parade. It was so hot! The girls shared a pink umbrella. There was a man who dressed up in a cow outfit giving out candy that scared Kennedy. Well, all day(actually several days), she repeadtly told us how the "Cow" hurt her. When you asked how she would say" he stepped on my foot". Apparently, he somehow stepped on her foot as she was being carried...hummmmm!