DW again

Kaya and Mommy took a trip to Dutch Wonderland today. Kaya had a great time - she rode the bouncy bears twice, waving goodbye to Mommy before each spin. She also loved riding the airplane ride with Mommy. However she wanted to be super brave and independent, so she wouldn't let Mommy sit near her on the seat and she didn't want to hold on. It was safe though. She also rode the log flume two times = the second time Mommy bought the picture. Again she didn't want Mommy to hold her, but Mommy was scared herself and needed something to hold on to. :)
Another ride involved spinning in circles and then lifting off the ground at a 45 degree angle. Mommy had her leg over Kaya for this one! It was pretty wild.
On the Carosel, Kaya decided that she had to ride the brown horse to "match her dress". That was cute. She also loved going on the big train around the park, and then the little train that she had to power herself using a hand wheel. All in all it was a great day at Dutch Wonderland!

In the Car

Kaya didn't want to leave Nanae's house one night, and wouldn't get in her carseat unless Nanae climbed into the back seat with her. Once she did, Kaya ordered Nanae to "Shut the door!" and said "Drive Daddy".

Kaya's Third Birthday

Kaya turned 3 at 8:20 tonight! She had a pretty good birthday - first we all slept in, because it was Saturday! Then we went to Longwood Gardens for a walk in the morning. Kaya got an unexpected gift from the garden store there when she ripped open a packet of Silly Bands before we could stop her - hence I ended up putting $3.87 on my credit card. Then we walked all over longwood gardens (Kaya led the way) and saw all three treehouses! One treehouse was pretty neat - it had a working beehive inside of it, which was producted between two sheets of glass so you could see up close - but not get stung. After that Kaya decided she was too tired to walk, so we carried her out of there. It's funny, we don't even consider taking the stroller anywhere anymore, but sometimes I still wish we had it!

For Kaya's birthday dinner we went to Momo and PaPa's house for dinner and Nanae and Pop Pop came with us. Kaya was tired and slept the whole way there, but as soon as we got there she immediately woke up and wanted to open presents. She just couldn't wait! She loved all of her presents, especially the stuffed giraffe and the tent tunnel - which she kept bringing all her friends into. (including the inflatable dinosaurs that have taken up permanent residence in the sunroom). After all the presents, she sat down very nicely for dinner and ate some turkey and mashed potatoes. She was especially interested in her TWO cakes - both Dora themed - one chocolate and one ice cream cake. She had a great time dipping her finger in the frosting!

When we sang "Happy Birthday" to her, (at 8:20pm, as per tradition) she just screamed at us to stop!! She did not like being on display like that at all this year!

Lady Godiva

After her shower, Kaya was running around the house without clothes on. Chadd and I wanted her to calm down (the shower tends to pump her up more than me after 3 cups of Starbucks), so we were laying in bed, under the covers pretending to be going to sleep. As we looked toward the foot of our bed, suddenly we see Kaya cruising into the bedroom on her riding tractor, legs straight on in front of her, buck naked, saying "wheeeeeeeeee!".

We laughed for a long time.