The Kolar Klan: Where Did Summer Go!? Oct1st, 2012

Wow! August & September flew by so fast. We had a very busy summer. Kyrie spent a lot of time in the back yard playing in her kiddie pool with Mama & Dada, but she is still pretty unsure of getting into any water far enough where there is a chance of her head going under! I guess she is her mama's girl in that respect. I have never been the most graceful of swimmers, so let's hope that she learns how to be a fish from Jaspur. Each & every week it seems like she does something or says something new. Basically, all we do these days is sit around and stare at Kyrie and laugh and play! Watching her grow up is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. We are really enjoying this time together. Right now she is really obsessed with watching Dora the Explorer and Elmo, and at any given time she knows right where the Ipad is and isn't afraid to start yelling, "DORA, DORA, DORA!", when she feels the need to watch an episode! She is a fiesty little thing lemme tell you. She doesn't like being told no, and is still very good at throwing tantrums, which gets her nowhere, but she hasn't learned that yet. We're trying to work on getting rid of her "passie", but she isn't liking that one bit. I tell her she can only have it at bedtime, so she looks at me and says, "night night" and lays her head down LOL! She's way too smart. On Labor Day weekend, we got a wild hair and drove to Walla Walla, WA to buy an RV. We have been looking for a year and finally found a great deal, so we decided to take the chance and rent a car and go get it. We had a fun drive back, stopped for a quick night in Boise to see my family, and then camped the next night on our way home. I have so many good memories of camping from my childhood, and I hope to be able to give Ky a few of those as well! The next week I actually had to go to Canada from a Tuesday to a Sunday night for a certification course, and leave Jaspur & Kyrie alone together. Let me tell you, it was the hardest thing I have had to do yet, but, at least we were able to Skype and see each other over the week. I'm not sure if Ky liked seeing me on the computer, or if it just frustrated her that she couldn't give me a hug though! Anyhow, I made it through the week, and Dada was awesome. Of course, she had to go in for shots and she got sick as well, so he was up at night a bunch with a fussy gussy. Hand Foot and Mouth virus this time! Daycare is like a petrie dish, ugh. We're so tired of passing sickness around constantly, but I guess that is par for the course at this age. This year we were able to get season tickets to the MSU Bobcats football games, and we have seats right next to Grandma & Grandpa Kolar. So far we haven't made it through an entire game with Kyrie, but she has done really well for most of the time, and really loves cheering with the cheerleaders (and Grandma, Auntie Kelli, & Auntie Marci :) ).