Making the Aggie Parents Proud

KK's Sunday School teacher, Mr. Michael, just informed me this past Sunday that he now shares a story about Katelynn every chance he gets.

He asked all the children what their favorite songs were. He said usually KK is pretty quiet in Sunday School, but she became animated and exclaimed "The Aggie Song!" Mr. Michael said he didn't know that song and asked her to sing it. She proceeded to regale the class with a full rendition of the song, not missing a single word.

“The Spirit of Aggieland” (Words by Marvn H. Mimms)

Some may boast of prowess bold

Of the schools they think so grand

But there’s a spirit can ne’er be told

It’s the Spirit of Aggieland.

We are the Aggies – the Aggies are we

True to each other as Aggies can be

We’ve got to FIGHT boys

We’ve got to fight!

We’ve got to fight for Maroon and White

After they’ve boosted all the rest

They will come and join the best

For we are the Aggies – the Aggies are we

We’re from Texas AMC

Doctors and Dentists and Haircuts - OH MY!

KK seemed to hit a milestone around her 3rd birthday. She decided she loved the doctor's office and did fabulous at her 3 year well check. So I got a little brave.

A couple of weeks ago, I took her to a regular haircut place without all the coddling, kids' tv shows, etc. KK expects things to be the same every time and has the memory of an elephant, so I was a little nervous. I explained to her that this haircut place was different and that there wouldn't be TV or candy, but that mommy would bring a lollipop for her to eat afterward. Her stylist was....well, pretty severe, pushing KK's head this way and that and constantly reminding her to "Hold Still!" Perhaps this was better, however; Katelynn listened to everything that lady said without so much as a tear or fuss!

So I got braver. I made the first dentist appointment at a regular dentist. We don't have dental insurance right now so I sure wasn't going to drop a bunch of money on a pediatric dentist only to have her refuse to open her mouth. We went with the economy dentist. Once again, Katelynn did amazing. She wanted to lay down on mommy, so I laid in the chair and KK laid right on top of me. She let them do a full cleaning and followed every command. She was thrilled about her bag of dental goodies and carried it around all afternoon.

I guess she is growing up... it's a mix of sadness and happiness all at once.

A 3 Year Old's Perspective

We spent New Year's weekend 2010 at the Ranch with our friends the Clarks and their two little ones Bobby and Lindsay. We had a wonderful time and did all sorts of fun things with the kids - decorating rocks with floam (which - sidebar - is weird, weird stuff), throwing leaves, digging in the mud, climbing in the treehouse, taking walks, getting tossed around on the bed by the daddies, and much more.

Nanna asked KK what she did at the Ranch. KK's reply? In a very deliberate, breathy voice: "Nanna, we ate OREOS. Do you know what those are?!"

Mommy didn't take one picture of the oreo consumption, but that was apparently what won the heart of our 3-year old!