Christmas Eve 2010

Shane and I taking the girls out to spread their "Reindeer Food'


Putting Cookies out for Santa

It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm excited!

Two awesome grandparents and their grandkids

BFF's Kenady and Maddie

Matching Sweat Vests=Cutest Boys Ever!

2010 has been a great year for the Kanes!

Our Christmas Eve Plans changed a little in the last minute do to a bunch of snow we got, but it all worked out. We went to Dike Church for Christmas Eve with my parents and my brothers family. The kids were all really good and all looked super cute! Nick and Klark had matching sweater vests and it was just about the cutest thing I've ever seen. Kenady wore a cute dress which she called her twirl dress. She kept twirling in it all night. We then went out to my mom and dads to stay the night. Kenady and Maddie had to put cookies and carrots out for Santa and his Reindeer. We also had to put some deer food in the snow so they would know to stop at Grandma's house. The kids got pajamas and pillow pets from Grandma and that started an impromptu pillow fight of Kenady and Maddie. Those two are so funny together...I'm sure next year Klark and Gabe will be the same way.

Less than 20 minutes in life of Klark

Mom enough pictures I'm going to sissys room


Moving on

Tossing them in the tub

He thinks they are so funny!

Mom why do you keep taking pictures

Playing with the santa rubber duckies

One of my favorite activities pulling the toilet paper of the roll

He closes it and opens it on hisself

Has mastered the gate

So proud he made it up the stairs

There he goes up the stairs

Hanging with mom in the living room ready to escape

So Klark is a full fledge walker...runner and he stops at nothing anymore. He is so funny and curious of everything. After chasing him up the stairs 4x I decided to just let him go and take pictures of him doing it because he gets so excited. Enjoy!

Happy 11 Months Old to Klarky and Happy Turkey Day

Carter and Klarky bonding

Klark enjoying a laundry basket ride

Happy Turkey Day!

Once again we have a lot to be thankful for for Thanksgiving. Most importantly having two healtyhy, silly kids. Kenady is just her own little lady anymore and is so funny. Klarky has really gotten big this last month event taking a few steps on his own. He thinks his sister is so funny and likes being around the big kids. He has gotten to go in room 2 a few times this month and just loves being around the bigger kids. He loves to sit at the big kids table and play with the crayons and paper. He looks so old when he does it, it makes me sad. He continues to be a good eater and will pretty much beg if you are eating something and he isn't. It helps him keep his cute little curves I guess. This month his favorite toy is probably his lego table and lego alligator her got from his cousin Carter. It is just the right size for him to stand up and play. This month his favorite food is a piece of bread--its like a lobster dinner for him. This Thanksgiving we got to have dinner on Thursday at Rex & Glendas which included some yummy prime rib and turkey! Rex is going to watch the kids while we go to the hockey game and black friday shopping tonite. Tomorrow we will go to my mom and dads and Saturday we are going to go watch UNI in the playoffs hopefully advance to the next round.

Seasme Street Live!!!

This afternoon we took a trip to Dubuque to see Sesame Street Live's Elmos Helathy Heros. It exceeded my expectations and then some. It was so fun and the girls had so much fun and were so good. Kenady got to go with her best buds Estelle and Ava. They each got to pick out their favorite character and enjoyed a great show. We were in the third row so we could really see all the action and the characters got really close to us. It was a great day I just can't stop smiling about how fun it was to watch Kenady there!!

Klarkys 1st Steps!

I woke up the little man--or should I say big walker

Tonite we went over to Rex & Glenda's for a pre-thanksgiving dinner and Klarky did what we have been waiting the last week for him to do. He took his first steps without any help. He did it in the kitchen of his Grandma's house. He was so proud of his self and had a big old teeth smile on the whole time. It was too cute!! Glenda then told me that Liza took her first steps at her Grandma Kanes house and she died the next day. Luckly Klarkys Grandma and Grandpa are healthy and will get to see him walk a long time :) When we got home I went to go check in on him while he was sleeping and I think he might have heard me crying because I woke him up. It's been a big week at the Kane's with Kenady getting potty trained and talking so much more and Klarky walking its hard for me to take in how fast they are growing up. It's hard to beleive that less than a year ago Klark was born. He completes our family and I just can't wait for all the different "steps" he takes in his life.

Teddy Bear Tea Time

The girls checking out the waterfall
Kenady staring at Santa

All the girls holding their teddies up for SantI had so much fun with my girl!

Two of Kenadys best friends before the tea party

Kenady and I had a great time at Teddy Bear Tea Time today. It is an annual event where you make a small donation and you get to go have "tea" with 100 other little girls and their moms and Santa comes to visit. Each little girl got a teddy bear to take home, saw a little magic show, saw some dancers, and heard a story from Ms Claus and Santa. Kenady did really good and even won a door prize of four free tickets to the science mueseum in Des Moines. We got all dressed up and she wore cute little snowman outfit and red and white polka dot pants. In Kenady fashion she had to take her purse as well that had her cell phone and little racoon.

The amazing Kenady

This is a pretty normal day--kitty hat and rocking the shades--nothing to crazy about this
Gma Mary is a bad infuence and encourages her to dress crazy

I about crapped myself when she said she was wearing this to school because she wanted to "nicely scare her friends" there was no arguing with her and no negotiating it

So we put her coat and shoes on and went to school

This outfit she likes to wear on a casual trip to Wal-Mart or Target. It consists of shades (of course), barbie dress with wings, and a buffalo wild wings princess hat.

Kenady wanted to wear this to church on Sunday. Before the tights were on I said oh honey your knees will get cold you can't wear a dress. Hoping she would change---nope she went and got some tights and told me mom my knees not cold now. Klark is with me...he is a little worried about his sisters fashion sense.

I think Klark's expression says it all...

Kenady has become even more independent lately and with her new independence she has been selecting her own outfits to go out in. Enjoy...

Halloween 2010'

Each department gave the kids something different...they got so much fun stuff!
Klark getting ready for the parade!

Kenadys class Emma Schmeising, Jarrett Kies, Eric Wasendorf, Sam & Ben Harbaugh, and Kenady

Best Kids!

Just got done trick or treating with mom and Grandma Mary

This year we got off pretty cheap with costumes. Klarky was the lion that Kenady was when she was 1 and Kenady wore the same Raggedy Ann costume that I wore when I was her age. My mom made her a wig and got it to fit her. It was really cute and Kenady jazzed it up a little by wearing shades. Nick video taped the kids walking through work to all the different depts since I was on jury duty and then Saturday morning I took the kids with my mom downtown. We got to paint pumpkins, play games, and walk around to the stores and get Kenady. Kenady did a really good job and her favorite thing to pick out were Tootsie Rolls!

Krazy Klarky and Go Sailors!

Tonite Klark and I decided to go to Liza's volleyball game at Columbus. It was the 2nd round of districts and I love watching volleyball especially when my niece or someone I know is playing. Klark did really well last week so I decided to take him with me again. When we go there at 7:00 (Klarks usual bedtime) he was just about asleep. By the time the game was over and his Aunt Tanya gave him some cookies he was rearing ready to go. We got home and he was being so silly and just walking/crawling all over the place. He kept putting his Halloween basket on his head. He looks like a little Russian Baby it just cracks me up!!

10 Months Old!

Hi mama mama mama mama

So big just walkng around the couch!

Just hanging out having a few drinks!

Klark is 10 months old today that means 2 months till Christmas, but more importatly two months till my little mans first birthday. This last month has been so fun...he pulls hisself up on everything and even started walking behind his walker. He get so excited and is so proud of himself. He loves pulling himself up on his music table and playing music with his sister. He has also got to try new foods this month like chicken and more table food that we cut up really small. There isn't much this little man does not like. He is so smiley and says mama and dada now. He also likes to sit and clap when he likes something. We are trying to do sign language with him since his sister is such a pro. He pretty much just claps his hands for more but I figure that is close enough right now. Klark had his 9 month appt last week on 10/18/10 and he weighed in at 23.2 lbs (Kenady weighs 30.6) which was only in the 75%. He was 30.5 inches tall--95% and his head was at 19 inches 100%. He gets to share hats with his dad so that is a bonus. Klark's favorite toys this month are his music table and still loves his little people. He is also more interested in his sisters toys lately. I walked in to day care today after Kenady and I went to go get a drink and he was sitting at the table by hisself playing with crayons. I gave Kenady and him a kiss and walked back to my desk. As I was walking I was trying not to tear up of how big he has got. Everyone says it, but time does go by to fast...but it does just keep getting better!