Day with Kate

Trying to master the basketball game

Getting ready to start putt-putt golf


Kate and I disguised as biker guy and cool chic!

Well, the day that Kate had been waiting for, ever since Ben and I spent that day together at the concert and the zoo had finally arrived. Last week, Ben was invited to a friends house for the afternoon so I told her to pick anything she wanted to do and we would do it......It would be lying if I told you that I had not crossed my fingers for Panera, some coffee, shopping and some pedicures - BUT, she chose "The Incredible Pizza Machine" to have the lunch and play games, ride rides, putt-putt, etc.,.make a bobble head dance video of ourselves (which is hilarious) & all the fun that we could have for hours!!! She was so very excited to show me around the place, to share her fav. treats with me, tell me which pizza and noodles she thought were the yummiest, and attempt to beat me in all the games that we played. We did have such a fun time. For those of you that know Kate, you know that when she is excited about something, it is hard to contain....her little face was just beaming all day! I love that about her!!!
Also, for those of you that know Kate, you also know that at times, she does have a run of bad luck, or whatever you want to call it.
Let me explain....after you are done playing the games, you pick up the tickets from all of your winnings, and then cash them in for some very high quality prizes (I know that you parents know what I am talking about (-; ) When we arrived home, she was eager to show Ben and Doug her treasures, one of which was a glow stick. She had asked me if she could make it glow before she hopped in the shower, then it would illuminate her room all night long. I told her that I thought that would be cool. Unbeknownst to me, while I was getting Mr. Ben ready for bed, she decided that would be the time to activate the stick in her room.......one thing led to another, a minor stick malfunction (small crack in the stick) and she let out the loudest screams and wails that I had ever heard......as she came running down the hall in to my bathroom, her entire face was glowing brighter than a lightning bugs bottom, with the flourescent liquid all over left eye, glasses, nose and mouth. Of course, Ben is speechless (standing there in the shower in his birthday suit), Doug and I are trying to calm her, flush her eyes, shut the windows (so the neighbors don't think that a beating is happening at the Cairney's), all the while, trying to figure out how this has happened???
After a few minutes and thinking the thought, "Poor Sissy, why does this kind of thing always happen to her?", she eventually calmed, stopped screaming, and I ran her to urgent care so that they could examine her eye and just make sure that nothing was scratched..........
AAAHHHHH, as we drove home from the clinic, we started reflecting on the day, how much fun that we had, and even though, this is not the way we thought the day would end. It was definitely one that all of us would not forget.....maybe I will push harder for the pedicures and coffee's next time (-:
I had a wonderful time with you today Kate, I love you sweetie....you are really turning into a beautiful young lady and I cherish all of these special times with you, our quiet reading and snuggling together at night, the games that we play, all of the hugs that you love to share, and of course your dimples & giggles. God bless you sweet girl!!!
XOXOXO, Mommy