Adventures of Kevin, Cyndi, Kaitlyn and Kenzie: November 2014

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

3 Months

Kenzie is 3 months old today! It’s crazy to think that our little turkey weighs less than the bird we will be cooking tomorrow!

Monday, November 17, 2014

Kaitlyn is 6!

Kaitlyn was surprised and very excited to come downstairs on her birthday to a Frozen themed “Happy 6th Birthday” banner.

We started her birthday celebration at where else but Red Robin. Kaitlyn even shared her birthday sundae with us!

She was so excited to open her presents!

This year, Kaitlyn wanted a chocolate butterfly cake. So I made a 3 layer cake… top and bottom tiers were chocolate. The middle was vanilla- colored blue. It was filled with Marshmallow Fluff and iced with vanilla frosting. So yummy!

That night, we went off to the Pirates game. Unfortunately they lost, but as part of her present from us, we signed her up for the Pirates Kids Club.

One of the cool things about being a Kids Club member is they can go down outside the locker room and do the hi-five tunnel with the players as the players go out to the ice before the game.

This season, number 49 is Kaitlyn’s favorite player and Captain of the team, Alexander Bolduc. She talks about him all the time and pretends to be him when she is “playing” hockey at home.

Kaitlyn’s teacher does “Star Week” for each of the kids over the week of their birthdays. The star gets to be the helper all week and be line leader. The parents bring in a special treat and share a favorite book with the class. The bulletin board outside the classroom is all about them.

The questions and her answers on the poster are:

When I grow up I want to be a hockey player

My favorite things to do are:

watch hockey
be with Opa
be with Mommy, Daddy, Kenzie, and Mammy
art projects
play on the playground
read

My Favorite Place is Hershey (Pennsylvania)

If I could have one wish, I would wish for a (Carnival) cruise and a pony

Pillsbury makes these very brightly colored cake mixes and frostings. When Kaitlyn was in the baking aisle with me almost two months ago, she told me that’s what she wanted for her birthday cupcakes this year. So, we made blue cupcakes with purple frosting and purple cupcakes with blue frosting. The blue frosting ones were definitely the most popular with her class!

When I brought in the cupcakes, we brought in one of Kaitlyn’s favorite books… Hamish the Highland Cow which I read to the class. All I can say is God Bless Kindergarten teachers! I was worn out after 30 minutes with 12 kids!

Here’s Kaitlyn in the singing birthday hat, while her class sings Happy Birthday to her.

Tomorrow she is going to the doctor for her 6 year check-up and her flu shot followed by lunch with us before she heads back to school.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Kenzie’s Baptism

Kenzie’s Baptism went great! Much to my surprise she didn’t cry at all. She screams every bath time so I thought for sure there would be a lot of screaming! After Mass, we picked up a cake from our favorite bakery. We requested they decorate it with violet flowers and writing. It was awesome… marble with raspberry and fudge filling. We celebrated with lunch and cake at Kaitlyn’s favorite restaurant, Red Robin.