Full Day! Think Pink!

Today was fun filled day for Jesstine...and VERY pink! Here is a review of our day in photos:

First off, J went and joined her best friend, Kylie, for dance class today. I am really considering signing her up for dance class. They had so much fun that we went over to Kylie's house to play afterward. Here they are playing dress up.

 Later today, we went to do a very special thing! Jesstine has been working hard to help more around the house. We are trying to teach her some responsibilities. She has been earning stickers on her sticker chart for cleaning up her toys, helping to set the table, and cleaning up her dishes after meals. After about 3 months (I made sure she had to do these things for a LONG time, so the chart had a LOT of boxes), she managed to fill it all up. Once filled up, she was promised a trip to Build-a-Bear Workshop!

 She knew all along that she wanted a Hello Kitty. Here she is helping to fill it up. (It was a little loud for her, so she stepped on the pedal reluctantly while plugging her ears.) 

 She picked a heart to put in her Hello Kitty. She kissed it, held it to her head and made a wish.

 Then helped to put the heart in her new buddy.

 She gave her Hello Kitty a bath.

 These "shower" heads, were actually blowers. It was cause for a bit of apprehension.

 Then she made a birth certificate for her Hello Kitty and named it "Meow."

 In the parking lot afterward holding on to her Dumpty and Hello Kitty, Meow.

 Afterward we took Emmitt to Grandma Griffee to see if his ears were okay. Then we enjoyed a family dinner at Chick-fil-a. Seemed fitting considering the recent controversy. Here we are at the play place (note to Grandmom: this is fairly new play place so not AS dirty as say, McDonalds, and I IMMEDIATELY washed her hands when we were done. She also came home and took a shower).

Oh, and yeah, I became one of "those" moms that I dislike who allows their children to run through the play place without socks.....What can I say! It was well over 100 degrees out and we were halfway across town before I realized she was wearing sandals and didn't have socks. I will be putting a pair of socks in the van permanently now...this has happened twice recently!

 Emmitt thought he was hot stuff getting to play with the "big kid" toys.

 In other news, Dumpty got a bit of a "face lift" so to speak. Dumpty was REALLY looking dirty and we could never get her to look clean. She was just always dingy looking. So, I talked to Jesstine to see how she would feel about Dumpty getting some new clothes. (The last time I tried this, I thought she would be too young to notice. I was VERY wrong and she shook with fright when she noticed Dumpty's face was WAY different. Hence Emmitt getting his "Mr. Dumpty.") She was surprisingly open to Dumpty getting "new clothes" and was aware that her face would look different. She was excited too that Dumpty would have new hair. So, we kept Dumpty's dirty dingy looking pillow, but gave her some new clothes! Jesstine is more than pleased! I am glad it went so well! She is okay with putting the yellow Dumpty in her memory box.

WOW that is a LOT of pink! Here she is ready for a great night's sleep!

In Him,

The Hutchins Family