Daddy’s Little Model
This is one of the latest photos I have taken of you Kiry, and I am kind of proud of it. I just wanted to put it into your scrapbook!
Happy Birthday–The Sound Of It…
Dear Kiry,
I just wanted to tell you that you are growing so big, and I am loving you so much! I love all the things that you do, I think, with the exception of one…
You love to sing “Happy birthday to you!” You keep repeating it over and over. And the repetition is not even what bothers me about it. What bothers me about it is that it sounds exactly like you are singing “Happy DEATH day to you!” Please darlin’, knock it off!
I love you!
Love,
Daddy!
Happy Days
My older brothers are on holiday this week, and I miss them, I sure do. But I also found a good side to them being gone, and that is my dear old dad. Daddy and I are home alone while mum is at work, and Dad and I get to hang out together all day long. It is really, really fun! When it is time for me to have a nap, Daddy lays down on the settee and I lay in his arms and fall asleep right there! That is unusual because Daddy usually has to do things with my brothers while I sleep and so doesn’t have the time to be able to do that sort of thing with me.
Another thing we do is have our meals together every time. Sometimes Daddy has to do other things when the boys are around, like take a break from them during lunch, so he has them feed me, which gives him his break, and them a big chance to learn about caring for a little person. But so far, Daddy and I have sat down and had all our meals together and have had some great conversations about things.
This morning we sat on the settee together and looked out the window for the Magpie that lives in the trees on hill behind the house over the road. We were watching and watching when all at once the Magpie appeared on the fence right in front of our house! Good times!
This week things have been really messy around our house. Mum and dad and my brothers have been packing some big brown boxes that are in the living room! Daddy keeps reminding me that if something called the Embassy works out on the 10th of August, then we will be moving to live with my Nanny San for a month, then to a place called America. Of course, I hope that it works out because I hear there are lots of rides there, like cars and planes and trains and horses and Disneyland! I am not sure what all that stuff is as I have only road on a train before. I have not been in a car in ages, and can hardly remember what one is, though I have been in a taxi, but Dad says there are not too many of those in this America place.
Daddy says that is the Embassy does not work out, we are going to move house anyway, and live somewhere else here in Worcester. Dad says that his garden will grow better in WET-cester than it would in America anyhow.
Well, I have a big day still to come. I have to have a bath..!! I am not too fond of those these days. Daddy says i need to get lovin’ them though so I can learn to swim. If I don’t love a little bath, what makes him think I am going to want to have a BIG one?
Yours,
Kirynie (with Daddy’s help typing!)
Off to the Doctor’s Today
I am off to the doctor’s surgery today! But it is not for me! How exciting! It is for my oldest brother, JJ! I am so glad it is not me that is getting poked and prodded. I sure hate it when they get me in there and next thing I know, POKE! All i can do is scream! I hope they are not as mean to JJ!
Kiry (& Daddy!)
The Kid Who Constantly Head-trips Her Dad.
Kiry was walking around with a pair of shoes on that she had put on the wrong feet. I said, “you’ve got your shoes on the wrong feet. You need to swap them around.” So she sat down and exchanged her shoes and checked with me for approval, then got up and walked away. Once again, this kid stuns me!
Daddy Kelsey
A General Update With Lots of Photos
Hi there to everyone out there in the world! I have got some photos to upload that I hope that you will like! I won’t delay you much other than to say these were taken in the last few months, and Daddy has just decided to help me put them up! 🙂
This is me on my way to Abbergavanny, Wales, on the 18th February, 2010, having a snack on the train. It was a lovely old ride out, and my first time out of my native England!
Daddy and I went all over Abbergavanny before we stopped in for something to eat at a tine fish and chip shop that Dad says he had been to once before. Dad ate the fish, and I ate the chips! As it started to snow while we were on our way out to Wales, Daddy apologises for the smudge on the fisheye lens.
Whatever the state of us, and Daddy’s lens, I had such a great time that day going all over and being with Daddy! The snow was lovely! It is a memory I am sure I will always treasure for as long as I remember it, or at least as long as there are pictures of it!
When we got over to the Castle Ruins after lunch that day, Daddy put my chair on the other side of a tree stump and took this picture. He said it would give some scale to the tree stump. I don’t know if he knows, but trees are supposed to have bark, not scales. 😉
I got to get out of the chair while we were at the Castle Lodge. It was closed for the staff to have a late lunch, so we didn’t go inside. Daddy says he’s been in before, and that we were not missing anything I would have enjoyed. But I would have liked to get out of the snow! Silly Daddy..!!
You would think that on the train home I would have been tired and would have had a nap. To be honest, I was still playful! Lucky for me that Daddy was not tired either! 🙂
28 February, 2010. This is me enjoying a lovely bowl of cereals in the morning. Daddy thinks I am cute, so he wanted me to put this up. Do you see what I put up with?
Looks like we went for a walk after breakfast. Mum, my brothers, and I must have been heading off to someplace fun..!!
But I guess we’ll never know where because Daddy never took pictures of the place. It must have been the shop! But I was still happy that day, and though I cannot remember it well, I was happy, and that is what matters!
28 Feb must have been a good day!
…well, mostly.
I love going to the park! We did on 2 March 2010. We have been going even more since, as the weather has warmed up a lot! Of course, the big fleece jacket gives me more padding when I fall though!
With a little bit of help, I get to go almost the whole way down the slide nearly by myself!
Mum hates it when I use my diddy (besides, mum and dad gave it me so I would not eat the paint on the brush!), but I need to show this photo anyhow because the 6th of March 2010 was the date I painted by first painting, and I did it all on my own! I thought that rather than expressionism, I would start out with abstract art. I loved the colours!
Daddy thought it might be fun to abstract my abstract art!
I also got some paint on my fingers!
The colours and the textures are interesting to look at!
The textures on my hands are just as interesting as those on the paper!
I want to say something here. As this picture from the 12th of March, 2010 shows you, getting your hair done is as much fun as it looks!
Well, that is a big post for now! I will put more up soon!
Yours,
Kiry & Daddy!
Getting Back to Blogging!
Hi there everyone..!! Today has been an at home sort of day. Mum and dad were so busy doing things with papers and computers that all I could do was entertain myself to keep from getting bored. The trouble with that is trouble. I mean, I get in trouble. Mum and dad aren’t that fond of me entertaining myself! So they tell me not to. I don’t know why they would leave me to do it, then tell me off for doing it. It just does not make sense. I need to get this through to them somehow. What’s wrong with me playing with their computers when they are not using them? What is wrong with me redecorating the boring old kitchen with all of my toys? Why shouldn’t I be able to write my ideas on their papers when they are at their computers? Well, it is just silly to me..!!
I did have a pretty good day, no matter what though. Daddy says that he is proud of me, and I like it when he is, because I get concepts. Like today, when daddy had to go into the other room to do something, and when I went to follow him, he said “wait right here and I will be right back.” So of course I waited, just like he asked. What else was I supposed to do? Why does it matter so much that I am not yet even two years old? I am 22 1/2 months old, and I think I should be able to get my head around such a simple request! It is not like I am uncivilized! After all, when I wanted to go past the gate to get into the kitchen today, I did just like I would always do. I said “gate please.” Then when daddy opened it, I walked through and said “thank you!” What kind of uncouth trollop does my dad take me for?
Still, I love my mum and dad very much. They are good people, who do try, and who do keep me involved with the things they are doing as much as they can. They talk to me, let me know what is going on, and are careful to try to listen to me, even though I still have troubles saying things clearly. Thankfully, I can spell though, eh?!
My favourite nights are when my brothers go off to their dad’s house and the whole house feels empty except for me and mum and dad. So I get to sleep in their bed between them! I just love being able to lay my head on one of them and my feet on the other. They make great head and foot rests!
Well, I am getting very tired now! I am toddling off to bed for the night. I think daddy is already snoring away next to me. He is so cute when he sleeps… after I put a dolly peg on his nose!
Night!
Kirynie and Daddy..!!
Passed the Test
Tonight when mum and dad and I were in the kitchen, Mum tested me on my vocabulary. I was able to identify quickly and correctly all of the following:
Floor, Cooker, Fridge, Worktop, Table, Chair, Light, Washing Machine, microwave, toaster, and Dryer.
There were other things too. Mum and dad were very happy that I know all these items by name when I am only 22 1/2 months old.
For me though, it was a lot of fun, and that’s it! Whatever mum would name, I love to point at it and call out its name back to her.
Words really are a wonderful thing! I love being able to understand things like when it is time to go upstairs and get changed, or time to eat my tea, or breakfast or lunch for that matter. I also love being able to tell when my nappy needs to be changed, or when I want to go to sleep. Words are really helpful, and even though I cannot say them clearly, mum and dad give it a go at listening to me and trying to understand me. I can repeat just about anything they say to me. I am learning most of them!
Pretty soon, I will be able to tell daddy what I want to write about for real, rather then him sitting down and figuring it out for me. I am sure he can’t wait! I know I can’t..!!
By for now all!
Kirynie and Daddy.
New Blog Location
As of today Daddy has moved my Blog from Bogspot to WordPress. He did it in an attempt to sort out the formatting issue he has been having with my blog. So far the carriage returns are working, but for some reason it will not download the blog’s theme to his computer so we can see the proper layout when we type in the new posts, which affects us and not you, the reader. So you won’t see the troubles anymore, and Daddy will feel much better about posting!
Oh look! There is Daddy and me now in that photo..!!
There is so much to tell about going back to the time when the posts slowed down! I have been so busy learning to do new things almost every day, and learning to say new words!
One of the things daddy has shown me is Birds! I saw them one day while they were in the tree below our house. There was one that I later learned is called a Collared Dove hopping around the tops of the branches, and daddy pointed it out to me. But silly daddy was not sure I could see the bird. Then when one flew by and I yelled out “Bird!” That is when Daddy knew I could tell what he was talking about from all of the things we could see out the window!
Now I mostly know the birds are birds, but when the black and white ones come by, I know that is a Magpie! I love Magpie’s!
There is so much more to tell about too, but I will get online with Daddy’s help and let you know all about it as soon as I can! Till then, be well..!! 🙂
Kirynie and Daddy..!!
My Days
Hi there..!! I wanted to update you to what I am up t to the most of these days. Much of my week is filled with the time I spend helping Daddy teach my older brothers. They are both home schooled, and Daddy has the big job of making sure they are always learning something. At the same time, I have to do a bit of learning too. After all, I am getting on in my days now, and have to learn to talk. Each day I get better at pronunciation and a bit better at remembering what words are. Daddy always reminds me to use my words to tell him what I want. He doesn’t always understand though. But he sure does try, and when I get frustrated with him, he does not get mad at me for crying, but instead likes to give me a hug and let me point out what I am after, or he listens extra careful to see if he can figure out what it is I am after. Daddy really does try to be extra patient with me, and he really does try to understand me, all the while being aware that I am just a learner, and can’t be expected to know all of it yet.
Some days we do special trips to the park where I get to play, and watch other children play, or we go for a walk into town so I can see all of the people and sights to see. I am always very good when we are in town. There is just so much to see, and so many interesting things that who could have time to play up? My brothers sure do like to play around though. They love to argue about everything imaginable, and they try to walk next to me no matter what… To the point they cause someone to fall into the road and daddy has to get after them to not walk three across, but to walk with one behind so nobody falls in front of a car. I think daddy just gets scared because he says the roads in America are much wider than here in England. I wonder what America and England are? But one of these days I want to get an America of my own and see if the roads really are wider!
Well, I thought I would do a post. Daddy gets frustrated with the program he uses to do these posts because it refuses to format them properly, and daddy is such a perfectionist! Which I suppose is why he is so happy with me! But that is okay, because I am a perfectionist too, which is why I am so happy with mum!