Katie Beth helped with dinner tonight. She wanted to chop up the ginger. She apparently has been watching dad’s technique for sometime now.
Rolling Skating Party
Katie Beth had a blast at her first rollerskating party for her classmate. It is great that we had already been teaching Katie Beth how to rollerblade. She took to rolling skates with no problem.
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Thrift Store Fun and Games
We had fun today. We did some thrift store shopping and we picked up a vintage General Electric Portable Deluxe Hair Dryer. With Katie Beth’s long hair, we decided why not give a portable dryer a try.
The bonnet is a little too big for her, but it still stays on with a few adjustments every so often.
Now, we can play games while Katie Beth’s hair is busy getting dried.
Halloween and Lots of Costumes
The weather threatened to rain the whole evening, but we ended up getting out to go trick-or-treating with Katie Beth in the end. Katie Beth went as a vampire devil. Our neighbor really decorated their front porch and an awesome way.
This year, we had lots of Halloween events to go to so Katie Beth got to dress up as various things each time including a bumblebee, a rock’n roll star, and a vampire.
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Here are all of her outfits for this Halloween season.
First Bologna Sandwich
You may be shocked or not shocked, but Katie Beth had never had a bologna sandwich prior to today. With all the organic food coming through our house, the idea of bologna is far from what you would see in our house.
Katie Beth loved it to say the least. The photos shows her licking mustard off her lips.
Pumpkin Craving and Power Tools!
It was pumpkin craving time here at the Allen’s house. Karen took it up a notch and pulled out the power tools. She pulled out the Dremel.
There was a lot of fun to be had.
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Having Fun with Science at the Kids Trek
Katie Beth and I went to Kids Trek at the Madison County Public Library today. Martha Williams puts on this free event, which is rich with science and discovery activities for children and adults like. The focus is on the children, but adults can participate in all the activities.
We started with making water molecule models out of sugar drops and marshmallows. The models were fun, but the proton and neutron nucleus made out of marshmallows was very sticky.
We made a ramp out of cheese and discussed the affect a ramp has on a force. Katie Beth may have enjoyed the cheese ramp more as a snack.
First Day in First Grade
Katie Beth headed off to her first day at school as a first grader. She got a little nervous while getting ready at home. But, we talked about it a bit and she warmed up to going.
She was very excited to be going by the time we got to school.
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Huntsville Stars’ Announcer
Katie Beth had a blast being the Huntsville Stars’ Announcer tonight.
As part of being an announcer, she also received a McDonald’s t-shirt and McDonald’s Happy Meal.
What a fun night as friends were texting me while Katie Beth was making announcements! They heard her voice and knew it was her.
She enjoyed her Happy Meal even more than announcing I think.
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Aunt Sharon’s Pogo Stick Gift
Katie Beth has been wanting a pogo stick for sometime, now. It took awhile for her to figure it out, but she got better with each try.
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