The KAT's Meow

Mommy: I don’t like it when I lose my temper.
Nichole: Yeah. And Jr. took your temper. Daddy has your temper. It’s Daddy’s and Mommy’s to share.




Nichole was coloring on a paper plate next to an electric tea light that was turned on. I moved the electric tea light so it wouldn’t catch the plate on fire.



Jr.: Oh no. Winter is coming!
Nichole: Don’t go out! It’s Winter! It’s Winter! And the birds are going to eat your face!


Nichole: Can I have delicious food and not the one you fixed?
Jr.: I want the stuff that you made.



Mom: What do you want to eat?
Nichole: Parmesan Rice!
Jr. I don’t like Parmesan Rice
Mom: What do you like?
Jr.: I like Parmesan Cereal.



On a sunny day
Jr. (Running home when I called): Sun, I love you, but I have to go inside now.



Nichole: Daddy is so a genius.

A Superhero Birthday

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(My talented husband put this together)

A Day in the Life

Just a day in the life of the mild-mannered Telford family:

Good Vacation

I've been wanting to say so much about our vacation to the Pacific Northwest that I've noticed I've been neglecting talking about some of the current things that have been happening. I think I'll still write from time to time about our vacation, but I also want to talk about exciting things we are going through now.
Let's just say we did have a wonderful vacation. We got to go to some neat places like the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Shore Acres on the Oregon Coast, and Spirit Falls near Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Jr. even had his first opportunity to get his feet wet in the coooold Pacific Ocean.

We visited with friends, spent time at home, and just got to be ourselves.

But the most important thing was being with family. Nothing compares to grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins- also known as parents, brothers and sisters, and nieces and nephews.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

It was a good vacation.

True Love

Catch of the Day- Cousins

I promise. It's not as bad as it looks.

Build A Bear

Jeremy's mom got Nichole a special book for her birthday called, "The Bear who went to the Ballet." In the book, the Grandma makes the little girl a special ballerina bear to take with her to the ballet.

Nichole's grandma then took Nichole to make her own ballerina bear at the Build A Bear Workshop at the mall. We'd never been there before but luckily Jeremy's sister had and was so helpful.
Nichole was looking all over for a bear with a ballet outfit already on, but we had to show her that you start with the bear and work your way from there. She wasn't so sure about having a flat bear.

Aunt Heather even went to find a ballet outfit for the bear to wear later and helped explain that they would put stuffing in the bear.

Nichole felt a little better when she saw people ahead getting their bears stuffed, and she cheered up quite a bit when she was able to help stuff hers and give it a heart.

She got to give it a "bath" to fluff up its fur.

Then it was dress-up time and the ballet bear was able to see how pretty she looked in the mirror.

By the end, Nichole's worries were all gone and she was so happy with her ballet bear.

Thanks, Grandma.