KAIA DO IT

I feel like our life completely changes from week to week when it comes to Kaia and this past week definitely brought newness into our home :) Kaia has started to become Miss independent for quite sometime but NOW she is adamant about it. We hear "KAIA DO IT" constantly. She is unbelievably good at the potty situation. In fact, she actually really likes the whole process so about 15 times a day she gets this funny look on her face, announces that "Kaia potty now", DROPS TROW where ever she is in the house (which we remind her everyday that she can't do that once school starts), sprints to the potty, does her thing (usually in the dark because she can't reach the switches), wipes, stands on her step stool, turns on the water, washes her hands (while singing her ABCs), dries them, opens the drawer, picks out a sticker, puts one on her chart and one on her hand, and comes back into the room announces she is "all done", puts her big girl panties back on, and goes about her business. If you try to help her in any way during this whole ordeal you get a VERY dirty look and a loud "NO!! KAIA DO IT". I look back at three weeks ago and can't even believe she refused to go on the potty. She even tells herself on the potty, "You can do it Kaia" and "Good job, way to go Kaia". We laugh as we hear all this down the hall from the bathroom. It is so funny that we just want to have these memories documented somewhere so we can totally embarrass her one day :)

She is also obsessed with playing "dress up". She has her tutu on 10 of the 12 hours she is awake (that includes all trips to the grocery store, music class, play group, etc.). She also carries around her guitar and wears Kristian's old rugby hat (obviously her fashion sense has not fully developed yet). She says "Kaia's a rock star" as she strums away on her guitar. Of course Kristian has taught her some of his favorite air guitar moves that she has perfected :) See below!!!