Taking Off

For Keely's 3rd birthday present Daniel and I decided to take her on a helicopter ride. She has plenty of toys and we thought a great memory would be a better present. Last summer when we were at the beach with Uncle Nick right next to our resort was a helicopter tour. Since then she has been in love with helicopters and pointing them out all the time!

So we got there and they let us go up and see the helicopter, which was good for Keely. She got a little nervous, but we kept telling her it was safe, etc.

They cranked up the helicopter and we opted to pay the extra money for the headphones that connect to each other so we could talk. I'm glad we did it because we could talk to her and it drowned out MOST of the noise. We climbed in and she sat between Daniel and I. As we were taking off Keely was chanting under her breath "I'm safe, I'm safe, I'm safe".

She stayed plastered to me at first, but then relaxed and looked out both windows. The only time after that she got scared was when the helicopter banked to return and we tilted a LOT. Thankfully that didn't last long.

Thankful that we were able to make such great memories! She loved it so much and it was hard to get her to stop talking about it. She even made up a song on the way home, but I can't get the file to post.

Keely Quotes

Since I've gotten the iPhone I've been posting some of the cute things Keely says on Facebook. Since the whole reason I'm keeping this blog is to have this kind of thing archived, and because not everyone is on my Facebook, I wanted to repost them here.

Feb 15th

Today's talk:

K: Are you happy mommy?

Me: Yes. Are you happy Keely?

K: No.

Me: Why?

K: I'm REALLY happy. No little happy but BIG happy.

♥ her!

Feb 21st 

Quote of the day "Jesus always loves potty rings. "

March 7th

Quote of the Day:

Keely (to Daniel cooking in the kitchen): Are you Papa? Are you making dinner?

Papa: Yes I'm Papa and I'm making dinner.

Keely: Why isn't mama making dinner? 

March 15th

Today's quote: (while looking in the mirror thoughtfully) K: I have eyebrows. But I don't know why.

What do you say to that? I told her otherwise her face would look silly.

Mommy misunderstanding of the day: we were in the car listening to keely's music and I was asking her about her day at school. Suddenly I was sure she said "I have to crap!"

I was a little shocked to say the least until I looked in the mirror to see her CLAPing with the music.

Dance Show!

Keely is obsessed with dancing. We watched an episode of Angelina Ballerina and Keely is addicted. She dances all of the time. The video below is her putting on a "Dance Show" for us. These happen about every other day now, complete with outgrown "dancing dress" (Thanks Jessica!).

After she became obsessed with dancing, we tried using it as a bribe to get her to potty train. We promised her that we'd find a dance class for her after she was using the potty. Maybe it was a coincidence, but at about the same time she DID start using the potty. So we found her a dance class. 

For her first class (we hadn't bought her a leotard yet), Daniel came and took pictures. Yeah, we were THOSE parents. I hovered at the little window into the dance studio and watched her the entire 45 minutes. I loved it almost as much as she did. She spent the first 20 or so minutes mostly watching and absorbing. She finally started participating towards the end. Last week she did a good job participating, though she kept adding in twirls where they weren't supposed to be! The pictures below are from her first class.

Playing with Rhythm sticks

Solo dancing on stage (well not solo this time!)

Skipping as part of 1 of the dances. She told us at the end of class this was her FAVORITE part!