Apple Eating

Dear Baby J,

I guess I won't be calling you Baby J anymore. Nope. Not anymore. Not when you can eat an apple like a grown up!!

It is time to move on to JT I think. JT is for a girl who swipes apples off the counter without Mom noticing. JT is for a girl who has seven teeth and knows how to use (and brush) them. JT is for a walking, talking, cheerful little girl who I never gave permission to grow up so fast. 

Besides, your new sister will take on the baby role next, so we can pass the title on to her I guess. Three more weeks and you get the best gift of your life- a real live sister!! 

Love, your Mom

What a Celebration

Hi Miss T!

Now wasn't that a Celebration with a capital C this past weekend (ok...a few weekends ago...because I didn't finish this post when I started it)? The pictures speak for themselves:

Starting the tradition with the next generation!

 Seriously this was such a cool finish!!

 Long time friends! So good to reunite.

 Hurrah for feeling good at the finish line!

 The wisest finishers!

 ZUMBA!

 Fabulous prizes

 Love this shot. Just makes me want to get up and dance with you.

 And the young ones run and have fun too!

What a celebration!!

I just have to say- this is one event I LOVE to be at with my sister (you), and my young women sisters (from middle and high school), and my Sweet Liberty sisters (from high school), and my women relatives (aunts, grandma, cousins, in-laws etc). I feel so spoiled to love so many wonderful women. :) And to get a chance to celebrate with them.

So good to see you there. Can't wait to see you again next year.

Love, Kk

Gone All Day

Dear T Bear,

Congratulations on starting first grade!  I can't believe you are going to be gone all day.

The night before you started school, you came into our bed around 11pm due to a bad dream (or some "back-to-school" nerves).  I then tortured myself for an hour thinning back on the last 6 1/2 year of your life.

I remembered how you have had a smile that has lit up a room from the day you were born.  I remembered how you loved to held in my arms.  You have always loved to laugh.  You proved to be very clever and precocious from a very young age.  I have held you in my lap and read hundreds of books to you and you soaked everything up with excitement.

I wondered, "Have I loved you enough? Have I taught you enough?"  I know I am not a perfect mother to you.  We are both learning on this journey.

As you Dad gave you a special blessing the night before school, I was once again reminded that Heavenly Father loves you just as much as I do.  He wants you to pray to Him.  He will watch over you at school when I can not be there.  You were born with greatness inside of you.

I pray that first grade will be a fun year for you.  A year where you learn to be kind to others, work together, and love to learn.  I will miss you while you are gone.  But I know that for you, T Bear, you need this independence. You love growing and proving that you are a capable person.  I admire that about you.

I will gladly you send you off to school each day, but then anxiously wait until I can pick you up again.

With all the love in the world,

Love,
Mommy

Dog Food

 Dear Miss T,

If you chance to consider getting a dog while you still have little mouthy-babies around, consider yourself forewarned of this possibility:

I am having to be vigilant in making sure Baby J does not eat dog food. When she first started crawling she loved to head towards Nellie's dish...she knew I would come running! And when we would visit the dog upstairs (bowl pictured here), she could not get enough of a thrill sneaking around the corner, and then pausing and sitting and turning to see if I had caught her yet. She would hurry to grab some food and shove it in her mouth as I lunged at her. It just wasn't clear that dog food was not her food. As far as I know, she never fully ingested any. As far as I know.

At this point, she no longer tries to get it in her mouth (at least not immediately). She throws it! And she makes the "Neh Neh Neh" sound, which I am thinking is a pretty good effort to say "Nellie" because every time I take her away that is what I say "This food is for Nellie." So. There may be food in the floor and under some furniture, but none in her mouth. Nice.

But then, the other day I had handed a carrot stick to Baby J for her to gnaw on a little, and I look over to see this:

Clearly she doesn't realize that her food is not dog food. I am betting we could have a little problem here in the next few years where Nellie knows that a certain little someone will hand over food that she normally won't get anywhere else! At least I love it when Nellie cleans up under Baby J's high chair? Can't beat that.

Love, Kk

CONGRATULATIONS!

We gave away 2 free entries to the CelebrateWomen's Fitness Event (second entry was courtesy of Dr. David W. Cutler, DDS).

Kathleen Tuck

&

Kimberly and Matt

Thank you to our two comments who made it before the deadline.  (Miss Robin - we appreciate your comment from far across the Pacific Ocean as well!)

We look forward to seeing you and your "sisters" at the race.  You better register today if you still want a shirt!

-Miss T & KK

Our FIRST FREE Giveaway!

Last Year's Party!

We are thrilled to announce our first Sisters FREE GIVEAWAY!!!!

We are giving away 1 free entry to the Celebrate Women's Fitness - A 5K FUN walk/run/stroll event this September 20th, 2014.

Here's how to enter:

Leave a comment on our blog saying something like, "I want to win!", "Please enter me!", or "I love my sisters!", or "Tenley - you rock my world!", "..... ok maybe not the last one.... but you get the idea.

OR 

You can email Miss T or KK personally about being entered in the drawing if you are not the type of person to leave a comment.

ENTER NOW until August 27th (that's tomorrow at midnight).  Then August 28th we will announce the winner. (PS - On August 28th, the registration price increases!)

Wait!  What if I have already registered, but still want to win?  Well, you can still enter, and if you win please give it to a girlfriend or sister, mother, aunt, etc.... There are plenty of wonderful women who would love to join us.

We hope to see you personally in Eagle, ID on September 20th for a FUN Women's Event.   It's going to be a party - and if you know us (Cutlers) personally, you know we love a good party (especially if it includes dancing)!

Good Luck!

Miss T & KK

PS - If you want a super cute shirt, you better register asap!!!! Oh, and we always can use some volunteers - males included!

This is the most recent picture of  Miss T & KK and our crew.

Let me tell you WHY I love this Celebrate Women's Fitness Event so much.  It is because my mom has shown me that you can do anything at any age!!! I am so proud of her for working hard, being a little crazy,  and having the dream of keeping a wonderful tradition alive.  I celebrate her as a wonderful woman in my life!  You go girl!

How My 6 yr old Ended Up on YouTube

KK-

Yesterday was Sunday.  After church, we fed the boys and got two of them down for a nap.  We told T Bear that he would be having quiet time on the couch.  We left a pile of things to entertain him while we snuck upstairs to take a nap ourselves.

Let me back up a little.  Miga bought T Bear a monster tail loom (similar to the super popular rainbow looms) during our long road trip.  T Bear has loved making bracelets, necklaces, and key chains on his loom.  He likes to watch tutorials on YouTube to learn how to make things.

Back to Sunday, T Bear wanted to have the iPad to watch YouTube tutorials while he had quite time.  We told him no, because we don't really want him to be surfing YouTube without supervision.  

A few minutes later, we were about to drift oft to sleep in our room, we heard something.  We hear a beep, then T Bear saying "Hi! I'm Troy and I'm going to show you how to make a bracelet using the mini loom."  

We smothered our giggles as we listened to him record himself on his kid's camera.  Unfortunately his camera doesn't have the capacity to record longer that 60 seconds.  We heard him stop.  Big D said he would get up and help him make a  real tutorial.  He went downstairs and got his camera and filmed T Bear.  

Then this morning, it was my turn to help T Bear edit and upload his video to YouTube.  He was excited!  

So if you have 7 minutes to spare, you can watch his tutorial here:



Happy Rubber Band Looming!

-Miss T