Memorable Maisy Moments

I had to come write this down so that I don't forget!

Last night was trick-or-treat and Kaia got lots of candy. We came home from the playground this evening and Kaia and I had decided to make pizza-she was very excited! While it was cooking she came to me and said..

M: "I want candy please!"
Me: "You may have candy after you eat supper."
M: "Please can I have candy?"
Me: "Thank you for saying please...you may have some after supper."
M: "I no like supper! I don't want any pizza! I want candy! Please! Please!"

This was repeated multiple times and included lots of crying and screaming. It became a full-on temper tantrum. I finally distracted her and she was excited for pizza when it was finally done. She did a good job of eating and when she was done she said...

M: "Please may I have a piece of candy?"
Me: "You did a good job eating supper and now you can have a piece of candy."
M: "Hooray! I'm so happy!"

She picked out a bag of Whoppers and I said...

Me: "I'm not sure you'll like these. Maybe you should pick something else."
M: "I DO like these. I eat them all the time!"

This cracked me up because to my knowledge she hasn't eaten these before. Turns out she did like them and is now asking me for "more please." Time to hide the candy bucket!!

Lots of Updates!

I know I haven't updated the blog for a long time. We've been super busy at our house and I just haven't had time! We're adjusting well and loving our new house. We're making lots of new friends and Kaia loves having some other kids to play with. We've really been enjoying all the gorgeous warm weather and have been taking advantage of it by playing outside and checking out some new parks. We've traveled a lot the past few weekends and have enjoyed some great family time!

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I've posted a few pictures of what we've been up to lately-check them out!

Addy's Birthday!

A couple weekends ago we went to Chuck E Cheese's for our niece Addy's 8th birthday!! We had a ton of fun and Kaia had so much fun seeing her cousins and all of our Swaim family!

Kaia and her best friend Addy!

With Ella and Luke

Sitting in the photo booth with Addy, Ella, and Jessica

Addy, Kaia, & Jessica!

Mississippi

Mississippi is Kaia's new favorite word! We've been spending some time checking out some awesome new parks and exploring the river! We discovered an awesome park right on the water, which has become one of our favorite new places! It's been so great having such beautiful weather so that we've been able to get out and enjoy being outside!!

Walking on the River trail

What a great model!

Quite possibly the coolest playground ever...it's just like a treehouse!

Driving the boat

Watching the paddleboat turn around

We also went to Eagle Point Park, which gives a great view of the river! You can also see into Wisconsin and Illinois from here!

Field of Dreams!

A few weeks ago we went to the Field of Dreams! We had a lot of fun and Kaia loved the baseball field!

Ready to go, Mom!

Playing catch with Daddy

Safe!

Running the bases. Kaia could've done this for hours!

In the corn! Kaia loved it!

Ta Da!

Last Days of Summer

Here are some pictures from the last days of August and our last days in our old house. It was very bittersweet to move-this was the 1st place Kaia was old enough to understand as home and when we left I told her to say "bye bye old house." She said "bye bye old house. bye bye home." I'll admit I got a little teary-eyed. We'll miss all of our friends and the fun we had there. But we're very excited about our new opportunity and are already meeting new friends and love our new house. We look forward to making lots of new memories!

Kaia's favorite thing to do on our walks: picking flowers and blowing on them!
I did it!!

Checking out the water

One of the views we'll miss most from our walks at night!

Kaia and Mamaw at Grandma Vi's birthday party.

We were so happy we got to see Grandma Vi before we moved! We had her birthday party at Jack and Paula's the weekend before our move!

We had dinner at the Waglers and Kaia had so much fun playing with Finnean! Finnean is good at standing on 1 leg!

Ready, Set, Go!!

Loving push pops!

Silly kiddos!

All dressed up and jumping on her trampoline!

We went to the state fair with Uncle Jon and Kaia loved the animals!! She got to pet a horse!!

Waving at the cow!

We made it!

We successfully made the move to our new house and are getting settled in! We've been here a week and are slowly getting unpacked. We had a few issues with some of our furniture after we moved that we've been dealing with this week, but mostly it went really smoothly. For those who don't know, Josh is going back to finish his last year of seminary, so we're in for 1 more year of schooling! He did 2 years before going to law school, so just 1 year left! We are surrounded by fellow seminarians and their families in our development, so we're enjoying getting to know lots of new faces and Kaia is having fun making lots of new friends! We love our new house and the dogs are settling in well also-there are lots of new dogs for them to make friends with too! We just got our internet, so I'll be posting some pictures soon!