Pumpkins and Tutu's

We finally carved the kids pumpkins this weekend. They were so excited, up until we pulled the top off and told them to clean them out. Then both turned back into the squemish kids that they are and refused to clean them out. That duty fell to mom. Then Kaitlyn drew her face on her pumpkin, and Matt got help with his and Daddy carved .They turned out pretty good. Hopefully they last until Halloween!

Today at Nordstrom's they were putting on a girls tutu party. The girls got to come in their tutu's and get some make-up on, glitter, their nails done and get some candy. Kaitlyn went with Annie and Katie and loved every minute of it. Thank goodness Kaitlyn has Wendy (Annie and Katie's mom) in her life, she might actually turn out to be a girlie-girlie. Heaven knows she gets no help from her mom in that department :)

P.S. if you are wondering about the stuffed dog that features prominantly in all the pictures. . .Kaitlyn's kindergarten class has a "pet" his name is D.O.G. and he gets to come home for a few days with each kid. The kid then writes in D.O.G.'s journal about what they did with him over those few days. They also attach pictures in the journal, thus, D.O.G. got to go to his first, (and I'm sure last) tutu party.

oh Where oh Where have the Krimme's gone??

Last conference Sunday Kaitlyn came down with a high fever, cough, sore throat and achiness. She was pretty miserable. She just laid around all day. By Sunday night her fever was up to 104 and we were pretty worried. We took turns checking on her all night, and by Monday morning, it was down to only 101. But alas, by Tuesday both Matt and I had it. Poor Aaron had to play nurse, a role he did quite well in I might add. Matt and I didn't really move all of Tuesday or Wed. Kaitlyn was back to school by Thurs, but Matt and I were still pretty bad. The first time we made it out of the house all week was Sat. We had to miss church because Matt still had a cough, but luckily we are recovered. How not fun is it to sit in you house for a whole week though, especially when we were having some nice sunny days. Hopefully the flu is behind us though.
During all this sickness, Kaitlyn had her first tennis lesson. I was a bad mom, and didn't get her signed up for soccer in time, so we decided to try tennis. She goes twice a week for 45 minutes to the tennis center. She's in a class with 4-6 year olds. Her teacher is great. They do lots of little activities, and they had these oversized tennis balls that they play with. Kaitlyn is imporving each week and she seems to love it. Maybe she'll end up with better hand-eye coordination than her mom :)

Yesterday Matt and I went with Kaitlyn's kindergarten class to the pumpkin patch. It was luckily not raining and not too muddy. The kids got to pick out a pumpkin and hay-ride, hay bale maze, pet some animals and climb on a hay pyramid. They had a lot of fun, and it was great to see how Kaitlyn interacts with her class and her teacher. She can almost look Ms.Holmberg in the eye now! Great progress!

Here is Kaitlyn's class, see if you can pick her out, (she's the one posing for the camera) and see if you can find her teacher. . .