Kodi got to see "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" today.  She fell in love with Cindy Lou Who, & the song she sings in the movie.  We decided to see if we could do her hair like Cindy's.  This is as close as we could get.  I think she could be from "Whoville" if you ask me.  

Kodi's hair cut

Kodi had her first hair cut today. It only took us 3 years, 2 months, & 6 days. We took her to a nice salon so she could get pampered. She was so excited! She told Jenny, the person that cut her hair, that she is such a big girl because she gets to get her hair cut and then she can drive. Where she came up with that, I have no idea. She did such a good job of holding still I had to take her out for a treat after.

Before

After

Kodi has been learning how to recognize her name since she turned 3 yrs old.  She has decided that it's not enough to just recognize it, so now she wants to be able to write it.  Her favorite letter is "K".  Here she is writing her name on tracer paper.

On our trip Kodi got to swim almost every day.  Turns out she is a little fish.  When she has her floaties on she can go where ever she wants to with out any help.  In fact, she would rather no help at all.  She also learned how to go under water all by herself.  Once she had that down, she bobbed in and out of the water the whole rest of the time.  After spending so much energy though she had to take a rest.

Here's Kodi and some of her cousins that got to go on the hike up to the red rocks.  3 Pretty Princesses & 3 Crazy Boys

Us girls took a trip to St. George for a week in October.  It was fun to get away and play.  We went for a hike up on the red rocks.  Poor Kodi was too little to play on top with the bigger kids (mom was too scared she would get away from me).  But as you can see, she still had fun throwing rocks.

This was Kodi's first time bowling.  I can't tell if she was bored or if she was thinking.  I ended up bowling most of her turns because she was too busy talking to the man at the desk about the bowling shoes.  Her second time was much better. Ryan went and helped her to roll the ball herself.  After that she was hooked!

We spent the 4th of July in Idaho watching the big Firework show and then going to Grandma Stephanie's and creating our own show.  I don't know who had more fun, the kids or the men.  Ryan, his brother's, and his dad had fun playing with matches, fireworks, & gasoline. Luckily we had Kari and Angela (our firemen) there with a bucket of water.

Kodi just celebrated her 3rd birthday on August 18. She is obsessed with Barbie, and had to have a Barbie cake that she helped make. And it had to be pink. She really is a "girlie girl".