she plays wipeout on the drums

kate. she's a funny one. she definitely keeps us on our toes.
last month when we were preparing for our trip to pittsburgh, i was packing a few toys for the kids. for jacob it was easy- a truck, some legos, some tractors. for kate- i had no clue. at that moment i realized, kate doesn't ever play with just one toy. she's into everything, anything, and nothing. she plays with whatever. most of the time, for her, playing is getting into things she's not supposed to. :)

last night we sat down to dinner as the skies darkened. the storm had just begun and the tv was screaming it's tornado emergency sounds. so we picked up our plates and headed to the basement. jesse and i were pretty calm, so we continued to eat, hoping our non-panic would help the kids to be not so scared. jacob asked a billion questions with fear in his voice. "can't we just get some tape for the roof and tape it down so the boiling storm doesn't blow it off?"
kate just sat there frozen with her hands over her face. we headed back upstairs after the warning was over and parked the kids back at the table with their food. kate continued to sit there like this:

she ate her entire dinner, fed to her by dad, with her hands still on her eyes- hiding from the thunder and lightning. :)

and here's our other little ladies (and gentleman) getting bigger every day!