Katelyn is THREE

Three years ago, we had no idea what a beautiful, sweet, funny, smart, quirky, impressionable, passionate, loving, caring, and sociable little girl we held. She is growing up way too quickly. I can't believe it! She is a true kid now and acts it, that's for sure! I love how she has become such a caring big sister. Always looking out for Levi making sure there aren't any choking hazards around, bringing him his blanket if he gets hurt or upset, singing to him to help distract him when Mommy steps out of sight or to keep him awake in the car. I am amazed at her everyday and so excited to watch her grow!

We woke up bright and early on Sunday, cooked pancakes and let her open two presents....a TICKET on the Dinosaur Train and a Conductor outfit to wear from Grammy & Pappy!! (Don't you love that morning-do by the way :) After getting home from our drive home from Texas on Saturday, we drove 2.5 hours to Bryson City, NC just for K to experience a real train ride! And it was definitely worth it!  We left at 7:30 AM and got there a little early, so we hit up the gift shop and got her a few new figurines (which was by far her favorite part. She played with them the whole time)

All Aboard!!!

Waiting on the conductor to come by and punch her ticket! She was a little confused as to why "Mr. Conductor" wasn't there....that was my one knock on the whole deal. I wish they had more characters or something on the actual train. It was, after all, a "Dinosaur Train"! 

We traveled about 30 minutes through the smokey mountains, over a bridge/river and into a large open area where they had all kinds of fun activities for the kids. Dino Golf, Bounce Houses, a fossil dig, footprint hunt, food, etc.

The first on her list was meeting Buddy! He's her second favorite dinosaur :) She was by far the most attached kid I saw. Once she got up there, she wanted to hug, kiss, talk to him and wasn't ready to leave after her picture was taken. None of the other kids seemed to be quite as attached. Love my sweet girl!

The rest of the characters were all big blow ups, which was a big hit!  

Levi was pretty content in his stroller.

We spent 2 hours here and then it was time to say goodbye to Mr. Conductor, one last hug!

My window was pretty foggy...but all the staff came out and waved goodbye as they played Dinosaur Train over the loudspeaker! 

Once we got home, it was time to open the rest of her presents...

Her favorite gift...an RV for all her little people!

Here is a little interview I did as well to help remember her cute personality as she turns THREE!

 What is your favorite color? Orange 

        What color are your eyes? Blue

        What color is your hair? Purple ;Me: really?? What color is your hair for real? K: weedy weedy bloo bloo.

        What is your favorite food? Uhhhhh…..dinosaur train food, orange food….celery (actually: pizza,                    
                blueberries, eggs, ice cream)

            What songs do you like to sing? Dinosaur train, super why songs (actually: Katelyn, Katelyn, bo-batelyn,
                 etc.; George Strait "Looking Down the Road"; Old McDonald Had a Farm; Silent Night, You are my
                 Sunshine)

        What are your favorite special treats? Lollipops (true)

        What kind of animals do you like? Giraffe, because they are beautiful (not sure, could be true)

       What’s your favorite holiday? Dress up day (after I listed them all out for her, she still chose “dress up
                  day”!)

        What do you want to be when you grow up? A grown-up; Me: what do grownups do? cook eggs

        What books do you like to read right now? Dinosaur train book, Arthur books

               What do you like to do with Daddy? Jump way up high

        What do you like to do with Mommy? Jump a little bit high, play ding dong

              What do you like to do with Levi? sing Old McDonald to make Levi happy (and make him laugh while he's
                   taking his bottle and when she runs around the house squealing)

       What is your favorite movie/DVD? Tangled (true)

       What shows do you watch on TV? Dinosaur Train &  Super Why

        What is your favorite store? Dinosaur Train store (the one we went to this past weekend on our train trip)

              Who are your friends? Emmy, Lily; Do you have any other friends? K - No, just Emmy & Lily (she has
                      lots more :)

              What do you like to do with your friends? Play ding dong, slide down the slide at Playnation

       What do you like to play with inside? Mr. Conductor

       What do you like to play outside? Mr. Conductor…and going on walks (and running on the sidewalk
                    beside our house, playing hopscotch with sidewalk chalk, swimming, looking for spider webs,
                    picking veggies in the garden, etc.)