Happy Birthday Katie!

Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday, dear KATIE...

Happy Birthday to youuuuu....

My Ka-Ka has turned 20. Sigh!
She was a shy little 4 year old when I became her nanny, all those years ago.
I suddenly feel old.
Really old.
You know, like the old ladies that used to come up to you, pat you on the head and say, "I remember you when you were "THIS" big!" and they hold their free hand at their knee caps. Sigh...

My wish for Kaitlin Rose... besides the obvious birthday advice of not drinking to much... Good health, Great friends, Wonderful adventures, and that she will enjoy all the little things in life that so many of us overlook.

Hugs! Kissers! Can't wait to hear about how you celebrated your first day out of your teens! Oh, and I mailed your presents yesterday...so they will be a little late. Watch out for a box and a mailing tube.

I changed my mind

Katie once asked me what animal I thought she would be if she were not human. I thought for a split second and then answered with great certainty, "A Hippo!" To which Katie yelled, "Whhhhhhaaattttt! I'm not fat!" So I explained that it wasn't because she was fat...she was a skinny mini. I thought she would be a hippo because they look all sweet and innocent...like they wouldn't hurt a fly, but really they are mean and will maul you if you get in their face. Well, that is Katie...she is actually very feisty.

Well, not that many years have gone by and she has released that inner demon...she hasn't kicked me in the face for YEARS...long story. Anyway, I now think that Katie would be a raccoon. She's a little compulsive...and she kind of makes giggly noises like raccoons do. (when she isn't doing her piggy snort laugh) She also eats a lot like them. Her hands and skinny fingers turn her food and stuff little niblets in her mouth at incredible speeds. Yep, Katie is a little long legged coon but luckily she saves her legs.