Supercalifragilisticexpiealidocious!

We have been inundated with two movies this week:
Mary Poppins is the new favorite. Katherine is obsessed with doing her "meekup" as well as anyone one else's who is willing to let her come near them with a compact. The poor people who sit behind us at church are destined to be puffed with powder by the end of sacrament meeting. K asks for "Diving Horses" nearly every morning. She notices anything with horses now and says "Whoa! Easy now!..." when we're riding on our bike. It's amazing to me that she stays with the entire movie because there is no singing, dancing, animation... just romance and animals. Jackson Family trivia: Wild Hearts was Genet and Mark's first date at the dollar theater in 1991...We have had a series of incidents this week. I lost my cell phone. I pinched a nerve in my hip and was seriously crippled for 30 hours, even got an adjustment from my visiting teacher who is a naturopath, but nothing helped. The next morning I was picking up toys, trying to get the house ready for when my parents will stay the night with us, stood up, and bam, I was back to normal. So weird.

I want Katherine to enjoy the outdoors as much as possible before it gets hot so I've been coming up with many activities. One day we were coloring with sidewalk chalk and she wanted to run to our neighbor's house. I called after her and she decided to step onto a metal ground cover instead of coming back to me. She was barefoot and I had NO IDEA just how hot the ground cover had become because the cement sidewalk was cool. K got 2nd degree burns on one of her feet and cried for an hour. The rest of the day she whimpered and moped around. But a few hours later...
...Geoff's priests showed up to our house (16-17 yr old boys) for their activity of making homemade pizza and grilling hot wings. Was Katherine sad? Did she mope? Did she whine that she couldn't walk? Heck no! She asked to change her clothes, tried to get the boys to chase her around the house, and stole their hats! What a flirt!
We had a wonderful visit with my parents this week. We went up to Prescott for a night and then they stayed with us the next. I am always amazed at how much energy they have! They keep up with K at every step. It is so fun to watch their relationship develop. We met their friends, the Lakes, who had stayed with them for Spring Break. The Lake kids called my parents Grandma and Grandpa. They are so loving, how could they not? K cried when we had to drop them off at the airport. When we got home, she asked to watch videos of them together over and over again.
For Easter this year, K received paints from us and crayons from her great grandparents. We colored all during General Conference today. We have also given a stab at potty training this past week. She has made it once in three days. By three o'clock, she brings me a diaper telling me she's done with trying. It's messy, but we're trying and optimistic.

Painting this morning

Singing 5 Little Monkeys in Prescott

Jumping in the bouncy house at the park

We love you guys! Happy Easter!