Katie's favorite animal is the monkey and she acts just like one. Her room has all monkey decor and her clothes are mostly made up of monkey faced t-shirts. You can imagine her joy when she discovered one of our trees in the backyard is the perfect climbing tree. She will hang out up there for long periods of time and yell for me to come and find her.
One late evening, I decided the tree needed trimming. It was about 10 p.m., but that didn't stop me from
getting out the pruning shears and going to town. Maddy was at her cousin's, Bella was asleep and I
thought Katie was with her friend, Anna.
I wish I had a picture of my face when I went out back and found THIS hanging from my tree.
Creepy Katie is just like me. She isn't going to let the dark slow her down. She is going to climb to the top of the tree in a Halloween mask that is very hard to see out of. I think I should put a stop to this. I am imagining a broken leg in the near future, but it is just so, well, TYPICAL of our home, that I just let her be.
Anna wasn't far behind (notice her
band aids from an earlier wreck on the back of Katie's motorized scooter).
This is seriously scary.
Phew, I thought they would never take those masks off.
Apparently they are very hot and stuffy.
It is now 11 p.m. and they are on to their next adventure of building a fort from all the branches I had cut down.
They wanted to sleep out here, but I thought I should be responsible at some point and made them come in. The next day they went out and stripped all the branches of their leaves and made a
tee pee with some old sheets. Very cool.
I love kids.
We all know about Bella's addiction. We have tried all sorts of interventions. Keeping scissors under lock and key, talk therapy, but the poor child was just born to be hair dresser. She knows it! She is like a Baby Einstein that must refine her skills, no matter the danger she puts other's hair in. Every Barbie, baby, animal or anything with hair has had a haircut, probably more than once. She always begs for more Barbies just so she can "cut and style" their hair. Well, she got the next best thing - shaving Pat's head!! Look at that smile - she was so happy, this small act of kindness on Pat's part made this kid's whole week.
I think she has some serious potential.
She is a very dedicated to her work and is now accepting new clients... 
