there goes santa

Too funny, we heard a fire truck go by and Kiva said "there goes santa".

Gram

Kiva doing just great, we went to IKEA with grampa. Kiva is so funny with Grampa, I wanted to go to IKEA today, but again I got the "no, I don't want to go, you go, I'll just stay here with grampa" from Kiva. I tried to tempt her by telling her IKEA had toys, no dice. Then Grampa said he would go with us, and voila, she wanted to go. We had lunch there and she had a good appetite (meat balls and macaroni and cheese) and a vanilla ice cream cone for the ride home. Now all down for naps. Kiva is now calling me "gram" instead of grammie, very grown up. She completely set the table for our breakfast this morning and the three of us love making our monday breakfasts an occasion. She also is getting pretty comfortable with sweetie pie, fed her, gave her treats and threw her ball for her to retrieve. [Joan]

Helping Grammie

I forgot to tell you how much Kiva was helping yesterday. She set the table for breakfast and lunch, cleared the table when we were done, volunteered to unload the dishwasher and volunteered to help me sweep. What a sweetie she is. [Joan]

Time Out for Grammie

Today i had to go to pick up some keys very close by our house and asked Kiva to go with me. kiva did not want to go, "i'll just stay here with granpa". Jack was sleeping, ken was reading, kiva picked up one of his books and laid down next to him, opened it and proceeded to "read him a story" making up words and sounds. he says she did for a looooong time. ken says she is really beginning to get the connection between printed symbols and spoken language. she also asked him why he was lying down, when he said his back hurt, she looked concerned and said, "oh, I am soooo sorry".

When they were through reading, they got up to come down stairs. going by my sewing room, Kiva was struck dumb by the mess on the floor, thread, fabric scraps (i'm almost finished with a quilt). Kiva looked pained, announced "this will not do, we have to clean this up. it is a terrible mess". So she and granpa crawled around picking all of it up. When I got home shortly thereafter, Kiva told me I needed a time out because the "mess you made was NOT ok" I had to sit in the living room until she said I was done with my time out....and say I was sorry and would do better. She was quite serious about this, very annoyed at my mess.

As usual, many funny looks, songs, and games today. what a treat to laugh all day with my grandbabies [Joan]

Best Friends

Jack laughs so hard when Kiva talks to him it is very very funny. Kiva very funny this morning again, when Ken kissed me she looked startled and said...."hey, is grammie your best friend?" Too funny, Ken laughed and said yes, I guess she is. [Joan]

Email from Kiva

Hi Vanessa,
Kiva and I are playing on the computer. she says, there is a teddy bear on the christmas tree and Kiva is going to take it home. I had french toast for breakfast with orange juice. Now Jack is sleeping and we fixed my new big girl bed in the living room.
Love from Kiva
[Joan]