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Our real life Fancy Nancy

8 May

There isn’t a better combination than a little girl and her dog.  Kyah treats Frenchy like her own baby.  In fact, she loves saying “Daddy’s the boss of you and you’re the boss of me. I’m the boss of Frenchy.  Frenchy is the boss of the baby.  The baby is the boss of the iguanas and the iguanas are the boss of the cockroaches.”  Don’t ask.  We live in Costa Rica and cockroaches here have nothing to do with a filthy house.  They are the size of Twinkies and live wherever they chose.

I had a dog growing up that I adored. I still adore her.  Princess was so special to me that she was in our wedding.  Big daddy couldn’t object because he knew how important she was to me.  I love that Ky now has a little companion to share her childhood with.   Frenchy is our french poodle who we were told was a toy, but ended up being a teacup.  Kyah loves toting around, dressing up, and mothering her little 3 lb. baby.  They make me smile.

A piece of butterfly heaven

10 Apr

“If nothing ever changed there would be no butterflies.”

Cody was invited by our new friends at BridgePoint church to join them on an adventure through the canopy.  We didn’t want to be left behind, but me being 7 months preggo and Kyah being 5, we weren’t going to be able to zipline, repel, and Tarzan-swing through the jungle with the rest of them.  Luckily, in the canopy, there was a butterfly sanctuary.  We’ve been to one of these before, but this one was leap years above the rest.  We were so busy watching butterflies lay eggs (we could actually see the butterfly squeezing them out onto the leaves), cocoons hatch before our eyes, caterpillars squirm along,  and many different types of butterflies land on our shirts that two hours had passed and the group was back before we knew it.

If you know anything about my sweet Kyah than you know she loves butterflies.  She couldn’t get enough and didn’t want to leave.  She’s already talking about the next time we visit….although she’s pretty much convinced she will be zipping through the jungle on a cable prior to seeing the butterflies.  My little adventurer.

"Baby butterfly eggs!"

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