Who needs toys?

My first post in a very long time and it's kids with buckets on their heads....well, it's probably more interesting to watch than reading about our packed daily schedule of work, school, classes, etc. would be!  So, on this Saturday morning, this is what's happening at our house.  I could seriously probably get rid of all their toys and they would happily play with empty buckets, jump on all the furniture and--the best "toy" of all--climb all over daddy!

Kate's new favorite words

APPARENTLY, Kate has three new favorite words which are: apparently, confident and vegetarian.  I'm not sure where she heard them, but she slips them into conversation all day long, pretty much always out of context because she doesn't really know what they mean (and, apparently, doesn't care--I've tried).  She tends to get 'apparently' correct once in awhile since she just slips it in at the beginning of most sentences.  'Confident,' however, has been used to describe a chair and the oven.  And a few days when she couldn't unbuckle her car seat, Kate exclaimed, "well, that's just a vegetarian!!"  Today, though, she has acquired a "pretend friend" named Sophie who was described as having a blue, red and purple spin-y dress that is "prettier than your wedding dress" and is--you've got it--a confident vegetarian.  Sounds like Sophie is a force to be reckoned with--kind of like someone else I know!