"You Make Me Happy"

If there is one thing I hope my daughter remembers forever it’s that phrase. I tell it to her all the time. And it’s true. She has a way of making any day bright and happy. She is caring, giving and loving. She has a giggle that chases clouds far away. Add all of this together with the fact that she loves her daddy and you will see what a lucky man I am.

On the other hand Read more »

When I think of the perfect daughter,
I think of one who smiles a lot.
I think of one who makes me smile.
I think of you.

When I think of the perfect daughter,
I think of one who loves me.
I think of one who teaches me to love.
I think of you.

When I think of Read more »

The Empty Cage
Written and Typed By Katie Allen

One day Hunter, Jaden, and I went to the zoo. As we were walking by, there was an empty cage. It was Monks, the monkey’s cage. The monkey had gotten out. He saw the key to the cage on the pants pocket of the zoo manager. Monks stretched his hand out of the cage and quickly grabbed the key. He opened the door without the Read more »

Katie the Princess
Written by Katie Allen

Katie the Princeses was a good little girl. Katie has blue Eyes. She has a lot of toys. And she likes to wear lipgloss. She loves her family. Her Best friend is Emilie at school.

She love's her Bear. And she loves All her stuffed animals. Butt Bear Bear is her favorite.

(This story was typed just as it was written by Katie. All spelling, capitalization and punctuation have been retained. A scanned copy of the original, hand-written version can be found here: Katie Story - Katie the Princess.pdf

This morning our family was having a breakfast tea party. Katie brought out her best tea party set and prepared the table with a cute ladybug setting. I decided to interview each of them to get their Christmas list. This is that account:

Me: Katie, what do you want for Christmas.
Katie: An iPod, a camera, Nintendcats and a Nintendo DS. (She had help from Jaden remembering that she wanted the Nintendo DS.)

After some help from Kristy remembering the things she had written into her letter to Santa, Katie offered a few more items: Read more »