"Gertie McKenna"...aka RLM

Ohhhh my little Gertie! That's what I call my Rylee. You ask her what her name is and she replies with, "I not Rylee. I Gertie McKenna"....HaHa I hope she doesn't start Kindergarten thinking her name is Gertie! Guess that would be my fault, wouldn't it?

Rylee posing with her green snake and green whoopie cushion!

This child seems to amaze me every single day. I am baffled as to where she comes up with the things she says and knows. She is so intelligent that it is scary! I'm not just saying that because she is mine and I love her so...okay I am! But no, seriously she is so smart! I've always said from day one that this girl was going to be wayyyy smarter than Shawn and I put together. And so far, she has proven that theory correctly.

Rylee is now counting backwards from 10, counts to 10 in Spanish (thanks to Dora), wants to know what sounds letters make. She also has a little computer program that spells words and then removes a letter from the word. She has to remember that letter and then find the correct one, and replace it back in the word to spell it out. She can do this! I am just simply amazed by this! I am beginning to think she might have a photographic memory or she is starting to learn to read. Either way, it will serve her great purpose in life. She also knows she lives in Indiana, what street she lives on, and her town as well. Actually she learned that last summer. And she also knows that Gamma McKenna (Shawn's Mother) lives in Rhode Island. All this given the fact that she just turned 3 four weeks ago.

Rylee loves to sing and dance and perform! She loves, loves music....always has. One of her favorite shows on Nick is the Fresh Beat Band. She sings all of their songs and knows their dance moves too. She also is pretty smitten with Taylor Swift's music. She has her CD and wants to listen to it all the time and dance too.

Daddy might have a hand in this one...?

We had 5-7 inches of snow the other day here, and Rylee couldn't wait to get out in it and play. Needless to say, it took about 45 minutes for all three of us to get all the garb on to even make it outside!

She had so much fun out in the snow!!

Even making Snow Angels..

And sledding down the hill with Mommy...

and then with Daddy!

We even made Snow Ice Cream too! Which she loved:)

My pink little snow bunny!

As you can see, my Gertie is a pretty special little lady! Guess I have taken over the Mommy role quite well because we all like to brag about our kids, don't we? No matter what they do or how old they get, we are always so proud of them. Why? Because it's a direct reflection of us. We all want to serve a purpose in this life. The fact is that if our kiddos are intelligent, kindhearted, gracious, super-duper people, that must say something about us, right? I like to think it sure does...!