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{lens baby's one year anniversary} Our Lens Baby group is one year old today, so we met up at Jennifer & Hayley's house for an ice cream party. This group has meant so much to me; not only was the catalyst for me to switch the dial from "auto" to "manual," but Kate and I have made great friends, too. This is Kate's first bowl of (fake) ice cream. I bought her the SO Delicious coconut milk brand (like her yogurt) and put Oreo crumbs on top. She LOVED it. It surprised me how long she sat in this one spot, shoveling it in.

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{kisses} Even though Kate did give me her first kiss on Mother's Day, she's been kissing "on cue" for about a week now. She leans in and says, "mmmm!" Today I was lucky to have my camera in hand when she was feeling some sisterly love.

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{sun seekers} Kate and her friend Hayley playing in a sunflower field. A few more pics in a post to follow...

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{splash pad} We met up with our Lens Baby group at a splash pad this morning. We couldn't stay out long, but it was sure nice to see our friends!

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{the Super Why dance} Kate has a new dance she does to the song at the end of episodes of Super Why. It involves hiking up her shorts and doing high kicks. I confess, I often rewind the song so she'll do the dance again. Hilarious!

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{fries} The girl loves her some French fries. taken w/ iPhone, Instagram app

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{Kirby gets a bath}

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{daddy time} I love this shot...such a sweet connection between daddy and daughter. I love the Bandaid on her finger, too! (She had her finger pricked at the doctor today.) Here are a few more shots I took today... felt like Caroline hasn't gotten her share of photos lately!

Kate with her new "color wonder" markers... GREAT invention! (And ironic that I'm posting in all black and white today!) I was surprised to see her matching up the right color caps to the markers.

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{class of 2032} The training starts early in this family!

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{sharing} Kate tried to share a block with Caroline by putting it in her hand. Caroline (of course) couldn't take it. Kate then got frustrated with Caroline and started flailing the block around. So it was that one second after I took this, I had to scoop up Caroline to get her away from her well-meaning sister!