Kell's Belles: A New York State of Mind

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

A New York State of Mind

My sister, Katie, is on a plane right now. She's headed here:

She's off on the adventure of a lifetime, complete with a fabulous Manhattan apartment (click here and here to see it in all its tiny splendor) and a high-powered Wall Street gig at Goldman Sachs.

Last night our family had a going-away dinner in her honor at the Cheesecake Factory:

Maybe the tongue hanging out is a genetic thing? (See below)

I'm going to desperately miss my sister/BFF/stylist (who else knows our dressing room rating system?), but I cannot wait to visit and see her in action in her new surroundings. Good luck in the Big Apple, Katie!

9 comments:

Sarah SJune 4, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Great apartment!!! How long will she be there? I remember you talking about her going to NYC but I'm forgetting the details now. Is this an internship or job?
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Kell's BellesJune 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
This is a job. Pretty permanent, although I pray she won't be there forever because I already miss her!

UPDATE: She landed!
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Lisa Marie TrentJune 4, 2008 at 7:24 PM
I love Katie and wish her the best...but you look SO CUTE in these photos. Seriously.
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LindseyJune 4, 2008 at 9:59 PM
I'm going to miss her too!
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AnonymousJune 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Look at those two gorgeous sisters! (and the three shorter sisters are pretty amazing in the looks department, too!) Kelly you look stunningly wonderful - Carter said it best when he saw you in your wedding gown at your wedding... and I quote because I was there, "I got a beautiful one!"

Katie girl, I hope you don't mind if I come visit and sleep in your bathtub - Broadway weekend, anyone? Have a great time in NYC, Katie, bon voyage and don't forget yer ole auntie!!

XO,
Mimi
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DC DivaJune 5, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Ah, the Big Apple. She is going to have the time of her life! That apartment looks amazing and you both look AMAZING in these pictures! Best wishes to Katie. I'm excited for you to visit BOTH OF US east coast girls soon.;)
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Laura LeeJune 5, 2008 at 5:18 PM
You both look gorgeous in those pictures. Cute Katie. What a brave girl. She'll be great at her high powered job.

And I'm a quick study if you want to teach me the rating system!
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LizJune 5, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Your hair is way cute! I hear that we need to chat about being single mothers. As for me it all sucks except for the fact that I get to spread out in my bed!
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carterJune 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Oh great; I can already see the slew of posts while I'm in Europe about my deficiencies as a husband. Oh wait, Kelly won't have TIME to post. Sweet...
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My Favorite Chloe-isms

"Sorry we're late. We were playing this really, really, really fun game. It's like time stopped....just for us..."
"I don't know whether to believe reality or fantasy." Chloe, on contemplating the existence of Santa Claus
"I do bath stories. I'm a bath story mastermind." Chloe, convincing me that she should go entertain her bathing sisters.
"We'll just have to remind them to remove the singing robots." Chloe, as Carter tried to convince her she shouldn't be afraid to ride Splash Mountain when we visit Disneyland this month.
"I hate my math book. It poisons my mind." Chloe, after being asked to complete her math homework.
"I had such a rough day that I think I'm going to die of roughness." Chloe, reflecting on a tough day at school that included a recess injury that required a visit from Mom.
"Whew! I have such a headache from using my brain all day!" Chloe, upon completing her homework after school.
"This land is free. But you don't let me be free!" Chloe, upon being denied access to a television program.
"I've had the fear of silence since I was three years old." No doubt!
"You might need to know Sadie needs more practice at that." Chloe, to her Aunt Katie after Sadie was told to be patient while Katie was driving.
"These sleeves are not pleasing to me." Chloe, trying on a dress with her aunt.
"Is Santa aware? It's not like I'm going for a coal collection." Chloe, after being told she could stay up past her bedtime at a sleepover party at her aunt's house.
"We get to pig out on french fries?!?" Chloe, speaking for her sisters, after being offered my leftover fries.
"Because I'm more smarter than some people!" Chloe, explaining why she only has to do part of her weekly spelling list. Touche, Chloe. Touche.
"Nobody is sitting next to me. I guess I'm not very popular . . ." Chloe, upon realizing she was the only one sitting on the couch during Scripture Picture time.
"I'm not a dress kind of girl." Chloe, on why she doesn't want to wear a dress to school.
"I got moved to Table 3. Now I'm boy-trapped!" Chloe, explaining her dire circumstances in school (she had to be moved because she was talking too much).
"Sorry about the racket, Daddy. We're laughing our heads off!" Chloe, after being confronted about the noise level in the playroom.
"I'm a person who is NOT a statue!" Chloe, after being commanded to hold still while getting her hair done.
"If only my hair weren't messy, I'd go watch them." Chloe, on the possibility of observing her father play basketball early one Saturday morning.
"Does that mean he was a zombie?" Chloe, after hearing the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead.
"I was just talking to the dentist today about the Chesire Cat's teeth! What a coincidence!" Chloe, happening upon her little sisters watching Alice in Wonderland (on the same day as her dental check-up).
"I hate these [jeans]. It looks like a bear scratched them." Chloe, casting aspersions on her distressed jean shorts.
"C'mon Piper! Let's go do a happy dance!" Chloe, upon learning some good news.
"Mommy!!!!! Piper's being a tattle-taaaaaaaale!!!!!" Chloe, from another room, in a whiny tone.
"I need a zipper for my mouth!" Chloe, brainstorming ideas about how to talk less "excessively" in class.
"I felt like Piper was making me be a mad machine today." Chloe, discussing why she kept getting in trouble for fighting with her sister.
"Mommy, you don't need to say anything else. I can tell how mad you are." Chloe, interrupting me mid-lecture (it was on why one should NOT dump out a laundry basket of folded laundry on the floor).
"Do you know why I didn't say 'Amen' ? Because my mouth was full of food." Chloe, after a blessing on dinner.
"I stick my finger up there all the time so I should be used to it." Chloe, upon learning she would be receiving her flu vaccine via a mist up her nose. The PA had to leave the room he was laughing so hard. He said it is definitely one of the Top Ten funniest things he's heard a kid say during his tenure in the office.
"Sure, I know what that is--a celebration with pies!" Chloe, when asked what a "python" is.
"I can't help it. I'm a 'why' person." Chloe, explaining why she has to follow everything I tell her to do with 1.5 million questions.
"Whoa! Tessa just did a firework of spit-up!" Chloe, describing her sister's gastrointestinal distress.
"Uh, Piper, do you know about cops?" Chloe, in response to Piper's request that Carter drive the car faster.
"I know. I'm a wild animal. You should take me to the forest now." Chloe, after she accidently banged into Tessa and was told she was being too wild (both Chloe and baby were bawling when this was uttered).
"Too bad you have to love your enemies." Chloe, after a lesson on the Beatitudes.
"Mommy, I can't go to sleep because a bad thing is worrying me. Is Mad Cow Disease contagious?" Chloe, calling from her bed.
"I hate cleaning up. Cleaning is NOT awesome!" Chloe, on picking up toys.
"Can I have some cinnamon on this? [Vanilla yougurt] tastes a little silly without cinnamon." ~Chloe's request at lunch.
"Please bless that Piper can be even gooder." Chloe, in prayer
"I'm so glad I have a mommy who is powerful." Uttered by Chloe after I replaced the batteries in a previously non-functioning toy.
"I need a new brain. This one thinks up bad things to do." Chloe, after being caught doing something naughty
"Nobody wants to go outside. Not even strangers. Only me." ~Chloe's response when I refused to let her play unsupervised in the front yard during a snow storm