Christmas Festivities

Santa wached me open my presents!

Phew! Has it been a great holiday season!!!  Being at home with Mommy and Daddy was nice and we did a lot of things to make the holiday fun.  On Christmas Eve, Mommy and I decorated the gingerbread house.  I got to put M&M's on the house and decorate some cookies with sprinkles.  For the most part, I only ate icing so I behaved myself during the decorating.  We got to open some presents on Christmas Eve from family.  It was all warm up for Christmas morning when Santa was coming!  When I woke up on Christmas morning, there were lots of presents under the tree and I had a great time opening them.  I even got to help Adam open his presents.  Being particular about each piece of wrapping paper I ripped off, we were opening presents for a while!  Later in the morning we talked on Skype with Grammie and Grandpa.  I opened the presents they gave me while they were watching. Later in the day I did the same thing with Mimi and Papa!  The day before when we were Skyping with Mimi and Papa (and a bunch of other people I didn't recognize at Great Gramps house) they were laughing because I said that Great Gramps had fallen asleep.  At one point Mommy and Daddy had both walked away, just as Adam had climbed up on a chair.  As soon as he climbed on it, he fell over with a bang!!

The new playroom!

Two days after Christmas, Mike, Sandy, Kaitlyn and Lauren came to visit!  I had a lot of fun with them - I kept asking for them to come back after they left.  Even though they only stayed for the day it was nice seeing them.  Plus, they brought more presents to open and I had people to play with at the playground!  I got a new baby doll that I named Sara and I do a really good job taking care of her!  We got so many presents for Christmas, Mommy and Daddy decided to make the dining room into a playroom!  Now Adam and I have a place to play!  It is so big!
I will say again I had a wonderful holiday season, especially all the new Christmas music. Here are the songs that I learned and would sing around the house all on my own:

• Walkin in a Winter Wonderland
• Jingle Bell Rock
• Jingle Bells
• Holly Jolly Christmas
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game (not Christmas, but fun to sing)
• Feliz Navidad (cant sing it but those words make me laugh!)

Coordination

Mommy has noticed in the past couple of weeks that I am getting very coordinated.  I can open and close the zipper on my bag of mega blocks, I can zipper my coat up and down (I've almost figured out how to get the zipper started) and I can climb up, instead of walk up the steps to the slide at the school playground.  It has gotten cold outside! The other day when we went to the playground I had to wear a hat on my head.  Mommy wore the same hat when she was my age!  I liked it - especially because it keeps my head nice and warm.
Friday was my last day at school.  All of my teachers were sad to see me leave, and I was sad that I won't get to see them everyday...but Mommy says I can go visit them so I look forward to that.  From now on, I will be staying home with Mommy because she won't be going to work anymore.  

In other news, there are only two days until Christmas!  I can't wait.  I have been extra good so Santa brings me lots of gifts. I make sure to kiss and hug my Santa everyday so that he knows I'm a good girl!  I have been turning the lights to the Christmas tree with the button on the floor.  This morning when I did it, I told Mommy, "I turned on Christmas!" When Christmas arrives I am going to tell everyone, "Merry Christmas!!!"  I have also ramped up my Christmas song repertoire in preparation for the big day!

Trying to open a piece of mail that the mailman brought!

Time with Santas

Santa is a big part of my life right now.  I continue to take very good care of the singing Santa. Every morning when I wake up I drink my milk with him, then I hug and kiss him goodbye before school.  After school I'm excited to see him and before bed I put him on his stand by the tree.  On the weekends,   I lay him on the floor, cover him with a blanket and he takes a nap.  Today, I read him my Big Sister book.  I do not feel the same way about the real life Santa.  He is scary.  We went to see him at the mall and I cried so much I forgot to tell him what I wanted for Christmas.  Maybe next year I will do better.  Daddy keeps reminding me that Christmas is less than two weeks away!!! I can't wait!!!
Adam and I have been having a lot of fun together.  Now that he can practically crawl, he plays with my toys, which I don't like sharing a whole lot.  I do like spending time with him and sometimes I like to brush his hair.  I will always take good care of him!!

Adam and me in the gym together!  Its fun!

I Trashed the Truck

This weekend we got a different car.  I do not understand why, but I don't care because I had a lot of fun at the car dealership running around and I like that the new car is silver - I point it out every time we go somewhere.  It will take some adjustment not saying I want to get into the truck in the morning.  Now that I know we don't have it anymore I said it was in the trash.  We used the new car on our annual Christmas tree hunt.  We found a nice tree this year and I especially liked the place where we picked it out because they had juice and cookies for me to eat while they packed up the tree for the ride home.  I'm not used to eating sweets during the day and Mommy gave me a cookie when we went to the supermarket later, so I was crazy!  All the excitement from the new car, tree, and holiday music (which I know a plethora of Christmas songs by now) just makes me so happy!
Grammie sent me a book of pictures of us from this past summer and I love looking at the pictures.  Hopefully Adam enjoys when I read it to him and show him all my adventures.  Everyday gets better and better being around him because he is more fun.  Today he grabbed my foot and I didn't like it, but for the most part he doesn't bother me too much.  I have a feeling we are going to have fun together!!!

Tis the Season

Jumping on the couch - I like to do this from time to time.

Things have been busy around the house!  Mimi came for a surprise visit, we had Thanksgiving and Adam is soon going to be moving around the house just like I do!  I enjoyed Thanksgiving weekend.  We stayed at home and we relaxed a lot.  I did a lot of sitting on the potty too, but I am still afraid of going to the bathroom without my diaper to catch it.  I'm really good at changing my diaper though - I can take it off and Mommy can put it on me standing up.
I'm really good at eating these days too!  I eat much more than Mommy and Daddy think I can.  For breakfast I can eat 3 whole pancakes!  I also really love applesauce. When I finish eating dinner I always ask for applesauce - its the best dessert ever!
Now that Thanksgiving is over, we have started listening to Christmas music!  I love the Christmas music!  It's a whole new set of songs for me to learn and sing.  Mommy and Daddy say that I have a great ability to learn and memorize songs.  I LOVE  music!  I constantly ask for music on the computer or the TV.  Sometimes I get lucky and I get my music, and others I don't.

Me reading Adam's book to him!

Adam is fun to play with these days.  He grabs for my toys and I push them away from him!  I'm only trying to challenge him - that's all.  I don't have a problem with sharing at all...

Dancing with Santa!

Kissing the dancing Santa!

Grammie sent my favorite Santa in the mail.  Santa dances and sings Jingle Bell Rock!  I love dancing with him and I have hugged him a few times too!  Daddy says that I will know all the words to Jingle Bell Rock in no time at all!!