Christmas Fun

Well, Christmas is over. We had a great day and we hope you all did too! Katie was finally old enough this year to really appreciate everything that was going on around her. We spent the last week discussing what good behavior meant to Santa about every 30 minutes; and we must have called him just to make sure he got her list about a million times. She was very specific in her wish list this year, she wanted princess little people with a pony and stairs for her people to climb. She got the Dance and Twirl Palace, and Pony and Carriage and another little princess with some accessories; she was simply elated. In addition we got her about a bazillion other things. Ever since I started school she has been asking for a pair of scrubs, or 'doctor clothes' as she calls them. I found her a little pair that has all of her favorite Disney Princesses on them, so now she wants to go to school with me. She also got a Princess TV for her room, a VTech, some ponies, some games, another baby doll, more little people, and the cutest little dress up clothes you could imagine. In addition she was also given a 7 week gymnastics class and a seven week swimming class by my parents. Undoubtedly there were a bunch of other things I can't even remember right now!

I'll post some pics of the day here later, but if you want to see more pics than what I post here you can always visit her website. http://www.babysites.com/sites/joannewhitney/default.asp?page=home&seq=1

Christmas is almost here!!

Well, as the holidays get closer things start to get more and more stressful. I can honestly say though that this year seems to be going better than the years past. Christmas pics are done, and most of the cards have been sent (the only ones left are those to my online friends and they're coming soon!!). The house is almost completely ready, many many thanks to my mom for that. Most of the laundry is done, I hope to wrap the rest of it up tomorrow. All of the baking is done except for one cheesecake, which at this point I'll hold off until a day or two before Christmas to make. Most of the decorations are up, we'll be finishing tomorrow as the weather is supposed to be much nicer than it has been. The only major task left at hand is wrapping ALL the presents. Katie is going to her aunts house for a few hours ext Friday so that we can wrap her gifts as she has already been trying to open the one's we have wrapped for her cousins.

Speaking of Katie! She is just loving the holiday season. She helped make and decorate cookies here at home last weekend, then this weekend she helped again at her aunts. She is IN LOVE with Christmas music. We can't go anywhere in the car without her asking us to turn the radio on. She's learning the words too. My favorite is when she sings Up On the House Top, she knows most of the words, so she does it pretty well. She also loves all the holiday movies. We're managed to record a few of the Mickey Mouse ones, so, of course, we have to watch them all every day.

Happy Holidays to you all!!!