Merry Christmas! Yes, I know it's January 15. Where does the time go? We had a great holiday, and a nice December for that matter! Ryan is 6 years old. Lauren is 3.
Here a few highlights from the month:
- The kids were helping Mark bring the Christmas tree box downstairs out of storage (no, not real!), and Mark said to Ryan, "you're a good helper bee." He said back, "I'm Helper A. Lauren is Helper B." We got a good laugh out of that. It's from Dr. Seuss' story, A Cat in the Hat, with Thing A and Thing B!
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Nutcracker Tea
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- I took Lauren to a Nutcracker ballet "tea" in November, put on by one of the local ballet studios. At the end, Santa and Ms. Claus arrived. She was so excited, but too shy to talk to Santa. We were leaving the stage, and I asked her if she wanted to tell Mrs. Claus what she would like, and she would tell Santa. Sure enough, she confidently told her she would like a "water baby" and told her all about what water babies can do, such as swim in the bath and in the cold pool and the warm pool. (hot tub). So, since November, she's been obsessed with getting a water baby from Santa, and that was the only thing she asked for. Indeed, Santa brought a water baby, and Eric, Krista, Shep, Carson and Foster also gave her a water baby! She was so excited to have "water baby twins".
- The kids wrote to Santa and he wrote back! He told both of them that they were on the "Nice" list, and their reaction was priceless. I wish I had the video camera. They were so excited to learn this news! I have used it to my advantage all month, reminding them that Santa is watching. It actually worked, and they would stop arguing, whining or doing whatever they were doing. Somehow I think that will wear off over the coming months, but I'm sure I'll try it.
- Another cute thing this year is that Lauren has been intrigued by the Christmas story and baby Jesus. Anywhere we see a nativity scene, she gets excited, yelling, "There's baby Jesus, Mary and Jofess." It's so cute how she can't say Joseph. It's "joe-fess". Too cute.
- We were again fortunate to have Mark home for Christmas. He finished a trip Christmas Eve and was home until Dec. 27. Nancy came in and so the kids had a great time having "both Grandmas" with us. Here are a few photos from Christmas morning....Lauren's water babies and Ryan's presents from Santa.
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Christmas 2009. Ryan (6), Lauren (3)
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2 Water Babies!
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Legos and Nerf guns!
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Where did 2009 go? Happy New Year!
