Catching up

We had a very nice Thanksgiving at my parents house with Dan, Tiffanie, Thea, Delila also there. The girls played ALL day and were absolutely exhausted by the end of the day.

Yesterday, we brought Leah shopping to get a new bed. Joe got a fantastic deal on a bedset for her on Black Friday. So all we needed was the bed. We did get her a bed. Joe took out the crib/converted to daybed which was really far to small for her and he replaced it with the new bed. Leah was just so excited. Today I cleaned out her room- and there are no longer any signs that a baby was ever there!:( She is growning up! This morning before she came out of her room, she had already made her bed. Can you believe it. I couldn't- and she really did a very good job (the second photo)!

Last night we (my mom, Leah and I) decided to go to the Holidazzle Parade. It was a decent evening (about 37 F) to enjoy the parade and my mom was able to leave work early, so it worked out! Leah enjoyed the parade. Santa was her favorite part!

"Should've Said No" By Taylor Swift

Okay, so Leah loves Taylor Swift. We listen to her in the car, she loves to watch her video's, and she loves to sing along. She knows a majority of the songs. It has been very difficult for me to capture her on video because she will not perform for the video camera. Today, I finally convinced her to let me tape her- okay, I bribed her with a treat. It is not the best video as it is from my digital camera, but you get the idea. I think that she still is holding back a little since the camera is on her because she is usually even more animated!

Delila's Babtism

We had a another busy weekend. Amazing how the weekends fill up this time of the year. Saturday, Leah spent the day with Grama Mary while Joe and I got to play- I scrapbooked with friends at Archivers, and he, well, he did what boys do on boys day- played video games and watched sports and I am sure consumed a few adult beverages!

Sunday was Delila's baptism. Delila is our niece and we also have the privileged to be her baptismal sponsors along with Tiffanie's sister, Jamie. Delila, was such a delight during the Baptism. We had a very nice day.

A funfilled Saturday

Yesterday, Leah and I left the house at 7:45am not to return until 10:30pm! Our agenda:

-Pick up a friend of mine (from PT school), Jennifer, and her daughter, Kiarra, in Lakeville then drive to Le Soeur to meet our friend, Shannon, and her son, Dain.

-Arrive in Le Soeur at about 9:45. Let the kids play for awhile at park (brrrr), then play inside at their community center.

-Around 12pm eat lunch. We had a great time. Don't get to see these girlfriends often, so it was fun to catch up and to see their cuties!

-Around 1:30 leave Le Soeur to return to Lakeville. Leah catches about a 1/2 snooze in the car (thank goodness).

-Around 2:15, drop off Jennifer and Kiarra.

-Do a little browsing at Linen and Things since they are going out of business

-Around 3:30, arrive at our friends, Rick and Jaclyn's house where Leah gets to play with Kaylee.

-At 6pm, Jaclyn and Kaylee, Leah and I leave their house to go to the Children's Theatre where we meet her Mom and niece to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Leah does MUCH better at this show than she did at her first show. She is very TIRED, but she does not get scared. She was actually very interested in the show and didn't even jump during scenes that I thought she might get scared. Bonus- there was people dressed in animal costumes and it really didn't phase her. Maybe she was just too tired to care!

-Arrive home around 10:30. Leah is sound asleep. Luckily, I borrowed some jammies from Jaclyn for her and had her change in the car before we left the Children's Theatre!

A very fun day!

November Celebrations

Happy Birthday

11/3- Uncle Doug
11/6- Nikki (niece)
11/6- Cousins Brooke and Kaitlyn
11/7- Cousin Jenny
11/10- ME!
11/17- Cousin Erik
11/28- Cousin Nico

Have a fabulous day everyone!

Madagascar

Leah doesn't really watch much t.v., not because we have necessarily tried to stop her, just because she doesn't really get into it. She can't sit still long enough! Not sure if this is unusual or not, but it is Leah. She does have a few movies that she really enjoys, but she has them on mostly as background as she plays. She only sits if it is the first thing in the morning and she is still waking up. Anyhow, back to my point- one of her fav movies is Madagascar, so we thought she might like to see Madagascar 2. She has never been to the movie theater, but we thought maybe she would be able to sit long enough for the movie- she is almost 4!

Yesterday afternoon we went to the movie. She decided to skip taking a nap- maybe this should have been our first clue to avoid the theater, but we went anyway. So, it's the previews- nothing to scary- it's a kid's movie- but the preview for one movie in particular scared Leah. At this point, she started to ask to go home! Then Madagascar 2 started. She was excited and laughing and getting into the movie- for about 1/2 hour. Then, she started to fidget, ask to go home, sit on Dad's lap, sit on Mom's lap, stand in front of her seat, and cry. We did make it through the movie, but it might be awhile before we head to another one! She claimed she did not like the movie, but I will bet you that she will LOVE it when in comes out in video and she can watch it at home.

Today we met up with our great friend, Beth, for lunch and some shopping. We had a very nice time. Thanks for making the drive, Beth!

Have a great day, and, remember, the best day of the year is tomorrow!:)

Hope you had a "BOOtiful" Halloween!

Our "Belle"

Thanks to Joe, we had some great pumpkins to display and for us to enjoy!