Can You Tell By The Look ...

...that she wasn't fond of Santa?!! We had talked about Santa coming to Daddy's work all week and she was so excited to tell him to, "Peas, Peas, bring a Barbie!!" and then she totally clamed up. When we walked into the Y there were reindeer hoof prints on the floor and she looked everywhere but couldn't find any reindeer so we opted to make reindeer "food" aka dry oatmeal with red sprinkles. When the line for Santa dwindled a little, she got brave enough to go up but then with each step forward she squeezed my hand tighter and tighter. Eventually Matt had to sit on the couch with Santa (thank goodness it was his work) and she was able to super quietly tell Santa she wants a Barbie. Oh well, I am never hopeful for good pictures at things like this so I skipped the cute holiday dress she would have thrown a fit to put on. It is as if the child thinks to herself, "hmmm, I bet Mommy would like a pretty picture now, I think not!"

Catchin' Up

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We were fortunate to spend some quality time with family. I'm just trying to catch up on some of the photos and events from the last month and ran across these.

Madelyn loves playing with blocks these days. We build castles for all her dolls.

We soaked up the last rays of the fall sun several weeks ago. Here are some photos I took. It's hard to believe a year ago this particular playground was a little too big for her and now she mastered even the really big slide by herself!

Concentrate, Concentrate

Silly Faces!

Look who got into Mommy's Make-up. We can't keep her out of my jewelry armoire either.

Window crayons are a wonderful invention. They keep Madelyn busy while I'm cooking dinner.

Helping Mommy make Kool-aid