Disney Playhouse Live

Tonight, I took Celia to her first show. David stayed with Emme so that Celia and I could go on a date to Disney Playhouse Live.
Celia was so excited she couldn't sleep at nap time, so she fell asleep in the car on the way. I was a bit worried that she wasn't going to rebound for the evening, but she got a new burst of energy when we arrived.
She just kept saying, "I am so excited."
The had pre-show entertainment. The actual show had Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald Duck, Winnie the Pooh, Tiger (all in costumes) and people dressed as Darby, Handy Manny and the Little Einstein characters. They requested no pictures during the show, so I don't have any to share-although I might be the only one.
I told Celia she could have one thing-a drink, food or toy. She chose cotton candy. The cotton candy comes with the hat-I guess it helps justify the price. Celia was so well behaved. After she chose the cotton candy, she didn't once ask for anything else.

It was a wonderful evening. I might have spent more time watching Celia's face than I did the show. She is just wonderful.

Kitchen Bath

Emme now eats all table food (as opposed to baby food). Part of that transition means she feeds herself most meals and pretty much needs a bath after dinner every night.

One of those baths last week was in the kitchen sink. It is her first kitchen sink bath ever.

She really seemed to enjoy it and did lots of splashing.

Celia asked if she could take a bath in the sink, too. She was disappointed when I told her she was too big.

Valentine's Dresses

My dear friend, Misty sends the girls wonderful care packages for each holiday. The Valentine's present had matching dresses.
I got the girls dressed up for church the Sunday after Valentine's Day. I took a few pictures of each girl. I then told Celia that I wanted a picture of them together to send Misty. Boy, did Celia try to stay with Emme , who apparently had very important things to do.

Emme has started giving kisses, but they usually turn out to be licks. I guess Celia was "kissing" Emme back. I didn't even notice until I started posting pictures (click on the picture if you can't see Celia's kiss).

Beautiful Art

Over the Christmas break, David and I repainted our den. It looks so much better. One of the best parts is that we finally have a place to hang all the pictures that we have of the girls.

Art Project

Celia brings home her art projects each week. I put some of them up and others I just take a picture of and sneak into the trash....this one made a quick exit. Very cute, but way too messy.
We made this puppet as a home art project.

BEANS!!!

Tonight, Celia helped David cook tacos. She loves to cook and is getting pretty good at it. She even has her own apron that her Grammie made her.

Emme was excited to try beans for the first time.

They were definitely a hit.

Christmas '08

We had a very low key Christmas this year which was just what we needed. We didn't buy many presents since Celia just had a birthday and Emme has plenty of hand me down toys. We just really enjoyed spending the day together.

David and Emme woke up at 7am, but let Celia and I sleep a bit longer.Santa left Emme cups, eating utensils, socks and a pair of shoes.
Celia got underwear, socks, and glow in the dark stars from Santa, oh and an orange. Santa did not bring any walnuts this year thanks to my request and only a little bit of candy.

Emme gots some neat presents from the granparents too. Like organic vegetables (made of organic cotton). She really likes the carrot for chewing.She also got some clothes and her very own cell phone and keys.After presents, we had a nice breakfast with eggs, bacon and "Baby Jesus birthday cake" (as Celia now calls it). It is actually my grandmother's coffee cake receipe that she made for Christmas brunches when I was a kid. The rest of the day was filled with playing, reading and tricycle riding.

Thanksgiving Summary

Grammie came to visit us over Thanksgiving. She made Celia a special apron. Celia had a wonderful time helping Grammie cook bread, cookies and green beans. She helped Daddy make mashed potatoes. I am so glad she is taking after David in the kitchen.

We went to the annual Oyster Roast at the church. It was really neat. They had tons of oysters (I ate one, Celia ate none and David ate a lot). We will know next year that David needs to bring his own glove, towel and oyster knife. There was also a fire for smores.

Then on Friday, we went to the holiday festival of lights. We arrived and drove through the 3 miles of lights. Then we parked, ate a picnic dinner, rode the carousel and visited the sand castle. Only on the water would Santa's Village be made of sand.

We bought one of those gingerbread houses kits. Celia and I made the house. Thanks to the special tray, it was a million times easier than the last one I tried to make (mother-daughter project when I was 8 yrs old...I don't think we even got one wall up). It was a fun and rejuvenating holiday.

Celia's 3rd Birthday

Saturday was Celia's 3rd Birthday. We had a green frog party. When they arrived, kids got to color a froggie mask.

Then it was time for some Jumpnastics. They had an obstacle course and these wobbly seats.

Cake time!

Then it was time to play some more. The kids loved parachute time.

And they practiced coordination using these over sized hands to bounce the balls. This is Kylie with Celia, one of her favorite friends.

Emme helped gather the kids for present time (nothing attracts preschoolers like a baby).

I was so proud of Celia on her birthday. As each friend arrived, she greeted them with a hug. Then when she opened her presents and her friends "helped" she never snapped at them or complained, she graciously let them help. Can you see the polka dots on Celia's shirt? She was surrounded!

It was a wonderful party. Celia had a great time and was a perfect hostess and all her little friends had fun, too.

Celia's 3rd Birthday (continued)

The parachute was a favorite activity.

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Halloween Photos

Sorry for the lack of new posts, but until we can get back in the swing, here are some Halloween pictures.

Touch Book

Celia brought home this touch book the other day from school. It has soft things, rough things and scratchy things....Celia knows how to describe all of the items only, when she gets to the sand paper, she says "its Daddy's mess" (her name for when David needs to shave).

Nap time

Today, I put Celia down for a nap. Emme was not interested in the nap idea at the time, so I took her downstairs. She had squash, played some, and had a bottle. I checked the time and Celia had about 15 minutes left. Emme and I sang "Head and Shoulders" and then played "How Big is Emme?" Just then, I heard Celia calling from upstairs. I went to the bottom of the stairs and saw Celia standing at the closed baby gate. She said, "Were you just going to leave me up here forever?" She is just so funny.

Whew, what a day.

Today was a busy Saturday. We started with Celia's dance class. I asked Celia while we were getting ready which story she thought they might read and she said, "we'll have to wait and see." The story today was The Red Shoes. I have never heard of the book, so we might have to find it at the library or book store.

After dance, we changed the girls and went off to the pumpkin patch. There is a plantation that has a scarecrow festival with a pumpkin bounce house and other fun stuff. Well, we didn't make the festival part, it was just too wet (notice the puddles in the back). When we first got there and told Celia to pick a pumpkin, she pointed to Emme and said "I want that one." So cute!!

We had lots of fun. We took some really cute pictures.

Celia found a pumpkin just her size.

And another one that David can carve.

Our happy pumpkin.

After lunch was nap and then the UT/ou game. It was so neat to be able to watch UT play and it was an awesome game. Celia likes football, too. Emme got a bit scared when David and I started cheering at one of the touchdowns. No matter who won, it was a good game to watch and of course, it is even better that we did win.

Next, we got the girls dressed up in their Halloween costumes and got pictures made (pictures to come later). Celia is really photogenic and Emme is adorable, so it makes choosing really hard.

Celia did such a great job at the photographer's that we let her have a ride on the carousel at the mall.

And baby doggie got to ride, too.

It was a busy day and we spent a lot of time in the car driving between locations. But Celia made sure to serenade us the whole time (If you notice the background moving a lot, David was parking the car while I took the video).

p.s. I looked up the Red Shoes. It is originally a Han Christian Anderson one about a girl who instead of doing what she is suppose to with money from her grandmother, buys red shoes which make her dance constantly. I tell you this in case you look it up, because the HCA version says her feet get cut off, but I want to reassure you that the version the girls read today is an adaptation and not at all as scary.