Rain. Rain.

It rains A LOT here. I think we got over 11 inches just in the month of November. That is really tall, and it is still raining. Mommy is teaching me to be grateful for the rain. So when we can't go outside and play and I really need to run and climb, we go to the McDonald's up the road. I play in the play-place and mommy and I share a fruit parfait that I call ice cream. Its great fun.

Merry Christmas!!!

Thanksgiving in America

Thanksgiving makes me happy even though I am not a very big eater.

My cookies made their debut on the beautiful table.




Mommy asked me what I am thankful for and I said, "Ride horsey, don't fall down." I really am thankful for a lot more than that, I just couldn't verbalize it at the time :). I am thankful for my toys and a cool big girl bed and of course, I am thankful for extra pairs of big girl panties just in case. I am also so very thankful for my huge family full of people who love me. There are people who love me living all over the world and that is pretty spectacular. Mommy, daddy and I sing the song "God is so Good" every night before bed, and He really is SO very good to me.

Baking Cookies

The last couple of weeks I have gotten together with both my Grandma and my Granna and baked cookies. It was so much fun, and boy do I love sugar cookie dough.
This is me at Grandma's house two weeks ago cutting out some awesome shapes, but most of my creations ended up in my mouth before they got to the baking sheet.

Sprinkles sprinkles everywhere. Sprinkle sprinkles in my hair... and mommy's hair... and grandma's rug...oops. :)

They're cooking. Careful. It's hot.

The finished product.

We also made some turkeys. Grandma and mommy took my hand print, traced it on the cookie dough and cut it out. Then we decorated them. Well, I didn't really help with this part. We later put the names of our guests on them and used them on Thanksgiving day as place settings. So fun.

Then I went to my Granna's house and we made cookies too! Whee!
Notice my tongue. It hangs out when I concentrate really hard.

We made gingerbread and sugar cookies. Sugar cookie dough is still my favorite!

I have become an expert at putting sprinkles on these things.

Granna, Mommy and me together in the kitchen. What could be better?

Making cookies and memories. ;)

Fantastical

OK. So I am not really a Giants fan, but Grandma is and I love her. So I suppose I can wear this shirt. I mean I look pretty cute in it.

Hanging with daddy and Thomas.

My boys. Love 'em.

I love books!!!

This is my grandma and me. She keeps tons of books at my disposal because she was a kindergarten teacher and she knows the importance of reading with kids like me.

Here I am reading with my grandpa. He has to wear special glasses to read.

I love looking at this book. I know all the objects and colors in the book now. Mommy says I am a baby genius.

This is me and my Granna reading. We had so much fun reading ALL of my books in one sitting.

Big Girl

So the last few weeks have been pretty eventful and I have grown up a lot. I became a big sister which I love

I also moved to a big girl bed,

and I started wearing my big girl underwear.
They look pretty good with my new boots, eh?


I am a pro at using the big girl potty. I pretty much had it mastered in less than 48 hours. The first day was chaos, but I can't stand to be "messy" so I was determined to figure out how to keep a dry and clean bottom. The next day, I did it!!! YAY! I have had a few accidents, but hey it happens. Mommy and daddy are really proud of me and they are also pretty excited about saving money on diapers--more money to spend on goodies for me. ;)

Visitors

So lately we have actually stayed in one home for more than 4 days at a time. It was starting to get a little boring, but then people starting coming to visit me.
Auntie Karen came by to spend a whole day with us. It was SO much fun. I am going to miss her when we get back to Macedonia, but I am sure we will meet again one day.

The next day, my cousins came down from New Jersey. This is my second cousin Emma. We had a blast together!
We went to the park and raced down the slides.

We played in Emma's huge basket of toys.

We found whip cream and persuaded our parents to let us have some,

We posed for a lot of pictures. Cheese.

And we hung by the fire pit.

We also hid in closets, colored a million pictures, read books galore, chased each other around the kitchen and terrorized my uncle Kevin. I can't wait to do it again one day. Love to Emma, Eileen and Mark.

Dress Up/Beg for Candy Day

Daddy helped me carve a pumpkin. I pretty much just watched him and ate the one precious pice of chocolate that mom would let me have.

The finished product. Daddy did good, uh?

And then daddy did one for himself--NY for New York Yankees--they could win it all!!!

And then later in the day, I got dressed up to go trick or treating.

I was a fairy princess.

Mommy likes this picture. She says it is "artistic."

Getting ready to fly away.

Grandma didn't hardly recognize me. I had to tell her who I was.

On my way to get lots of candy.

Yay. I didn't even have to say "trick-or-treat."

Grandma carved a pumpkin with my name, Thomas' name and my 2nd cousin's name. She did so good.

What a great day!!!