She was very excited Christmas morning. This year she opened her gifts, and of course she wanted us to open all the packaging too. But we were under a bit of a time crunch so most gifts had to stay in the packaging until later. She had asked Santa, several times, for a pony. Well, wouldn't you know it, Santa brought her an animated pony! She was very excited. She got a lot of gifts that she just LOVED.
Kasey is still too young. But she played with the gifts we took out of the packages for her. She is also too busy figuring out how to furniture surf. Yes, she stands and is starting to take steps while holding on. We can not believe it! I have a feeling this kid will walk early, but who knows. Tooth number 6 is trying really hard to come in, but her gum is doing a fine job at holding it back.
But let me back up, I skipped right to Christmas day. Let's see, we had Courtney's last zoo preschool for December. We learned about leopards. So, we took meat-cilcles up to the leopards and the zoo keeper put them in the leopard cage. We got to watch the leopard find them and eat them, quite cute!
Next day Courtney, Kasey and I went to ArtSports again. It's been 2 weeks since last time we were there. What a difference two weeks makes. Between Kasey crawling all over the place and Reagan walking, Molly (my neighbor) and I were busy chasing kids. But the girls seemed to have a great time again.
Kinsey had a dance recital. Hubby and Courtney went to see it. Apparently Courtney loved it, because now all she talks about is going to her recital so we can see her dance.
Christmas Eve I took Courtney to a children's service at our church. They had costumes for all the kids as they came in, Courtney was given an Angel costume, although she wasn't interested in putting it on. They had shepards, angels, animals, and Wise Men costumes. At certain times during the service they would ask for all the angels or all the wise men, etc. Courtney did go up when they asked for all the angels and sat with all the kids up front. She seemed to really enjoy it. They had a couple with a real baby and Courtney kept asking when Jesus was going to get big, or she kept asking to see the baby, it was quite cute.
Later that afternoon Susan and Zak came over. Susan has the gift of organization where I do not. So, she helped me to organize the playroom. She did a fabulous job. Of course, now that Christmas has come and gone, I need her to come back down and help me again. She also helped Courtney make Santa's treats, which were rice krispie treats.
That evening we went to my parents' house. We had smoked a prime rib all day and we took that plus dressing to my parents house. We all consumed yummy food until we were stuffed. We opened up some gifts and headed for homes. It was late and the girls were getting pretty worn out.
Anyway, then it was Christmas, which I covered first.
Next day was my 29th birthday! We met my parents and Susan and Zak at Edelweiss, a Bavarian/German/American restaurant. After a yummy lunch, we headed to my parents house for cake and gifts. I got some good stuff! After that we headed home and all 4 of us napped. After nap Rick came over for dinner and games. After the girls were in bed we broke into my new Wii Sports Resort game. It is really fun! We played for a few hours before Rick headed out.
So, the big present of the year was a car. Zak surprised Susan (and all of us) with a new car. Here is the video he sneakily recorded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_FIUyRJd6Q
It was so fun!!! I hope your holidays were wonderful too!!! Here's to a new decade arriving (or ending depending on how you look at it)!
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