Bubble Santa

Lorelei decked out her own beard and said "Ho, Ho, Ho, come sit on my lap!" :) Just had to post it!

Storytime At Barnes and Noble

The library does not have story time again until mid-January, so we decided to try Barnes and Noble this week. We may try a different one next time...just need to find the right lady who gets really into it and makes the books interesting. :) Anyway, it was a fun chance to get out, and the theme was stuffed animals so they each brought a stuffed animal as well. We played at the play area before going there, and then a bit with the train table afterwards. And look who had no trouble going and sitting by himself? (Other than nearly falling backwards off the bench of course.) Unfortunately the lady started by handing out the cookies, so then when he finished his, was making a beeline for the plate for another one and did not want to listen to the book. :) Still fun though.

Glitter Pine Cones

The kids had lots of fun using glue and glitter on some pine cones. Even Makin did great! Aubrey and Morgan came over in the evening and joined in on the messy fun. (We had two nights with friends this week, so each set of parents got a chance to Christmas shop together.) Lorelei said, "It making mess mom." And I explained that glitter is supposed to be like that, so then she explained to her friends too. Thanks for the idea Melissa!

2 Weeks Later

And the balloons are still up!? Best money ever spent on balloons for sure. (Thanks for the string-lengthening tip Mom!)

15 Month Check Up

My new favorite picture!!!

We had Makin's 15 month check up today and it went well. Minus the torture of 4 shorts of course. :( The doctor is in agreement with me not to worry about speech until the 18 month mark, and Makin is doing great in all areas, and she said is not even that low when it comes to speech (from the form I filled out), so no worries! Sticking with our usual percentages he is weighing in at 26.13 lbs (Umm I think that means he has gained not even a pound in three months!? Have you seen this boy eat!?) which is 80th %, 32 3/4 in tall, 90%, and 18 3/4 in head, 55%.

And I am very excited to notice that he is starting to talk more! And his latest favorite to get mom excited? Car!!! That's really the next word that sounds like a word other than Mama, so its pretty fun. :) Other than that is
"eh" (yeah) which we get A LOT
"ah ma or meh" (your welcome)
"eye, or hi" (hi)
And I think he actually tried saying ball today too, but that was the first time, so I'll try to hold back my excitement. He has also tried saying Elmo, but again, just rare. Can't wait to see him talking more and more!

Couple of cute stories are when he was going to bath he came over to me going "mmmmm" to give me a kiss before bath. :) So sweet!

And he has a whine that I can hardly explain. Its the softest sweetest whine you will ever hear. I'll try and get it on video but I doubt it. Kinda compare to a very soft puppy whine. :) Anyway, when I baked coffee cakes he was wanting one right away (he has such a sweet tooth!) and when I told him he couldn't have one, he did his little whine and then laid his head on my shoulder to pout. :) We will see how long it stays sweet! And don't worry, we have full blown 5 minute fits in the post office to even it out!

Christmas Lights Down The Street

The kids love the houses on our street decked out with Christmas lights. They ask to go almost every night, and we go when it isn't TOO cold. Makin even points to Lorelei's window wanting it open so they can see the lights through it when we are inside. :) They say they go all out every year, so guess this will be a Christmas tradition for us! Their favorites are the candy canes (pretending to eat them as we walk past), the "snow machine" and Mickey and Minnie!

Lorelei's First Christmas Program

Our church had their children's program included in the service on Sunday, and Lorelei sang with the other younger children in the choir. They sang quite a few songs and she knows the chorus of most of them very well! :) Saturday we had a girls morning with a trip to Starbucks with a pink donut treat on the way to practice just the two of us. Sunday Brad was very excited to see his girl up there singing!

And as for Lorelei's performance at age three? A lot of yawning, spinning (not spinning the whole way), and waving to her parents. :) She did sing too though! Some of the kids were in costume, and some weren't. We learned next year we have to be better parents and get to church earlier for a) better seats and b) an angel costume. She said, "I said, 'No I don't want to be a cow.' But they had no more wings." :) So she was just dressed pretty this time, but we are vying for those wings next year. ;)



The other highlights included Alyssa (Lorelei's "friend" who helps with her class and said Lorelei is her FAVORITE and has already offered to babysit, she is the blonde in the pic) and getting a donut AND candy-cane after church. :)

Sorry for being so far away in the videos! Like I said...get there early next year!