Merry Christmas!

Before we could celebrate Christmas, Mommy took us on a little trip to the mall to see Santa Clause. When we got there, we found out there was a two hour wait to sit in his lap. Mina was not happy. No one wanted to wait two hours, so sadly, there was no face time with Santa this year.

But, we discovered a nifty little store named the Limited Too where Mommy will eventually have to get a part time job. Hee hee.

And then , before we knew it, it was Christmas eve! We made Santa some cookies and left them by the fireplace...

Mina tried to put the reindeer on the scent!

But when it was time to go to bed Marina was not interested in leaving a plate full of cookies on the fireplace. She wanted those cookies in her tummy.

But, to bed we went, and then when we woke up it was Christmas!

Santa brought us puzzles, dress up and candy-- and that's not all.

I also got roller skates!

We got some stickers in our stockings...

And Marina and I both got a red kitchen. We cooked all the day away!

And we also ate a little too (:

Michaela got us some dress up!

Mina loves Mommy.

Mina loves Christmas!

It's holiday party time!

It's the holiday season and we love, love, love the holiday parties!!
We decided rather than spread them out like normal folks to pack 'em all into one crazy Wednesday. We started with Marina's Christmas pot luck at our preschool. I was with my class, so I didn't get any good treats until that afternoon...

When we skipped nap and went to Mommy's office holiday party.
That's Mommy's buddy Iris showing us how to work the Wii in the boardroom!

Nice work, huh? Mina struggled a little bit, but I was amazing!

And then, cause I ate a lot of cookies and a lot of doughnuts, we decided to truck it on down to Olivia's house for a holiday Pajama party!

We had so much fun with the Lakemont kids!

There's a lot of them, huh?

My tummy was too full of junk to fit any more cookies in, but not Marina's. She's the cookie monster!

In the end, I'm glad she stuffed herself full of treats, because on Saturday morning my Mina woke up with strep throat (the scarlet fever variety). Since I just had that myself two weeks ago, I know her pain. No more cookies till Monday, Mina!

Happy B-day to Sam!

If you know me, you know how long I've pined away for Sam. This year, we're classmates again, and I have to say the dust is off the rose a little bit. I still love Sam, of course but Daddy's my main man again. 4 year old boys are a little too busy for me. And also, sometimes they take your toys that you're playing with and don't give them back.
Sam invited me to his 4th birthday party this week, and he had his at Pump it Up just like Joey did!
It was a different Pump it Up but still every bit as fun!



Me and Sam! (and some other kids...)

This week, I got to watch a little bit of Curious George, who is my favorite monkey. I found out that George likes to go bowling, and it really looked like a blast! So, I turned to my man with the maroon hat and asked him to take me. And he did!

Look at my excellent bowling form.

And we had a couple of Christmas parties. Friday was Maggie and Ben's and Sunday was Hartley's!

Sadly, Hartley had to miss her own party, because she fell off the bed before the party started and broke her arm. People just don't understand how hard it is to be a 3 almost 4 year old.

Hartley's Ok now, she's home with a temporary cast. She gets a big cast late this week that I can write my name on!

Happy birthday to Joey!

And Joey's birthday was especially happy, because we celebrated at Pump it Up!!

Joey's party was on Wednesday afternoon, so I got to bounce around after nap then eat ice cream and cake right before dinner! Joey makes me happy.

And gingerbread houses make me happy too. This was our weekend creation!

We like to have a little support from our fans, so we lined up some of our most important friends to watch us work!

The finished masterpiece:

We also got in some Michaela time and swung around Grandma Q's house with Uncle David.

And on Sunday, we got a surprise that Grandma Liz sent to us in the mail!

M&Ms!!