Caandy Caanes

So we went out looking at lights the other night, and Kaleia had me laughing so hard tears were coming down. She calls Christmas lights Pretty Pretty Lights and we thought she would enjoy looking at a lot of lit up houses. So we are driving and she starts calling/yelling (as if she were looking for them) "CAAAAAndy CAAAAne!" We find a house with candy canes and show her and think we are good now. About 20 seconds later she starts yelling out again "CAAAAAndy CAAAAAnes", and continues until we find another house that has candy canes. And this went on for the whole night. We came to one house where the lawn was covered in light up candy canes and she goes, "WoW, Lots of candy canes." But as soon as we leave she starts calling for more. She would stop to point out blow-up Santas, SaSAs (snowmen), and any other thing she recognized but as soon as it was out of sight she was determined to find those dang canes! I find her quietly stealing them of the tree too. And I can follow the sound of "CRUNCH" to her and her hoard of canes. She tells me, "BRrr, Canes cold" as she wraps them in a blanket, as if it were cruel to leave the cold canes on the tree. So Kaleia had a thing for candy canes this season.

She surprisingly understood that if you unwrapped gifts fun things were underneath. But all was tossed aside after she found her baby stroller. She pushed that thing around the house all day with her baby in it. I think we could have just gotten her that and she would have been just as satisfied.

FAKEMAS

Last weekend we had Fake Christmas with my Mom and family and with my Dad and family. We had a lot of fun, but sadly I took no pictures!! I can always be found with a camera and just forgot to take any! She got this bug rocking horse from my Dad and Fam. and she was really upset I would not let her take it to church with us last week. My Mom got here this Noah's Ark thing where each animal makes a sound and that seems to be a favorite too. Those animals go every where with is. They are her "AMiMals". Kaleia can now identify the letters: B E I J K L M O P S V, she can also recognize the words: MOM, DVD, MAX, KALEIA. Working on the word dad, and letters A and C. Let's just say I have a lot of time on my hands. We are currently actively looking for an apartment, and getting ready for Christmas.

RUDOLPH

LEI WAS FEELING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND THOUGHT SHE WOULD FALL HEAD FIRST INTO AN OTTOMAN TO RESEMBLE HER FAVORITE REINDEER.

MADAGASCAR!...?

OKAY SO MAX GOT HIS MISSION CALL THIS PAST WEEK AND HE IS GOING TO MADAGASCAR!
(IT IS THAT LITTLE ISLAND AT THE BOTTOM OF AFRICA)

Birthday Bliss

Okay I am still reaping the rewards of the wonderful b-day I had last week. My massage really loosened up my muscles and my runs have been feeling really good. Kaleia loves her jogging stroller and I think we are getting our money's worth! Of course she must bring either her baby or Elmo, I only let her choose one, and about half way thru my run she wants to listen to my ipod. I seriously need to just go and get her a cheap little MP3 player.

Santa

This year sadly Lei did not want to sit on Santa's lap alone. She was fine if I held her but refused to sit by herself, and her repeated "no no no" was not to be ignored. Lei is now completely off the bottle for over a month now; after a few days she stopped asking for it. I told her that her bottle went bye bye and that seemed to satisfy her. She was waking up with nightmares last week, she said it was a scary bear, but those have subsided. Almost done x-mas shopping! Although I have to say it just doesn't seem Christmasy this year.

Ornaments #2

Here are the photos of us, our ornaments, and our tree.

What I Want For Christmas

Almost everyday Kaleia sits and listens to Jordan's IPoD. She has her own playlist he set up for her and she will sit and listen until you take it from her. Besides her kid's music she LOVES Gwen Stefani's song SWEET ESCAPE, this song by Jet, and I don't remember the third...I think we need to get her a cheap little MP3 player to listen to.

Spaghetti Anyone?

So the other night I was making Salmon for Jord and me, knowing Lei wouldn't eat the fish I made her spaghetti to eat while I fixed dinner...Well as you can see she really liked the spaghetti and surprisingly there were no noodles or mushrooms to found on the floor, she made sure they all went in her mouth!

Homemade Cards

So, I thought this year I would be cute and crafty and make homemade Christmas Cards...And now I am not sure it was worth it. At this point I have to go thru with it, but it was more expensive to make them and I don't think they are cuter. Sad. oh well.

Ornaments

So we put up our tree today. Along with most of America I think. Every year we each pick a new ornament. I got Kaleia a popcorn ball I saw at a craft store cuz she loves to sing "Popcorn popping on the Apricot Tree". But when we went to Hallmark to get mine and Jord's she couldn't stop asking for this Pooh ornament, so I caved. After all it is she who is supposed to pick it out. Jord got carried away and bought all three Christmas Story ornaments they were selling. I felt like is was last year when he did the same thing. I held off getting mine, cuz I usually get it as a gift, and if I don't this year there is always ebay if they are sold out. For the last 17 years I have gotten a dog ornament from the "puppy love" series. I am actually kind of tired of them but I have every one in the series and can't make myself not get one. Just hoping they retire the series soon. It is almost comical now I have so many. Jord says I need my own tree! Well the adaptor to download pics is buried somewhere so none today.