Watch out!! Here she comes!!

As you can see by her tip-toes, Kayin was pretty excited about this gift from Uncle Joshy and Aunt Maggie. She was trying so hard to help Josh get it out of the box!! At first, she wasn't too sure about it but after awhile, she got the hang of it. Right now, it is great for entertainment in the basement with our big family room!

SNOW DAY!!!

Kayin and I enjoyed the day together yesterday. We had a SNOW DAY due to icy conditions...it must have been an early Christmas present from our superintendent!!! We had a great day making Parmesan Ranch Chex Mix, Puppy Chow, and Blueberry Muffins!! She found some time to work on a puzzle in the basement. She has discovered that Harper won't bother her and the puzzle pieces if she is in the laundry basket!!

Mother of the Year Award

So, I hesitated to blog about this, but it will definitely go down as a story for the future!! Tuesday morning, through the treacherous drive in snow, I safely arrive in Steph's driveway. I get out, go to Kayin's door and low and behold, the doors are locked. So, I go back to the driver's side and hit the lock/unlock button thinking I had unlocked the doors. I return to Kayin's door finding the doors to be LOCKED!!! Yup, I had locked the car!!! In a mad dash to the door, I race downstairs to borrow Steph's phone to call Justin. No answer. I raced back upstairs and finding Kayin just sitting in the car reading one of her books we stash away in the car. Luckily the car was running and the heat was on full blast! There were screams coming from the car during the 1 hour and 20 minute ordeal, but, if you live in Lincoln, be hesitant to call the police. They showed up about 30 minutes after I had made the initial call just to inform us that he couldn't do anything. A big shout out and THANK YOU to the nice gentlemen from Capitol Towing!!

Say Cheese

Lil' Monkey

We definitely have a climber on our hands!! Here is the prelude to the pictures!!!

When we got the piano from my grandparents we had to rearrange our furniture in our livingroom. Of course, the wall I wanted it on was going to be the other focal wall of the room and it covers our cable outlet. We arranged the furniture several different ways and came up with an arrangement that we both liked.

I guess before going on, I should explain something...when we moved in, we never took into consideration the banisters and stairway. My dad rigged something up to cover the stairs and banister to prevent Kayin falling down due to her petite size. So, when the piano came, we moved the t.v. cabinet along the banister.

Well, today I was doing dishes and Kayin was playing in the living room and I noticed movement by the cabinet. I went into the living room and she had CLIMBED ONTO THE CABINET AND WAS READY TO CLIMB ON THE T.V.!!!!! You see, the t.v. is even with our banister and in a split second, she could have had a life-threatening fall over the railing and down the stairs!! Needless to say, the dishes were put on the back burner until I figured out a new arrangement for the living room.

As you can see by these pictures from our new arrangement, she has it figured out and the rest of the morning, we had a couple of time-outs with much explaining of how dangerous it is...

Sights of Lights

Aunt Mimi came over on Thursday night and we went out looking at Christmas lights around town. We bundled Kayin up in her pajamas and this was her before picture...she kept pointing to our Christmas tree saying "pretty lights mommy,

pretty lights".

This was her after picture. As you can tell, putting her in her pajamas was a great idea Aunt Mimi!!! We all were a little surprised at the "lack of lights" we saw in town...but we did end up at a good house south of town! They even put lights around their garage!!

Surprise Char!!

Today Kayin and I headed to Omaha with Aunt Mimi to pick up Aunt Char who flew in from North Carolina for the holidays. With not much coaxing, Kayin ran to Char and gave her a big hug and kiss. Needless to say, Char was pleasantly surprised!! (She hasn't seen Kayin since the end of May!!)