Christmas Presents

Santa did come to our house! He brought us a new car!

We got lots of good presents from everybody. We are lucky to have so much family. We opened presents on Christmas morning at our house.

Then we went to Gram and Poppy's house to open more presents.

Then we drove to Brazil and opened more presents. I played with my cousins Colton and Madeline and Katelyn. Then today, Grandma and Tia came to our house and brought some more presents!

Thank you to everybody. We love our new stuff. Merry Christmas!

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Me and Luciana are snuggled up in our new Christmas jammies waiting for Santa to come! I made him some cookies and I have food for the reindeer. I hope he brings me some presents!

Rudolph

I can play the harmonica and I can sing too. Mommy had to help me with some of the words though.

Musical Talents

Here is a video of me playing the harmonica that Tim & Cindy gave me. You probably can't believe that I had only played it for about 10 minutes since I'm so good. Luciana tried to get in my video too.

PS - It is Daddy's fault that the video is sideways. So you have to turn your head to watch it.
[Daddy note: This was my first attempt posting a video from my new phone. I didn't know that the video would be turned like this by holding the phone vertically. My bad, rookie mistake.]

Christmas Time

This is a picture of Sissy and I sitting in front of the tree for our pictures for our Christmas Card.

Busy Weekend

There is a lot of stuff happening this weekend. It was my Mommy's birthday. Aunt Sissy and Uncle Steven came to our house and we ate some ice cream cake. We got Mommy some Pandora jewelry for her bracelet. I picked out a colorful pink one and a giraffe. Giraffes are my favorite animals.

Last night, Aunt Diane came over and we did crafts. She helped me make a peacock. And we watched the Fox and Hound movie. I was sooo sad when they took the fox away from the dog. It was a sad movie. So today I had to watch one of my favorite movies with singing - Meet Me In Saint Louis.


Today Aunt Cindy and Uncle Tim are taking me to see a show. It is the Christmas Carol. Cindy said it is about a Little Tim. My Uncle Tim is big so this must be somebody else. We're going to go shopping later and maybe eat ice cream! Then we are eating dinner for Poppy's birthday. Gram and Poppy are flying in an airplane today from Florida. And tomorrow Gram is going to take me to a show too. Lots of fun stuff!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

I got you Pandora! SHHHH! Don't tell Daddy I told you!

I'm Still Here

I know, I know. It has been a long time since I posted something. Well, I have been busy. We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa for Thanksgiving. I ate some turkey and I got to see some babies. And Mommy and Grandma took me to see the Tangled movie. I got a Tangled doll too. She has really long hair.

One day I made Christmas cookies with Gram. But I ate too many cookies and I got sick and threw up. It was very yucky. Then one day my eyes got sick too. I woke up and I couldn't open my eyes. They were closed shut with gunkies. Mommy cleaned them off with a washcloth. And I had to get drops in my eyes for a few days. The drops hurt my eyes but I was big girl taking them. Mommy and Daddy said they were proud of me.


And we have decorated the house for Christmas. We put up the Christmas tree. When you put up a Christmas tree you don't touch it. You just look at it. I have to tell Luciana "no touch". When you are a big sister you have to tell your little sister what to do. We got out the Mickey Mouse skaters too. I like turning them on and watching them. But Luciana pulls up the trees and the benches. Daddy says that she is a menace - whatever that means.

We were taking Christmas pictures and Luci wouldn't smile. She wouldn't look at the camera and she made some faces. Maybe when she gets bigger she'll be good picture smiler like me. There is a lot of stuff that I have to teach her about.

When I Grow Up...

So I have been telling Mommy and Daddy what I want to be when I grow up. I don't know where I heard someone say it but I've said it a few times lately. I've told them:

• "When I grow up I want to be a dancer". Mommy thinks I'm going to sing and dance when I grow up.
  
• "When I grow up I want to be doctor"
• "When I grow up I want to drive race cars" after saw a race car commercial on TV.
• "When I grow up I want to make ladybugs" pointing to my ladybug balloon that a guy made for me at Harvest Homecoming.

Daddy always says "yeah, that sounds good." I think he would like it if I race cars or make balloon animals. (Daddy note: I'm really not too excited about those possibilities) I do have a lot of ideas of what I want to be when I grow up.

GG

Last week GG died and went to go live with Jesus. Everybody got together to say bye to her. People were sad but Mommy said she is in a better place with Jesus. My Mommy is smart so I know she'll be okay.


GG always liked to see me and talk to me. She would always ask me if I was a good girl. I was lucky that I got to know her. She lived a long time. Most kids don't get to know their GG's.

This was a picture from when I was a baby. It is my hand and Mommy's hand and Gram's hand and GG's hand. My Grandma said this is a good picture that we will love to have.



I'll miss you GG. Love Riley.

No Tricks, Lots of Treats

We carved our pumpkins this morning. I helped Daddy take the guts out of my pumpkin but he did the cutting. It was a Cinderella pumpkin because I was Cinderella today! I think he did a good job. That is Luciana's little pumpkin next to mine.


I had a fun time trick or treating as Cinderella. Mommy even dressed up as my fairy godmother. Luci was a ladybug. I went out and got lots of candy. Luci rode in the wagon and got a little bit of candy. Not as much as me though. She stayed with Daddy on the sidewalks at some houses. I went to most of the houses. I didn't go to the ones that had scary stuff. We skipped those.


My friend Annabelle had a party before we went trick or treating. I ate some chicken nuggets and jumped on a bouncy thing. Gram, and Poppy and Sissy and Steven came to my house. So did Kevin and Kristie and Tyler too. Baby Landon was dressed up as a tiger.

I saw a lot of my friends while trick or treating. Ella was Strawberry Shortcake. Allie was Snow White. My neighbor Katherine was Jessie from Toy Story. I said that I might want to be Jessie next year.


There were a lot of kids out trick or treating. I saw some scary ones. I saw a cheerleader and a football player. I saw little boy dressed up like an old man but I thought he was a monkey. Mommy told me he was an old man with an ugly face. I even went in a ladies house to try and pet her cat. But the cat ran away from me. I ended up getting some water and a donut at Ella's house at the end. It was a fun day and I have a lot of candy. I can't wait to eat it all tomorrow!

Getting Ready for Halloween

Halloween is pretty close and I'm excited! We've been getting ready for Halloween at our house. We put up some pumpkin decorations. And we have a Minnie dressed up and Mickey dressed up in black with two teeth hanging out of his mouth. I don't know who he is supposed to be. I put up some ghosts in my window. Are they scary?

We bought some pumpkins too. They are sitting on our porch right now but we are going to carve faces on them. That sounds like fun.


Everybody seems like they are talking about Halloween. Daddy said he was going to watch the Halloween movie but Mommy said it was scary. I told them "I don't want to watch any scarries". I'm like my Mommy I don't like scary movies. There is a movie about a big pumpkin and someone named Charlie. I don't think that is a scary one so I'll watch it.

I'm going to be Cinderella for trick or treating. Last year I was Minnie. Last year I really didn't know about Halloween because I was too little before that. Little like Luciana. But now I remember how to trick or treat so I'm going to be good at it!

A Day at the Farm

Today we went to Huber's farm with Daddy's work people. It was a warm day outside. There were a lot of kids there for me to play with. I played with Olivia. She has a baby brother and a baby sister. We fed some animals. We fed goats and cows. And we fed deers.




I pretended to be a bunny rabbit. And I showed Luciana the bunny rabbits.



And I played on some slides and swings. There was a big slide that I rode down with Mommy and my friend Chloe.



Well, Daddy tried to take my picture when we were up on the slide but I didn't want my picture taken! I was being grumpy.

I got over being grumpy and we rode on a tractor to go see the pumpkins. There were some big pumpkins. We got see how tall we were. Chloe is a lot bigger than me. I was right about at the 3. I guess that is because I'm 3!



Mommy let me get caramel apples at the store. I can't wait to eat the apples. When we were going home, Daddy asked me what my favorite part was. I said I liked the bunny rabbits. They were cute.

Check Up Time

I went to the doctor for a check up today. I'm growing bigger and bigger. I got to stand up on this thing and they put a bar on my head to see how tall I am. (Daddy note: 37 inches tall - I can't believe she is over 3 feet tall now) Doctor Howell told me that I'm perfect and she gave me a book. I like Doctor Howell.

I did not get any shots today but they did poke my finger and it bleed and bleed. I did get a band aid for my finger with a funny looking doggy on it. Daddy said his name was Taz. They also gave me medicine up my nose. It felt funny. I thought my nose was running but it really wasn't.

Everybody was nice to me. It was a good visit to the doctor.

Picture Time

I went to get my 3 year old pictures. I like posing for pictures. I wore my cheerleader outfit for some pictures and a pretty blue dress for the other pictures. I did everything they asked me and I smiled the whole time. Mommy said I was like a model. Daddy took a picture of one of the pictures so I could put it on the blog.

Then I got to wear my cheerleader outfit to a IU game.

Feeding the Giraffe - Part II

The last time we went to the zoo the giraffe walked away while I was feeding him. I was mad at the giraffe. We went to the zoo again today so I got to try again. This time he was a good boy and finished all of his food that I was feeding him.

Another Birthday Party

We went to another a birthday party this weekend. G.G turned nine-two-three (Daddy note: 93). I don't know that number so it must be more than 10.


My cousins Madeline and Katelynn gave me this balloon hat. It was a supposed to be a flower but it looked like a light bulb.

Big 3 Birthday Bash

Yesterday, I had my birthday party! It was a Cinderella princess party. We were going to have the party at Gram's and Poppy's pool but the water was too cold. So we had the party at my house instead. It was fun because we had a water slide pool and we could play on the swingset. My friend Ashtyn liked to go up and down the slide.


A lot of my friends came to the party. I had fun playing with them. And my family was there too. It was just like Luciana's party but this time everybody came for me!


Luciana almost was sleeping through the whole party but then she finally woke up. I'm glad she didn't sleep the whole time.


Mommy made me a Cinderella cake. It was great. Everybody liked to see the cake. It had Cinderella and her carriage and the fairy godmother and Gus the mouse and....the other mouse. What is him name? I can't remember. And Mommy made a little Cinderella dress cake that was just for me. Mmmmmm.



I got a lot of presents. I got some games and toys and a lot of dress up. I like to dress up. My aunts and uncles got me a lot of dress up like Tinkerbell and Ariel and Dora. My friends all sat around to watch me open presents.

It was a fun party. I am glad to be 3!