Riley's Christmas Day 2011

I must have been a good girl because Santa came and brought me presents. I was kind of bad sometimes the last couple of days so I didn't know. But he did come because I was asleep too. He brought me my La La Loopsy doll. Her name Berry Jars in Jam. That is a silly name but I guess she is a silly doll. I got a new Ariel doll and some Barbies too. I got a light up picture thing. You put the lights in the paper and it makes pictures. And Mommy made a cupcake blanket for me and Luci too. We have so much stuff, it was all over the room!


I got a lot of good clothes. I like getting clothes more than Luci. I got some dresses and jammies and a Smurfette shirt. And I got some Hello Kitty clothes too.

We spent most of Christmas at Gram's house. We opened presents with Landon and Aunt Sissy and Tyler and everybody. I got some Tinkerbell and Barbie stuff. I got some books that talk with Poppy's voice and Grandma's voice. Grandma and Tia came to visit us the next day after Christmas. And they brought some more presents for us.


It was a good Christmas. I asked Daddy how long until it is Christmas again. He told me about spring and summer before Christmas. That sounds like a really long time but I hope it comes soon.

Checking in with Santa Claus

We went to go see Santa so we could tell him what we want for Christmas. There was a really long line of people to see him. Mommy kept asking us if we would talk to Santa and take a picture. I was a little nervous at first but I told him that I wanted a La La Loopsy doll. He knew all about La La Loopsy.




I sat on his lap and took a picture but Luci wouldn't do it. She was scared of Santa. But he was really nice. Luci did go get a candy cane from Santa though. I guess Santa will know that she likes candy.

A Made Up But True Reindeer Story

I have a lot of stories that I've been thinking about. Some bad ones and some good ones. Here is a story about a reindeer that I told Daddy tonight. (Note: this is pretty much word-for-word)

One day when I was in Gram's car...and guess what? 6 reindeer came out of the woods. The reindeer jumped in the car because they liked us. They sat in the back and on the floor because that many had to be stacked up. The big reindeer were named Dasher, Prancer, Bixen, Comet, Cupid and Daughter. And guess what the baby reindeer’s first name was? Secret And guess what the last name was? Treelight. Yeah, Secret Treelight. But my name wasn’t Riley, my name was Boo Boo Flashlight. (giggle, giggle) That is a silly name. We came back to our house. The reindeer wanted to live there because they had no place to live. But it was a little house, only 7 inches. So the reindeer had to go back to live in the woods.

Daddy asked where this all happened. I told him it was in Florida. He thought this was a crazy story. I told him, “it is the truth but I made it up.”

Decorating for Christmas

I love decorating for Christmas. It is so fun to put up stuff all around the house. We have a really big tree in our living room. It is even taller than Daddy. The tree almost touches the ceiling of the house.


I helped Mommy put a red necklace all around the tree. We went around and around the tree from the bottom all of the way to the top. I guess the tree is a girl if it was wearing a red necklace.


And we have a whole bunch of ornaments to put on the tree. There were red ones and sparkly ones. Some of them had snowmen and Santa on them. We even had some princess ornaments to put on the tree after Luci dusted the boxes.


Daddy put up blue Christmas lights on the house and we went to the store a bought a penguin blow up thing. I had seen a lot of blow up Santas and I wanted a blow up for our yard too. There was blow up thing with Santa in a bathroom but Daddy didn't want it in our yard. The penguins are good though. I like driving around our houses to see the lights. There are some houses that don't have any lights. The other night I said "Are they crazy? Don't they know it is Christmas!?!"

Riley got a haircut

I wanted to get my hair cut short like Mommy. So I went to get it cut by Angela the last day. She cut my hair the last time too. I sat in the chair really still so she could cut it. Mommy and Daddy said that it looks cute. What do you think?

Grandpa's Birthday

My Grandpa had a birthday. He turned 60 years old. I just learned how to count that high...and that is really high! I love spending time with Grandpa and likes to play with me. We always have fun when we see him.


I made him a card that I did all by myself. Daddy just showed me how to write his name and I drew a picture of him. I hope that he liked it.


We went out to eat pizza with family but I wasn't feeling good so Mommy took me to Grandma's house. I was feeling better later and I ate a piece of cake anyways.

Thanksgiving Cooking

We helped Mommy make the sweet potato dish today at Grandma's house. There was lots of good stuff to eat. I ate turkey and mashed potatoes and some green beans. And then I ate lots of pies and cookies for Thanksgiving too. Good stuff!

Running with Mommy

My Mommy is a fast runner. She runs all of the time. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, she isn't in her room. So I say"Where's Mommy?". Daddy says "she is running".

The last day she was running a race and I got to finish with her. Daddy told me to get ready because when Mommy comes, I could run with her. I was really excited. Then we saw Mommy running down the street and she was waving me to come. I didn't know what to do because I'm not supposed to run across the street. But everyone said "Go Riley!" and "It's okay!". There were no cars because the street was just for running people.


So Mommy held my hand and we ran. I ran really fast. We ran into the baseball field. It was hard to keep up. Mommy told me, "almost there" so I just kept running until we crossed the finish line. I want to be a runner just like Mommy when I get big. I'm very proud of her.

"You are going to freak out..."

I have to tell something funny that happened yesterday. I was supposed to be going to bed but I was trying to be cute and stay up with Mommy and Daddy. I was giving Daddy a hug good night. And I smiled at Daddy and told him "You are going to freak out when I have a boyfriend." He said "A boyfriend! What?". Mommy just laughed. And I laughed too. It was funny. I don't have a boyfriend (Daddy note: ummm, better not) but I got that in my head from somewhere. Maybe Mommy or Daddy said it one time or something.

Riley's Photo Shoot

Luciana just posted about the photo shoot at the park. I have to show off my pictures too. I was better at taking pictures than her. She didn't want to sit down. She just wanted to run around. You don't have to tell me twice to pose for a picture.

Halloween III: The Return of Ariel

So finally tonight was the trick or treating at our house! I got my hair colored red again. (Later when I took a bath it made the water pink. That was cool.) Landon came over to trick or treat with us.


We went out with Mommy and Daddy first. I saw my friends Annabelle and Lydia and they were dressed up as Ariel too. 3 Ariels! We saw other kids dressed up like Ariel. I saw other princesses and some scary boys. I even saw a dog that was wearing a Halloween shirt. We put Wrigley in a Spiderman costume too.


Grandma and Ashley took us trick or treating too. We got tired and cold and rode back in the wagon. Then we went back to our house and I got to hand out candy. The kids all said thank you when I gave it to them.


After all of the trick or treating we have lots and lots of candy. I think there is enough candy to last until next Halloween.

Halloween II: Silver Creek High School

On Friday, we went trick or treating at a school. I was Ariel again but this time Mommy sprayed my hair red! I got to be red head just like Mommy.


It was inside trick or treating at the school. There was a big line of people there. We got a lot of candy.


A bunch of my friends were there. Ellie and Ashtyn and Kaidyn were there. I guess everybody wants to be a princess this year.


We tried to open the lockers but they were too hard for us. Maybe in 10 years we'll figure it out.

Halloween I: Party @ The Zoo

Guess what? I already did some trick or treating! We got to practice our trick or treating at the zoo. I was hoping that the animals might have candy but it was just people handing out candy. But it was fun anyways.


I am Ariel for Halloween. Then I am going to be Rapunzel next year. Then after that I'm going to be Jessie (Toy Story) or Jasmine. I haven't decided yet.


Luciana is Minnie. I was Minnie before too. I had to show her how to trick or treat. She didn't remember from last year and she didn't want to put her dress. Mommy and Daddy kept asking her to put on her dress and she kept saying "No!". Then Mommy told her that she couldn't get any candy unless she wore her dress. Then she finally put it on.



There were lots of things to take your picture with from movies. They had the princesses there and I took my picture with Belle and I took a picture with Snow White too.


We stood in line to take our picture with the Toy Story toys but I changed my mind. Buzz tried to talk me into it but I didn't want to. I really like Jessie but something about the big Buzz and Cowboy Woody was kind of scary. There was a lot of pretend pictures like the Jungle Book which weren't scary.

I thought this was a funny picture.

And there was a maze for us to run around. When you do a maze you are supposed to follow the path but I just climbed over some of the walls to make it out.

Now that we have practiced our trick or treating we are ready for the real Halloween at our house!

Riley on the River

We went and ate dinner outside. We were right by the river. I liked watching the boats and looking at the cars on the bridges. I had a hard time sitting in my seat and eating because it was so cool to look at. When it got dark a boat with a whole bunch of lights drove by.