Christmas Time Is Here

On Christmas Eve we opened up our new jammies.  I got Monster High jammies.

 
I asked Santa for Monster High dolls and I got 2 of them!  Abby Bominable and Snow Bites are the ones that I got.  A lot of kids at school like Monster High.  My other favorite doll was my Frozen doll.

It was Julian's first Christmas.  I liked to help him open presents.

I got all of the Frozen characters at Gram's house.  We went to the movie theater to see the movie too.  It is crazy with all of the people at Gram's house.  Everybody is opening all kinds of presents.  

We went to Kevin and Kristie's house to take a picture for Gram in front of their Christmas tree.  It was me and Luci and Julian and Landon and Tyler.  That is all of the grandkids.  We gave the picture in the frame to Gram and Poppy.  They liked it.  

Mommy's Birthday

Today is Mommy's birthday.  We have the best Mommy in the world.  She is pretty and nice.  She takes care of us and plays with us.  And she likes to cuddle up and watch movies with us.  We just love her so much.

Daddy helped us pick out some presents for her.  We got her a new phone cover and a scarf.  We went to the Onion House for her birthday.  That is like her favorite restaurant.

First Time Bowling

My friend Luke had a birthday party at the bowling alley.  I bowled in the gym at Mommy's school but I never been to a bowling alley before.  They have a lot of bowling lines.  I bowled 66 points.  We had a lot of fun.

Our Elf On A Shelf

We went to Grandma's house for Thanksgiving.  When we got back home there was someone in our house!  There was an elf on the shelf!  She was sitting on the shelf by our TV with a book.  Mommy didn't know how it got there so I was a little scared at first. Mommy read the book to us about the elf.  The elf watches if we are good and flies back to the North Pole to tell Santa every night.  Then she comes back to our house and hides in a different spot.

We decided to name our elf, Sparkle.  Sparkle was one of the names in the book and me and Luci liked it.

You're not supposed to touch the elf.  Because she has magic that could go away if you touch it.  But then when I talked to my friends at they said they touch their elves and they can still fly to the North Pole.  So I grabbed Sparkle when I got home.  Mommy was upset.  She sent a note to Santa and made sure Sparkle was okay.  Santa said she still has her magic but I shouldn't do it again.

I like to wake up and see where Sparkle is at.  She has been on the microwave and over the door and on top of the lights in the bathroom.  So far I have been pretty good so I think she has good news for Santa.

Snow!!!!

It snowed today and school was canceled.  We stayed home and watched the snow pile up but we couldn't go out and play.  When Daddy came home from work it was getting dark we FINALLY got to go play in it.  

Katherine was outside with her Daddy shoveling so I tried to help them.  But we didn't get much shoveling done.  We were just throwing snow on each other and on Daddy.  

Then we buried ourselves in the snow just like we were in the sand at the beach.

Fall Photo Shoot - Waterfront Park

Here are some pictures of me from our fabulous photo shoot...

Lunch Date

Today Mommy did not have to go to teach at her school.  So she came to my school and worked in the cafeteria.  I liked it because she got to have lunch with me and my friends.  I had Mommy's phone and my friends were taking silly pictures.  It was hilarious!  

Story Times Three

Mommy or Daddy always read us a story before bed.  Well almost always if we are good.  Now sometimes Julian listens. But he doesn't pay attention to the story. He just likes to pound on the book and pull the pages and try to eat them.  What a baby boy!  He is not a good story listener.

Boooo!

I made a ghost traced out of my hand at my Halloween party.  He is saying "Boo" and there is a spider too.  We got to wear our costumes to school for the party.  I wore my Merida dress.  There were princesses and Batman and all kinds of costumes.  Mommy and Daddy stopped by my party and Mommy helped me make my ghost.

Because it was going to rain on Halloween we went trick or treating the night before. There was no rain that night. I didn't wear my Merida wig because I didn't like it.  But I always have fun trick or treating.  This year I even went to some of the scary houses.  That is one scary clown!

Fall Break

Fall break is when you don't have to go to school for 2 weeks.  We went to Chicago on my fall break.  Chicago is a place kinda by Grandma's house.  There are a lot of tall buildings.  I was supposed to go to the American Girl store.  But my behavior was not good so I didn't get to go.  I did get to do other stuff.  (Daddy Note:  Unfortunately, bad behavior by a 6 yr old does not void a non-refundable hotel room deal.)

We rode on the train from Grandma's house.  I rode on train when I was like 3 before but this was Julian's first time on the train.  I liked looking out and see stuff go by fast.  

We rode the ferris wheel and went way high up.  Daddy took a picture of Mommy and Julian way down on the ground.  There is an arrow pointing to her.  Look how up we are!  She looks so small.

I had my first slice of deep dish stuffed pizza. 

We went the museum too.  This dinosaur skeleton's name was Sue.  She lived a long, long time ago.  I learned about mummies.  A long, long time ago when people died the Magyptions (Egyptians) wrapped them up in cloth. They put jewels on the body and a mask on the mummies.

Little Miss Daisy

I go to Daisies some days after school.  It is really really fun.  I really like it when they read us stories about the girl that started Girl Scouts.  My favorite part is when we get in a circle at the end and squeeze hands going around the circle.  We also sing a  lot of great songs.  Sometimes we get to go outside and look at the flowers and other things in nature.  I have earned four of my petals for my flower on my vest.  This weekend I went to an Art Festival with the Daisies and saw a puppet show, animals, and another lady talk about the start of Girl Scouts.  I earned a patch for going to that.  My mommy irons on all my patches for me.  I can't wait for the daisy on my vest to be finished.  Each petal is a different color and stands for something.  I like spending time with my friends and I really look forward to Daisies every Friday that I get to go.

Another Birthday Party

Because I didn't have enough birthday parties, me and Luci had a kids birthday party at SIGS.  A lot of my friends came.  We had a lot of fun running and jumping around.  Here are some pictures...

After we played, we had cupcakes and I stuck my hands in the icing.  I thought it was funny but Mommy was not happy.  She said it was like my 1 year old birthday. My hands were pink all day. Pink-a-licious!

I guess that was my last birthday party until I'm 7.

Ears Pierced

I got my ears pierced!

Big 6

So now I am so old that I need both hands to show the number 6!  My birthday is September 15th.  On September 15th we went to Clucker's to eat.  I got to pick it.  I love the sweet BBQ wings.  We had a big family lunch.  Before September 15th we had a birthday party for me and Luci with my family.

We got a lot of good presents.  Mommy and Daddy got me some new shoes too.  They are ballerina shoes where you can twirl around.  The part of the shoe spins.

Mommy told me when I was 2 or 3 that I could do some big stuff when I turn 6.  She said that I could get my ears pierced and I could get an American Girl Doll.  I didn't forget. Now I am 6 so I can't wait!

Summer Is Not Over!

I was so excited today because Daddy got out the pool slide in the backyard.  It was so very hot today so I was glad to have the pool out.  Me and Luci played in it for hours.  Mommy and Julian got in for a little while too.  Mommy went down the slide with me but Julian was just in the pool.  He is too little for the slide.

We had fun going up and down the slides.  Sometimes I went down head first.  Sometimes I went down with Luci.  I like the curvy slide better because it doesn't hurt your butt when you slide down.

And you can climb up it. When you climb up it can be slippery from the water shower running down.

When we finished Daddy dumped the water out and laid it in the grass to dry.  But then it rained tonight so it is going to be wet again.  He will have to dry it tomorrow.  When the water was dumped out I saw a little baby mole and a caterpillar.  The mole came out of his hole when all the water went in.  He was crawling in the grass and Daddy said he would go back in hole after the water soaked in the ground.  The caterpillar was on the grass getting away from the water too.  There was so much water it was like a flood.  

Hopefully they got back in their homes before they got rained on tonight.  Because it was raining really hard when we came back from Cammie's house at night.  We all got wet and I was running to get inside. I wished that I had my bathing suit back on.  

Hello Kindergarten

Today was my first day of Kindergarten.  This year I have to wear a uniform.  I like it because I can wear skorts.  Do you know what skorts are?   They are skirts with legs, like shorts.

I was in a good mood this morning and everyone was excited for my first day.  Even Julian!  And we all made it to my school on time (amazing).

I wouldn't stop hugging Mommy when we got to school.  I just miss her so much when I go back to school.  She read me the Kissing Hand book last night.  She is going to read it every year.  It is a special book about a raccoon going to school.  He and his Mommy kiss their hands so they can keep it all day.

Here is my teacher Mr. McGuire.  He seems pretty nice and pretty funny. He is my friend Lilly's daddy.   I think he will be a good teacher.

I am ready to start learning Kindergarten stuff but Mommy keeps taking my picture.  It was a good first day but I didn't tell Mommy and Daddy much about it.  I don't like to tell them stuff sometimes.