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.