The Christmas Bear

We got a package from the Walks the other day containing Christmas gifts for every one and this bear for Caitty. Well we were trying to get every thing out and put away before Caitty saw but didn't succeed. Caitty saw the bear and has taken to it. He reads her the night before Christmas, the whole book, and his mouth moves as he does it. I am waiting for her to start saying it back to him. He doesn't turn off until Caitty is in bed and every stuffed animal has been brought out into the living room to hear the story. It is funny to watch her with it. It is even more funny when her and shadow get into it because he doesn't really like the bear. He would rather eat it then play with it and Caitty is protective of it. I got in trouble for moving it last night.

Swimming in Casper

My loving little Caitty loves the water, and in her opinion the colder the better. Well I have been worried about her getting into trouble sense they wouldn't let her take swimming lessons. I make her wear the water wings but I still worry sense they aren't really that big and any thing can happen in the water. The last time that we went swimming was when Kaci was blessed and I spent most of the time trying to tell her to go to her back if she feels like she is in trouble. It has been a long time sense then so I thought that she would of forgot and been all clingy to Joel.

I got Joel and Caitty ready for the pool and told them that I would be down when Kaci woke up from her nap. After a while I got to wondering how things were doing so I went down to the pool with the camera to find that Caitty was in this big pool all by her self with her Daddy talking to her while he was in the hot tub. I nearly had a heart attack but Joel told me to watch her so I did. She would swim the dogie paddle for a while and then flip on her back for a rest and did this for over an hour. Needless to say we are still taken swimming lessons for my hearts safety. But I was very proud of her. Little stinker. :)

And yes eventually Kaci and I joined in on the fun. We learned however that Kaci really doesn't like the pool. It is too cold for now.

Sick

So Caitty and Kaci have both been sick the last couple of weeks and are finally feeling good. Having sick children is definitely no fun at all. But Caitty started feeling better before Kaci so she would rub her head or hum to her if I wasn't in the room and Kaci was crying. Maybe I should leave more often...hehe.

Santa

So we went to Casper this week and went to the mall to see if Caitty would be willing to see or get near Santa. She has been watching alot of Santa cartoons so I thought that I would give it a try sense she likes him on TV. Well of course it became a "NO" screaming fit when she saw him so we continued on with our shopping and found a Santa statue at Sportsman's Warehouse. So I took a picture of her and Daddy. She was still a little worried about him but it was much better with Daddy there. This statue was much better looking in real life.

Forgot the Camera.

Well of course on a fun outing what do I..... I leave the house with out a camera. Go figure. At least I remembered Caitty!!!

Tuesday Caitty and I went to our friends home, Kyla Erickson, and made sugar cookies with her and her two wonderful kids and the Degraw family and Witlock Family (Kaci got to stay home with Dad and have Daddy daughter time). It was a lot of fun. Caitty mostly played and ate the cookie dough but she really enjoyed hanging out with all the kids that are around her age.

The funny part was once we had the cookies made and they were getting ready to decorate Caitty decided to join in more this time. Keep in mind she has already ate the cookie dough which I didn't want her to do because she had been really sick for two days. As most of the kids were starting to icing the cookies Caitty would take the icing off the cookies and then icing them again only to continue to pick off the icing and the sprinkles that she put on. So we took the cookies home for Dad to eat sense she had eating way to much frosting.

And now next week after her Dr appointment we get to make cookies at home with Daddy. Hopefully I will make enough frosting and remember to use the camera.

Decorating the Tree.

Well Of course as soon ans it hits December 1 Joel is ready to have the tree up. I would like to wait longer just cause Caitty has to much fun pulling off the ornaments and redecorating the tree every day and they always seem to end up on one side of the tree. Needless to say that for FHE on the 1 we got the tree up and Caitty was way happy. But I learned from last year not to put the presents out untill Christmas eve so I don't have to re-wrap and tell Caitty no all the time cause on Christmas she will sit there with a gift for a while waiting for you to tell her no. Poor thing.

blessings

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone in the blink of the eye. I can't believe it is December all ready. With the leaving of Thanksgiving it came clear to our family how truely blessed we are in so many ways. We have been blessed above and beyond any thing we can imagine let alone list in a small peice of paper. The biggest blessings that we can think of is our families, our friends and our lovely girls with good health. It is quite hard though during the holiday season to be so far away from all our family members but it is a great confort to know that no matter what we have the greatest blessing of all to be a family together through all eternity. How amazing is that? There are so many around us that don't understand that concept. We hope every one had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a great Christmas.