Happy New Year... 3 weeks late!

Whew, where have I been? I cant believe I havent updated this since Christmas! Oops! I guess its easy just to get bogged down with the daily happenings of life and forget to blog!
Anyway, we went ice skating on New Years Day and learned it was going to be a challenge to get our little peanut off the ice! She LOVED it but became very independent very quickly. Once she was on the ice for a few minutes she wanted to do it by herself. She didnt want us anywhere near her and was the happiest when we were on the other side of the ice. We were able to get her to take a few very short breaks but she did not want to leave. She is such a snow bunny! I wish this mommy could stay as warm as Magnolia does in these winter months! I have never seen a child who just doesnt ever seem to get cold like this one!

Christmas Day

We had such a fantastic day on Christmas. Magnolia is at such an absolutely perfect age for the real spirit of Christmas! She loved EVERYTHING about Christmas this year and was so much fun on Christmas Day. Here is what she wanted from Santa: a space station, a rocket and cookies for her and Ziggy. (no we did not make her ask for cookies for the dog, that was all on her own!) She was such a good girl this year that Santa gave her all of that plus some extra stuff, including her very own make up, and a doctors kit with pretend glasses. Ziggy also got a new toy that she even played with! (our dog is getting very old and rarely plays anymore so this was a pretty big deal!) We also got Magnolia a bathrobe that she just loves to wear. Magnolia also picked out and wrapped gifts for David and I this year. She was so cute because I think she was more excited to give us our presents than to open any of hers! She was also able to keep it a secret what she got us, which is very impressive. The cutest thing she did say was a couple nights before Christmas. I had said that I would love a water bottle for Christmas every time she asked what I wanted. So, we were all playing a game and she looked at me and said "well mom, you can go ahead and ask Santa for your water bottle because I couldnt find the right one at Target." Ahh, cracked me up! Santa must have been listening because he did bring me a water bottle.
I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas!

Getting ready for Santa

Magnolia had a lot to do before going to bed on Christmas Eve. She had to make Santa a card, sprinkle special food out on the snow and get Santa some milk and cookies. After all of her chores were done we all snuggled on the couch and read Christmas books before going to bed.

Christmas Eve Day

We took Magnolia skiing on Christmas Eve day. It was a very fun day... Santa was out skiing, there was the mascot of the ski hill out giving high fives to the kids, and of course lots of skiing. Magnolia went on the bunny hill one time and then said she was ready for the chairlift. Off her and David went on the chairlift! Such a big girl! We also had a great time eating our lunch and warming up in the chalet.

SNOW

Here is what I opened the door to last week! We definitely had a white Christmas in Colorado!

Writing her name

Magnolia and I have been working very hard learning to write her name. Here is what it looks like right now. I must admit, I am very proud! Yes, I guess this is kind of a bragging blog entry. Sorry! :)

Christmas dress

Here is a picture of Magnolia before her school program. Doesnt she look beautiful? She picked out this dress all by herself! The day she picked it out I had no intention of buying a dress. Then I watched her look through all the dresses in the store and get excited about how pretty they all were. I couldnt resist. I let her get one. I must say, as much as I am not a dress kind of girl, she just looks adorable in the dress!
She also picked out the headband to wear with it. During her school program her headband fell off and she got very worried. She wasnt able to sing a song because she was to busy trying to figure out what to do about her headband. She finally yelled out "mom!! I cant find my headband!!" After trying to reassure her from the audience she was able to get over it and keep on singing!