A Couple of Christmas Advent Highlights

We finally got around to getting a tree with less than two weeks until Christmas.

Her face here says it all. We had to wake her up that morning for our ward Christmas party and then she had to be chased and corralled for two hours during the party. She wasn't really feeling it. We let her choose whatever tree she wanted. And she picked this little darling. I loved it so much!

This was supposed to be a trip to This is the Place park to see the reindeer. But I neglected to look it up and it turns out the reindeer are only out at night. But we had a great time at the zoo, it was probably the least crowded place in the valley on the last Saturday before Christmas.

Merry Christmas 2009

Macy's Musings

Macy and I were walking into our room and I told her to say good morning and wake up JD. She came up with her own way to wake him up. She marched into the room, squeezed her own nose and let out a loud honk. She now continues to do this anytime one of us pretends to be asleep.

Macy loves to stack toys, blocks, and puzzle pieces. She calls it "making a rhombus." (For any Curious George fans, this comes from the episode where George helps in the chocolate store.) And if there is any sort of tapering at the top, she deems it a temple.

She calls all heart-shaped items "loves" and it's so adorable that I don't think we'll ever correct her.

The other day she was really pushing on the top of her head and becoming very frustrated. JD asked her what was wrong she said, "it won't go inside like a turtle".

For dinner the other night, I got out the block of cheese and put it on the table before I grated it. Macy was thrilled and called out "muh cheese, muh favorite cheese" and then took several bites out it. She has the tiniest teeth, so it looks like a mouse got ahold of it.

Meeting Mr. Claus 2009

I made the mistake of getting out the framed photos of Macy's two past meetings with Mr. Claus with my Christmas decorations. Macy was convinced by last year's picture that Santa was scary. In anticipation of Santa visiting JD's work tonight, we hyped the excitement of seeing Santa all week, so today she told me she would not cry but she wanted her own chair.

In the end, she sat on his lap but refused to look at him. Fair enough.