Holiday Fun

We attempted a visit with Santa Claus this weekend, but MaryAlice wanted nothing to with sitting on his lap, much less stand next to him. She had the deathgrip on me, so since I had already prepaid for the photo...this is what I get!!
We went on a carriage ride with the "ponies".

The only good that came from the man in the red suit was the lollipop.




This is MaryAlice's John Travolta impression of "Staying Alive, Staying Alive"

Busy, Busy, Busy

I am bound and determined to get a new update posted to Blogger tonight. Finding the time to upload the photos and write a brief text is tough when I have 3 more lectures to listen to and 3 chapters to read over the next three weeks. It would be nice to fit some exercise in too, but that may just have to wait for winter break. I need an extra two hours in the day to keep up with "stuff". MaryAlice has turned into a toddler overnight and is running all the time. She's moved up to the next classroom and is doing well. We're working on numbers, letters, colors, shapes and square roots ;)




I love, love, love The Kitchen Helper and so does MaryAlice. She can climb in and out of it by herself and play with her kitchen tools and pasta to her heart's content. Pretty soon, she'll be packing her lunch herself.



Never leave your face painting crayons in the car while your two year old plays and you unload groceries. They will find them and they're not afraid to use them. She did a pretty good job, I think.

Halloween 2009

Pumpkin Patch and Boo at the Zoo

"Some of these animals are kind of stinky...or is that my diaper?"

More pics...

MaryAlice=0, Kid flailing book around=1



"I can't believe you've stuffed me into this size 18 month onesie! There ought to be laws..."


"My, what big feet you have little girl"

Another Barney Viewing

Beach Weekend