Christmas Video Part 1

We got a couple of videos of Kaitlyn opening her presents on Christmas morning.  Below is the video of her opening the present she had been dying to get.  There will be a second blog post directly after this with 2 more videos !  

 

 

Merry Christmas!

After Mass on Christmas Eve, Kaitlyn put out some cookies for Santa.

Santa was just happy that Kevin was off that night so he didn’t have to put all those presents under the tree by himself!

Every time we were in a toy store, Kaitlyn was drawn to this cat.  Let me just say, I have never seen a more sensitive toy.  When it arrived via UPS at home and I picked up the still-sealed box to bring it upstairs, the thing started meowing.  Kevin had to have a sudden coughing fit, to cover the noise of it.  Every time I opened the closet door after it was wrapped, it would start meowing and pawing at the air.  Needless to say it was  the first present she got to open.

Mommy wanted this one, so of course Santa had to bring it for Kaitlyn…

Kaitlyn had a Christmas store at school that she could purchase little Christmas gifts at.  She got me a pretty necklace.  She got Kevin a Christmas tie…  a musical Christmas tie!  She also made this for Kevin and I…

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

We’ve been really busy leading up to Christmas this year!  We started off the Christmas Season with arts and crafts at our church again this year.

Kaitlyn started out making a Christmas Card…

Then moved on to cookie decorating…

And ornament making…

And coloring…

Then it was time for a snack…

While I finished up our advent wreath…

I helped Kaitlyn make a Rudolph and a Christmas tree out of pine cones, since Kevin claimed both were beyond his craft skills.

Now that Kaitlyn is getting older she enjoys being able to help decorate the tree.

Of course we love going to Holidays at Hadlock.  This year they had a reindeer petting area!

Mmmm.  Roasting marshmallows for s’mores!

Taking a horse and carriage ride around the warm-up track was pretty cool!

Kaitlyn had a lot of fun at the Police Department’s family Christmas party.  She decorated cookies, made an ornament, and sat on Santa’s lap for a picture and a present.

Opening her present from Santa…

Kaitlyn LOVED her present.

This past Thursday was Kaitlyn’s Christmas Concert at school. 

Pre-K and Kindergarten sang "’Must be Santa’ and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town’.  The only problem with being taller than everyone in your class and most of the Kindergarten class is you get relegated to the back row. 

 

 

This past Friday, Kaitlyn slept over at Mammy’s house while Kevin and I headed off to Inn by the Sea to enjoy the free stay that I won.  Kaitlyn had fun making a gingerbread train and wearing out Mammy.  Kevin and I enjoyed an ocean-view room with a gas fireplace.  The Sea Glass Restaurant’s food was amazing.  It was sooo nice having great food without bending over to pick up crayons or answer the same question five times in a row. 

I did miss my baby girl though and I am looking forward to making a gingerbread house with her this weekend and if we keep our power through out the ice storm we will be baking cookies for Santa as well!

5 Year Check-Up

This morning was Kaitlyn’s 5 year check-up.  She is still doing great.  She is now 44.7 inches, which is 90th percentile- she’s grown nearly 3 inches in the last year.  Now, she weighs 50 pounds, which is also the 90th percentile.  Kaitlyn also had her first hearing test.  She refused to tell the nurse when she heard the noise, so instead she squeezed my hand whenever she heard it.  Just like last year, she wouldn’t participate in the eye test, once again going into shy mode.  She got one shot and the nasal flu mist then it was off to school for the rest of the day.