these are a few of her favorite things

Wrapped Kyla's birthday presents today (I do things a bit ahead of time usually-because of the excitement). This is one of her presents. A stack of white paper and 50 brand spankin new markers. Kyla colors for hours a day and is constantly asking for "white paper with no lines on it" i.e. printer paper. So when Ms. D offered up some free paper I thought to myself...what a great gift for Kyla. She will be thrilled. Just yesterday she colored in the garage for over an hour and then taped all of her work to the walls.

On the subject of cheap entertainment and my artist girl Kyla, let me introduce you to Mary, her latest creation. We got this little lizard paint set at Michael's. She painted it the moment we got home, slept with it, took it to Sunday School and has played with it everyday since. Apparently Kyla told Mr. Chad all about Mary. :)

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The Theater

Today we got to go to the theater- The Seattle Children's Theater to see the play If you Give a Mouse a Cookie. I so wish we could have taken pictures of the girls on the stage. It was adorable, plus C & P would have been in the shot. The whole play was set in a cute little kitchen with a boy and a mouse. I personally loved it. I think the girls did too. They may have loved their popcorn a little more though.

10 on 10

ten little toes

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Starbucks BABY!

We paired off today. Heidi and I did a little early Christmas shopping. She's so well behaved and such a patient shopper when she is the only child. So good in fact that I felt she deserved a special treat. I think it was her first ever...Starbucks hot chocolate. She slurped that baby down in 20 seconds flat! "Can I taste yours mom?" were the first words out of her mouth the moment the straw left her lips.

tiny dancer

This is what Heidi wears everyday...either in pink or blue. The moment we get in the door she's out of her clothes and into her "ballerina costume." This trend has been going on for several weeks now. She gets very upset if we "can't find it."

Yesterday she came downstairs with a Cheerleading DVD that came with some pom poms I bought at TJ Max three years ago for $4 (very high quality). "Can I do this cheerleading mom?"

I popped it in for her and she tried to follow along...I snuck a peek. It was pretty cute. In the first one she's trying to stretch along with the TV. Hamstring lunges I think is what she is trying to do. Make sure to turn off the music so you can hear what they are saying. Sorry its sideways. I couldn't figure out how to fix that.

I love the booty shake in the second one.

Sneaky Santa

Heidi and I went to Target today...it's Christmas there already. She loved it. I loved it. We walked around the sparkly trees three or four times. She kept saying, "Is this Christmas?" Plans are underway for Kyla's 4th birthday party and Christmas is just around the corner. I can't believe it. Project 365 has made me realize how fast a year really does go by.

I love this picture of Kyla. In her own world...walking through the bushes while everyone else walks on the sidewalk, looking a little bit like Swiper the fox.