Decorating the Christmas Tree

Tonight we let Regan stay up and help decorate the Christmas Tree. It was an experience. She started unwrapping all of the ornaments while Matt and I were busy putting the lights on the tree. Which is fine, except that most of our ornaments are breakable. Only one broke in the process, which is pretty good....I think. She didn't quite get the concept that you have to put the ornament far back on the branch. But all in all I think she did well for a three year old.

Visit to Santa

I don't think I will be using this picture as my Christmas Card this year. Although, I think it's kind of funny and cute. They had a fan blowing on Santa to keep him cool. If you were wondering why Regan's hair is blowing back like that.

Picking out a tree

Regan could not wait to go pick out a Christmas Tree, and now she can't wait to decorate it. We are hoping to decorate it tonight. If for no other reason than so that she will stop asking us. Our tree is the one right behind Matt and Regan. I think it is a little fat, because as Regan says..."it pulls my hair when I walk by it."

Addison's Physical Therapy

We went yesterday for Addison's Physical Therapy appointment. They are very happy with her progress. They gave me some exercises to work with her on cruising, balancing and walking. They said that as soon as she starts walking they will release her, and they think it will be before she is 15 months. We go back again at the end of January.

Goofy Golfing

One of Meredith's friends came over to visit on Saturday and we all went goofy golfing. Everyone minus Dick and Matt who had an "important" football game to watch. They volunteered to stay home with Addison. We lost Regan's coat at the mall ealier that day, so she had to wear Matt's. It was a lot of fun. We helped her with the first shot and then she would do the other shots. The funniest thing was when the ball was to far away from the hole, she would pick it up and move it closer. I am not the best with hand eye coordination and I have a hard time not hitting the ball to hard. There was one ball that I was having particular trouble with and Regan said "just hit the ball in the hole mommy." Regan got two hole's in one that I helped her with and she got the ball in the snake's mouth that I helped her with, too. She got a free pass for getting the ball in the snake's mouth.

Thanksgiving

We went to Florida for Thanksgiving. We had a really good time. We don't get to spend a lot of time with my family, so it's always nice when we get the opportunity to. Regan had what Matt had while we were there, and I have had it for the past two days. Not fun. Matt was nice enough to work from home today. I was barely able to take care of the kids yesterday, and this morning I felt even worse. By this afternoon I was feeling a lot better, and I am all but recovered this evening. Addison seemed to be starting with it today. We will see how it goes.

Park

So, we usually go to the park on Friday's to meet our playgroup friends after school. There is not much for Addison to do; because she doesn't walk, slide and until today swing. I have been trying to break her in little by little with the swing. I didn't have a lot of hope because one of my friends has a four year old who is just starting to like swinging and I have another friend who has a two year old that hates to swing. Well, today Addison loved swinging. She was laughing the whole time. Love it! I also love how she is looking at Regan like "what you talkin about willis." in the second picture.

We were on our way to New Orleans today to go to two birthday parties this weekend and stay for a few days before we headed to Florida. Well, we were concerned that Regan was in the beginning stages of pink eye and Matt wasn't feeling well. We were halfway there and Matt wanted me to take over driving and that is when I made the executive decision that we should head back home. When we switched drivers I thought about asking Regan if she needed to potty, because we were at a place where she could have gone. But I didn't, so we ended up pulling over on the side of the road and letting her tee-tee in one of Addison's diapers. It was lovely. I called the pediatrician on call and he called in some drops for me. He said she should be fine by tomorrow, but I still don't want her around a lot of kids for a few days. It was a good thing we came home, because as soon as we got home Matt was very sick. So, we will see how they are feeling tomorrow and re-evaluate our plans. The whole way home Regan talked about how she wanted her eyes to be blue again. She also told me that going to Avery's party and seeing Cinderella would help her to feel better.

Regan got pushed on the playground at school today. I think she would have told me, but I only know for sure because I went to drop off chicken nuggets at school today for their Thanksgiving Feast. Normally I would have left them with the secretary, but a lot of people were coming in behind me to go on tours of the school. Regan hasn't had issues of separation anxiety for a while now, so I thought I would take the opportunity to be the cool parent who brought the chicken nuggets for snack. I probably should have just left them with the secretary. But I am glad that I got to hug her and wipe her tears.

I hope to take and put up a picture for Addison's eleven month tomorrow. A few days late, I know. What can I say....I have two kids.

Pictures from Chapel

For your child's birthday you can dedicate books to them for the library. Today was a little boy in Regan's class birthday. Regan's teacher is the one at the microphone and the lady with the guitar is her music teacher.

Addison Crawling and Shaking Her Head No

Addison's favorite thing to do is to shake her head no and wave. Regan said yeah to everything when she was a baby, and I think Addison is going to say no to everything. She even kind of says no no. It's cute now, but I am sure it won't be forever. She is crawling all over the place and I tried to get video to prove it. But she had a one track mind to get to the lamp cord.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1581285266409738010

Weekend

Friday night Matt and I went to an auction for Regan's school. The owner of the company's children go there, too. He bought a table, but was unable to attend. So, we got to sit at the table which was really nice. Saturday Matt went hunting for the first time at a company sponsored hunt. I think he had fun, and wants to go next year. My only rule is...no gun's in the house. The girl's and I went to a birthday party. And after naps we went to the mall. It wasn't to bad. The only hard thing was trying to fit the double stroller in the restroom when Regan had to go potty. I had to go, though. We are having beach pictures made over the Thanksgiving Holiday's, so I needed the right dresses for the girls.

Chapel

Addison and I finally made it to chapel at Regan's school. They have it every Wednesday morning and parents are encouraged to attend. It was really cute. It reminded me of chapel at camp. Next week I will bring my camera and post a picture. Addison was really happy to be there, so I think we are going to try to go more often. Regan seemed happy that we were there, too.

The vegetables aren't going so well. Regan is not so easily deceived. I made her the grilled cheese yesterday for lunch with the pureed sweet potatoes. She told me that she did not like it, that she wanted a square piece of cheese. Addison and I ate one. It wasn't bad, but the texture was a little off.

Eating Healthy

In an effort to get Regan to eat vegetables, I bought the controversial cookbook deceptively delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. Tonight I tried out my first recipe of pasta covered with pureed squash, and Regan ate squash for the first time since she was a baby. Granted it was not very much, and we had to bribe her with a princess snack to even get her to try it. All because I didn't have the right kind of pasta. Even though I let her pick out the pasta at the grocery store. But I still feel that it is a step in the right direction. And a step up from last night when I bribed her with french fries to get her to eat some carrots. Tomorrow I am going to try grilled cheese with pureed sweet potatoes and chicken nuggets with pureed broccoli. Addison had the left over pureed steamed squash and loved it. I think I will start doing this for her more often. It was so easy. I also gave her some pureed sweet potatoes that I prepared in advance for the grilled cheese. It was a little thick for her, I think.