Valentines

You would think that since Valentine's Day was on a Sunday we wouldn't have had to worry about doing anything for Angela's pre-school. Nope, we still had to do valentines, they did them on the 11th. So we made Sesame Street characters - Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch. Of course, no pictures were taken of them. They turned out so CUTE!! The teacher wouldn't let the kids eat them (they had plain M&M's in them) because she wanted the parents to see them. We used a scallop circle, punched out a circle, then used the clear sweat treat cup, filled with the same color M&Ms (fun color matching activity), put on googlie eyes and either beaks or eyebrows and mouths. So these pictures are of Angela carrying them into pre-school, she was so excited for her "purse."

Singing

For Christmas this past year, one of Angela's aunts gave her a microphone that she dances and sings to. Thank goodness there is an off button. But for those times when it is on and gracing Angela's attention, she is having fun. She likes to skip around the house to "Skip to my Lou." Then we have to put on "Dancing Queen" so she can dance to that (on CD). The microphone also has a record button that allows her to record her singing or other music. She has a great time with this toy. It is a lovely alternative to the dollies and kitchen. I guess you can only pretend to change so many diapers and cook so many meals in a day.
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Christmas 2009

yep - finally getting around to posting Christmas. I can't believe how long I have pushed this off. We had a fabulous Christmas. This was the year of dollies - 3 of them. Pretty funny. But she loves dollies and takes them everywhere. They go in the car, in the stroller, in the bed, everywhere Angela goes, so does at least one dolly. This year she had fun, she wasn't quite sure about Santa because didn't spend a lot of time teaching her about him, but she got the gift thing. It was fun to watch her. And she loved her new Christmas dress. She will (and does) wear dresses every day. She has her play dresses and her Sunday dresses, and some that are both.