We began celebrating Christmas on Wed the 23rd; in the evening we went to Grandma Julie and Papa Brian's house. Kennedy immediately latched on to the items in the stocking (2 extra aqua doodle pens) and refused to participate in opening any of the gifts. She wanted those pens opened imediately! And then, once they were open, she demanded paper. I found the aqua doodle at the bottom of the present stack and basically forced her to open it - she immediately wanted it out of it's packaging so she could play with it. Next, she opened a drum set and between the 2, she was in heaven. She whistled away on her harmonica (which she insists is a "flute") and made everyone join in on the drum, tamborine & whistle. This is the only picture I got, as I had to open her presents for her....
Then Santa came to our house on Christmas Eve. Here is the loot before she woke up.
Kennedy is NOT a morning person. She needs her time and space. I woke her up at 7am and she was upset b/c the lights were on. She kept saying, "mom, it's too bright. I go back to sleep" I kept telling her to look at the presents that Santa brought and all she wanted was to sleep. Then I said, "I'm going to play with the chalkboard, then." That brought her alive, she said, "NO, I PLAY with the chalk!" and with that she hopped right up and started playing. Please disregard the lovely hair do; I said she was fast asleep!
Her baseball glove and ball from Santa was a big hit! Not such a big hit= throwing a baseball in the house...
Here she is in her apron, holding her fishing pole and microphone (which plays Under the Sea over and over and she LOVES it!)
We celebrated Christmas Day at the Conner's and it was more of the same. Kennedy wanted her little cousin Austen's Tonka ride on immediately and wanted nothing of opening her own presents. She even walked up to him on the truck and said, "Get off!" and then she proceeded to pull him off. She also really liked the Elmo couch that she got FOR AUSTEN. Finally, we opened one of the coolest toys! Grandpa Ron got Kennedy this little fruit that comes w/ a knife and cutting board and it "cuts". There is velcro holding the fruit together and she loves it!
I couldn't resist this photo. Even though she is wearing nothing but an apron; these days, she seems to be a nudist... and yes, we are using our new Emiril pan, Mom! (Thanks Grandma Fae!) and our new step stool from Grandma and Papa.
Saturday, we trekked to Moulton, IA for the Pedrick Christmas. It was sooo great to see my cousins and family that I rarely see - and for Hailey, Sidney and Kennedy to get to play (they are all so close in age - it is starting to get fun to see them interact!!!) Kennedy thought they would need a microphone for their very own, so that is what we gave them, of course we did remember to bring our own, just so there would be no issues:)
Sidney and Kennedy w/ their microphones. I am not sure where Hailey is, and I didn't get any usable pictures of her - my pictures were too blurry! I am blaming a dirty, fingerprinted lens:)
This week I get to stay home with Kennedy! Day One already proved to be a winner! We started early, hit the Home Depot, visited Daddy at work, went to Walmart for groceries, then Daddy met us at Chuck E. Cheese for lunch! Boy, was that fun! We talked on the phone w/ Chuck E. Cheese, played some BBall, played some Skee Ball (notice, Kennedy couldn't get the hang of rolling the ball, she insisted it be thrown) and we even rode the galloping horse. That was interesting, good thing Daddy was there to hold her on - there wasn't a buckle on that horse!!!
Tonight we got out the new paints and we painted. Kennedy LOVED this! I have a feeling we may have to paint every night. She even made Daddy come paint, too! And he loved it just as much:)
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