December 19

And here we go into the holiday season!  We started off the Thanksgiving celebrations with a visit to the Christmas tree at Market Street and then a trip to San Antonio to see Mimi and Pop-Pop and enjoy Sea World.

     

Christmas is coming!

Always fun with the Sesame Street crew at Sea World!

For Thanksgiving week itself, we started off with our annual run, another visit with Mimi and Pop-Pop, and then an adventure to Galveston.

Go WILLPower, go!

Proud of our runner girl!

Thankful for these two amazing souls!

Little Sweetie set the table "all fancy" for Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ocean view from our Galveston hotel room!

Exploring Moody Gardens!

Waiting for the Polar Express to board!

Loving her ride on the Polar Express!

     

Finishing up our fun weekend with a visit to the Space Center!

Happy girl!

When we came home from our adventures, we found some more holiday surprises.  Our elf, Pat, had arrived and brought Christmas pajamas for everyone!

Hi Pat!

Looking dapper in our matching jammies!

The jammies were perfect for visiting Santa!

I would have to say that one of the best parts of preparing for the holiday was taking Little Sister downtown to the Houston Ballet's performance of the Nutcracker.  She was enraptured and did so well!

Momma and Little Sweetie date!

     

Excited and ready for the performance!

     

To absolutely no one's surprise, she picked a sword as her souvenir so she could fight like the Nutcracker!

All tired out on the drive home!

And as always, there was cooking time!  My Little Sweetie is so capable in the kitchen and I love seeing all the lessons she learns during our cooking sessions.

Making delicious and pretty egg toast!

         

Christmas tree cones!

Somebody made popcorn!

       

Mashing some sweet potatoes!

  

Making her signature cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving!

Height and Weight

Little Sweetie weights 47.4 pounds this month and is measuring 44.75 inches tall!

Personality

Monday Little Sweetie is a different person than Friday Little Sweetie, that's for sure!  Still happy and fun, but you can tell the school week tires her out and takes a lot out of her.

Developmental Milestones

She finds very creative ways to keep herself busy and I love seeing how her mind works and her ideas grow.

Clues and story charts she organizes on her bed rail.

So many building structures!

Fun Tidbits

Girl Scouts has been a great bonding activity for us and she's really taken an interest in sewing now that I have to have my machine out more to sew on her badges.

We leave later today for the MPS Conference and our Florida adventures...can't wait to share those experiences!

Until then, 

LSM

Little Sweetie's Momma