Plane Ride!

Mia is at an age where her imagination is constantly working over time! She is always lining up chairs to make an airplane, or gathering her bears and pretending to drive them to school... Not to mention giving Mommy medical exams or claiming she's the teacher! It's such an incredible experience to see how her little mind is developing. Her vocabulary is also pretty impressive. This morning we were out to breakfast and she asked Mommy for a snack. Stacy opened a bag of pretzels and handed Mia a few. Mia looked at Momma very seriously and said, verbatim, "Mommy, I prefer to have the bag"! Doesn't sound like much, but her selection of words is pretty entertaining...

Here is a photo of Mia at a playdate last week with Momma. Apparently they had this really cool airplane contraption in their back yard, and Mia wouldn't get out of it for hours! Needless to say, we had one ordered by evening... Uggghhh, it never ends! :)

Holiday Carriage Ride!

On Friday night we had a family date night! First we had a seafood buffet at the Club, and then we went on a horse drawn carriage ride. When we walked into dinner, Mia saw a guy playing acoustic guitar and immediately ran over and began to dance! It was so cute... All during dinner she was mesmerized by the music and kept insisting that Daddy take her dancing! The carriage ride is something we've done the last few years during the holidays, and Mia just loves it. She talks to the horse and bounces around from seat to seat! A very enjoyable evening...

Happy Chanuka!

Last night Mia lit the Hannukah candles, said the prayer and got her very first gift, a Blues Clues CD!! She was very excited... Cousin Nick slept over for the first night of Hannukah and learned a little about the history of the holiday, as well as getitng his very first Hannukah gift! We had a great night...

Merry Christmas!

That's right, we're greedy! We're claiming both holidays as our own... Cheers & Mazeltov!

Santa's Sleigh, er Helicopter!

On Saturday morning we took cousin Nick with us to the Club for a brunch with Santa. Only, instead of flying in with his reindeer, he flew in on a helicopter and landed on the 18th green! Mia sure loves Santa, but we also learned that she shares Daddy's fascination with helicopters... She & Nick quickly climbed aboard, strapped themselves in, and prepared for take off. Our Princess certainly deserves such lavish accomodations...

Cookie Monster!

On Thursday night Momma took the midget to the Stihlman Train Park for their annual holiday festival. Last year Mia was frightened of all the characters they had walking around... Not this year! She just loves Cookie Monster!! I think they share a kindred spirit, or at least a mutual love of cookies...

Daddy's Weekend!!

Mommy was in Las Vegas with some girlfriends for the weekend, so Mia & Daddy got some quality bonding time! We went out to breakfast on Friday, and then it was off to dance class. On Saturday we went to the Shamrock Farm to see how milk is made! Mia loved all the cows and they even trucked in some snow! Then it was off to our Temple on Sunday for a Hannukah festival with all of Mia's class mates. The midget got to ride a pony, go down the bouncy slide, and took a train ride as well... We had loads of fun, and the best part was that Mia was so tired she took an extra long nap and Daddy got to relax!! We had a blast, but we sured missed our Momma!

Hannukah Festival!!

Here is the midget on her favorite attraction at the Hannukah festival... Of course it was the train! This was so cute. A guy made train cars out of 55 gallon drums, and pulled the kids around on a tractor. Mia was in absolute heaven and had to ride it three times in a row! Her joy is so infectious...