Cheer in January!

BRRRRRRRRRRR! It was a cold, cold January day and we had cheer! The field where they cheer is like a giant wind tunnel, so the 40 degrees and wind chill factor didn't help make cheer an exciting event for us this past Saturday. But they still had fun!

Baby Melissa

It's been almost a year since we welcome our baby kitty Melissa to the family. Alex and her have a special bond. They really love each other and are comfortable with each other. Here are some pics from Alex playing baby with her. Melissa decided to hop into the stroller, it looked so comfy!

G-to-the-O, Yell it Go-Go!

Alex started cheer today for flag football. She learned her first two cheers and some jumps. It was an easy first day, next week they should start cheering for a real game. Thought I would share some pics of her first day! And she is still getting used to carrying the pom-poms!

A New Year, A New Craft!

For Christmas, Alex received a sewing machine and basket from Granny Glo. She is going to teach her how to sew and they had their first lesson this past weekend. She listened to all of Granny's directions and on Sunday when we sewed together I could tell she really learned something. Here are some pictures of her and her first creation - a pillow! She is working on a little blanket for her dolls. She has slept with her pillow ever since she made it. She is very proud of her creations! We have created a monster - A CRAFT MONSTER!

Christmas Day

Christmas day had arrived and so did Santa! Alex had asked for a two-wheel scooter, a leapster, and a fish tank (among many other things!) But Santa was nice and brought her both scooter and leapster with games. But Daddy and Mommy decided to encourage her love of animals and learning and we got the fish tank.
She was so happy to get a fish tank, she is very appreciative and has thanked us repeatedly.


Christmas was very good to us as you can see by the aftermath!

At Christmas dinner, we celebrated at Aunt Barb and Uncle Tim's house. Not only did we celebrate christmas, but we celebrated the 5th day of Hanukkah. Jon's friend Ross, brought his menorah and Alex enjoyed learning about it all and lighting candles.

Christmas Eve!

We spent a lazy day at home making cookies and finishing up last minute details on Christmas eve! We went to church, where Alex was able to hold her own candle during the candlelight service. And after church, we went to eat at P.F. Chang's. But before all that Alex had a tea party. Normally the guests are her dolls or me. But she had a different kind of guest, Melissa her cat. They were too cute!


And here is a picture of Daddy and Alex at P.F. Chang's. She was using chopsticks!

Pops couldn't contain himself with all the fun we had and had to rest, but Alex couldn't leave him alone and made him a christmas tree complete with Angel!

Silly Christmas!

For part of November and most of December, Mommy has been sick and it finally got me and I have been in bed on-and-off with a sinus infection for two days. Well Nana was gracious enough to take Alex to school as well as take me to the Dr., and pick up Alex and take her home with her so Mommy could rest. When we picked up Alex today, she had to tell us about all she did and since I didn't pick her up at school on Monday I didn't see the cutest thing! All the kids had their reindeer hats on. So cute and silly! So here is Alex the red-nose reindeer!