High Boots! And other musings of a 2 year old

Elle is so funny lately with her little stories.  She got some gold "uggs" for Scarlett's birthday and she LOVES those things.  "I have high boots!  They sparkly!  Like my high boots mommy?"  She wore them to pick up Scarlett the other day.  We were standing at the gate with all the other parents waiting on the kids and Elle pointed to a mom wearing black leather boots - "see mommy, she has high boots too!"  We went to a birthday party this morning and she insisted on wearing her other favorite pair of shoes, little black mary janes with bows on the toes.  "Like my black shoes, mommy?  I so fancy.  Have bows!  Like my dress?  Has hearts!  Mommy no tutu on.  Mommy not fancy today"  I guess I better step it up with my jeans-wearing.

Scarlett and I were talking about baby Jesus the other morning before school and Elle piped up "Hey, I know baby Jesus!  He mommy Mary!"

I asked her the other day if she liked Santa and she said a quick "NO!"  then followed it up with "he scary.  Santa a pirate."  And then a little later - "I like he reindeer.  They cute!"

Santa

We went to see Santa at the mall this weekend. Scarlett loved him (no surprise) and Elle was terrified. She wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. That's me holding her & hiding behind Santa because she wouldn't come near his sleigh. At least this picture is a little better than last year when she is all out red faced screaming!

Scarlett's 5th Birthday

I'm a bit behind, but Scarlett turned 5 last Saturday and we had a very busy, very fun weekend to celebrate.  Right after school on Friday, we took her to get her ears pierced.  She jumped a little when they pierced them, but said it didn't really hurt.  After that we went to the mall and she got to build her birthday build a bear.  Then we went to dinner at the "China Place" aka P.F. Chang's.  On a side note, I didn't know until our last visit, but they are very considerate of food allergies.  We told our server and he let the kitchen know and they prepared Scarlett's meal away from any peanuts.  By Saturday morning, all the grandparents had made it into town and we were ready to celebrate!  Her party was at Elmwood Gymnastics and it was fantastic!  Between Scarlett's friends and a few younger siblings Elle's age, we had close to 15 kids.  They played on the tumble track, big trampoline, floor and some of the preschool mats and equipment.  After that we had pizza and double doozie cookie cake (delicious!).  When the party was over we came home and had VooDoo BBQ and more cookie cake while Scarlett opened her presents.  

Friday night - getting her ears pierced!  Oh, I forgot to mention that we had Fuzzy, the class monkey with us for the weekend!  Here he is, holding Scarlett tight.  

My big 5 year old!

Her cake.  We didn't have a specific party theme, but she saw this penguin cake and had to have it!  

Birthday girl with all the grandparents

And with Mommy & Daddy

At the gymnastics place with a couple of her friends

Elle wasn't sure she wanted to participate at first, but she ended up having a great time!

And the grand finale!  She thought this was awesome!

5 Year Checkup

Scarlett had her 5 year checkup yesterday.  Everything looks great!  I didn't really realize it until the doctor mentioned it, but we made it through her whole 4th year without a single sick visit!  Let's hope we can keep up that trend!  She is 44 pounds (85%) and 44 1/2 inches (99%).  We knew she was tall, but 99th percentile...geez!

Christmas Spirit

Scarlett drew a picture this morning of Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus. It was so cute I had to share!