Playing Catch-up, Christmas 2010

Yep, trying to do a full catch up again, so the pictures will be on OVERLOAD! I've been so busy with trying to get finish my degree and getting a new job, then with the holidays, and cutting back on my internet time, the blog has been neglected! :( BUT the camera is always in full swing!!!

Here are some photos of Lilah's time in IL with her dad's family. They all LOVED having her there and she was so happy to see them again! Even though Mommy missed her dearly, I know she had a wonderful time and an overload on Christmas!!!

I just love those slippers on her and she loves to wear them!

First Christmas Program

Oh how I have been waiting on this day for sooo long! Lilah's first school Christmas program! Every day after school I would hear her and my nieces and nephews singing their songs for the program. She was sooo excited to be able to sing that night.

 With her cousin Eli, who also sang with his class in the program.

 Here she is! (I have more photos, but there are so many children in them I do want to post with out parent permission!) So this is the one decent shot of her that I have. This is how she looked the entire time, while the rest of her classmates sang! She wouldn't sing at all! Then again, they were in front of a packed church of parents! I was very proud of her that she did not cry though!!!

Santa, lights, and Ice Skating

During Christmas time I HAD to take Lilah to see Santa somewhere. I wasn't sure how well she would do because the past few years have been a bit, well, unpredictable! This year she was SUPER excited to see Santa. She walked right up to him, sat next to him, and before HE could say anything she states:

 "I want a Barbie princess and a Dora baby!"

We went to the "Lights on the Lake" show at Heartspring this year. This is the same place she had therapy over half the year last year. (Which they did a great job working with her. She spent all summer learning to button various buttons and cut properly with scissors for an LP. Which really showed when she started Pre-k 3/4 this year!)

Lilah with all the lights...which she absolutely LOVED! This display wrapped around a large tree, which led to the lake. 

 I had been wanting to take Lilah Ice Skating since I had so much fun when I went a few weeks earlier. Luckily for us a friend of mine was having a get together there for his birthday and I brought Lilah along. Let me tell you, Ice Skating is fun, but I do not recommend taking a little one if you do not have any skating experience! 

We managed NOT to fall, not once!!! I was proud of the both of us and she was proud of herself! We made it around the rink two and a half times in an HOUR! 

 How cute are those little ice skating shoes?! I wanted to look more into getting her signed up for classes but thought we should wait until she is at least 7 or 8 years old before I do that! But, in the meantime, we'll have to go more often!

 "Look ma, no hands!" She was very happy that she was able to stand up all by herself OFF the ice. *You can see my hand in fear of her falling!!!*

 Making silly faces to prove to me further that she can stand on her own AND make silly faces!

 Oh yes, my two most WILLING participants for a photo op! Lilah and her God mother. We had dinner together so that Lilah could get the best Christmas present EVER before heading off to Illinois for part of her Christmas break. Thanks again ma'lady for the Christmas gift, I am sure Lilah LOVED her gift as much as I did!!!

LPA Christmas Party

Yes, I am WAAAY late on my postings, but the end of this year has been a very busy one! Over the holidays I was working, going to class and trying to deal with all the stresses that is NOT suppose to come with Holiday Spirit and Joy!

In the meantime, our family blog was left to sit and collect 'dust' to say the least! Let me catch you up, blog by new blog, massive amounts of photos and as few words as possible! :o)

To start off with, since we moved back to Kansas, we have been enjoying everything that our local LPA chapter has to offer! In San Antonio, there was a surrounding chapter, but not as close to home as we have here. In early December, we went to the Scheer's house for our annual Sunflower Chapter LPA Christmas party, where Lilah had a blast! *As did all of us!!!* We were able to catch up with families that we missed over our nine month stay in San Antonio!

Here is my observer, Lilah, watching Katie and Blake take hits at the stacking cups.

There goes Katie, speeding up the stairs another time!

... and Lilah trying her hardest to keep up with Katie. The whole time going up she was saying, "Katie, wait! Katie, hold on! Katie!" It was so cute, and you can see Katie waiting for her!

Blake, showing me how much time I have left to take his photo!

Lilah found this cute shopping cart full of hand puppets and stuffed animals....

and this is what she picked out! No smile because it was getting late, over an hour past bedtime!

Duane and Misty (Blake's mommy) watching the kiddo's play with a toy garage set. They were so nice and knowledgeable! I felt like I was playing 20 questions with them, asking if I should do this with Lilah, not do that, what works, what doesn't work and all almost anything else you can imagine! They gave me great advice for her, for now and later in life-so sweet and understanding!

Maddie, Katie's sister, and Ashley-they tried to sneak out of having their picture taken! HA, gotcha girls!

Oh, did I mention there was a game on that night?! So where was my daddy and Dan Scheer (Katie's dad)? Yep, lounging watching the game!

And another picture of my Daddy, with Carson in the back-I think he was trying to get out of a picture as well!!!

This was one of the better pictures we were able to capture at the end of the night!

Denise Hayes, Misti Morley, Duane Jewett, Carson Hayes, Blake Morley, Gary Boykins, Myself *bleh!*, Lilah, Dan Scheer, Maddie Scheer, Ashley Sayer, Katie Scheer and Kate Scheer

We were so happy to be able to celebrate the holidays with our extended family!!!

Holiday Crafts

Since Trent is away for part of the Christmas season, I thought it would be fun to make some crafts for him to have while he is away. Lilah LOVES to do crafts at home, especially anything with stickers! This craft project was so much fun to do with her and you can find these little foam things at any craft store!

I like how the reindeers noses are REALLY sparkly red! Don't mind the drunken eye look, that is where Lilah wanted to put the stickers! My little crafter!

If you can't tell, I had to think of something to stick the reindeer too and it also had to be able to hang. What better to do than recycle?! I found an old gift bag and just cut the sides and bottom off, then attached the reindeer to the outside of the bag! It is perfect for hanging on the wall or even on a tree!

This tree took a bit more work than I thought! Because the tree has sparkles on it, the surface is not as smooth as is needed to stick all the way on! I also had to get used to the idea that the tree will NOT look like that in the picture if a 2 year old is crafting it. Who knew that snow could stick vertically?!

The star is also stuck down with double stick tape!!!

The imbalance of everything makes it that much more adorable!

Happy holidays to everyone!!!