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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Christmas 09

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. Caroline learned how to sing a couple of Christmas tunes and had a pretty good understanding of Santa. He made an appearance at her school Christmas party and she wouldn't get near him. I took her to see Santa again on Christmas Eve and while in line she said she didn't want to sit with him, she even laid on the floor not wanting to get up. But when we got to him, he reached out to give her a candy cane, I seized the moment and plopped her in his lap where she sat and smiled and told him that she wanted an airplane for Christmas. I'm waiting to get a copy of the picture from the bank and will have to do a late post when I get it.
Later on Christmas Eve, Caroline played the part of an angel at the church service. Here's a clip of her debut performance.

Back at Grandma's we mixed up some magical food to leave in the yard for Santa's reindeer. After coming in Caroline put all her pacis in her stocking for Santa to take for little babies that need them. Caroline went to bed fine without it, but woke up during the night very upset that she couldn't have her paci. A couple of hours later she (and everyone else in the house) fell asleep again. And that was the end of her paci.
Christmas morning she woke up to find an outdoor playhouse and lots of other toys and goodies that Santa left her.

Saturday night, my old friend Nicholas came by to see us. Caroline warmed right up to him and jumped in his lap for a story after showing him all her new toys.

And Sunday we gathered with my aunts, uncles, and cousins. Caroline warmed right up to all of them as well. She demonstrated her independence by taking Greatest Aunt Jackie to the bathroom with her, using the potty, emptying it's contents into the real toilet, and rinsing it in the sink all by herself. Later she welcomed the newest member of the family, cousin Anna's husband Tim by climbing all over him.

1 comments:

Leslie said...

Caroline makes me dizzy watching her angel clip!