Make them stop!!!

S. is just growing TOO fast! In less than a week she began crawling and I do mean crawling, everywhere and into everything and she got her first tooth and said "up" She also waves bye and says "Buh" that means bye in Susie speak :) Susan's words are Dada, Nahnah (Sissy), Up, Cup, Buh (for bye), Momma (only when she is sad, otherwise she just calls me Dada!), and she say Mmmwah for more. She also gives kisses that end with her saying "Muwah" ...and a trail of slobber! :)

H. is growing too, she no longer fits into clothes from the "Toddlers" department and I now have to shop the little girls section at the store. This makes me sad :( I don't want her to grow up!!! She's my 1st baby!! Oh can't they just stay little forever? She can count to 100 with little help, write numbers thru 20, write all of her letters and loves to write simple (sight) words. She loves to play mommy and kiss her baby sister :) which melts my heart :):) And did I ever mention that the girl LOVES playdoh? I've never seen a kid beg 10 times a day to play with playdoh!!

She is a great helper-when she wants to be and she wants to fly to the moon and be a Mommy when she grows up. She said "I want to be a mommy and an Astronaut, but I can't do both." I told her she could do anything she wanted to and that meant she could be a Mommy and an Astronaut. She was pretty happy about that. :)

Well in other news....My brother in law might make it back to the states for Christmas after all! The tree is up, the presents bought (mostly) and the cookies will be baked this weekend!

The daycare kiddo's will have their Christmas party this Friday and J's family is coming for Christmas eve dinner-no they don't celebrate it but I'm making a big meal for the 4 of us, so a little company never hurt :) And we have gifts for them. Christmas was a big deal when I was growing up and my mom passed her insane love of the holiday on to me. If N. didn't mind the whole outside of the house would be covered in lights....Heck I don't believe in Santa but when he drove by our house on top of a firetruck on Sunday night running the sirens and waving, it was kinda neat. I'll used Heidi's word it was "Magical" LOL

I took the kids to the mall Sunday and H. went APE when she saw Santa and was begging to sit in his lap and get her picture taken....thus sending me into the explination AGAIN that Santa is NOT real, just pretend like Barney and SuperWhy....She used to get it...but since her friends believe in him I think she is starting to too...which pains me!! We want our kids to celebrate and remember Christmas for the 1 TRUE meaning....not for the fat man/red suit/raindeer hoopla that has taken the holiday by storm.

Yes we have a tree, Yes we give the kids presents....We also take them to church, read stories about Jesus's birth and we even have a SUPER cute dvd called "The very first Noel." It's soooo cute, I could watch it over and over again with the girls. :)

Anyway I've got to get away from here and go start the whole wheat pumpkin chocolate chip muffins for the kiddo's snack. They LOVE freshbaked snacks-even if they are healthy :)