Christmas Morning!

With all this snow, I thought I should try to catch up my blog readers.  Let's rewind to Christmas morning:

I woke around 6 in my usual little kid Christmas mode only to find everyone else dead to the world! I did find this nice surprise out of my window:

 I rushed to check on Mollye.  Still out like a light:

 I finally convinced Adam to get up with me and enjoy the very magical, white Christmas! It was an amazing feeling to see such blessings under the tree, white snow covering the ground, and my very, happy, healthy family all together! I would call us lucky!

We finally waited as long I could stand (yes, I, the grown  adult could not take it any longer), and we decided to press Mickey's foot in hopes that Mollye would come running.  She did just that!!! Out the door she flew going, "Mickey, I hear Mickey!"  We made her wait until the video camera was running and everyone was in picture mode.  She rounded the corner, looked at her gifts and said, "my baby stroller."  As if to say I had no doubt.  Then she walked right up to it and went, "no, baby."  Ugh... no, child, you must use your own baby; be happy you got the stroller! Ha! She happily went and retrieved "Holly" to ride in her new stroller!

 From then on it was nothing but smiles, giggles, and lots of thank yous! She really was grateful. She just had to wake up first...

 Mollye and all of her toys that Santa brought!!!

 She loved unwrapping the presents!

 I love stockings, and so did she!  A huge thanks to Aunt Sharon for making Mollye this stocking a few years ago.  It matches mine from my childhood.  I love traditions!

 Still digging for more gifts:

 Daddy's turn! Mollye helped of course.  I love that she looked back at me and went, "shh, don't tell Mommy!" It was his new welding jacket!

 Mollye's gift from Mommy and Daddy.  Crayola makes some cool stuff! This was a huge hit in our house!

 As we do each Christmas,  Mollye and I have a picture together just the two of us on Christmas morning.  She is getting so big!

 I am almost embarrassed to post this picture.  This is all the gifts that Mollye walked away with on Christmas Day.  Keep in mind this does not include several others from aunts, uncles, Ma & Pa, etc. Wow... she is very blessed and lucky.  I am happy to report that every toy under this tree is truly being played with except Mickey.  He's a boy toy... so she says.

What a blessed Christmas we had.  The morning was everything that I dreamed of!  And the night was the icing on the cake.  All season we had been talking about baby Jesus and Christmas being his birthday.  I thought that she just liked talking about the baby, but on Christmas night when we said our prayers Mollye offered up this, "Happy birthday, baby Jesus."  So I end by saying:

I vow to promise to always teach my child the real reason for the season. Merry CHRISTmas!

Snow Day!

We woke up to 8 inches of snow!!! It even measured up to 9 in certain spots!

Mollye and I had a wonderful mommy/daughter snow day! It started the night before when I was putting her to bed.  I was explaining to her that mommy did not have to work tomorrow and could stay home with her.  I started telling her everything we would be doing, and each time I told her something new those big, blue eyes would get huge as she would go "oh, so fun!!"  I just love the innocence of a 2 year old.  She truly loves life!

So just as I promised we had a busy day today!

Started off by making donuts. Yummy! I can't say that either of us actually ate one, but we had fun making them!

 She even got caught licking her fingers! It must have been good!

 Then we bundled up to head out and play, play, play!!!

We measured:

 Mollye measured. She declared it was "big!"  Then she somehow lost our ruler.  I guess I will be hunting that when the snow melts.

 Please note the jacket added before the attempt at a snow angel.  She was so upset that her new purple jacket got dirty with snow that she made me go back in and get one to cover it up with!!! Oh how that girl loves purple!

 I love her face in this picture! She loved the snow.  She would try to run and just fall to the ground. 

 We then decided it was time to make a princess snowgirl! We brought out all the accessories needed. Check out the finished product:

 Mollye would not even let me add the sticks I had planned for arms b/c they did not have glitter.  Oh sorry, Mollye, next time I will be sure to spray paint glitter arms for you!

 Then we had to check out the fun the backyard had to offer.  Lots of swinging and more snow angels!

 We decided to go in and get warm.  This included lots of cuddling and book reading!!! One of my favorite times! Then we both decided it was time for a NAP!!! After nap, we made homemade chocolate chip cookies and delivered some to Nanny and Papa! It was a fabulous day, and the best part is that we get to do it all over again tomorrow!

Happy Snow Day!

Love,
A very blessed Mommy
A princess named Mollye
A snowprincess

Hello Christmas Break!

I can't wait to finish up my shopping today and then I plan to sit back and relax! Time to enjoy the holidays!!!

Mollye is already in relaxation mode:

Snow Day!!

As my mother has already pointed out- it has been forever since I blogged last! Sorry, life has just been so busy lately! I will try to catch you up on all the fun that we have had, but for today I want to show off the fun Mollye and I are having on our first snow day of the 2010-2011 school year!

I plan to always have the tradition of the very first snow day of each year being a Mommy/daughter day! We do nothing but play, play, and play!

Today we have done just that! We started off by going out in the snow-

 She realized quickly that she could eat it!!!

 She loved to run and look at the footprints that were left in the snow!

 We came inside and decided to do a little work with the letter M.  We have started trying to learn the letters in her name.  I decided to let her practice writing the letter M by putting Christmas stickers in the letter shape. 

 Finished product!

 Time to make a nativity scene!

 She is a one color only type of child! "No, mommy, only brown!"  Excuse me for trying to add more than one color to each character!

 Finished product! She loved letting the Wise Men take baby Jesus gifts! She had them bring him makeup! Ha!

 What she really wanted to do!!! Play make-up! Whose kid did I get??

 After this picture she ran and hid so that I could not take her makeup away!

 Lunch time! We made a snowman sandwich in honor of the snow day!

What a great morning! Hard to believe it is only 12 and we have done so much!! Nap time now:)
Lots more fun stuff this afternoon! Snow cream, play dough, and then off to look at a house!!! Still hoping to find something...

Happy Snow Day!

Today

Today marks one year since my grandmother passed away.  While I know this would have been a year of suffering for her, I still miss her. I still wish for just one more visit, just one more phone call, just one more time to say her name.  It still hurts, but I know she is happy and glad to be out of pain. So I will just keep remembering memories until that one day that I do see her again. 

What saddens me most is that Mollye will never remember her except in story form. This hurts as Mollye was Nana's world! I will be sure to tell her all about her great grandmother! Just two nights ago Mollye looked at the picture of Nana, Myself, and Mollye and asked who Nana was.  I told her and her response was- where is she? Now that hurt.  I had to explain to my two year old that she was at the best place possible- HEAVEN!

Everytime I look at this picture I think about how I would have rushed and printed one off for Nana.  This is a picture she would have LOVED! Both of her girls!

I love you, Nana! Not a day goes by that I do not think of you and wish I could stop by for our talks and conversations!

Halloween!!!

Oh how I love Halloween! I look so forward to the month of October, and then it seems to just fly by.  Tonight I was looking back at our pictures, and while it seems to have flown by I do believe we made the most of it! It was full of crafts, parties, a trip to the zoo, and trick or treating!!! In fact, this year we were even able to trick or treat on Saturday and attend Cowan's festival on Sunday night. 

Here are some pictures of Mollye trick or treating:

First stop Nanny T and Papa's:

 This was the first house we decided to stop at.  Mollye loved the decorations!

 After the second house (pictured here), she clearly understood what to do.  She had a routine that went like this: "Happy Halloween." [they would give her candy] "Thnk you. Next House!" Yes, she ran thank you and next house together~ she knew what she wanted!

 This is only half way through the first night!

 I love that I have a picture of just Mollye and myself from every Halloween!

 One happy little girl:

 Mollye's pumpkin. Carved exactly as she asked.

 This was the big kitty at the Cowan Festival.  It was one of her favorites! Might I also add that my child got inside a coffin- I was in such shock that I forgot to take a picture!

I will post pictures from the Halloween zoo trip tomorrow!!