December 2011



December 2011, we were still working in Knoxville and living in the RV.  Still spending a lot of time at the zoo! Somehow, I have a ton of pictures from this month, but completely (well almost) missed Christmas day entirely! We spent Christmas at Gigi and Papa's house with the Rygmyrs. Santa brought lots of fun toys and we had a blast playing with the cousins.

 

 

Nap time at the RV with Daddy reading you to sleep and catching a quick nap himself.

 

 

 

At the Zoo - this monkey played with you for a long time putting his hand up to yours on the glass.  Of course, I missed those pictures, though!

 

 

 

Christmas at Gigi and Papa's.  It was a little cold!

 

Christmas Eve with Skye and River



 



Christmas Day!

 



Catching up

After exactly two years, I've decided it's time to catch up the blog!  I love looking back at the posts from before, so I know I'll regret not keeping it up.  So, here we go!!

Treasure it - Thursday!

Lets see, these days, Maddie is talking up a storm and speaks in complete sentences for the most part. She is always saying, "Look." For example, "Look, a bird!" or "Look, a barn!" Her latest favorite phrase is "I forgot." A few days ago when I was trying to get her to take a nap, she sat up and said, "Mom, I forgot!" When I asked her "forgot what?" She said, "I don't know" in a really serious tone. Her latest funny phrase, is "Sure-huh!"

She loves her babys, and they often accompany us on our errand running.

She still loves Diego and now whenever she sees the dogs shivering. She goes over to them and says, "Oh no, they're a scared little animal."

Definitely a Daddy's girl, but who wouldn't be would playdough skills like that?! I can always get her moving in the right direction if I tell her Daddy's waiting on us at home.

Santa!

Maddie is really excited about Santa this year. She loves peppermint these days and everytime someone asks her what Santa is going to bring her for Christmas, she says, "Peppermints!" This year we got to see Santa at Knoxville Mall and Maddie wouldn't sit on his lap, but sat next to him and talked to him. He gave her a candy cane after they chatted, so now everytime we go to the mall, she asks if we can go get a peppermint from Santa.

She's always telling me, See Santa, give him a hug. We stopped by to wave at Santa the other day however, and when he got up to adjust his coat, Maddie was out of there! She thought, he was coming over to take her up on her offer. Big talker!

Random Fun

We went bowling for Daddy's birthday and Maddie LOVED it for about 5 frames. Then she was outta there, playing video games and getting candy out of the little quarter dispenser things...

John is definitely the most creative when it comes to Playdough art..... Here are a couple of his masterpieces.

I didn't get a good picture of this, but it's an animal orchestra. There are little owls and bears playing the cello. LOL!


This is at the Zoo, again.....Hehehe, we definitely use the pass!

Thanksgiving

We got to spend Thanksgiving this year with Gigi and Papa in Gallatin. The weather was perfect and we got to eat outside with this beautiful view.

The girls got their own table, and were so cute eating together.

Knoxville Zoo - Again

I'm still in love with the Knoxville Zoo. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, we found an indoor kid's Zone and we got to meet this turkey that they raised on a bottle. Super Cool!

This baby gorilla actually came from across the enclosure and put his hand up to Maddie after we'd been standing there for a few minutes. Of course, I missed that picture, but he sat right at the glass and walked back and forth for several minutes. It was super cool!

There's an indoor play area there that is like a children's musuem. There's a pet hospital...

And a big red barn with real live chickens and rabbits.

Along with an area where you can shovel these bean bags into a bucket, like picking up manure. I thought it was hilarious!