We got a bag of hand-me-downs today…look at what Mallory came out of her room wanting to wear (the hard hat was part of one of her Christmas presents):
But here are the best parts (we are listening to her new Barenaked Ladies CD that she got from Santa):
I hope this finds everyone safe & happy on this holiday morning :-) Here is Mallory’s Christmas greeting:
I have to say that it has been pretty fun getting into the Christmas spirit with Mallory – from her learning Jingle Bells to us leaving cookies for Santa (and carrots for the reindeer) we’ve had a great time. The “Santa is watching, you better be good” threat didn’t quite work so well this year but we’ll start tomorrow for next Christmas…
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Mallory was up at 5a (not unusual) and climbed into bed with us (also not unusual) and we all fell …
This is how she usually says I walk, even though on this video she says it is how she walks.
I have no idea how or why this song happened.
Yes, she is pantless a lot. Partly because she sometimes likes to sit on the real potty so it makes it easier, and partly because she is two and just wants to not wear pants.
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A no-explanation-needed video to kick off this post:
Add “tinkle lee-lee scar” to Mallory’s song list. Oh, you’ve never heard of that song? Perhaps you’ve heard an alternative version, titled “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”.
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With some of the sleep problems we’ve had lately, we thought we’d give Mallory an option of where she wanted to sleep – in her big girl bed or in the crib. I never in a million years thought she’d pick the crib – she always picks the big girl bed and we can usually get her to go to sleep after giving her the choice.
Sure, …
At about 22 seconds in, look ~11 o’clock. You can see my blue shirt jump out. The baby will kick a few more times in that same spot.
(Sorry you have to mostly watch the heaving of my big tummy while I breathe – it’s hard to hold my breath these days!)
Oh, and I was thinking on my drive in to work today “hmmm, the baby is quiet this morning” and then I started playing Amy Winehouse and now the baby hasn’t stopped moving for an hour. Either Arlo hates or loves Amy Winehouse!
We are having some work done at our house (not the big addition, just enclosing the stairwell to the master bedroom). The guy came and framed it last weekend and until he comes to do drywall this weekend, we have some unfinished construction. I had to nail up some 2x4s across the openings in the studs so that a little person or a big dog didn’t walk through the openings and fall down the stairs.
Of course Mallory wanted to help:
And then after she hit herself with the hammer, I gave her a new tool:
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I have so much I …
Here is Cooper playing with his Jolly Ball. Apparently you are supposed to get a ball that is just big enough that the dog can’t get his jaw around it. Cooper has still succeeded in almost getting his teeth around it and has also learned how to play soccer with it and chase it around the yard.
You can also see Mallory’s new swing set in this video – she did a bunch of swinging while I raked. And you might be able to see that my piles of leaves aren’t so great…that’s because Mallory walked through all of them. Oh, …