Christmas is Coming!

The "whole" family and friends!

Marin is into letting us know what her favorite things are lately. The train was her favorite float.

At the Holidazzle Parade. Marin has renamed it the "Razzledazzle Parade." I call it the Holidazzle, Razzledazzle Parade now.

Hesitantly sitting on Santa's lap, but looking cute.

"Hurry up and cut down a tree because I am going to start to cry soon that I want my hat and mittens off . " Then I took them all off and cried on a 10 degree day.

We have been talking a lot about Christmas lately at our house. Marin is much more into it this year than last. Our tree is up (thanks to a fun day with the Arens cousins), other decorations placed, presents wrapped and the holy family out and about. Marin calls them the "whole family." Although they are not "toys", they sleep on Marin's dresser every night and come back downstairs in the morning. We always have to be able to "see'em".

We also have been trying to work with Marin to sit in shopping carts better. She is always wanting to walk and will stand up in the cart even when she is strapped in. We know that it will be next to impossible to go out by ourselves with Marin and the baby and decided we needed to work on it with the help of Santa.

Mommy: Marin, what do you want Santa to bring you? (Side note: Marin saw the Super Babies and Dora Castle at the store and told us she wanted them and I told her she needed to let Santa know, and I told her if she would practice sitting in the cart, Santa would probably bring her what she wanted. My parental skills were not working so I resorted to bribery.)

Marin: Super Babies...Castle.
(Marin starts standing up in the cart.)

Mommy: Marin, what are you supposed to be practicing for Santa?

Marin: Sit in cart. (She sits back down)

She has been better in carts, but she no longer thinks Santa says "Ho, Ho, Ho". According to Marin, he says "SIT IN CART."

On the same note, my work has a kid Christmas party every year. Santa is at the party. When he made his grand entrance all the kids were mobbing around him and Marin could not get to him (not from the lack of trying). She looks at Ed, looks back at Santa, and frantically says "Talk". She then starts shouting across the room to Santa "SUPER BABIES!!! CASTLE!!!." She had this look of gratification on her face after she did this, like, "He finally knows what I want."

Bad Blogger?

Well it has been a month since I have posted. Can I blame it on the holidays, being pregnant, or that I have a two year old, probably a little bit.

Well here are a few things that have been going on since I last posted.

I was that the park one day with Marin and we were walking past a pond. Marin looks at me and tells me that the geese were on the pond. I told her "yes". She then proceeded to tell me that they were having a "goose party on the pond". I asked if "anyone else was invited to the party." She told me "yes, the ducks." She was right...there were ducks on the pond too!