Welcome Home, Daddy!

Daddy Aaron came home from a successful business trip on Wednesday night. Lorelei and I got all dressed up to pick him up from the airport.

Pretty Girl!

Waiting for Daddy.

Dance Party!

Daddy Aaron has a business trip to Los Angeles this week (his first in years). After we dropped him off at the airport and said good-bye, we went to Grandma-ma's and Papa's for a visit which turned into the most awesome dance party! :)

Bye-bye, Daddy. :(

What A Fun Week!!!

This was a very fun-filled week with a trip to Flabbergast, Lorelei's first tumbling class, and lots of visits to Santa!

This is her favorite game. It is a claw machine game that gives you suckers. We never seem to do well at this, so, Mama and Daddy have learned to bring a stash from home and Lorelei now wins everytime. ;)

Treat!

 



 Typical toddler lunch (hot dog, goldfish crackers, and our first juicebox).

 



JACKPOT!

 

So many tickets!

And, then our prizes!

She would be so excited to get a ticket from the game, she would tear them off individually.

 

1000 tickets!!

 

 

 

And now...on to Santa....

 

Using my iPhone to take a picture of Santa using his iPhone.

Santa at Sendik's (our third visit to see a Santa this year).

Eyeing up the treats.

 

 

 

Tumbling class at Oconomowoc Rec Center

Ready for her workout at tumbling class.

Listening to her teacher, Ms. Holly.

Notice the aftermath of the little girl next to her.

 

Balance Beam

 

Hanging! Her first time was almost 30 seconds!!

 

Her teacher was genuinely impressed with Lorelei and made numerous comments about her upper body strength. Summer Olympics 2024??!?

Goodbye Miss Betsy...Hello Miss Caitlin

Well, it's not really goodbye to Miss Betsy as she has been promoted to Library Director, but, today was her last storytime. We are sad to see this chapter end as she has been such an important person in Lorelei's life. But, on the other hand we are very excited to make a new friend with Miss Caitlin. She is moving here from New Mexico, but, is originally from Wisconsin and got her Masters at UW-Madison!

Kids In Motion!!!

Last week, we took Lorelei to Kids In Motion which is basically an indoor playground and education center. Lorelei went grocery shopping, 'cooked' a meal, and played with trains, dinosaurs, and of course---BUBBLES!

 

 

Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!

We spent a nice morning home with a big, homemade breakfast and then we went to Grandma-ma and Papa's for a big, homemade Thanksgiving dinner.

 

 

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

The cold weather has gotten us in the mood for Christmas. Last night, we went to Hartland Lights to see the annual lighting of the Christmas tree. We then spent the next day decorating the house and dressing like Santa.