Kansas City Trip

Grandma Polly and Papa Jerry took Lily to Kansas City, MO last weekend. It was her first time going out of town without my people. The grandparents said she did really well and had a blast. They did lots of fun things at Crown Center, saw pretty lights on The Plaza and took a carriage ride in a coach that looked like Cinderella's. Lily is now making plans to go back when it's "hot" out so she can wear her Cinderella dress on the carriage ride. Click the album below to see pictures from the trip.

Kansas City Christmas 2010

Updated Stats

The kids went to the doctor yesterday for their well-child/baby visits. They did great and both are happy, healthy and growing.

Lily
Height: 39-1/2" (50th percentile)
Weight: 32 lbs. (20th percentile)

Henry
Height: 30-1/2" (75th percentile)
Weight: 21.14 lbs. (35th percentile)

One!

Today is Mr. Henry's birthday! Happy birthday, buddy!


On Sunday, my people locked me in my crate (they call it my "house" like that makes it a fun place for me to go or something) and had the family over for a little birthday party. Click on the album below for some pictures.

Henry's Birthday Party

Let's Dance!

Lily finished up her tap and ballet classes at the local community center last week. They had a recital to show off what they had learned. My people said it was really cute and pretty funny. They were so proud of Lily and how well she did.

Here's her tap dance. Don't worry, the video's only like a minute and a half long.

And here's her ballet dance. It's also short. They combined the two Monday night classes for the ballet dance, so there were a lot more girls on stage. They didn't do a very good job of spreading out, so Lily was kind of cramped for space. I'd love to know what the little girl to the right of her said to make Lily freeze up for a second. I'd also love to know what Lily was chatting about to the girl on her left. :)



Henry enjoyed himself at the recital also.

More Crafts

My people must've been on a crafting kick yesterday. Thanks to grandma, they made gingerbread house placemats...

...and tissue paper candy canes. Lily had a lot of fun with these. She did both of the placemats and one of the candy canes. Hopefully you can tell which one.

Then Baldy made a...wait for it...Darth Vader snowflake. (click the link for the template)

See it?

Thanksgiving Craft

Late one evening at the end of October, my tall girl person decided she wanted to do a Thanksgiving type craft with Lily. She took some construction paper and cut out a turkey along with 25 feathers, one for every day leading up to Thanksgiving. Each day, she asked Lily what she was thankful for, wrote it on a feather and added it to the turkey. By Thanksgiving, the turkey had a big, pretty tail.

When Katie would ask Lily what she was thankful for, Lily would usually just look around the room and pick the first object she saw. That makes for some pretty hilarious feathers like "coffee cups for daddy" and "chairs". There are some thoughtful feathers on there too though like "cousins" and "grandmas and grandpas". I think my favorite is "bones for Norm." I'm thankful for those too, even though I don't get them very often anymore.
Maybe next year Katie will plan ahead so half of the feathers aren't written upside down.