Nutcracker

We were lucky enough to get some awesome tickets to see The Nutcracker at The Ohio Theatre (8th row center!!!). The Walton's got dressed up for a night downtown. The performance was amazing and Katy was mesmerized by the whole experience. This is definitely something we will try and make an annual tradition in our family!

Santa Clause

My brother's fire department in Pickerington (Violet Township) had Santa Clause in to visit the families of the fireman. It was an awesome event and Katy had a good time with all of the children!





Here he comes...








Katy finally got to tell Santa Clause, all she wanted for Christmas was a Yo-Yo and Little Mermaid perfume.

Weekday Surprise

Last week Katy and I stopped at the store to pick up a few odds and ends and who do we run into, but Santa Clause!! Katy was super excited and couldn't believe Santa was at Krogers (neither could I!). He was outside greeting the customers with his little helper and the whole way across the parking lot, Katy was yelling at him saying "Hi" and waving and COULD NOT wait until she got to the door.

Although once we got to Santa, this little girl hid behind my leg and wasn't as outgoing as she was a few minutes ago. This was shocking as this girl doesn't have a shy bone in her body! But once Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas, Katy came out from behind me, looked at him straight in the eye and said..."Perfume, please!". The look on his face was priceless and he said, "Well, that is something I don't hear everyday!" She then got her candy cane and we were off grocery shopping!




As you can see, she wasn't ready to sit on his lap. So we will see how it goes next weekend when she gets to see Santa again. He is visiting the Violet Fire Department to meet the families of the fireman and Uncle Chris invited us to attend!

Grocery Shopping

Even a trip to the grocery trip is an adventure! Katy has fallen in love with these oversized stuffed animals and can't help herself everytime we make a trip to Krogers.

While I was trying to decide which yogurt to buy, I heard Katy yelling at me down the aisle..."Mommy - take a picture of me and my friends!". I'm sure most of the people in Sunbury had thoughts that I need to take my child out more often, but we had fun and that's all that matters...right?!







This cracked me up because I had flash backs to my childhood and I loved hiding in clothing racks and jumping out and scaring my mother, and Katy thought this was a hoot too!

DJ Katy

I don't know how many of you remember my post about a month ago on my frustration on getting Katy ready and out the door to the sitters in the mornings...luckily Todd and I revised our morning plan (which now includes him!!) and it's been working out fabulously!

He now gets the pleasure of waking her up and gets her situated in the family room with her entourage...blanket, pillow, teddy bear, baby Brooke and as always her ni-night! She watches an episode of Blue's Clues and when that show is over I'm ready and its time for hair, shoes and coat. She's a lot like me, she needs her time to wake up and take on the day. She doesn't like to speak or move until her first cup of juice!

With that said, our conversations in the car on the way to Dru's are not filled with fighting or apologizing anymore and are usually filled with something funny I can reflect on throughout the day while at work. A great and HUGE improvement. Today's in particular cracked me up!!!

Katy: "Mommy, will you turn on the music?"

Me: "Ok"
--Now usually country music is her 1st choice but today that didn't satisfy her so...

Katy: "Can you change the station please? I don't like that song!"

Me: "What do you want listen to?"

Katy: "How about PPPPPokerface?"

Me: "Excuse me, what song did you want to hear?"

I'm not the kind of Mom that listens to kids music in the car...I'll put it on if requested, but usually Katy listens to what I listen to and is content with that. We listen to everything from country, pop, rock, you name it - I like variety!! It just amazes me what she picks up and what sticks in her brain!!

Boo at the Zoo

We went to Boo at the Zoo on Friday the 30th and I couldn't believe what beautiful weather we had...warm and breezy, what more could you ask for?!

Katy modeling her costume at Grandma and Papa's house before we headed to the zoo.



That's my girl!!

I loved the shoes I found for her!!


She loves the carousel ride!

Trick Or Treat

On Halloween the Stofan's came out to our house and Katy and Tyler went trick or treating together!! It was an awesome night with great weather!






Our fairy princess in her chariot!

Let's pick a pumpkin...

The family went to Freeman's Farm to pick a pumpkin and it was a gorgeous day!! We got to see animals, go on a hayride, roast hotdogs, and pick some pumpkins.