Sunday Sillies

Since our little chatter box has begun to make sentences that you can understand instead of alien talk, we wanted to document some of the rather silly things that she says/does.  We want to be able to remember the details in the daily memories with our sweet girl.

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One of Raleigh's favorite new toys is Wiggles the worm (I think you may have seen a picture in an earlier post).  The other night when we were having a picnic on the floor, Raleigh felt it was very important to go and give Wiggles a visit.  She then pretended to feed him some of her food, patted him on the head, and told him, "No problem, Merry Christmas Wiggles."
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We have started to try to encourage Raleigh to tell us when she needs a diaper change.  The other day I asked her if she needed a diaper change, she then quickly replied, "No thanks."  I asked her again if she needed a diaper change (The whole neighborhood could smell that she needed a new diaper) or if she was lying.  She looked at me somewhat puzzled and then...roared!!  Then she said, "Yes mommy, I Lion!!"
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Poor Titus!!  He puts up with so much lately from Raleigh.  She feels that she has the total right to boss him around and that he must listen to her.  Since putting her swing set up, she likes to tell him to sit, makes him stay, and tells him to watch her slide.  It is a pretty funny sight seeing a dog listen to a one year old.  Like I said, poor Titus!!
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We are trying to limit our "love" given to piggy by keeping him in the bed just for naptime.  So far, we have been pretty successful (except for school days).  The other day when we were on a walk, Raleigh began to ask for piggy.  We began to explain that he was doing "piggy things" and that he would be waiting for her when it was time to take a nap.  She then looked at us very seriously and asked, "Is piggy swimming?"  We were a little bit caught off guard, so we replied a hesitant "Sure."  She then asked further, "And is piggy playing with Frostie?"  I guess "piggy things" could include playing with Frosty the Snowman and swimming???

Raleigh's famous twin

Today before taking her nap, Raleigh decided to take her "dog ears" out to get cozy (as she would say).  When she woke up from her nap, she began to resemble someone famous.  Who is that famous twin you ask???  None other than Ace Ventura Pet Detective.  It may seem like a stretch to some, but her crazy hair has made us laugh so much lately.  Watch out world, here comes Ace Ventura!!  

PS- yes we are at the dinner table, and yes she does have Cheetos on her face!!

Hairtastic

Around here things have been a little bit hairtastic (I totally made that word up).  We have been waiting for Raleigh's hair to grow.  I just want to be able to do something with it instead of the side swept bow.  We have watched in envy as many of her friends sport their cute ponytails and pig tails.  Yesterday we tried putting her hair up for the first time in a long time.  She wasn't a big fan until she could put two bows in her hair....then she suddenly became a model.  We have definitely entered the phase of the "dog ears."  Yippee!!!  We are so pumped.

This is the look of "what do you need Mommy?"

Her model face.  Ha!

Donuts with Dads

Recently at school, Raleigh had a special event....Donuts with Dads!!  Having donuts with her favorite person in the world was the perfect start to her day.  They had a great time.  The kids and teachers were supposed to wear ties as a tribute to their dads.  Our fashionista decided that she wanted nothing to do with the tie.  It wasn't cute.  Even with the sparkly shoes and sparkly headband we wanted nothing to do with the tie.

If you look close you can barely see her tie.  Something totally worth being upset over.  That girl!!! 

Christmas in Houston

After all of our Christmas festivities were completed in Dallas, we headed to Houston to see my side of the family.  It was insane (for lack of better words)!!!  We had so much fun seeing our family, especially the great grandparents.  Raleigh had the best time hanging out with Ellie and Mason and holding cute baby Mollie (just one time).  This was the first Christmas at Mimi and Pop's new house, luckily no one fell in the pool or got their head stuck in the stairwell, so it was a success!!  Since moving to Dallas, we don't get a chance to see my side of the family as much, so this was much needed family time.  Raleigh can't wait to see everyone again.

Raleigh opening presents in her pj's.

 So excited to get her own grocery cart with groceries!!

 The newest addition to the family (Matthew and Carrie's).  Meet Mollie Sue.  It looks as though she is loving Aunt NaNa's signature lovie gift.

 We had to immediately read one of her new books from Mimi and Pop.

 Aunt NaNa and J.B. got a quick hug for the Mickey Mouse movie....who looks like they need a nap in this picture??

So excited about her shape puzzle!!  Her new favorite shape is the triangle.  Some days, we will only eat food that is in the shape of triangles.

 Mimi opening presents and multitasking....yes, that is a sleeping baby on her lap!!

 The girls opening their big presents together....

 The boys enjoyed playing with one of Mason's presents.  Ha!!

The girls eating breakfast together at their table.  There was a little dispute over who got what color chair, but after we got over that, it was all smiles!! 

Raleigh and Mason "just hanging out." 

Raleigh somehow convinced everyone to push her around in "Ruby" the red car....even her great grandfather papaw!!

Merry Christmas!!

I know this seems a little bit odd at this time of the year to say, but Merry Christmas!!!  I know Christmas and the New Year season have come and gone, and you have yet to see pictures of our family.  I would apologize, but it seems if you read our blog, you have gotten used to our delayed updates.  I do want to apologize that we didn't send out Christmas cards this year.  It honestly made me so sad.  We moved at the beginning of December, and with all of the Christmas craziness, it just didn't happen.  Amidst all of the  parties and boxes (we are just now finishing unpacking), we had a wonderful Christmas.  Sadly, we didn't have time to get our tree up (you know that I am an all or nothing kind of girl), but fortunately Raleigh didn't seem to mind.  The girl was totally focused on her presents!  Ha!

Raleigh opening her "less exciting" presents...clothes.

Sparkly shoes....a little bit more exciting.

She loved playing with her Elefun game (you can see the post of the video of her screaming).  We haven't quite got the concept of her catching the butterflies yet, but she loves to wave her net and scream!!!

She played aka screamed so hard playing her new favorite game, that she need a rest.  Ha!!

Meet Mr. Wiggles the worm.  The best way to ride him you ask??  With 3D glasses of course!!!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

One of our family traditions is celebrating Jesus' birthday.  We bake cupcakes, sing "Happy Birthday," and open one birthday present (new pajamas).  We normally do this on Christmas Eve, but we were running a little behind, so we did it yesterday.  Raleigh was such a great helper.  We have a video of her singing and telling baby Jesus, "Happy day, Jesus!!"  As soon as we can get that uploaded we will.

Raleigh helping bake the cupcakes.

Miss Independent icing the cupcakes!

Choosing the right color sprinkles is a must!!!

Blowing out the candle.

Yum!!

Enjoying cupcakes with Daddy!!

Our tower of birthday cupcakes.

We scream for...Butterflies!!

One of Raleigh's presents was a game called "Elefun."  Honestly, we bought it because it would be one of the few toys that she would own that didn't make tons of noise! Ha!  The elephant blows butterflies out of its' trunk and you are supposed to catch them in your butterfly net.  Raleigh didn't get quite that far...at all.  Every time we would turn the elephant on she would say, "Here they come!!" referring to the butterflies.  She would scream, run around the room, drop her butterfly net and start fluttering her "wings" like a butterfly.  It was so funny.  After more than 30 minutes, she fell down on the floor with several butterfly nets on top of her (it is so exhausting chasing animals) and called it quits.  I have a feeling we will play another round of  elefun tomorrow!!  Here is a video of the famous butterfly catcher.

A turkey for Thanksgiving...or maybe a Halloween peacock?

 
This Halloween we needed Raleigh to be an animal from Noah's Ark (for school).  We went looking for costumes, and found several that would work.  There was the sweetest little giraffe costume that was sooo cute on her.  Our hopes of having a sweet giraffe for Halloween was quickly overturned when Raleigh girl set her eyes on the shiny, colorful peacock costume.  She was smitten!!  Until Halloween came, all she could do was talk about her peacock.  She even wanted to sleep with her costume. Ha!  We went and took some quick pictures of our precious peacock.

The precious peacock!!

Checking out that cool pumpkin.

Someone called her a chicken while we were there.  If that is the case, then she is a super cute turquoise sparkly chicken!!

If I can lift it, can we take it home??

Is there a difference between a jump and a hop?

In our world, you bet there is!!!  Allow me to explain...  if you are hopping, your feet do not come off of the ground.  Not at all....but, if you are jumping, you better believe that those feet are coming off of the ground.  If it is some good jumping, you might even scream and shout a little bit.  So funny to watch our little bunny jump!