First Ballet Class!

Today Riley went to her first Ballet class! She had so much fun dancing around the room and running on her tip toes! These are pictures of her in a dance outfit. We are going to get her a real ballet outfit tomorrow so she can wear real ballet shoes!

Writing My 1st Sentence!

Riley likes to write her name but she is noticing in the books that we are reading that their are periods at the end of sentences. So, this morning Riley wanted to write a sentence with a period. We wrote, "I am Riley." and "I like Kobe." I am really proud of her!

Another Bounce U Birthday!

These are the pictures from a little girl's birthday party from school. Riley was a bouncing queen! She went on all of the slides and then she wanted to climb up the bounce ropes. This was very hard so she just hung around on the ropes. The video shows Riley and her guy friend from class. The little boy made Riley laugh so hard but you can't really hear how loud she was laughing. She also loved the cake! Riley didn't really eat the cake with her hands at first. She smeared the cupcake on her face.

She's so cute if I do say so myself!

My classroom

I have had many people ask me about my classroom in school. I am putting pictures on here to show you all where Riley comes to play on the weekend or after school! She begs every morning to come to Mommy's school! We are learning about shadows in my class. In March we will learn about Buildings so the room will change again! The tent is Riley's and she loves to take all of the toys and hide inside with her flashlight!

Singing Happy Birthday To Caroline

This is a video that we were making to send to my friend Caroline for her birthday. The file is really big so we are putting it on our blog for a birthday surprise!

Tonight Daddy came home to make a snowman with us! The snow is like powder so we couldn't make a tall snowman! Riley had to have a carrot for the nose and we used small cookies for the eyes and buttons. We will try again in the morning to make a big snowman.

The Ice Storm!

This morning we woke up to a wonderful White "Christmas" morning! Riley wanted to put on her skates and go play outside. When I finally convinced her that you can't use roller skates in the snow, she put on her rain boots and went outside. She was really excited to make footprints just like the movie "Open Season." We drove to the Gym to play and they didn't have anyone to watch the kids so we had to leave. Riley wanted a cookie so we went to Target and took pictures in front of a snow pile!!! She fell into the pile and lost her shoes! We had to run into Target and buy socks because "the baby's foots are cold!" We are working on the word "feet" but she doesn't always use it! We are out of school for the next two days and they closed the mall, so we are watching movies and playing with our Leap Frog stuff!

Riley at a Friend's Birthday Party!

Riley Jane just got back from a friend's birthday party! She went to a place called, "Bounce U!" She got to bounce for 2 hours and then eat CAKE! Wow! We were going to go to the gym, but Riley said, "I am all bounced out and I want to relax!" Here are some pictures of the party.

We love Ice!

This morning we drove by a waterfall on our way to school. It was really full of ice and Riley wanted to touch it. So we got out of the car and took pictures! I forgot to put on her gloves, so she kept saying, "My hands are cold!" After 2 minutes we ran back to the car and went to school! As you can see she had a hard time keeping her eyes open!

LET IT SNOW!

We woke up this morning and it was SNOWING! Riley didn't really know what to do with all of it, but she was saying, "YEAH!" We will let it snow for awhile and then we will go take more pictures!!!

Riley's New Pink Sheets!

THANKS ANDY for the sheets...

Riley Jane Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus!

Riley Jane loves to sing Happy Birthday. This was at my parents house with my mom's candles next to her.

Riley Jane waking up on Christmas Morning!

Sorry that the video is sideways...This is off of my camera and you can't turn the video.

December 2008

We had a lot going on in our lives in December.
It all started on Dec. 1st when Riley Jane and I went to the mall to see Santa. Riley Jane ran up to Santa and jumped into his lap. She was so excited to tell him all that she wanted for Christmas. From that point on, Riley Jane went into the store and said, "I will tell Santa that I want, this and this and this..." as she went down the WHOLE store shelf pointing to everything! Then we went to Tallahassee for a week at Christmas time.
While we were there, we were able to visit with my parents, my brother, Ian and his beautiful baby girl, and Meredith's family. Riley Jane was able to also visit with Grandma, Grandmother, and Grandfather at their homes.

Our Trip...
On our way to Florida we stopped at Uncle Harrison's house for the night. Riley Jane took everything out of his extra room and played with all of the toys that were ours from when we were all little! At my parents house we had a wonderful Christmas including Santa coming and leaving presents under our tree! Riley got a stroller and a baby doll! My brother got many different princess items for her! She was so excited to get princess sheets to go with her new PINK cover for her bed! We then had our cousins from Texas come over and play at Papa and Mema's house! Riley Jane got to go to the Bouce House and the Jr. Museum. She had a blast holding a snake and an alligator! When it was time to go home, we went back by Uncle Harrison's to see my other cousin Courtney and her little girls Mille and Sydney! We then traveled to Dallas to see my cousin Beth's family! Riley Jane had a wonderful time and she loved the trip, but she is really glad to be home with Daddy!