Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice; That's What Little Girls Are Made Of

December the Bucket Girl strikes again!

We save our ice cream buckets, and they work as great toys (and helmets) for December. Aren't they cute as bucket-heads??

I thought Brad looked especially adorable ;o)

Here is what Daddies get when they have a little daughter! Girls are so fun to have around! December hasn't learned the boy-girl distinction quite yet...she's always trying to get Samuel to wear her purple tu-tu, and here she is, wanting multiple hair-ties to be put in Daddy's hair.

Isn't Daddy pretty?? December was thoroughly enjoying herself! It really is fun having a little girl.

Brad's a good sport!

This picture I put up especially for my Mom. We always laugh at how December's cousin Markus lines up his cars and trucks (and other things) in a big, long, organized row. We always thought how interesting that was, seeing Markus' personality come through as he was so methodical. So when December lined up all of her kitties (plus one lamb and one dog), I was so surprised! I didn't know she had organization in her!

Here's December relaxing in the rocking chair. She's wearing her pink fairy outfit, which was what she got her 2-year pictures taken in a couple of weeks ago! We get to pick up her pictures on Tuesday, and I'm really excited about it!

More pictures of life with a little girl! She enjoys watching me put on makeup and insists that she gets some put on, too. BUT it's not good enough that I put some on her (probably because when I put it on, I don't really put any makeup on her), so she likes to take the kit and do it herself.

She climbed into a box (of course) and was very happy to sit there and play with makeup...and she protested loudly when I took it away!

New December Movie!

Here's the latest December movie! We took this video yesterday, and we found a new program on our laptop that we used to fix this video up. It took us a while, but it was fun! As always with the movies, make sure you have your speakers turned up!! I hope you like it. We sure think it's pretty cute. :o)

December and Baby Rich

December playing in the baskets of laundry, as always!

This week I watched baby Rich while his mom was at school, teaching and his dad was at seminary. He's three months old, and December LOVED having a little baby around to take care of!

Baby Rich

Here they are, having tummy time together. I had been worried about December getting jealous of him, because she gets jealous when I hold Samuel or any of her other friends. But she didn't mind it at all! In fact, she was incredibly good around him, and I think he smiled more for her than he did for me!





December gave him blankets, his pacifier, and his toys and pushed him in the swing!

...and gave him kisses

Lately I've been putting pigtails in December's hair, and she's keeping them in!! Yesterday, she kept her pigtails in for six or seven hours straight, including all through her nap! We are making GREAT strides in keeping pretty things in her hair, and it's very exciting.

This week has been a pretty busy one for us, so I didn't get the chance to do much posting. As a result, I'm really far behind on what I've been wanting to put up! So that's why I'm putting up a few at once -- I need to catch up. But I have a feeling the next few weeks are going to be pretty busy, too. Next week I will be doing some watching of baby Rich again. The week after that, Brad's brother Jeff, his wife Erin, and December's cousin Caden will be coming out to visit, and we're SO excited about it! It'll be tons of fun to have them here and show them around! After that, we will be going to Michigan for Brad's Spring Break and my cousin Dirk's wedding! I can't wait to go back -- we're ALL excited about it, and it's only a few weeks away.

Painting

December went over to do some finger painting with Noah. December had never painted before! Here they are before they begin.

December working on a zebra face.

Noah loved getting his hands dirty and making a handprint-mane for this lion!

December, on the other hand, didn't even like getting the tip of a finger dirty with paint and squealed like crazy (in anger) when I tried painting her hand to get a handprint! She MUCH preferred using a paintbrush instead!