Thursday, December 31, 2009

Christmas 2009

The VB family had a great Christmas this year! We are thankful to have such a great family and everyone is healthy. Christmas Eve was spent with Rick's family, and Leah REALLY enjoyed playing with her cousins. She hardly sat still the whole night - so much fun!
My parents gave Leah her very own rocking chair for Christmas and she LOVES to sit and rock in it. She even learned a new word "weeeee" and says it while she rocks.

She also discovered a new favorite spot to play - we are in the process of getting a new dishwasher (YAY!) and she found the new cubby such an exciting new place to play! Needless to say, plug covers were put in almost immediately after her discovery. She is growing so fast and seems SO tall lately! She most definitely makes us laugh a lot throughout the day!





Sunday, December 20, 2009

Utensils

Leah's getting pretty crafty when it comes to climbing and retrieving toys. She is also climbing on furniture very well. Thankfully, she is a bit of a clumsy child so she has perfected the art of falling without getting hurt (usually). There may be a career in stunts ahead.

Ho ho ho Merry Christmas!

Leah gets a report card on her activities everyday from her teachers at school. It has categories such as nap times, meal times, diaper changes and activities...this week, we got a report card home and a specific box was checked "used utensils without help". While I was crying inside, I decided to test this report out to see if they were pulling my leg...please enjoy the video.








Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Christmas Program 2009

We had the joy and privilege of attending Leah's 2nd annual school Christmas program last night. She seemed to enjoy her time on stage. As you may recall, last year she was the youngest one in the program and was hypnotized by the stage lights. This year....well...let's just say she enjoyed being on the stage. The theme was "Christmas Around the World" (hence the Dutch costume). Leah started out on her teacher's lap a little unsure of what was happening.

Then, she started to feel a bit more comfortable once the older kids started singing.

She REALLY enjoyed when the audience clapped for the performers - if I could read her mind she would have been thinking "they like me, they really like me"...she would get a joyful look on her face and clap along.




Then, she got MUCH more comfortable - here is a short video of a little bit of her stage performance. I believe she was blowing kisses to her fans. She also did a bit of dancing which I did not capture, but it sure did capture me!! I am looking forward to next year.