Christmas Weekend

 We spent Christmas weekend at Nana Kat's and Poppy Paul's house and Katie had a blast! She started out the weekend by playing in the 15 inches of snow that Boulder got a few days before Christmas.

On Christmas, Katie enjoyed the festivities. She especially liked passing out the presents and wearing the ribbons!

She had fun playing with the doll stroller from Nana Kat and Poppy Paul - except she wanted to ride in it herself!

Another favorite gift was the tutu and princess boot slippers from Aunt Kristen and Uncle Owen. She felt like a true princess in this get-up!

 

Another of Katie's favorite activities was standing at the sink and playing with the water. She spent tons of time doing this and managed to get quite wet!

She also did some piano-playing with Poppy!

Of course, Katie also spent a great deal of time standing on the step-stool and watching Nana Kat cook. Nana Kat also introduced her to her new favorite food - marshmallows!

What a fun weekend!

Thanksgiving and More

We had a very fun Thanksgiving Weekend. We went to our friends' house for Thanksgiving Dinner and Katie had fun playing with the 3 little boys. So did Dad...

 Katie discovered Hudson's book collection so we ended the night with Dad reading to them. They were very cute together!

After all that eating, we spent alot of time relaxing over the next few days as well!

We also decided it was time to get Katie a little potty this weekend. She's been somewhat interested in the potty so we figured it wouldn't hurt to have it around so she could start to get familiar with it. Well, Katie took to the potty right away. As soon as it was out of the box, she sat right down and pretended to read the directions like a magazine. She felt just like Dad!

She asked to pull her pants down and sit on the potty multiple times this weekend but she has yet to deliver anything in the pot yet!

Since the weather was so great this weekend, we also spent a lot of time in the yard. Although these shots were from a few weeks ago, she had lots of fun with the leaves as she always does!

The final shot is of something Katie gets very proud of - her ponytail! Dad did her hair after her bath and she was very proud...

Halloween

Halloween 2011 was a momentous occasion for Katie. She had 2 fantastic costumes for 2 very fun events! She wore her mermaid costume from Grandma Marti to school and at the Halloween Carnival. Here she is getting all ready...

She loved the costume and spent a large amount of time looking at her tummy once it was on!

 

Here are some great shots of our "little mermaid."

At the carnival, Katie got to see all her friends. Here she is with her favorite teacher, Miss Carrie, making a caramel apple.

Katie saw her best friend, Emma, at the carnival and we were thrilled to finally get a shot of them together. How adorable!

 

Katie greeted all her teacher with BIG hugs. She loved taking her parents to her little world!

After all the fun at the Halloween Carnival on Friday, Katie was very ready to trick or treat for the first time on Monday. Here she is in her dragon/my little pony costume from Nana Kat.

 She spent the majority of Halloween night experiencing candy. Here she is carefully selecting one and digging in with her Father!

 She was as happy as can be after having her first reese's peanut butter cup!

 After all the candy eating, it was finally time to go trick-or-treating. Katie got all loaded up in her wagon and off we went around the block!

She was a bit uncertain at first but ended up having no problem taking the candy! By the end of the night, she was very full and very tired!

What a fun Halloween!