Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful day and it was great that Pat got off from work and home by 10 :) Chloe and I did her stocking while we waited and she had a great time doing that. Her favorite was the green butterfly wand. Once Daddy was home we opened the gift and Chloe seemed to like everything. She took the time to look at and play with the gifts before moving onto the next one. We got her an art easel and a Dora bike. She spent most of the evening riding laps around the house. I t was a very busy day but a wonderful one! I included a picture of her finished painting

Artwork

Chloe painting her first artwork on her new art easel :)

Early Christmas morning

I thought this was cute. I took this about a minute after she came out of her room. Her first instinct was the large gift was for me not her :) It was so sweet!

More Holiday Fun

When Pat brought home a gingerbread cookie the other day Chloe squealed with excitement, but wasn't to fond of the taste :) . We went to the library for a holiday puppet show and santa was there. The puppet show involved the kids and Chloe raised her hand to go up during the angel's sleeping song and was chosen to go up. It was the cutest thing to see her up there for her first performance :) . Chloe wasn't too sure about Santa and just wanted to be with mom near him not on his lap but really liked the goodie bag she got with stickers and a pencil.

We also went to the Honolulu city hall where they have a lot of decorations outside as well as inside. The Santa and Mrs Claus were so great (hawaiian style). Inside we found a lot of trees Chloe liked with Mickey, Minnie, Dora and others. It was a fun evening :) On Christmas eve we made Cookies for Santa, Chloe enjoyed picking out the cookie cutters and using them on the dough. Her favorite was decorating them. After the cookies were done we enjoyed a wonderful Christmas eve service at our church :)

snow video

This is of the a really decked out house in our neighborhood. Chloe really liked this house and their fake snow machine.

The start of the Christmas Season

Chloe has been having a blast! She loved decorating the house and tree. We also went to the mall we had gone to last year for the holiday train they have. She was all smiles the whole ride. At night she loves walking around the neighborhood seeing the house who have put up decorations. It has been so fun this year to see how excited she is about the season :) This past weekend we went to a light parade with some friends. It was a good time and Chloe seemed to like all of the decorated trucks and golf carts.

Chloe's Party

Chloe had a blast at her party. We had it at the community center where we live and rented a bounce house. As Chloe said while we were cleaning up after the party, "that was a fun party" :) She loved her bounce house and getting to see and play with her friends. It was the Dora theme that she likes so much and we also did a pull string pinata. It was a great day spent with our (aka Chloe's) friends

I Hop Ball Video

This is the ball we gave Chloe for her birthday that she loved, see it in action :)

Birthday

Chloe had a great birthday. She loved all of the gifts that were sent to her. We started out with a special breakfast of french toast with whip cream and strawberries, followed by some phone calls to family and skype. I asked Chloe what she would like to do and to no surprise she said the zoo. So off to the zoo we went, the last 2 visits the tortoises have been her favorite. We had a nice morning at the zoo. The day ended with a family home group for church where we had the cupcakes I had made her and all sang to Chloe. We are so blessed to have Chloe and can't believe it's already been 3 Years! :)

Halloween

Chloe had so much fun this year. She helped carve the pumpkin by scooping out some of the goop and loved to have us light the candle so she could look at it then blow it out :) We went to a pot luck at one of the playground with some other moms and their families from exercise class. Once it got dark out Chloe did some trick or treating on the walk home and finished the night helping us hand out candy, which she really seemed to enjoy!

Halloween Stroller Strides

We had a fun class and the owner even dressed up as big bird which Chloe loved. After we were done exercising there was a halloween story, decorate your own cupcakes and make a little ghost. Chloe had lots of fun and enjoyed playing with the other kids from where we live.