New Christmas Tradition!

Well, we debated over the Elf on the Shelf for a little while now. I heard about it last year at MOPS and the mom's said their kids just loved it. We are Christians and celebrate Christmas as it was intended... Jesus' Birthday, and HE truly is the reason for this season. We will instill all of these values in Kaelyn and I think for this age she understands it as well as she can. She sings "Away in a Manger" so sweet, picks out baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph from the Nativity Scene, and is purely innocent. We decided this sweet age is the only time she'll be so innocent and have such a wild imagination to enjoy the "magic" of this time of year. This decision will be different for each family, but it was the right one for us.
That being said...
Kaelyn is enjoying "Sammy Noah" so much! That is the name she has given him. She went back and forth on Sammy and Noah so we combined them for her. ;) She wakes up looking for him and says "Don't touch him, Mommy.... He flies in the sky to Santa" hehe (In the book it says don't touch him or his "magic" might go) I wondered how this would work with an almost 2 year old who held ("touched") him when we first pulled him out of the box, but she listens to the story so intently that she is very serious about not touching him. It has been a ton of fun for all of us this year and we can't wait to continue this new tradition for a few years to come! =)

 

 

 

 

Disney on Ice!

We took Kaelyn to Disney on Ice in Greenville Sunday evening! We got there a little early and bought tickets at the window and lucked up with some great seats. When the characters first came out we were so close that Kaelyn said "noooo" lol. But I explained to her that it was just like watching a movie and they wouldn't come up to her. She was fine after that and started getting into it! She LOVES Mickey and Minnie if you didn't know by now. ;)
The show included Mickey Mouse Clubhouse characters, The Lion King, Peter Pan, & Lilo & Stitch. She had sooo much fun and talked about it for days! Here are a few pics and a video clip of her talking about is 2 days later. =) To see more pictures from the show click HERE!

 

 

 

 

Muffins!

Sunday morning we got up and made muffins! I decided to let Kaelyn get quite involved and boy, did she have a blast! She loved mixing the batter and waiting for them to cook. When they were finished cooling we put them on a plate and she decided she needed to take a bite out of each one. lol Since she did do most of the work and these weren't for guests, we let her have fun with it. hehe Here are a few pics and short video! She did good... They were delicious!

 

 

 

 

Holiday Festival of Lights!

Thanksgiving night, after we were miserably stuffed, we went to the James Island Holiday Festival of Lights! It was lots of fun and the lights were amazing, as always!! =) Kaelyn loved the lights and picked out the turtles, snowmen, fish, and all sorts of things. I was so excited she could tell what they were this year! Last year she wasn't even 1 year old yet and just said oooh and ahhh in amazement. :) We did miss the train because the next one available was an hour and 15 minutes later and Kaelyn was getting tired. She did have plenty of fun though on the carousel and strolling through the park getting a closer look at the lights. She said she wanted to sit on Santa's lap so we waited in line even though I knew she would end up backing out. haha So we waited and waited and she insisted she was going to sit on Santa's lap and of course when it was finally our turn she cried a little and definitely didn't want to sit with him. He did give her a candy cane and now she has been saying Santa is her best friend. She says "He's nice, he gives me candy." LoL He made a pretty good impression so she may just sit with him next year! hehe We shall see. :)
Click on the Sneed Pictures link to the right to see more pics!

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving... we sure did! We spent the day with my Great Grandparents and family in Charleston. Our morning started out a bit rough though...We planned to head out early this morning but when I went to wake up Kaelyn I discovered throw up everywhere, it was clearly oranges. ugh! We didn't hear her in the middle of the night or this morning so I am not sure when it happened. We were thankful she was okay and seemed to be feeling good. So much for the "bathe her the night before so we can get up and go" theory! haha Brian took the bedding and I took her to the bath. An hour later than we had planned we were on the road though and all was good. When we got there Kaelyn was pretty tired and wasn't hungry. We definitely weren't going to make her eat after this morning's events. lol We went into the pink guest room in my Great Grandmom's house that I have stayed in a few times. :) She climbed up in the full size bed and I read her a story and left her with a few books. I peaked in about 15 minutes later and she was out with her 3 books stacked neatly beside her. I couldn't believe she didn't get up and try to get out through the door. Maybe she is ready for her big girl bed after all. ;)
She woke up from a nice nap and ate some turkey! We all ate way too much!
Tonight we went to the famous Holiday Festival of Lights in James Island. I LOVE going every year we are there for Thanksgiving. I will blog about it soon with a few pics! I am sooo blessed and thankful for so much... my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, my beautiful baby girl and loving husband, friends who are like family, the fact that all my needs are met, and I could go on and on. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with family and friends! Here are a few pics from Grandmom's house.

 

 

 

 

Oh Christmas Tree!

I admit I am a tad bit crazy! We put up our Christmas tree last weekend. I just love all the holiday decor and think the longer it can stay up the better!! Kaelyn had so much fun decorating the tree this year! She was so excited and that made it so much more fun for us too! It was so sweet to see her holding Brian's ornaments he made as a child. (See pictures below) Here is a little clip of our growing girl!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaelyn's Thanksgiving Feast!

Kaelyn's class had their Thanksgiving Feast at lunch time today! They eat lunch at 10:30 so I took an early lunch and headed over. I debated this decision for a while. I didn't want her to be upset when Mommy had to go back to work, but I didn't want to miss out either! You can see in the one picture of us her eyes are filling up with tears...I was about to leave. She melts my little heart. :) They were all so cute eating lunch with their turkey hats! The kids, with help from the teachers) even made a pumpkin pie this morning so they could have it for dessert! It was kind of mushy but they thought it was great!