Call me a scrouge but I'm not huge on the sitting on Santa's lap thing. So last year, I didn't have LaNea do it. This year though, it was very convinent (meaning no line! no cost!) so we did. She didn't do as terrible as I expected. Santa was down at McDonalds in Spring, TX and didn't have candy canes but had cookies and happy meal toys. What a great idea! Eric loved the cookie and LaNea loved the toy.
As you can see, she really not sure what's going on and probably debating on whether she's allowed to touch his beard.
And here, she's given up completely! Next year I expect to be better.
(As a side note: Eric packed her clothes and I didn't fully explain that I wanted cute clothes or that just because they say 18month, doesn't mean they'll actually fit! Yeah, she looked like an orphan.)
Over the summer LaNea and I started attended our ward's Play Group on Tuesday mornings. It was during these days that LaNea discovered her love of water (just like her mommy!). I know these pictures are way out of order but I just received them from another mother in our ward.
This is a park near our home that has the water fountains. I hadn't realized it before but we live within 3 minutes of two of these types of parks. Yeah, we're pretty lucky!
I love how independant she is. She is so daring and will go off on her own to explore her surroundings!
If you look closely you'll see her face is scuffed up. She got run over by another little boy just moments before. But of course, my happy little girl can't stay mad for very long!
Once again, she didn't want to hold my hands in the pool. I couldn't stray too far from her side as her butt kept going up, causing her face to go down.
I love her happy smiles and her friendly personality!