You woke up this morning just after 8am. We missed gymnastics because I just didn’t want to rush you around. Of course you wanted to go biking but it was absolutely freezing (48 degrees) when we got up. Instead, we made gingerbread cookies and let Daddy sleep in a little bit! You were quite the helper and did a great job with the cookie cutters and using the spatula to put the cookies on the baking stone and the cooling rack! Of course we lost a few to sampling because you just can’t resist! Just a little while later, Daddy was up and you excitedly showed him what you accomplished!
We had breakfast and watched Ernest Saves Christmas. During the movie, you also got out your new Toy Story Uno cards that Elizabeth sent you. You cleared out the drawer of all the card games and wanted to play them all lol! We played SkipBo after Uno and then you grabbed a cookie and said “shhhh….it’s a secret! Don’t tell Daddy I have another cookie!” and had an ornery grin on your beautiful face. You are just irresistible!! You got out the light up tracing board that Jackie sent you and colored with Daddy.
It finally warmed up enough for us to venture outside. You got dressed nice and warm and even donned fuzzy Ugg boots lol. We took a million laps around the block. It really is amazing how you mastered this new bike with gears, hand brakes and bigger size with absolute ease. Your balance is remarkable. You call out which gear you want me to put my bike in and assign lanes for us to ride in lol! Such a leader!
While we were riding, you randomly started telling me how awesome your bike is. You said “I just wasn’t expecting it to be purple with polka dots. It’s just so cool! I just wasn’t expecting it to be like this!” I asked if it was way better than you expected and you said “Yeah! I’m happy about this one than my other one was! My other one I was NOT happy about because it didn’t have gears you could switch gears and I wanted that, the kickstand, and I don’t have a holder like where to hold my phone!” I was dying! I was so happy I caught that on video!
When we took a quick potty break inside, you stood on the baseboards and said “look mama! The other day I was calling for you and you were in the garage, you said yes pumpkin, and I was doing this and wanted to show you!” I don’t recall this story you were telling me, but I said “I DO love to call you pumpkin!”
After many more laps, we had to come inside to shower and get ready to go to DaRuMa for Chrissy’s birthday party. You told me you didn’t want to go and that you were going to stay home with Daddy and ride your bike more. When he asked if baby Olivia would be there, I said yes of course, and you ran to get dressed! You weren’t going to miss out on a chance to see her! You wore your new twirly dress that Aunt Deb got you, pink matching shoes, a pink fascinator and of course a princess crown! You put the crown on Olivia as soon as she got there and it was so cute. We got seated a little later than expected and you were starving. You, Olivia and Grace were playing with the rocks behind our seats. Olivia came and took a rock you had laying in front of you and you were so upset and crying that you asked me to take you outside until our food came. When we were outside talking about it you were crying huge tears and said “she always takes my stuff. Even when we are playing Paw Patrol at home, she takes my pups! And now she took my rock! She’s so mean to me!” I felt so bad that you were so upset but I knew you were just hungry. I explained to you that she’s just little and doesn’t understand. We went back inside and the second you started to have some food you were like brand new!!! You ate really well with your chopsticks and were great during dinner. I was so proud of you.
When we got in the car to go home, you said “hey, it was Chrissy’s birthday, where was the cake??” It was late and the kids needed to leave, so I let you have cookies when we got home! We snuggled on the couch and watched Soul on Disney+ and I was way more tired than you were lol. When it was over, you and I went to my bed to go to sleep. We were both out in no time because it was 10p!
I love you so much!
