Cookie Decorating Party

Hannah went to a Cookie Decorating Party on Saturday. When she and I were walking to the car to drive to the party, Hannah kept saying "Just the girls! Just the girls!" She really enjoyed herself. When we left she said, "That was a really fun time!"

Hannah is so petite! Granted some of these kids were a little older than her, but she is so tiny!

I'm In The Lord's Army

The other day in the car Hannah was singing "I'm in the Lord's Army" really well. So, I decided to try to get her to sing it on video when we got home. Here she is singing it (She is very easily distracted when she's not in the car! Ha!) Kris and I crack up when she sings "ride in the calorie.." It just brings the biggest smile to our faces!

Potty Training Update

Trying to potty train Hannah has NOT been fun! I guess I really started with it back in mid-July or so. It has just been up and down. One day she seems like she is fine with going, and others she fights me tooth and nail. I have given up numerous times. She knows how to keep clean pants, but the staying dry has been the hard part for us. I'd try to get her to sit on the potty and she would throw the biggest fit. It would be so frustrating!

This last week for some reason I have really wanted to get serious about it. So, I decided to put her in panties everyday. She has had some accidents definitely, but is doing pretty well. Yesterday, she actually stayed dry all day long! I have even been venturing out on short errands with her in her panties. She is doing great! I am hoping that we have turned a corner on this and are nearing the end of the road!!

A while back I decided to start a sticker chart for her. She would get 4 stickers every time she went to the bathroom, one for using the potty, one for flushing the toilet, one for washing her hands, and one because she was a big girl! She has already filled one chart, so a month or so ago we took her to Chuck E Cheese. She had so much fun! She IS a little scared of Chuck E Cheese though. She says he has sharp teeth!

So, I told her we'd go back to Chuck E Cheese when she filled up another chart. Here's her chart!

So, we are going to Chuck E. Cheese tonight! The chart seems to be working pretty well, so I sat in the floor this morning and made another one. She has been making charts too "for her babies." Here is my chart and then look at hers. She copies EVERYTHING I do!!!

FUNNY THING HANNAH SAID TO ME TODAY:

Carrie called and I told Hannah that she and Jack were going to come over later. Here's our conversation:

Hannah - "We're going to Carrie's house?"

Me - "No, they are coming over here."

Hannah - "Where does Carrie live?"

Me - "In an apartment."

Hannah - "Where does Jennifer live?"

Me - "In Alexander."

Hannah - "Alexander?"

Me - "Do you want to live in a bigger house?"

Hannah - "Yeah."

Me - "How about one like Emma's, with stairs?"

Hannah - "Yeah, I wanna trade."

Jingle Bell Run/Walk

WOW! What a day we had on Saturday at the Arthritis Foundation's Jingle Bell Walk/Run!!! In keeping with the name of our team, Little Hannah Who and the Grinch, we dressed Hannah and Lincoln up as these two characters! We had SO much fun!! I think Hannah enjoyed dressing up, but I'm not sure I can say the same thing about Linc. They were adorable though. Everyone kept coming up to us wanting to take their picture.

We went down to the River Market for all the pre-race activities starting at 9:00 a.m. The kids got to sit in Santa's lap. Hannah surprised me and actually sat in his lap and told him that she wanted Dora babies for Christmas. However, she did have a really 'I'm not sure about this' look on her face as she sat there.

We were so excited to see so many of our family and friends come to the race! It really meant a lot to us!!! So, THANK YOU!!! We raised more money than we could have imagined, had 65 people join our team, and had many of our family and friends come to the race to support Hannah. We couldn't have asked for more!

I took a lot of pictures!

My mother-in-law made the cape for Hannah for Christmas last year. I added the white fur around the edges. She wore a red and white checked dress that my mom smocked for me when I was little. She had on red tights, white socks, and black sparkly shoes. Jennifer came over Friday night and gave me some great advice on how to fix her hair like Cindy Lou Who as well as some awesome products to make it stay in place. Thanks again, Jennifer! Hannah sat very still for me Saturday morning as I fixed her hair. She smiled really big when she saw herself in the mirror. We had been telling her for days about dressing up as Cindy Lou Who. We let her watch Jim Carrey's Grinch movie so she would kind of understand what this was all about. At one point she said, "I want to be the Grinch." I think my little Lincoln was the perfect Grinch!!!

Look at that face!!! We'll call this his Grinch face. I love this picture!

Lincoln's costume was an oversized red sweatshirt that we sewed the fur onto and a black ribbon for the belt. We dyed a white turtleneck and some tights green. Kris told Lincoln as he was putting on the tights that he hoped this was the last time he would ever wear tights! He had on some Santa shoes and green gloves for his hands. Oh and I had to wash his hair like 4 times to get all the green paint and hairspray out of it!!!

Hannah actually won the costume contest. I won his and her Seiko watches worth $300 each! Pretty cool!
We had a blast and look forward to doing it again next time! Thanks again to everyone who gave to the Arthritis Foundation! Here are the rest of the pictures.