On Christmas Eve, I woke up to a beautiful foggy morning.
But then I got right down to the business of tracking Santa with the NORAD Santa Tracker. When I first checked in the morning, he was on his way to Perth, Australia. By the time I went to bed, he was dropping off presents on the east coast of America!
On my last day of school before winter break, all five 1st grade classes got together for a holiday sing-along. We were told we could wear our pajamas and bring our favorite stuffie or doll. So I did!
On the seventh night of Hanukkah, it was very appropriate to light my space shuttle menorah because…
…it was a space kind of night! Grandma and Grandpa sent me some books about rockets and the International Space Station.
Then on the final night of Hanukkah, I had to focus really hard on lighting eight candles candles while Daddy tried to eat my head.
Daddy bought me a book about baseball because I’ve been wanting to know all about the rules.
And Grandma and Grandpa got me a rocket!
I’m super excited to launch it. I’ve already been flying it all over the house. Thank you for all of the Hanukkah gifts!
It was the fifth night of Hanukkah and would you just look at that steady hand?
I got to open up a gift of delicious chocolate truffles. One of my favorite things about a box of chocolates is the map that tells you what’s in each one!
On the sixth night, I started wondering if my space shuttle would take off with all that fire power!
I also opened up my first gift whose contents were a mystery to me even after I opened it! Grandma and Grandpa sent me the Osmo gaming system. I’ll have lots of time to learn it when winter break starts next week!
By the third night of Hanukkah, I became a candle lighting master.
Also a present-opening master! I got a cat journal and a big box of markers.
I loved seeing all of the colors listed on the box of markers…
…and tested them all in my new cat journal.
Then on the next night, I got a couple of books that I had previously checked out at the library and loved, including “They All Saw a Cat!”
It’s officially holiday season! How do you like the new menorah I picked out? The firetruck menorah I had since I was a baby fell apart last year, so its successor is a space shuttle!
For the first night, Daddy and Mommy got me a book about football for Hanukkah because I’ve been curious about the rules of the game.
And Grandma and Grandpa got me a calendar of adorable kittens.
How much do I love kittens???
Then for the second night, Grandma and Grandpa got me a book of Lego contraptions.
I jumped around while Daddy got the box of Legos open. Thank you for the gifts everyone!
All of a sudden, the cats started fighting a whole bunch and Sunnie spent her days hiding under the bed again.
We think it’s because Mommy cleaned the living room and it was too big and spacious. So we re-filled it with boxes, baskets, and a puzzle feeder and now they’re (almost) friends again.
Because we have two crazy kittens (well, one particularly crazy kitten – Finley!), we didn’t get a regular Christmas tree this year.
Instead, we bought a tiny living Christmas tree that we’ll keep for years and years. But I still decorated it!
Finley was still interested in the tiny tree!
It’s a pretty little tree, huh?
I’ve been trapped at home for so long, I really wanted to go to Portland and have a big day.
First, I wanted to go to Forest Park and hike to the Witch’s Castle.
After walking for almost a mile, we found it!
Then we had to walk back up to go to our next stop.
We ordered some food from Burgerville and went to Peninsula Park to have our lunch.
This is usually a big rose garden so it looked kind of weird to have a field of dead roses. But I liked running around the edge of it.
It was a fun day! We even ended it by picking up some donuts! (I got chocolate frosted.)
In honor of Thanksgiving, I made a gratitude journal at school.
