Sami Saying Some Nursery Rhymes

Sami is very into nursery rhymes right now. Here is a video of her saying her favorites. The best part is that when she says "Little Miss Muffet" she says "eating her TURDS and whey." Poor girl cannot say the "c" or "k" sound. She uses the "t" sound instead so curds is turds, kitty is titty, cookie is tootie, you get the picture.

My Little Dancer

Sami started dance class today. I must say, the $250 for class, the $55 for shoes, and the $30 spent for a dance outfit were all worth it just to see how happy and excited she was. The class is for 3 year olds so you can guess how much real dance instruction there was but it was one of the cutest things I have ever seen. We spotted this class while at an open gym play time and Sami was immediately taken by it. "Momma, I do dance class too, please please please" is all I heard for weeks. I looked into the class and found out that she missed the cut off date for her age by about 3 weeks. I told her this and it absolutely broke her heart. She cried and cried. "I big enough Momma" she would say standing on her tip toes. After some time to think about it, I decided that if she really wanted to do it, I could make it happen. Needless to say, the dance studio thinks her birthday is 1/1/2008 instead of 1/21/2008. If anyone ever asks, "Hmmmm, I must have made a typo when filling out the online registration form." Won't be the last time she lies about her age:)

Christmas at the Spiecker House

As you can tell, we had a fantastic Christmas. The kids got so much stuff we do not really know what to do with it all. I am so glad I cleaned out our playroom before Christmas because I cannot imagine the overflow of toys we would have if I did not. They got a lot of building materials this Christmas....Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Hardwood building blocks etc. Our playroom now has been taken over by plastic tubs to hold said building materials. We have had numerous building parties where we have built villages of Lincoln Log Homes, bridges with the hardwood blocks complete with farris wheels out of Tinker Toys. What fun. The excitement the kids have makes the holidays so much fun. I cherish these days as I know it won't be long until the belief in Santa is no longer and the magic of Christmas is lost a bit. Happy Holidays to you all. I hope you all were as blessed as we were this year. May 2011 bring you joy and happiness.

The Growing Belly

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38 weeks 2 days (the day before he arrived)

Sami at the Christmas Tea

Tanner at the Christmas Tea

A Few Pictures

Chrismas Tea at School
Showing some dance moves

Baby Girl sings too.

Before School

Silly Sami