Waiting for Everyone

 On Christmas morning, Katie doesn't go downstairs until everyone arrives, but she always has a gift waiting for her upstairs from her elf, Nigel.

I loved my new squishy, stuffed dog. It has a pocket in the middle of it, so you can hug it tight!

A Crazy Adventure

Shortly before Christmas, I was in the basement wrapping gifts while Katie was on the main floor. The cats were keeping me company, and when I happened to look down from where I was, I saw that Mr. Limpet had crawled into a plastic bag. I decided that I had better get him out as soon as my hands were free. It was too late though. He spooked himself when he couldn't get out of the bag and took off running (in the bag) around the basement. Then he took off up the stairs before I could catch him. I was yelling at Katie not to look because I couldn't remember what the bag said.

By the time I got to the main floor, Mr. Limpet had already made it to our upstairs floor. I ran up another floor to rescue him. He wasn't in any of the bedrooms. He had squeezed himself next to the washing machine and was so scared. I got him out of his bag, but for the whole evening he was scared.

We tried to give Mr. Limpet some extra attention, but he spent most of the night under the bed.

Learning Geography

My sister was talking to Katie and mentioned some country, and Katie didn't know where it was, so Jennifer got the talking globe and started teaching Katie where countries were.

Aunt Jennifer and I love this globe. It teaches you things, but you can also play games with it!

Another Christmas Card

After opening the card from Jeff's family, Katie found another card from my older sister, Debby.

I love reading the inside of cards!

Thank you for the cute card, Aunt Debby!

Receiving a Card

Katie was so happy to get a card from my brother's family for Christmas!

I read the card first.

Then I found the pictures of Ian and Eva. I couldn't believe how grown-up they look!

Finally, I found a picture. I loved it all!

Quality Time with Mr. Limpet

You can always catch Katie close to her cats.

I love Mr. Limpet!

An Ecosystem

Garyldine got Katie an ecosystem for Christmas, which contains some little live shrimp. Katie loves to watch it and keep on eye on the shrimp.

The shrimp seem to move more at night than during the day!