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!

Elf on a Shelf

Jennifer and I were telling Katie about when she was little and used to sit on the shelf in the living room. She didn't have any recollection of it. One of our favorite pictures of her was when she was in Christmas clothes with the one hat she would wear at the time and looked like a little elf on the shelf.

When I was little, I fit on the shelf pretty well!

I tried to reenact, but I don't quite fit as well!

A Kitty Christmas Gift

Katie wanted to get her cats some Christmas gifts, so we headed off to the pet store and found one bag of cat toys that could be shared between the two cats. She couldn't wait until Christmas to give the gifts to the cats, so they received the gift a few days early.

I put the toys on the floor for the cats to explore.

They smelled them for a long time.

Then they found their favorites!

Sugar Cookies

After making the peanut butter cookies, we made sugar cookies for Katie to decorate.

We couldn't find our Christmas cookie cutters, so we just used my princess set.

This year I chose not to use frosting. We just used sprinkles.

I thought both types of cookies turned out perfectly!

Peanut Butter Cookies

We used to always make peanut butter cookies for my dad every Christmas, so it became our own little tradition. Katie doesn't usually eat any of the cookies, but she always likes to help with them.

My favorite part of making cookies is stirring the dry ingredients.

The Cat House

Both cats have really been loving the gingerbread house that Katie got for them.

Mr. Limpet now spends more time in the house than General Washington.