Christmas 2009

Christmas fun 2009Sierra met Santa at Macy's this year. She sat on his lap for quite a while talking about his sled and his reigndeer. He thought she was very brave and sociable. . .

That night we got ready to go to our church Christmas party. I took several pictures of Sierra in front of the tree, but only this one turned out . . . darn camera! . . .

Sierra gasped with joy and delight when Santa entered the church gym. She yelled, "he flew here on his sled from Macy's!" She asked him if she could ride his slay, he said that he couldn't because he had to talk with the other kids. She didn't think this was the real Santa because he had no glasses on. . .

Sierra has really been into dressing herself lately, but she never dresses for the weather. . .

She is also letting me do her hair more often...which is nice . . .

We got to visit Liam and Aunt Gina this month. Sierra got to wear her new boots and snow pants. . .

Liam taught Sierra how to make snow angels. . . and we got pictures done at Kiddie Kandids while in Provo. . .

December has been fun and eventful. This year Sierra has really been in the Christmas spirit. She understands who Santa is and that she's getting presents. Christmas is going to be so much more fun this year. I'm really enjoying age 4!

Daycare 2006

Sierra at Chris's Daycare back in 2006. She was just barely one year old. Look at that hair! Sierra and Amber

Chewing on a toy...of course.
Amber, ?, Alexis

Alexis and Sierra

Sierra . . . Crazy hair

Cute!

Sierra eating in her high chair...she couldn't fit in one of those now.

Halloween 2009

Sierra decided to be a scary cat for Halloween. She was so excited about Halloween this year. She had a blast Trick or Treating, she danced and skipped to every house. Her bag weighed about 2 lbs afterwards. She told me in the car, on our way to Talisha's house, "Mom, I'll try not to be too scary, but I'm a scary cat." Then she growled.

Talisha and Sierra were both cats for Halloween

The Cat's A.K.A. The Brah-ders

Vinnie in the dryer. Sierra kept saying "mom don't make him warm, don't spin him!"

My precious cowboy!

Sierra's 4th Birthday

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Fourth of July ... fun?

For the fourth of July we joined my friend, Rebecca, and her family for a picnic at Rebecca's aunt's house. Her aunt lives in a very well-to-do neighborhood and has a beautiful house. Sierra had a blast with all the kids and their toys! Then, as it got darker, the folks in the neighborhood started lighting fireworks. I explained to Sierra they would be loud, but she was still pretty startled when the first whistler one went off. She wouldn't take her hands off her ears. She ran to the back yard a couple times, but Rebecca or I would get her to come back out to the front. She braved it for a minute and even decided to try and hold a sparkler. So, Rebecca tried to give her one (bottom 2 photos) and she totally flipped out! She wiggled between Rebecca's legs and ran off, fast!

I caught up with her, she had gone inside. Rebecca's dad said she came in breathless, saying something like "it was too close, too close!" She told me she was done with the fireworks and I believed her. She allowed me to go back outside without her. Twenty minutes later I decided to go check on her and I went inside to find no one was there. Then I heard a muffled.."mommy! Mommy!" Sierra was locked out on the back porch! She was soooo freaked out, she was bawling, tears streaming down her face... she had a seizure...once that was under control she was crying and saying, "they all left me." I can only assume she went out there without anyone seeing her and when they came out the front they locked the back door. Anyway, after that we left.

On the way home she said she liked the fireworks and that she had a good time. We watched more fireworks, in the car, as we made our way home. Then we watched them from the backyard until Sierra proclaimed, "I'm tired, time for bed."

Next year, we're going to just watch them from the backyard!

Prayers

Lately I've been writing down some of the prayers that Sierra has said because they are so cute and innocent. I want to show them to her in the future. Anyway, here are two of my favorite prayers:

Dear Ebonly Fahder
Thank you for Tony
Thank you for apple sauce
Name, Amen

Dear Ebonly Fahder
Thank you for birds outside
For Mickey Mouse
Thank you for my parents
Amen

Sometimes she'll remind me to say thank you for apple sauce. Apparently, she really likes the stuff! She also doesn't like it when I ask for things in the prayer, she'll say "only thank yous mommy." Also, (because sometimes I peek at her while I'm saying the prayer) she'll nod her head "yes" to the 'thank yous' that she particularly likes. I think it's funny that she's such a little dictator! I can see her poor little husband, in the future, saying "yes dear, yes dear, ok dear," all the time!

Throwing rocks into the Boise river.

There's a fountain at the park that Sierra likes to run around.

Sierra was coloring and got some marker on her arm...she was very concerned.