Teeth Brushing Time!

"Look, Mom, I can brush my teeth!"

We bought a toothbrush for Alaina a few weeks ago. At first she wasn't too sure about it. She needed some encouraging to brush her teeth. We bought a cute book about teeth brushing and showed her how to brush properly. Now she loves her toothbrush! She asks for it almost everytime she's in the bathroom. Most of the time Alaina brushes with just water on her toothbrush. We bought some toddler toothpaste, but we like to supervise when she uses it. :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We have had a busy start to the New Year. I was off work for two weeks around Christmas time and started back the first week in January. Spending that time with Alaina at home was wonderful. It was difficult to get back in to the work routine. Now we are back to our regular, crazy schedule.

We finally got around to putting away our Christmas decorations today! Usually we take them down right after New Year's but I guess we were busy with other things this year. Of course, Alaina was eager to help us pack away our Christmas decorations. She helped take the ornaments off the tree (two broke in the process), fold up the tree, and put away the manger scene. She kept saying, "Bye-bye Christmas tree!" We hope that 2011 is a happy and healthy year for all!

Alaina helped gather all the holiday decorations

Daddy used the mini vac to get the pine needles. Alaina thought it was funny!

Putting away the tree topper

Taking apart the tree

Helping Daddy box up the tree