November

November was a great month.  The first weekend in November we went to Park City for a little weekend get away and stayed at a great little condo.

  We played in the pool and hot tub.  Mia got Mia to jump in to Monty.

  We forgot her puddle jumper so she couldn't swim by herself but had fun swimming with her daddy.

 The girls hanging in the hot tub.

 We played on the play ground at the outlet mall.  It was definitely Mia's favorite part of shopping.

 As usual Mia ended up the spoiled one on the shopping trip.

 Contrary to her face in this picture she loves her new hoodie and always wants her "hat" on.

On our way back from Park City we went to Hogle Zoo.

 Mia had fun running around and making animal sounds.

 Getting a lift from Daddy.

 She was a big fan of the kitties.

After our Park City trip we put Mia in her big girl bed.  My dad made the headboard for me when I was about 10 years old and then he made the bed for Mia.

 After an initial melt down she has done really good in her new bed.

 Although sometimes we never know what to expect we'll find her wearing.  Apparently she put her coat around her legs before going to bed.  Notice all the toys in bed with her too.  That happens on a regular occasion as well.

We also tried going to big girl panties as well.  After 3 days of her making messes EVERYWHERE.  We gave up on potty training and will try again later.

 November brought our first big snow storm.

 Mia loved just walking through the snow and looking back at her tracks.

 We built LOTS of Lego towers in November and continue to do it still.  Good thing grandma and grandpa are getting her more Lego's for Christmas.

 Thanksgiving brought pie night with Monty's family.

What can I say they are teaching Mia bad habits early.



We then went to Idaho to have Thanksgiving with my family.  Mia had tons of fun playing with Grandpa.

 Grandma has cool puzzles that are as big as Mia is.

 Uncle Shawn was making a blanket and tied Mia up with the ends.  She thought that was pretty cool.

 The girls hanging in the hot tub.

We got the house decorated for Christmas but I don't have many pictures of that yet but here is one of Monty putting up the lights.

 Eventually the stockings made it to the chimney.

 Getting in the Christmas Spirit.  Mia is very excite about Christmas.  She will tell you that Santa Clause is coming (although I don't think she knows who he is), every day she gets up and wants the lights turned on on the tree and mantle, and she loves looking at the ornaments on the tree and playing with her little people nativity set.

 Mia has missed playing outside so when we were putting up the lights we let her put her coat on and ride her bike.

Until next month :-)