Samantha's first blog

pamelamyers | November 30, 2015

In Kindergarten, for some unknown reason, they take school photos twice, once in the fall, and once in the spring. Of course, I had to buy the fall photos, even though the spring ones are the ones I would call the “official” photos for the year.

Here is Sam’s picture for the beginning of the school year. She wanted to wear her pigtails, which has become a favorite style for her. Her smiles are so forced in professional photos but I do love her toothless face. It’s a good thing we have Mark to get the best shots!

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pamelamyers | November 29, 2015

We weren’t in a huge rush to decorate the tree, but, it’s standing there looking so empty and forlorn that we had to do it! We waiting until after dinner so Sam was all ready in her reindeer pjs. She helped me string the lights, which is usually Mark and my job, and then she wanted to do the “garlic” all by herself. 🙂 She did a good job. Mark had to help her at the top, but she made it look really nice.

I wanted to only put out completely non-breakable ornaments this year because, well, the cat situation. I was very clear to Sam that there were A LOT of ornaments that were not going on the tree. I thought she’d be a pain in the butt, frankly, about wanting to put up everything, but she completely understood. There were a bunch of ornaments she would look at for a minute then say, “Nope, the cats will break that!” I was actually pretty proud of how grown-up she was being. Sam likes finding the ornaments she made, like this wooden gingerbread bird house.

The cats were very interested in the goings on. I think they are a bit confused about why there is a tree in the house.

Penelope isn’t quite sure what to make of Frosty…

…or Rudolph, especially since they both sing!

Oh yes, the fun begins again. I thought Penelope had learned that tree climbing is not a desired activity on the part of her humans, but no.

We managed to decorate the tree, cat free, eventually, placing all ornaments that would look tasty to the cats up a bit higher. Although, why we bothered I have no idea, since they will just climb up to get whatever they want.

In contrast to Penelope’s climbing, Zach sat patiently on the stairs just observing. I think he’s gotten it out of his system. It’s funny how he is only a week older than Penelope. He seems much more grown up!

At last, the star! Sam made one for our tree this year (and Grandmom’s tree too).

A job well done! But Santa’s helpers look exhausted!

Penelope decided maybe under the tree would be a better bet, especially if she doesn’t want to get into trouble again!

Ta da! All done. Sam gave her tree a hug and decided that Santa was going to love it. 🙂

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pamelamyers | November 27, 2015

As soon as Turkey Day is over, it’s decorate the house time! I can never wait longer than that. We’ve got to get the house ready for Santa! Sam was bursting at the seams. She loves decorating. My mom let Sam do all the decorating at her house this year (well, they did it togther), and Sam considers herself an expert. One of the first things she wanted to do was put up the tree for her room. She did the entire thing herself. My little elf worked very hard.

The poor cats kept getting tortured with Christmas toys. The looks on their faces seem to reflect that their humans are crazy.

Yup. I knew it. I knew this was going to happen. I told Sam it would and it did. Cats in the tree! If you look closely at this first picture, to Penelope’s left, you can see Zach’s head, his paw and his tail hanging down.

So, get computer, www.google.com…”how to keep cats out of Christmas tree” and GO.

We finally did manage to get the cats out, and the house got decorated, outside and in, but it was a long day. I must say, the house looks fantastic though!

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pamelamyers | November 26, 2015

Yet another Thanksgiving Day, and so much to be thankful for. I was kind of stressed out at the beginning of the day, with thoughts of the millions of things to do, and the hustle and bustle that was going to overtake my house, when my good friend, Debbi, reminded me to be happy that I am having a houseful of people to enjoy my day with since you never know if it could be the last one. So, I decided to take her advice and enjoy the day. It turned out wonderful, as usual. I was surrounded by this little pilgrim…

…and all of these wonderful people I am lucky enough to call my family.

After dinner, at which Sam would only eat carrots, Sam showed Penelope to Ryder. He really loves the cats and Sam was happy to help him be able to pet her.

Sam and Poppy played tic tac toe while we cleaned up. They must have played a million times. Sam won a lot because, as she told us, Poppy is good at a lot of things, but, unfortunately, he stinks at tic tac toe!

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pamelamyers | November 25, 2015

The other day, Sam was in the tub and playing with her letters that stick on the walls. She wanted to spell her name and I told her that she didn’t have enough letters since there are only one of each. I don’t stay in the room with her now while she is playing so I was wandering around putting laundry away and whatnot and she called me into the bathroom. Well, she is determined. She wanted to spell her name and she found a way. I have to say, she was incredibly clever at coming up with ways to spell her name with what she had. I am incredibly proud of her. She is so smart, and I see it more and more every day. Some of the things she says truly amaze me.

 

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