Fancy Nancy

I have been reading the Fancy Nancy books (by Jane O'Connor) to Sadie since she was probably 2 years old. She absolutely loves them, and I love that she is learning big words! If you have never read a Fancy Nancy book, you should definitely check them out.

Fancy Nancy came to our local library one night and read a story, and then afterwards everyone got to dress up in Fancy costumes.  This was a dream event for Sadie!

 Fancy Nancy and all her costumes!

 Costume # 1

 Posing with Nancy!

 Costume #2

 Posing alone.

 Posing with Nancy...again!

 Costume #3 (mom's fav!)

Posing with Fancy Nancy....yet again!

1st Roller Skating Party & Easter Sunday

Sadie got invited to her first Roller Skating Birthday party the Saturday prior to Easter. She tried on the "rental" skates and HATED them. I thought we might end up sitting at the birthday party watching everyone else skate the entire time.  Luckily, Lil D (the mom of Lucas whose birthday it was) brought some princess, adjustable roller skates that fit on over your shoes.  Sadie immediately loved them and wanted to try them out.  She actually did really good once we got her up and going!

 Not a fan of these skates!

I LOVE these skates though!

The next day we celebrated Easter by going to church and helping out in the 4 year old room (we attended service Friday night).  Afterwards we went over to my aunt's house for lunch and an Easter egg hunt!  Sadie even got a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny!

 Being silly opening my Easter basket.

Opening my Easter basket. Ignore my gibberish. I get nervous on camera!

 Dressed in my Easter Best!

The actual EASTER BUNNY?!?

Seeing the Easter bunny. Pardon mom's horrible filming in the beginning. It does get better!

Valentine's Day

I told Troy not to bother buying me flowers this year (although he still did!), but he should get some for Sadie.  I captured it on video. My two favorite people in the whole world. Love them!

Sadie's First Joke

Sadie absolutely loves the movie Wreck it Ralph (which I must admit is pretty darn cute).  She asked to watch it the other day and I said "Sadie, you always want to watch that movie!"  And her response...she shrugs and says "Well, I like it."  I guess I can't argue with that!

So this is a video of Sadie dancing to the music when it is over.

And then Sadie also picked up on a joke from the movie (thanks to her Daddy).  Ignore the jibberish at the beginning of this clip (she gets nervous and starts making up her own language).  I do find it funny, though, that her own language is to the tune of"Eeney, Meeney, Miney, Mo, Catch a Tiger by his Toe."  Ha!

Christmas 2013

Well, better late than never!

Sadie had a GREAT Christmas this year.  She is at an age where she is so much fun. She is starting to understand the meaning of Christmas and I loved seeing her expressions when she opened presents.  This year all she really wanted was Disney Princess stuff.  So she got a Disney Princess castle, as well as about every Disney Princess doll and clothes available!

We started off the holidays by doing Christmas Eve with my relatives at my grandpa's house.

Dress and ready to go!

The next morning we had my family over to our house and opened presents there. We really wanted Sadie to be able to walk down the stairs and see her Princess Dream House from Santa.  It was hard to get her to open other presents after that!

This is all I wanted!  

(Notice the raging party the Princesses had..looks like a frat party!)

 I love this picture!

Finally, Christmas afternoon we went over to Troy's Parents house for more presents! This girl must have been REALLY good this year!

Notice my princesses next to me!

Polar Express

Sadie has loved the movie/book Polar Express since we first read it to her (Great Aunt Chris got it for Sadie for her first Christmas).  So in early December we took a road trip to Branson, MO where they have a "Polar Express" train ride.  We planned the trip with 2 other families way back in August, so we were excited for the trip to finally come!  It was horrible weather and we were lucky to make it down to Branson, but Sadie had such a great time that I was so thankful we were able to make it. 

The train ride started off by reading the Polar Express book. Then they brought out unlimited hot chocolate and cookies!  Next we passed by Santa, and next thing you knew, he was inside the train!  He went right up to Sadie, patted her on the head, and said "Be Good!."  Wow, I didn't even have to pay him to do that! :)  Then he gave each of the kids a bell, which Sadie rang all night long.  And if you have seen the movie, then you will know how cute it is when Sadie says "Mom, I still believe!" (see video below).

 Polar Express Train

 Ready to go with my book and everything!

 One of the characters in the movie!

Enjoying hot chocolate with Hannah!

 Santa waving outside!

 Santa came inside!

 

While we were in Branson, our elves made a visit.  Meet Zippy, Little Red, and our elf, Ginger.

I wonder who won?

And finally, our last night in Branson we watched the MU SEC Championship against Auburn.  Unfortunately, we lost, however, I got this uber cute picture of Troy, Stella, and Sadie :)

Only time you will see Troy smile when MU loses!

Home on the Range

She might not be able to carry a tune, but she is still pretty cute!
PS-to give her a little credit, she did have a cold.