Caitlin's World

Caitlin is so cute and innocent when it comes to Santa and I love it. Each morning she asks Shawn and I if she can have her piece of chocolate (from the advent calendar). We accidentally skipped a day so I indulged and yup the chocolate is just as nasty as I remember and certainly not Hersey's! As I was wrapping presents tonight some little 3 year old walks out of her room peering down at me. I think I was far enough out of view, this is the first year we have had to consider she will remember what she hears and sees. I quickly called to Shawn to help her back to her room. I forgot to add the Santa pictures from Saturday, the girl had a blast. Check out the video. She was so excited but scared at the same time that Santa was really there. We thank Libby for hosting another Santa Brunch, we had a great time and will cherish the memories! Me and my favorite girl - I love that not a day goes by where she asks me if I am her best friend.

When we signed Caitlin up for a tap/ballet combo class I thought she would enjoy it but wondered how much you can teach 2.5 - 3.5 yr olds. She has now been in class for four months and absolutely loves going. Class is each Saturday for 45 minutes and they begin with tap and finish with ballet. Today was parents observation day (first one), normally we can only see the girls through the small cracks in the blinds. They will even have a recital in June! The video below is a glimpse of what goes on each Saturday morning. As you will see Caitlin is the only girl without tap shoes on and that was mommy's fault. I totally forgot to grab her dance bag with her shoes in them when we left. Shawn didn't think twice and dropped us off to run home to get them.

Here is Caitlin and her preschool class singing "This Little Light of Mine" you can definitely hear her stand out a few times : ) There were 8 kids in class that day but I opted to zoom in on our little star. The class also sang "Oh Candy Cane" and the kids had such a good time. Not everyone sang but Caitlin really seemed to enjoy the singing and being on 'stage'.