Enchanted Village

Last year Nana started the tradition of bringing the girls to the Enchanted Village.  To avoid the crowds, we planned the trip after the holiday which once again proved to be a good idea!  The girls lite up as soon as we walked in and there was a display of singing reindeer.  So we headed in to see the rest.  Caelin started off enjoying the displays until from up above came a loud noise....and then SNOW! She ran into Nana's arms and the tears came shortly after.  While Bailey tried to catch snow on her tongue and danced around smiling, Caelin clung to one of us. After a few snowfalls she seemed to get used to it and was able to enjoy the village!  Following the displays the girls loved running through the different rooms and climbing on the furniture...while Bailey had her eyes on the L-shaped couch Caelin was eager to land the purchase of an oversized ottoman!  We finished up the trip with lunch at Bertucci's where the girls ate up all their pizza!  Thanks Nana for a great day at the Enchanted Village!

A little unsure...

 What is that noise?!?!

 Cousin Bailey taking care of the Bug

 Check it out!

 We'll take this set!

 Now we're talking....run Bailey run!!!

 Bailey, Nana & Caelin 2010

Snow Day!

To start this post off....one of Caelin' recent favorite books is SNOW by PD Eastman.  One would think with how much she loves this book, and how much she loves her new boots that she would love playing in the snow.  Wrong!  The first big snow storm of the year left at least a foot of snow so we piled on the snowsuit and boots and headed out to play...but we didn't last too long!  Within minutes we were back inside saying "No Snow".  Guess it wasn't what she expected! 

Come on...it's fun!!!

 Caelin or Ralphie?!?!

Merry Christmas!

Well...the Christmas extravaganza began about 2 weeks before and ended a week after the actual big day.  The festivities started off with the annual Yanka-Swap...which as always was a ton of fun.  With great food, some caroling, lots of gifts to open and some delicious desserts everyone enjoyed themselves.  The ABC's looked fabulous in their Christmas dresses and as the party wound down they looked super cute in their matching pj's!  Christmas Eve was spent opening presents with her favorite cuz Bailey and singing Jingle Bells over and over and over again!  The big day itself was a whirlwind day!  We opened up gifts from Santa then headed over to see Nana.  After playing with Nana and new toys at her house, we headed to the Eckel's for a wonderful Christmas dinner.  With all of the snow that came the day following Christmas, the Flynn family party got pushed back so we ended the partying up in NH with almost all the Flynn's.  A HUGE thank-you to everyone for the awesome Christmas presents Caelin received.  We will do a separate post with pic's of her enjoying them all but between books, serving tea, walking her dolls & tea set in her stroller and jumping on her trampoline- vacation was packed full of fun!

Presents...for me??!!

 Y-F Christmas 2010

 Thanks Nana!

 Dancing to the lovely singing of Great Nanny!

 Thank you Santa...I love my new chair!

 What???  We didn't steal Santa's cookies!!

Ho, HO, Ho!

"Ights, Ights"- no matter where we are, Caelin is in search of the best Christmas lights around!  She loves to check out the lights and yell "Ho, Ho, Ho" whenever she sees lights or a Santa.  Given her enthusiasm, we figured we would give pictures with Santa a try.  We talked all morning about going with her buddies Emmett and Reese to see Santa and Caelin adamantly told us "no thank you " and "all done" every time we mentioned seeing Santa or taking a picture with him.  We were prepared for a total meltdown/scream fest but to our surprise she did ok.  She sat with Mommy next to Santa and gave him a high 5.  The pic's didn't come out great but we were so happy she wasn't too scared.  After seeing Santa, she was more than happy to try a candy cane and to toast a marshmallow at the outdoor campfire!  Next up was choosing a tree.  Now, in true Y-family fashion- we chose not to measure the tree and just went by how great it looked!  Needless to say, the tree takes up a good portion of the living room- but that's ok b/c it has "Ights" and Caelin loves to collect the ornaments every afternoon, pack them up in her bag and tote them around the house! 

Dancing to a little James Taylor Christmas music!

 Santa....I Know him!!!

 A little unsure, but NO tears!!!

 Roasting marshmallows = happy Caels and E!

 Of the 15 pic's taken, Colby joined us for 1- and Caelin decided to finally smile!

 Our little Bugstar is getting so big!!

 If your missing an ornament....

 Check out her collection on the ground!

Good times!

Lots of meeting up with friends at the playground, dinner dates and well just plain good times with friends this fall! 

Which way should we look?!?!

 Trying out Colby's hat!

 Hugs=:)

 Makenna, Colby & Caelin

 Dinner date with the Triple Threat!

 Watching Rudolph!

Mommy & Mum's Top 10

This whole growing up thing is CRAZY!!!  Here are our Top 10 Favorite Things about Caelin!
10.  She finishes the sentences to her favorite books including Hop on Pop and Snuggle Up Sleepy Ones
9. Everyday on the way to school she screams "Big Yellow Bus" every time a school bus goes by us
8. "All done Mum" or "All done Mommy" whenever our singing is too loud
7. "Hi Baby" as she waves or kisses Mum's tummy
6. Listening to her sing her favorite songs...ABC's, Justin Beiber, Sesame theme etc.
5. After 2 years of trying to get her to have a 'lovey' she now can't go anywhere w/o one of her favorites...baby, giraffeee, bear, blanket, frogger or puppy.
4. Everyday she picks out which shoes she wants to wear.  She is pretty particular too.  No favorites yet, she just likes to state which ones..."brown shows", "blackee shoes", "pink shoes".
3. In response to "Who is the cutest girl in the world"? she screams "BUGGY".  In response to who is the cutest boy she screams "EMMEEE TYLER".  When asked how much Mommy and Mum love her she stretches her arms and says "BIG MUCH"!
2. "Move Please"- typically can be heard as she pushes the stool around the kitchen to participate in the next best activity...dishes, cooking or going through Mum's purse.
1. Every night before heading to bed, the three of us hang out and watch a few Sesame songs on the iTouch.  After the last song, Caelin hops off the couch and goes and find DeeDee and Nike and gives them each a hug and a kiss.  She then makes her way up stairs, and at every stair (until you can't see her anymore) she peers over the wall and says "buhbyee", "nanight", "love you". 
She may be growing up quickly but we are loving every single little moment- each one is more awesome than the last =:)

Love you BugStar!

 Baby Look- big truck!

 Cleary up to trouble with puppy!

 Love you Mum!

Uh...I think thats our place to hang =:)