It has been way too long since I posted pictures of our Ceili and I've had some complaints, so here are a TON from this past month!! Ceili has had so much fun playing in the snow and baking cookies with Mommy - it is just so much fun watching her in her everyday life, being the silly and sweet girl she is! Ceili and I played in the snow and she desperately wanted to build a snowman, but the snow wouldn't pack for anything. I felt horrible and wished I could make it work, but it just wouldn't. So, when I had to work the next day and Justin was home with her, I asked him to try to build one with her...and it packed for them that day!! They were able to build a snowman and a cave in the yard, both of which Ceili was soooo proud of and excited to show me when I got home!! What a sweet Daddy she has to make her wishes come true!!
The dogs (Izzie is the white one and Hannah is the black one) also absolutely LOVED playing in the snow!! They would whine just so we'd let them out to play - getting covered in snow and loving it!! The dogs don't get their pictures take very often, so here are a couple of them...
Ceili started dance this past month and can't get enough of it! She likes to stand in front of our fireplace and practice her kicks and turns in the window, where she can see her reflection! After two weeks of class, they had their Christmas program, in which her class danced to Jingle Bells. It was so cute - they had bells on their wrists and ankles, which was her favorite part of course!! Ceili did such a great job - jumping up and down and shaking her arms to make them jingle - and she even did some of her kicks and turns for everyone to see!! Here are some pictures from that day - not the best quality, but it was more important to capture the moment than make them look perfect!!
Below is Ceili with our friend Tammy, who happens to be Ceili's preschool teacher as well. Tammy's son, Andrew, is in Ceili's dance class, and the only way for me to get her to look at the camera was for Tammy to hold her! She just loves Tammy (and Andrew, I must admit!) - any time she is around, she wants her to hold her (and even take her to the potty) instead of anyone else...so sweet!!
Below are pictures of Ceili dancing, with Andrew right by her side!! Those two are always within inches of each other - maybe this is Ceili's first crush!! She will tell me "I like Andrew - he's a nice boy! He likes my hair!!" 
We thought it would be fun to put together this Gingerbread Choo-Choo Train - I think more of the candy was eaten than actually used for decoration, but it was a lot of fun!! Ceili did a great job helping decorate it - she'd put one piece on the train and about 3 pieces in her mouth!!
We were supposed to have Baking Day at Nana and Papaw's with Nana and Auntie Mamie, but we had that snowstorm and ended up cancelling. So, Ceili and I decided to go ahead and bake all day anyways, and we had a blast!! She was able to use the apron that St. Nick had put in her shoes just a week before, which made her feel like a princess!! She loves helping me in the kitchen - we were able to bake a couple different kinds of cookies, including cut-out cookies that she had so much fun decorating!!
Of course, baking wouldn't be baking unless you were able to taste the ingredients here and there...
Ceili's preschool had a Polar Express Night, where we all went in our jammies and brought our pillows and blankets to watch the Polar Express movie and eat cookies, popcorn and hot chocolate. Ceili, of course, had to sit with her friend Andrew...and I must say he liked sitting with her too!! (they even shared popcorn!!) Here are a couple of them as we waited for the movie to start...
Ceili received a Cinderella Tea Party set from our friends, Adam and Sarah, for Christmas. She absolutely loves playing with it and "making" me tea! We were getting ready to go upstairs for her bath time and I thought she might like to have a tea party in the bath tub...I think it was the best idea I've had yet!! She thought it was soooo great and was just so excited that she was jumping up and down saying "We're going to have a tea party in my bath!!" We put some of her Strawberry Shortcake bubbles in the bath and she made us some "strawberry tea" and we had a blast!! I look forward to more Bath Tub Tea Parties in the future!!
