"Ights Peez"

While still clutching her stuffed animals and wiping crusties from her sleepy eyes, "ights peez" are the first words out of Camdyn's little mouth each morning as we make the trek from her bedroom to the living room.

Apparently inheriting her mom's love for all things Christmas, Camdyn is fascinated by the tree in her house....not to mention rearranging the boxes under said tree no fewer than 10 times per day. The latest addition to the obsession is standing in front of the tree holding different stuffed animals or toys, putting on the biggest fake smile and shouting "cheese," just hoping Mom or Dad will take another picture to document the season. We figured it was about time we found some family top pose with her!

The Littlest Eskimos..........

As the big chill seems to be sweeping across the country, I can't help but think we are getting the brunt of the extreme weather. While the extreme cold has prevented a build-up of snow, we are working on day 7 without seeing a temperature higher than 8 degrees...and I have learned that the Subaru's thermometer really can plummet into the negative digits!

However, not even the frigid cold can keep the Weer family down. Donned in Snowsuits and stocking hats, last Saturday marked our first trip to the annual Enterprise Christmas parade....and what kind of a parade experience would it be without our best buddy Jonah?!?!?! Despite the cold, the kids were total troopers loving the lights, the free candy, and just about everything but the encounter with Santa Claus!

Where's Camdyn?!?!?

From piles of laundry, to stacks of stuffed animals, from a very early age Camdyn has shown a love for "hiding" among miscellaneous household objects. As we work on cleaning up our own toys, that passion has only heightened! Hence, one of our favorite past times of late is pretending to "clean-up Camdyn" as we get ready to pick-up one activity and transition to the next. This usually involves her covered with a pile of blocks, attempting to crawl into her own dirty clothes basket, or hiding inside of her book shelf among her books. Today, it happened to be nestling herself amidst a large plastic tote of puppets............she even insisted I attempt to put the lid on to create the ultimate "clean-up Camdyn" adventure!

Move Over Punky Brewster

Fearing tutus or princess outfits, I have long dreaded the day Camdyn begins picking out her own clothes. However, it looks as if my fear of all things ultra-feminine can be put to rest........we have a perfect little Punky Brewster on our hands! This is how we strolled into Sunday School last week.....good thing God doesn't just love little girls in frilly dresses!

Hello Holidays....Bye-Bye Mullet

Knowing that family visits, Christmas card photos and the capturing of holiday memories were rapidly approaching, Mom and Dad were left with no choice.....the mullet had to go. Camdyn's hair challenges had reached all new lengths and short of daily pig tails, there was no way to disguise the ever growing discrepency between the short hairs in the front, and the massive rat tails in the back. While mom has felt more than comfortable tackling a little trim now and then, she knew it was time to call in the experts.

We wish we could report an immediate love for all things beauty shop, however, 1 troll doll, 1 pacifier and 16 M&M's later, I am happy to report that we have officially had our first hair cut! Final result, 1/2 inch removed from the front and sides, and 4 inches removed from the back........RIP baby mullet...RIP.

Brrrrrrr........................

This week we were hit with our second snow storm of the season, and thankfully, the cold, white stuff seems to be growing on Camdyn. Equipped with her new pink snow boots and a super runny nose, we bundled up and headed out for a quick family sled ride, and then with a little help from Mommy (and lots of distractions from Barley and Daddy), went on to build our first snow man! He may have been a bit on the tiny side, but that just made him the perfect little match for our Camdini!

Pweese........

So we couldn't quite say "Trick or Treat," but we caught on quite quickly that holding out our pumpkin and saying "pweese" worked just as well when one is ringing doorbells asking for candy. Even though she struggled to keep up, our little starfish had a wonderful evening with two of her bestest friends as they showed her the "ropes" of Halloween!

The only downfall......Mom's disfunctional camera! Hopefully, thanks to mom's that actually had they photo act together, I will be posting more pictures of my favorite little sea creature soon!