THE Box!

"The box" finally arrived!! The Christmas box that my Dad, Tommy and Jan sent WAY BACK in early December has arrived. Somehow the box got routed to England and then just SAT THERE for weeks and weeks!!! It should have come to FRANCE directly!

The kids enjoyed their belated Christmas very much!! Krista's new American Girl mini-doll, clothes for her big doll, My Sims DS game, books etc etc. Erik loved his penguin, fireman and policeman books, ND warm-up, and all the little penguin toys!!! He also got a NERF basketball hoop for his room! VERY FUN! Kaitlyn loved her little taggie book, and most especially her new purse to put the doggie inside and brings him everywhere! It was a very fun belated Christmas. The kids loved opening their beautifully wrapped treasures!! Thank you guys!

Tubi-Tuba Fun

Since the kids are on vacation I took them to their favorite indoor play arena called Tubi-Tuba. It seems a shame to have them playing INSIDE when the weather here has been so nice, but in all honesty I did it mostly for Kaitlyn so she could get down on her hands and knees and crawl wherever she wanted without me ever having to say the word "No". Crawling outside is NOT an option here, so Tubi-Tuba seemed like a good idea for a change. It really is a wonderful place for a toddler or crawler to explore, since it is so safe and padded. She had a BLAST but was so tired at the end (as were the big kids who ran around like crazy too).

Kaitlyn is really doing a lot of free-standing now. She will pull up to standing and then practice with her balance as she balances to stand without support. She loves doing this and has stood alone for nearly one minute at times. She has really developed by leaps and bounds physically in the last month. It is hard to believe that our last visit to Tubi-Tuba she wasn't even crawling yet and now she is already free-standing!! (See Tubi-Tuba visit at 10 Months).

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