New Toy

It seems like whenever Molly gets a new toy, or finds an old one she hasn't seen in a while, she latches onto it and only wants to play with that toy for about a week. Last week that toy was a Costco diaper box. Her Froggy and blankie always had to be in there, along with plenty of books, blocks, and whatever else her eyes could spot that she could talk me in to putting in the box with her. She and the box toppled over several times, which she normally would have cried over, but she was enjoying herself too much so she'd just say "whoa" and climb back in the box.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we spent Thanksgiving Day at Chris's parent's house. Molly loves it over there because they have a huge backyard, and if she had it her way, she would stay out there all day long.

Football

Every morning after breakfast Molly asks for either Elmo or "Lella" (Cinderella). But this morning she decided that she wasn't interested in either of those and she wanted football. She kept saying "football, football" over and over again, even when I would tell her it was time for Sesame Street. She is definitely Chris's daughter!

It's Official - Claire Morgan Black!

For any of you who don't know, Chris and I have been at a stand-off about the new baby's name for quite some time. I have wanted Claire Morgan for our next girl since we found out I was pregnant, and once we found out it was a girl I have putting some serious pressure on him because he hasn't been crazy about it. But he finally broke, so our two girls will be Molly and Claire!

Intern Academy

Chris applied with the Mesa Fire Department and after his interview and written test they invited him to their Intern Academy. He's not hired yet, but it's pretty impressive that he's gotten this far with his first application. He picked up his gear a couple of days ago, and I think he looks awesome! Also, after taking the written test for Chandler he has been invited to interview with them too.

Christmas Portrait

Molly had her Christmas pictures taken today which, as always, was a complete nightmare. But at least we got one good picture out of it!

Flamingo Round Two

Yesterday Molly found her flamingo costume and insisted on wearing it again. I tried to put on the leotard without the tights and she quickly corrected me by yelling "Tights, tights, tights!!"



This is one vain flamingo!

Special Breakfast Guest

This week Molly has wanted Froggy (her special stuffed animal that she sleeps with) with her at breakfast time; she loves to feed him and give him drinks of milk. She probably thinks I'm very cruel not to give Froggy regular meals like she gets! She also had some pretty sweet bedhead when she woke up this morning...

Chris and Molly Looking Sharp for Church

Pie Making

Yesterday I attempted my first pie going solo. My mom has shown me several times all the tricks of the trade, but yesterday was the first time without her coaching. I was so proud of the way it turned out until I tasted it; the crust was pretty tough and chewy. Maybe I can blame that on my kitchen helper that I had yesterday as I was baking...well, probably not.

Prayer

The other day Molly and I were sitting down to lunch and I was just getting ready to dig into my tuna fish sandwich. Molly looked at me, folded her arms, and said "prayer." I felt so bad that she had to remind me to say a prayer over the food! Now if I could just get her to remind us to read scriptures and have Family Home Evening then we'd really be in business!

Halloween

For Halloween Molly was a flamingo, or as she likes to call it "mingo, mingo, mingo." She might look more like a dancer in a Vegas show, but I think she still looked like a million bucks.

This is what a flamingo should

do if it catches on fire...