Tea Anyone?

Mikayla received a new tea set for Christmas. We finally opened it, and I showed her how to serve tea. The set is the kind that the cups change color when they have water in them. We didn't use real water, but she loved it just the same.
She made several cups of tea to share with me, and we had great fun having a tea party. She played with only the tea set for several days.
She finally got tired of the tea partying, and decided to relax while using her new Dora rocking chair as a foot stool. Life is so fun and interesting with a 2 year old.

Christmas with family

After opening all of our gifts at home, we headed down to Mom Mom and Pop Pop Krupka's. We waited for Josh and Anna to arrive and then we began to open even more presents. Mikayla got so many gifts from all of the family, she just tossed them all aside and started coloring. She was very overwhelmed by all of the things.
One of her favorite gifts was a chef hat and apron. She wanted to wear it for the rest of the day. She helped me make an apron for Pop Pop, and they both wore them while finishing up making Christmas dinner. Mikayla wore her apron instead of a bib while eating.
The day after Christmas, we went to my Mom's house. All of her kids pooled money to buy her a new TV. She really wanted this particular TV, and she was extremely surprised that she got it from us. Needless to say she loved it!
Mikayla has recently started loving wearing scarves, so Kristi knitted her one for Christmas. She loved it and wore it most of the rest of the day!
Although she really loved the scarf from Kristi, her favorite gift was from Aunt Dana. She got a Minnie Mouse dress and light up sparkly shoes. She put the dress and the shoes on and walked around showing everyone how the shoes lit up. She was very blessed with so many wonderful things from both families. We have tried to keep her grounded, and she seems to not expect lots of things from people. We pray she continues to realize this.

Krupka Christmas

Before we began the exciting journey of opening all of our gifts in our small apartment.











Christmas morning Mikayla woke up to a surprise stocking! She was so excited to see Dora hanging from the beams. She wasn't super excited about Christmas morning, so we decided to surprise her with her new stocking. She thoroughly enjoyed opening all of the fun things inside too.




She loved watching and helping Daddy open his stocking gifts too. Mommy gave him a couple of yummy smelling candles to add to his collection.





Mikayla opened one of her favorite gifts, a Dora puzzle. It may be a little above her skill level, but she absolutely loved trying to put it all together.




We also gave her some fun things for using in the shower. Because we do not have a bath tub, and she has outgrown every kind of tub we can find, she now takes a shower. She loves having new toys and fun things while in the shower. We gave her some foam soap to shape in the shower. She really enjoyed that is smelled like candy canes!

Decorating for Christmas

We took advantage of all the time stuck inside to decorate our tiny tree and hang some other decorations too. Mikayla loved looking at all of the ornaments as she helped hang them on the tree. She also loved hanging all of the stockings. It was such a nice time as a family.

Delaware's Big Snow

This weekend we had our first big snow in a long time. It started Friday evening and went all the way through Sunday afternoon. We had so much that even church was canceled. Matt loves the snow, so of course he went out to play in it. Mikayla wanted to get in on the action too so she patiently got all bundled up to head outside.

Choosing our Christmas Tree

We were going to not have a Christmas tree this year, due to limited space in the apartment. Matt wanted one, but I was overwhelmed at trying to figure where to put it. I drove past Lowes in early December and saw that this year they had small tree tops cut. They were the perfect size for the apartment, and Mikayla loved looking at them.

One evening after Matt got home from work, we loaded into the truck and headed to Lowes. All of their Christmas stuff was already 50% off, so the tree was even cheaper, and we decided to stock up on other Christmas decorations. We all had a great time choosing our tiny tree.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Well once again I have neglected to post for quite some time. We have been extra busy with the Christmas program at church. Now that it is over, things have quieted down some. As I think back over the last week or so, I can't think of anything exciting we have done.

We have just been busy Christmas shopping and wrapping. We have also been finalizing some paperwork for building our house. We had some snow for about 10 hours, and Matt ran sound for the church Christmas program.

Mikayla has an ear infection, now that her tubes have come out of her ears. We are hoping and praying that we caught it early enough to take care of it. We don't want her to have to get tubes yet again.

I think that is all of the highlights of the last week or so, but I'm sure things will pick up even more and I will have more than enough to write about.