The Story of the Snow Globe

So, the other day, I talked myself into a corner with Taidyn. At least it was an affordable mistake. ;)

Taidyn's infatuation with Barbie has led to many desires -- among them dolls, dresses and, most recently, a snow globe. Her interest in a snow globe comes from the "Barbie in A Christmas Carol movie, in which Barbie shares hers with her little sister, Kelly.

While visiting my family in Oregon last month, Cass and I found a cute little snow globe at Walgreens a few days after Christmas. It was .75 cents, I think, because the store was trying to clear out all of its holiday merchandise. We bought it and surprised Taidyn with it.

"Oooohhhh, a snow globe!!!" she squealed. A moment later, she said, "Now I have my very own snow globe just like Kelly."

That lasted, well, about five minutes. As Taidyn was romping around my parents' house, she tripped and fell in the kitchen. The snow globe shattered on the wood floor.

Fast forward to a few days ago. I picked up Taidyn at day care and asked her if she wanted to go help me pick up a few things at the store.

"Probably they have snow globes at the store," she told me.

"Maybe," I said. Thinking that snow globes were a Christmas-only type of thing and that no store would still have any in stock, I mistakenly added, "If they have a snow globe, you can get one."

As soon as we got into the store, Taidyn went on her mission. She searched aisle after aisle, shelf after shelf. She told a few shoppers, "I'm looking for a snow globe!" On the second-to-last aisle, Taidyn hit paydirt, proudly looked up at me and announced, "A snow globe!"

Of course, I couldn't say no because I had made her a promise. I'm glad it was only a $1.

She toted the snow globe, an Easter-themed one with a bunny inside of it, to the checkout lane. There, Taidyn ran across a woman whom she had seen in one of the aisles.

"You found one!" the woman said to her.

Taidyn looked at her and said, "I told my daddy they probably had a snow globe at the store."

Did she just stick it to me, or what?

JOB WELL DONE, DADDY!

This weekend daddy went to the annual Wyoming Press Association convention, while mommy and I spent some quality time together.

While there, daddy found out he won two first-place awards for his writing and press releases.

We are so proud of you!

Thanks for coming home so early today! Mommy and I missed you A LOT!!!!

Christmas Wishes Granted

We just wanted to blog about our holiday celebrations.

We traveled to and from Oregon this Christmas. We visited with family, went to the Portland Children's Museum, had a photoshoot, saw an incredible holiday light show and had a few (needed) date nights! (see photos)

Thank you to all of you who spoiled our daughter this year with love, hugs & kisses and pressies. She is enjoying all of her new wonderful toys, games and books.

We played one of her new games (Cat in the Hat: I Can Do That) for the first time last night. We all thought this game was hysterical! We all had a blast trying to complete our different challenges. Surprisingly, Taidyn was the winner in both games ... even though her daddy had to slide under the trick-a-ma-stick, on his belly, with a cake balanced on his head. Wow, what a challenge, but he did it!!! In the end he ended up with a score of 23 and Taidyn 24. Sorry daddy, you lose ... again! ;)

The most prized pressies this year ... The Alexa purple dress with long dark hair wig and purple necklace. (see photos) That's our silly little girly girl.

We hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday season as much as we did.

Happy New Year ... 2009 has begun!