by jessicaperkins | Jan 11, 2010 | 2009, Christmas, department, fighters, fire, Santa
We were at Layla’s Grandparents’ house for Christmas Eve this year. Along with the traditional Seafood Feast we enjoy there every year we also decorated the tree: My first Tinsel Experience!! Every year the local fire department sends out a truck with...
by jessicaperkins | Jan 3, 2010 | activity, baking, Christmas, cookies, fun
One of my holiday traditions is making Christmas cookies. I was so excited to share this tradition with Layla. My Mom had a great idea in finding these little, mini, icing gel tubes – small and easy enough for little hands to manipulate, squeeze, and draw....
by jessicaperkins | Dec 28, 2009 | Christmas, day, fun, outside, snow
The Snow in the suburbs is still around on Christmas Day…and Layla finally has snow boots! So she put them on, along with her “baby suit” (her word for snowsuit) and stepped out into the fresh, untouched snow. Uncle Jonathan was a trooper and...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 26, 2009 | Christmas, comcast, family, fun, outing, spectacle, spectacular
On one of the whitest, snowiest days the Philly has ever seen, we ventured out into the “city.” Yes, we took our stroller – flipped the handle bar around so that the “big wheels” were in front – and trudged through the December snow...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 23, 2009 | Christmas, funny, kids, said, Tree
We were putting up our Christmas Tree lights and Layla was pointing to the bulbs, trying to name the colors. Then she touched them.”Hot. Hot.”the blowing sound”I cool down.”more sounds.
by jessicaperkins | Dec 18, 2009 | art, Christmas, fun experiment, paint, painting
Layla has been cooped up in the house for the past two weeks because she has been sick. Yuck! Recently I had the feeling she just needed something new to do. Something novel. Something we don’t do very often. It was all ready night time but I just knew it had to...
