Laman and Lemuel

I just wanted to share this funny story. Tonight as I was reading scriptures with Rachel, we were reading the story of the tree of life. When we came to the part where Laman and Lemuel wouldn't eat the fruit, Rachel asked why. i told her it was because they were making wrong choices. She said "AGAIN!! Darn it!"

1st Park Trip of the Year

Rachel was so excited to go to the park. She seems so much older than last year. She can do all the climbing and everything by herself and I only need to watch from a bench. She does like to swing. I pushed her for about twenty minutes where I was constantly requested to push faster and faster. Rachel was so pleased, she said "I'm as high as the trees!" Then she saw a little girls swinging on her stomach and she had to try it for herself.

Rachel does her makeup

Rachel wants to grow up as fast as she can. She often asks me if she is grown up yet. It seems to be taking forever in her opinion. Yesterday she went and got out my makeup case for me. If any of you have seen me do my make up you can see who she is mimicking. (Althought I am not sure why she chose brown for her nose) Rachel herself was thrilled with the result and was rather disheartened when I had her wash it off.

I had to add this video, because I thought it was just so cute.

Today I thought it was such a nice day, and the snow was melted enough to play outside for a bit. Rachel and I got out her bike and she rode up and down the street. She is getting pretty good. It was really difficult for her last year when she got the bike, but her practice is really paying off. When I told her it was time to go in she got really upset and cried. She was actually pretty tired from a long day and fell asleep shortly after stopping crying. I think that we are going to have a bike riding fool on our hands this year!

I hate my hair Mommy...

I tried a new way to do Rachel's hair. I liked it. She didn't think to much of it. She also built her tallest tower ever with lego

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas here in the Andersen house. In the words of my Grandpa, such a Christmas there never was. Rachel was sooooo excited about everything. She could hardly wait until Christmas morning.

This is very first thing Christmas morning, as she is discovering things in her stocking
Here we have pre-Christmas preparations as Rachel uses her cook book to make some special Christmas treats. (most of which she ate herself)