Oops Christmas Again

I was organizing pictures and realized I forgot to post the ones of the Stegall Family skate party. The whole extended family gets together for ice skating, pizza and dirty santa and has a grand old time. Here are some fun photos from this/last year :)

Glenda the Good Witch

Pierce and I attended a lovely benefit for the Birmingham Children's Theater on Saturday night.
The theme was "A Night in Oz" and it was so much fun! It would have been more fun if she had napped that day, but still a great event. I donated my time by having a photo booth where the kids could have their photo made with the Wizard of Oz characters. Pierce helped me test the lights when we first got there.
She loved the dance floor!
And the yellow brick road. She followed it a lot.
She was a little unsure about the characters, but studied them thoroughly. Tin Man is the nursery supervisor at our church. Or something, I'm not actually sure what his title is! But Pierce had no idea.

SNOW!

Pierce has had snow at least once, every year of her life thus far. Kind of amazing, considering it had been years since we'd seen snow here in Birmingham before 2007. We had a blast yesterday, making snow balls, snow men, snow angels and snow ice cream. Here's some proof.



Here she looks sweet and inquisitive.

What you don't know is that she threw a snowball in his face!!

Wald Park

I have Tuesdays off from my real job, so Pierce and I always have the best time. This past Tuesday was GORGEOUS, I'm sure you noticed, so we headed out to a park. My BFF and her little boy, Cash, joined us at Wald Park in Vestavia. I've been there a few times, but not with Pierce at this age and let me just say... Go. It is wonderful. We didn't feel like we had to stand right with them every single second, and they were totally entertained. We stayed for 3 hours. Here is some of the fun.

She really didn't want me to take her picture.




I LOVE this series. As I started shooting, Cash said he was ready to get off. I asked him to hug his mom for a pic and he walked right off with this smirk on his face. Stinker!

Elefun Fun

Have you ever played Elefun? It's an adorable game where a little elephant blows butterflies out of his trunk and the kiddos catch the butterflies with a net. Pierce has played it at our friend Cash's house and loved it! I always have trouble getting her in the car as we leave Emi's house, so today I had a flash of genius and asked her if she'd like to MAKE the game at our house. She was in the car in NO time and after a little construction, we had so much fun! She's obsessed with "shows" (tv shows) and we're trying to limit the amount she watches. This is very hard in the cold weather we've been having. I can tell you that our homemade Elefun fun was the longest she's gone without asking for a show in ages!!! Yay for creativity!

Also, did I mention Baby #2 will be here in July? I don't know who knows!


Please notice the pink butterfly flying over her head and the one taking off of her hand. Success!!! She liked this better than catching them.

Christmas 2009

This Christmas was wonderful! Pierce didn't completely get it, but enough that it was completely full of fun. She was a little confused about where Santa was on Christmas morning since we told her he was coming. But the gifts he left were a quick distraction. Here's the running commentary:

Santa left a few more things than just the pink lollipop and candycanes.
He left a candy cane trail to the presents!

So happy about the pink lollipop.
Don't forget the stocking!

Testing out the new microphones! (Although Santa didn't leave batteries.)
Adidas warm-up suit from Daddy. She loves it. Obviously.
The wrapping paper pile at Oobas is always a favorite.
Thank you Daddy!!!!!
Hagen got a steering wheel cover from our Daddy. Pierce insisted on a bath about halfway through the unwrapping. When she got out she had on her house shoes and just LOVED Aunt Hagen's "hulaloop."
She LOVES her cousin Isaac. Loves.
And she loves Dodo and Dede's dog, Clancy. This is my favorite pic.