Same ol' Santa

While lots has changed this year with Cheyanne, one thing hasn't… her feelings for Santa Claus.

As you can see Santa's hand/leg in the picture below, this is as close as Chey Chey would let me get this year. Not even a Nemo book from Santa would entice her to get closer. 

If you remember, this is the scene from last year. Not much has changed in a year.

2011.

Poor Santa.

The Giant does not handle his little girl being so upset well so he was already hesitant about taking Chey to see Santa at the Children's Christmas Party on base knowing how she did last year. I had higher hopes for this year since we had been really talking up Santa Claus since our Ralphie elf made his appearance here after Thanksgiving.

I was wrong. She's still not a fan. Sigh. At least she had fun at the rest of the party- away from the big guy.

This girl loves a good bouncy house.

And playing with her daddy.

Our favorite part is the mini Daddy plane that they always have at children's events on base.

Family picture. Can you see us all?

 She did get a jingle bell band that helped make the traumatic visit worth it. Eh, maybe next year.

Our first Easter

No, it wasn't really "our" first Easter, but it was our first Easter (or holiday for that matter) together as an entire family with the Giant home since Cheyanne's birth. First holiday, unless you consider halloween a holiday, then I guess its our second since he left for the Air Force a few weeks after her first halloween- a year and a half ago. Isn't that hard to believe?

We might have gone a little overboard this Easter, but I feel like we were making up for lost time so its acceptable, right? Just look at all that Easter loot that was waiting on her to wake up.

After church, we had our own easter egg hunt in the back yard. 

Lesson learned. Forty-eight eggs is too. many. eggs for an 18 month old little girl. 

Half of that really would have been plenty.

By half way through, the egg hunt became more of an egg pick-up. I may or may not have started tossing them in front of her to hurry things along. 

We even got a thumbs up at the end.

She loved our easter egg hunt so much that we ended having round two at the park with her boyfriend (our 2 year old next door neighbor).

Egg hunting lasted all of a few minutes then quickly turned into just another day at the park with friends.

All in all, it was a fantastic Easter. I don't think I could have asked for anything better. My family together enjoying the sunshine- perfect.