She files, she files

I'm interrupting Christmas pictures to post this because it's too cute and I'm afraid I'll forget about it before I share it.  

When we remodeled the kitchen/laundry room, I redesigned the laundry room cabinets to include 2 file drawers.  I have a file cabinet in another room, but I really wanted a drawer for mail and and the top things that seem to pile up on my desk.  So far it's working pretty well.  The bottom drawer is mine, and the top is for Parker's papers that accumulate.  Stuff from school, artwork, etc etc.  I put file folders in there and had starting adding to it when she discovered it and has taken it over.  She sorted everything into categories that made sense to her, and had me make labels and the best part, she actually FILES THINGS.  I'll pull stuff out of her folder from school and remind her "you need to file your stuff" and SHE DOES!  How great is that? 

So if you're keeping score on which side of the family she takes after, put a point my mom's column. 

Back to school outfit

 

 Here's Parker's back to school outfit for today, she put a lot of thought into it, and how she could get the most mileage out of what she got for Christmas.  It looks wackier in person.  

She's wearing: a bejeweled headband, Hello Kitty shirt (old), ruffly vest, ruffly skirt, leggings underneath, tall black boots that look like fireman galoshes on her skinny legs, her latest Color Me book bag which is adorned with a bejeweled glow-in-the-dark hand sanitizer holder.  I think I got it all. 

Christmas Morning

I'm going to attempt to get caught up on posting pictures and blogging.  I have quite a backlog, but my pictures are in several different cameras and phones so it's tough to get them all downloaded at once.

We went to Bob's folks house for Christmas this year.  Parker actually went 3 days earlier to spend some extra time with her Gigi and Papa and her cousin Peyton.  That worked out REALLY well for me...it's amazing how much (holiday errand-wise) you can accomplish without 'help'. 

By all reports, they had a great time.  Gigi got them matching hats, and Christmas morning, they set their alarms on their itouches so they didn't oversleep, put on their hats and came out to check out the gifts that santa had left. 

Parker is showing off her 'Mazing Hamster dressed like Santa.  A very specific request that was on her Christmas list.  She also got an Easy Bake Oven, a woven bracelet kit, Bendaroos, puzzles, a cheapie lap desk she had her eye on forever,a new art set, a new bathrobe and more stuff I can't remember.  The biggest hit of all may be the new robe (not pictured)....she wears it as often as possible, like Fred Sanford.

More pics coming soon.....