December pictures! (and maybe some verbal updating...)

Justin's work had a Christmas party for the kids, so we decided to take Rebecca to it, figuring she'd at least be able to eat a candy cane and maybe colour or make an ornament. It turned out that she was able to participate in nearly everything they had available for the children, although we did have to modify things a little for her! I love how they make it so easy to bring kids of all ages to their stuff! :)

This is a little snowman bell ornament we made... she was getting a kick out of shaking it there. We have to get ourselves a gluegun though, because that thing just doesn't want to stay together!!

And... a picture with 'saint' Nick... no, really, his name is Nick! Kinda funny, but anyway. This was how the kids got their little treat bag or stuffed toy-- they had to go see him. Rebecca was the only child under probably 3 that didn't scream or cry, lol!

Oh, and no, we're not doing Santa with Christmas.

The weather has truly been frightful much of the last couple of months... if it isn't freezing (literally) it's pouring rain... and sometimes it does both! But, we do have the occasional reprieve in which we can actually get outdoors to do more than take a walk, so here are a few pictures from a nice day. :)




The following is what happens when you give Rebecca a really mushy banana. It ends up ALL OVER HER.

A cute banana story from a couple of days ago...

We are teaching Rebecca some ASL while we await her verbal communication, and so one of the words she knows (we've discovered) is banana. She walked quite purposefully into the room I was in signing eat, and then something else... and I thought, "Oh, maybe she's asking for a banana.." So I asked her if she was wanting a banana, and she looked at me, went right into the kitchen and stood under the bananas and kept making that sign and pointing at the bananas! She made her banana disappear in about 2 minutes or less, lol!

And... apparently Rebecca really takes after me in many ways. Here she is feeding Cinders... piece. by. piece. She got a cup of food out of the bag (which I hadn't realized she knew how to open), and sat down with Cinders and fed her every single piece, and then tried to get me to let her have more to feed the dog! When I was little I used to sit and feed our dog as well. :) At least Rebecca doesn't like the taste of the dog food, because I also used to eat the food! :)