Harper's 4th Birthday Party

We celebrated Harper's 4th birthday at Mercury Gymnastics.

Harper was so excited to see her friends from school!

First, everyone played.  The kids loved all the trampolines.

Then we had cupcakes and cookies.

We opened presents.

Harper had so much fun playing

and hanging out with her friends and family!

Thank you all for coming to the party!

 

Harper's 4th Birthday!

Harper had a great 4th birthday! She couldn't wait to open presents.

We spent the entire day relaxing and playing with new toys.

She loved dancing with her singing Elsa doll.

She zoomed through the house on her scooter.

Monkey got to ride in the new stroller.

We sang Happy Birthday and ate cake.

Later that night, we played video games on the LeapTV system.

Being 4 is lots of fun!

Harper's First Movie!

We took Harper to see her first movie. In the past, we have avoided movies because Harper isn't very skilled at sitting still or being quiet.

Disney's Frozen was playing on Kansas City's largest screen, the Extreme Screen at Union Station and tickets were only $2!  

I thought we might make it through the first 20 minutes before she was bored.  

But she loved the movie and we stayed for the whole thing!  

She was so cute dancing and singing all of the songs.

I tried getting video and pictures, but it was too dark. 

Harper didn't want the movie to end.  

She kept saying, "More Frozen! More Frozen!"

Christmas 2014

Harper might not understand the real meaning of Christmas, 

but she has definitely learned what presents are.

Santa left a pink car under the tree!

After wrecking into the couch, we relocated to the garage.

Ashley even got to go for a ride!

We spent most of Christmas day trying out new toys.

We played lots of games.

That afternoon, we went to Grandpa and Grandma Scott's house.

Uncle Neil helped open presents.

That night the girls slept in their new matching pajamas from Grandpa and Grandma Braley!

What a wonderful Christmas!

 

Santa!

We saw Santa twice this year!

In past years, Harper has been afraid to sit on Santa's lap.

We were pleasantly surprised when we saw Santa at a book fair at Harper's school.

A few weeks later, she saw Santa again at Zona Rosa!

Both times, she was very excited to see Santa!

Beckett Family Christmas Party 2014

Saturday night, we celebrated Christmas with the Beckett side of the family.

Uncle Mike, Aunt Christy, and Cousin Lexi flew in from Colorado.

Ironically, Lexi and Harper worked on a "Time to Share" puzzle.

Everyone loved the new marble tower.

Kinetic Sand was a big hit too!

Harper is really enjoying the Christmas season this year!

November 2014

It's been a busy November!  

We had to say goodbye to our fabulous speech therapist, Miss Tiffany!

Children's Mercy has such a long wait list for therapy that they only allow each child 6 months of treatment.  Harper's 6 months just ended.  Harper loved Miss Tiffany so much! In the 6 months we spent with her, Harper went from speaking only single words like Momma and Dadda to using 4 word sentences really consistently.  She still drops the end consonants of words, which makes her difficult to understand.  We've found a new therapist and start with her next week.  

If she is even half as good as Tiffany, we will be very pleased!

 

We've had lots of fun in November.

We get outside as often as possible. We went to the park

 and played in the leaves.

Ashley & I taught Harper how to play Guess Who.

We colored

and played chase through the house.

We decorated the Christmas tree and are ready for a busy December!