Rachel's Christmas Wish

I asked Rachel a few mornings ago what she wanted for Christmas and without skipping a beat, she said, "A basement". When I asked her why she wanted a basement, she replied - in a voice that clearly said I should have known the answer - "Because all of my friends have basements!". This really isn't true. Very few of her friends have basements. So I asked her which friends and she said, "Grandma Lenger, Grandma Debbie, Payton, Jordyn." So, that is what she wants! Grandparents, you might have to pool your money for this one - or bring your shovels!

Rachel's Ballet Mini-Show

On Tuesday, Rachel had her "recital" for her dance class. It was at the Y where she takes her class and parents were able to sit in the room and watch. She was adorable, of course! The lighting was pretty bad in the room and our camera didn't do well with it, so please excuse the poor quality of the pictures.

Star Wars

Rachel has become very, very interested in Star Wars. She saw it one night while flipping channels with Matt and was instantly mesmerized. So Matt rented Empire Strikes Back and we finished it up tonight. She saw the part where Luke Skywalker dreams about fighting Darth Vadar and we explained that it was just a dream and it wasn't really happening. Later in the movie when Luke starts a real fight with Vadar, Rachel sat up, put her finger in the air and said, "Now that is what I call NOT a dream!". The way she said it was hilarious - I have no idea where gets her words from. Oh, she also thinks Darth Vadar is "pretty".

Movie Night!

We had nothing planned for tonight, so we decided to do a movie night! We got in our jammies, camped out on the living room floor, ate popcorn and watched Sleeping Beauty. Rachel ran and hid during the scary parts and Matt pretended to be just as scared. She loved it! It was one of those perfect evenings.

I'll give you a hint . . .

Last night we went to the gym and Rachel went to childcare for a while. When Matt went to pick her up, the childcare worker was laughing and told him that after Rachel had gotten dropped off, the worker told her that she was sorry but that she had forgotten her name and asked Rachel what it was. Rachel said, "I'll give you a hint . . . it starts with an 'R'." Luckily, the worker guessed Rachel pretty quickly. Crazy girl!

Harvest Festival

This evening we went to a Harvest Festival at the church where Rachel goes to preschool. There were all kinds of games for the kids and a hayride. The best game was a gummy worm contest. The kids had to move gummy worms covered in chocolate syrup from one plate to another. We're very proud to say that our Rachel was the winner in the preschool division! :-) She still has chocolate up her nose!

Rachel and Ben

The day of Rachel's upper GI I took her to Chuck E. Cheese as a reward for doing the test. We asked our friends Kim and Ben to join us and Rachel and Ben had a great time! While we were there, the kids got their pictures done in a photo booth. We've decided they have to get married some day - if for nothing else than the extremely cute slideshow we could put together for them!