The end of October was crazy-busy for us with Kensley's 3rd birthday and Halloween. Kensley had a princess birthday party complete with her greatest buddies. The following night we participated in trick-or-treating where Kensley was a ...... PRINCESS! She finally decided to be Belle. Her prince pulled her around the neighborhood in the wagon, as her princess shoes were less comfortable in the streets than at home.
The month of November has come and gone and Kensley was ecstatic to enjoy some family time at Thanksgiving - as were we. Now that we are back for December, we have Buddy - The Elf on the Shelf and Kensley is behaving quite well. When she does something that is questionable, she looks to Buddy to see if he's taking note to tell Santa or not. Assuredly, he is. Buddy is a little different from his counterparts. He doesn't change his position when he jets off to the North Pole, at least not yet. I think Kensley finds comfort in knowing his whereabouts.
This year, Kensley has asked for a big, black truck for Christmas and a Barbie house. (????) She says she wants a truck like Daddy's and a house for her Barbies. (She has one.) We gave her multiple opportunities to change her request, but she's held close to her longings this year. When I finally said, "Kensley what makes you think Santa is going to bring you a truck?" She said without missing a beat, "Because the elves are in the North Pole building it for me." Rest assured, if Santa hadn't gotten the memo, we sent it to him asap and Santa's elves quickly began working on that truck. That big, black truck.
Decorating her Christmas tree in her room
