St. Nicholas Eve & Day (Dec 5 & 6, 2012)

Andrew Pullens and family invited us to their house on December 5, 2012 to celebrate St. Nicholas Eve with them. This is a European Holiday where you shine your shoes the night before and then place them out for  St. Nicholas to visit during the night. You can leave food for St. Nicholas an his horse and he will leave a small gift in your shoes for the next day. The Pullens family let us use their shoe polish and brushes and then sent us home with instructions and supplies for St. Nicholas' visit. Here are some pictures of Alissa on the Morning of St. Nicholas Day.

Our Elf on the shelf found Alissa's treats before we woke up in the morning. That silly Elf on the Shelf.

Alissa received a special ring that she is wearing in the bottom right picture. She took it to daycare and promptly lost the gem out of the ring. Poor Alissa came home in tears and was broken hearted. A few days later, one of Alissa's providers, Ashley brought the ring to daycare with a new gem in it. She had taken the ring home, found a new gem, and glued it into the ring for Alissa. Ashley is so sweet. Alissa idolizes her and is always talking about her. Here are some of Alissa's quotes about Ashley:

"Mommy, will you rub my cheek the way Ashley does?"

"Mommy, your rubbing my back wrong. Please do it the way Ashley does it."

"Ashley, it's o.k. for you to read stories to the other kids as long as they don't sit on your lap. That is my lap."
When the daycare owner, Jen, heard this comment, she laughed and said, "Ashley, I'm going to come over and sit on your lap." Alissa promptly put out her hand and said, "Jen, you are too big for Ashley's lap."

"Mommy, I want to wear that U of U shirt today because Ashley has one like it."

"Mommy, will you pretend your Ashley and drive me to Disneyland in our pretend car?"

Ashley and Alissa have a special relationship. We are so happy that Alissa loves her daycare and can spend her day with such great people.