Cassidy's Bad Day: Three going on Thirteen

Yesterday when I picked Cassidy up from school, our conversation went like this...

Mama:     How was your day today?
Cassidy:  Not good.  I had a bad day.
Mama:     Why?  What happened?
Cassidy:  Caleb knocked over my block tower and Becca and Emmy aren't my best friends anymore.
Mama:     What?!  Why did Caleb knock over your tower?
Cassidy:  I don't know.  I was building a castle, but he knocked down my tower so I couldn't.
Mama:    What happened with Becca and Emmy?
Cassidy:  I messed up their bird cake and now they aren't my friends anymore.
Mama:    Well, did you mess up their bird cake on purpose, or was it an accident?
Cassidy:  On purpose.
Mama:    Hmmm.. Do you think that was nice?
Cassidy:  No.
Mama:    Well, I'll bet if you tell them you are sorry, they'll forgive you and still be your friends.
Cassidy:  Okay.

This morning, Cassidy declared that she was going to forgive Becca and Emmy and be friends again.

Christmas Festivities in Mississippi

Mama and Cassidy spent the weekend up at Nana and Papas.  We drove to a "Story of Jesus" display by a local church where along a 1/2 mile stretch of road, various scenes are depicted showing various parts of the timeline leading to Jesus' birth.  It was neat, but Cassidy was kind of done being in a car after the drive up to Mccomb.

The next day we went to see Santa Claus who was in a parade in a nearby town.  Naptime prevented us from making it to the parade (wouldn't you know that'd be the day Cassidy slept for 2 hours) but we met Santa afterwards at the post-parade celebration.

Waiting in line to see Santa.

Getting her face painted.

Dora and Diego's appearance was a nice surprise for Cassidy!

St. Nick's

Although I published this on December 6th, we actually overslept that morning, so Cassidy didn't get her loot until the 7th.  Gifts from St. Nick included a baby doll to take in the bath, a Dora craft kit for making a necklace or bracelet, a Froggie sponge, The Velveteen Rabbit, a Dora book and Diego Book, a small Etch-a-sketch, and some candy. 

 St. Nick loves the Dollar General Store!