Swimming And Christmas Parties

Dear Riley,
Some annoying little virus has invaded your cute little body, causing some occasional crankiness and some lovely discharge coming out of your nose. We took you to your first Christmas party last night, where we attempted to leave you with some babysitters in a separate part of the house and hang out with some adults, and you lasted a little over a half hour before the baby sitter came running down into the house with you in her arms and you had huge crocodile tears running down your face and you reached out for Daddy like you'd never see him again. So, you got to stay and play with the adults whom you seemed to enjoy much more than the kids. Dave and Tanya had a stainless steel trash can which you figured out that you could see yourself in and were soon in love with. You are a funny little critter, Miss Riley. You also had your last swimming lesson for this session yesterday and for once you didn't seem to mind "jumping" off the wall. You still won't blow bubbles, but laugh at Daddy whenever he does it. You are such a terror to all the other kids but you can't help it you just like to play with them! It's funny to see you go after kids who are bigger than you and they start crying.
Love you as big as the air that Shaun White got in the Grand Prix finals at Copper today,
Momma