Since Elaine probably wont stumble upon my blog....

It's probably safe to let yall know some of the presents we got for the kids. For Elaine's birthday, December 17th (9years), I ordered her an MP3 player that can pick up the local radio stations and play MP3s. She's listening to music more lately, a sign she is growing up.

For Christmas from us, Elaine's getting a 'Tangled' Barbie doll. She loved that movie, thus her costume in October. The other thing she's getting from us is the boardgame 'Operation' and a 'Toy Story' Wii game.

For Christmas from us, Allan is getting a Captain America shield, which is also a functional frisbee. He's also getting a 'Avengers' Wii game. He's very much into the 'Avengers' (who are Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Ant Man, and Iron Man).

All of the Avengers

We didn't get them any DVDs, but I can recommend some they'd enjoy. Allan liked Thor, Captain America, and Kung Fu Panda 2 this year. He said before that he wants the Iron Man movies. He'd play with action figures from any of those movies. He's more into heroes than cars this year. He plays a lot with his Transformers and ‘Bionicle Hero Factory’ toys, and Legos. In tops and jeans he wears a size 7. Socks he's a size 2.

Elaine loved 'Tangled', but she doesn't have it. She'd like Princess Diaries, Bolt, Monsters vs Aliens, or any of the Toy Story DVDs.  Other things she'd like are beginner sheet music for her keyboard, warm snow boots (size 3 or larger), magnetic earrings (her ears closed up) and nail polish. She likes monkeys, butterflies, astronomy, and peace signs, if that gives yall any gift ideas. Her favorite colors are aqua and pink.

This shirt is a woman's size Small, taken last week.

Clothing is tricky for Elaine. We just bought her a winter coat... had to be a woman's small to fit around her tummy. She can wear a child's XL (14-16) shirt or dress, or woman's small shirts for a looser fit (but we'd have to roll up long sleeves). 
When we get her woman's small capri leggings, they are the right size and the correct length. Otherwise, I end up altering her pants to be 6 inches shorter, since they are meant for adults. Skirts are very convenient, since they can fit at the waist and not be too long on her. Everything we get that goes around her tummy is elastic, like cute gaucho pants (her fav) and leggings.