ahh, play doh. thank you!

we have a new obsession...play doh.  it dries tears, cures tantrums, and stays under her nails for days.  we love our play doh.  or, as A says it, play doze.

and also, here are some cute pics from the week.  she spent a lot of time in pjs, played in the snow (she has a love/hate relationship with it), smooched her baby kinda-cousin, and rocked another family pizza night.  she is so silly, fun, and in the midst of toddlerhood...which we adore.

yet another magic moment

this morning, she found her shadow.  and yes, she was a bit afraid of it.  :)

the joys of toddlerhood

can you imagine a world where everything - everything - is new to you?  that's the magic of toddlerhood.  everything is SO exciting, from the snow boots that she wants to wear every day to learning how to say "excuse me" (sounds more like noomie, but she'll get there!).  this weekend was her first time playing in the snow, and we had many moments of "MOOOOOMMMMMMYYY!" because she fell and...well...she couldn't get up.  here are a few pics:

first, the bundled pics.  she tolerated this better than i thought she would (probably because she was wearing the magic boots)...the mittens were HUGE on her, but that's alright...she was warm!

and here she is outside.  i swear, i was out there playing with her for a while in my oh-so-flattering snow pants, but these were taken from the comfort of my kitchen while i sipped hot cider.  (that's why the color looks weird -- i was shooting them through the sliding glass door.)  anyway:

we hope you were safe in the snow...and get ready for another few inches!  hopefully we'll be able to make a snowman this time!

a very merry christmas!

so, i'm a bit late posting this...but that's the story of my life!  the last two weeks of december were the busiest of the year, with parties, presents, etc...but it was all good stuff (except for the last day of the vacation where i spent it in the ER, but that's neither here nor there).  we had a blast, and seeing her excitement over santa and the abominable snow monster were probably the highlights of the month.  


she was very excited, and kept saying "more presents open???" whenever her present pile was depleted.  it was magic.  :)  


here are a few pics.


first, the poor snow monster.  this is the ornament that we picked out for her because she is in love with this guy, and we thought it was wood (read: unbreakable).  turns out that he's plastic, and he was dropped onto the hardwood floor.  he lost his face...but she still loves him!  i don't think she even noticed!

here she is on christmas eve, with her beloved snow monster.  (before the accident)

and here are some shots from christmas morning.  she LOVED her tunnel, and i got some great smiley shots of her!  (rest assured, my man was also wearing plaid pjs.  in fact, my mom got plaid pjs for the entire fam...it was a theme!)

and santa didn't forget about daisy!  she got a supposedly indestructible chew toy -- the toughest that the make (read: $40!!!).  there's some truth to that, though...she still hasn't killed it!  we usually can't find toys to last longer than 5 minutes.

and here we are, dressed in real clothes on christmas day!  we had SUCH a good time!  great food, great family, lots of laughs, and no drama.  a perfect holiday.  yay!

we hope that you had a great holiday, too!