Once there was a Snowman

Dani's first snowman. If you're wondering why there is an extra piece of snow on top of his head, it is his "hat".

Pretending to be a snowman.

Snow Suit

We went out to play in the snow today and tried on Dani's snow suit for the first time. She was excited to get out of the condo. Here are some pictures of our outing.

Quack

I always thought ducks flew South for the Winter; But, here they all are, crowded at a pond in the zoo. It is still quite cold here to me.

Happy Birthday Nana!

Second Hair Cut

Before . . . After . . .

Quick Curls . . .

Grandpa came to visit

Tuesday Grandpa had a business meeting in a city nearby, so he drove up to see us. I told Dani that Grandpa was coming to visit and she said "Grandpa happy see you" (meaning Grandpa will be happy to see Dani). She then told me that she was going to play doll house with grandpa.
It didn't take long before she had grandpa down on the floor playing doll house.She also had him build towers for her to knock down. I think he built towers for about a half hour before she was willing to move on to something else.She was very excited to have her picture taken on her bug next to the towers grandpa built. Grandpa was also very nice to take us out to eat one of Dani's favorite foods, noodles. She was finally allowed to leave the house and enjoyed every minute of it.

Shoes

Dani has been sick for a few days. I kept her home from church on Sunday to not spread her sickness and we spent all day Monday at home. Monday night she decided it was time for us to get out of the house. She went and got her shoes and tried very hard to put them on herself. Afterwards she told Dad and I that it was time to go. She ran to our front door and told me "Mama open door!", "Let's go eat!". Unfortunately it was nearly bed time and we were not going to go anywhere. She threw a fit when it was time to get ready for bed and we had to take off her shoes to put on her pajamas. So we compromised and let her put her shoes back on over her pajamas. She went to bed this way and refused to take them off until morning time.

I thought it was quite entertaining watch her problem solve to put her shoes on, so I videotaped it. This was the first time she was able to successfully get both shoes on by herself.