Snow Day

Lilly is such a home-body and sometimes I have to bribe her or sound REALLY excited to get her to go anywhere in the afternoons after her nap. Yesterday, Pete took her outside to play while I was out running errands and they had a blast. Today, we all went out. It was as if I was torturing Lilly to get her to go outside. She was crying as I put her snowpants on and it was taking extra long to get her ready (as those of you with kids know, you are outside just about as long as it takes to get ready to go outside). The minute we got outside, she threw herself in the snow and was a completely different child. Anyway, we were outside for almost an hour and Lilly was having the time of her life...rolling in the snow, making snow angels, throwing the snow, eating the snow (gross, but she insisted it tasted like fruit snacks!?), and dragging her sled full of snow on "a little trip" (as she called it) down the sidewalk. She also had fun with Pete running her in the sled up and down the sidewalk and driveway.

eating the snow (really, I had to threaten her to stop this)


eating more snow


having fun!


standing on her snow mountain

Christmas and stuff

Here are some pictures from Christmas and the holiday season. We had a great time with Pete's whole family in town! Lilly had a horrible cold, so she looks a little like rudolph in some of the pictures, but she loved Christmas morning! Her favorite presents are shown below.

Lilly helping to make salt-dough ornaments


reading with mommy


glitter everywhere!


her favorite toy now...the dollhouse


A close second, Mike-n-Ikes!
The other favorite present was this huge tin of popcorn that our friend, Kevin and his brother, Jeffrey brought us after Christmas. She still talks about the popcorn and "our friends Kevin and Jeffrey" They will forever be associated with popcorn.


holding cousin Peter


eating dinner with Jane


having a picnic lunch with Danny and Jane