The Daintys

We woke up to sooooo much snow! The kind where you can't get the back door open and you have to shovel your way to the garage to get to the snowblower. Leah and Lucy were both pretty amazed - the snow is deep enough to swallow them both up! We played in the snow while Ryan, bless his heart, began excavating our house. Leah helped shovel us out for a while. What a trooper! Another recent fun event was going to see "Sesame Street Live" on New Year's Eve. We saw Elmo, Grover, the Count, and all of Leah's favorites. The music was pretty awesome - my favorite was a medley of "I love trash" and "We're moving trash," which is a song about decomposition sung by an R&B Beetle. Very fun - Leah was mesmerized.

We finally celebrated our little family Christmas after our trip to Boston. It was actually kind of nice to do it that way...it gave us something to look forward to after our trip. Here are some pictures! Here is Leah sprinkling reindeer feed on our lawn. (Oatmeal to eat, and glitter so they can find our house.) Opening stocking presents. "Christmas" Breakfast of pancakes and turkey bacon. Leah is using all her new Disney gear - plate, silverware, etc. Leah got some fancy new jewelery - how cute are those clip-on earrings?? Merry Christmas to you all!

During Christmas break we traveled to Boston to visit. Despite a massive snowstorm that somewhat limited our activities, we had so much fun. It was a relaxing trip, filled with lots of card games, ring-around-the-rosy, and yummy food. Leah loved playing "motorboat" with Uncle Greg and Grandpa, playing Bananagrams with Grandma and Auntie JJ, and she fell in love with all the cats we encountered. She currently places all new things into one of two categories: scary or nice. She decided the cats were not scary. ("Him not scary, mama. Daddy, the kitty not scary. Him nice!")