Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas every one. We hope you all had an enjoyable holiday. We had a nice quiet day with Nana and Papa.
Stockings hung for Santa

Aunt Cindy came by Saturday afternoon.

Katie was happy she could reach the peddles.Took it for a little spin outside Sunday morning.

SNOW !!!!!!!

Well we had some snow fall over the weekend. Close to 2 feet I would say - if not more. Luckily it was on the weekend - Bill did a wonderful job keeping the snow down around the house. He as out there every few hours shovelling or plowing the snow.
Katie had her shovel - she was ready to help. I kept telling her that the snow was very deep and it may not be very fun to play in - but she insisted on going out at 8 am sunday morning.

Saturday - Bill took her for a little sleigh ride down the sidewalk - she had a blast

WHEEEEE

I don't think Jibe was very fond of the snow.

I don't know why she insisted on trudging to the back of the yard. Sunday morning I had to walk out and carry her back in. We cleared a spot by the door but she likes to go out by the fence - crazy dog , thought she was going to have a heart attack.

Sunday morning she was ready to play. She tried very hard to walk in the snow like she did the night before but it was just too deep.

She did enjoy sitting in the snow. I threw her in a few times - she liked it, but wasn't able to get out on her own.

Mommy - help!

Painting

We have been painting and cleaning the house - getting it ready to place on the market. Katie has wanted to help ( If only we could get her to donate all her stuffed animals ) , and she has been asking to paint.
She did very well for about 5 minutes - then the brush got too heavy.

She tried the roller but that was really heavy. She was doing well until she stepped into the bucket of paint.

Very emotional. She got paint on her foot and her purple pants. Not a good time :(

Updates - Thanksgiving

OK - its been a while - just haven't had much "free" time but here goes. We all drove to NC for Thanksgiving this year - a long trip but always nice to see Nana and Papa.
Nana joined a "band", she plays the dulcimer and we went to her concert - it was fun.

We feed the ducks and sea gulls by the water. Bill hates to do this but I get a kick out of it.

Papa threw some bread over Bill's head - which attracted many sea gulls and scared Bill - it was kind of funny.

Here the men are enjoying the play ground. Katie had a good time running around but it was a bit cold.

Thanksgiving morning we took the boat for a sail while Nana stayed home and cook. The weather was OK, but not much wind.

Katie made herself right at home on the boat.

Stringing some popcorn and cranberries for Nana's tree - didn't go over very well ( Katie just wanted to eat the popcorn)

The best part about NC is the indoor swimming pool ( OK maybe not the best part ) . Katie went swimming every day - she loves the water.

Ready for take off

Stopped by Bills' work the other day. She sat in a helicopter - too cute.

Sleeping

Katie has taken to sleeping in the closet. I try to put extra bedding on the floor to give her support - she doesn't complain. I did it a few times as a kid but not to her extent. Its been a few weeks now. What a weird kid I have.

We have since cleaned the closet also.