Thanksgiving snow

What a happy visit for thanksgiving we had with Patrick's side of the family. We left a night early to get ahead of the bad weather and its a good thing we did, it began snowing Wednesday morning and it picked up to cover us with a foot of snow or more. 

Here comes the snow!

And it snowed... 

Story time with Pop Pop

And it really snowed! 

The next morning we played outside, before the sun even touched the ground. Emma, in her new snowsuit loved laying on, jumping in, and sliding down the snow. Eating it was also a popular thing with her and she'd say she was an animal in a nest and the snow was her food. 

First icicle! 

Snow baby 

As soon as we got home we got right back into our snow gear and got the sleds out from the shed to have some more fun. Emma really is loving winter as an active and adventurous two-and-a-half year old!

Also big and special was Emma's connection with her Mimi and Pop pop this visit. Sometimes she would be eating a snack and decide on her own that she would bring some to Mimi and Pop pop and would immediately spin around in her chair and slide off to the floor, setting out with a handful of cracker crumbs or pieces or dry cereal while stating confidently 'Pop pop loves penguins!(crackers)' or 'Mimi will have some!' Sometimes she'd go looking for them, and if she didn't see them on the first floor of their house she'd start asking, 'where's Mimi? Where are Pop pop?'

 'Where are him?'

On our last night there (Friday) Emma gave Mimi and Pop pop both goodnight hugs and kisses. So very sweet to see our little girl knowing and loving our family outside of our little home. 

November

An evening with sugar and television.

Well, Halloween was a wonderful event for our family with pumpkin waffles for breakfast, pumpkin carving in the afternoon, a long nap (for Emma) before suiting up in our costumes and joining our friends at the party. All the girls in there costumes together was much adorable! We did a little 'treating' after but Emma wanted to head home at a reasonable hour.. ;-) 

The 'tricking' is what I experienced today.. With a little sugary sweets from Halloween and also being treated to probably an hours worth of age appropriate TV programming over the course of a day (thank you Netflix), Emma morphed into a boisterous, unruly, demanding wild child. Can I say holy s*** for the one and only time on my blog? Alright then. I'm still recovering, and she's certainly still reeling from the effects of so much stimulation because bedtime was nightmarish and she's already woken up once in a fit.

So: TV, Sugar... The daddy and I enjoy you in moderation and I like being in control of our relationship but you are just Not Right for our daughter at this time. 

Regards, 

The mommy.