Snow Day

We had a snow day on Friday that was exactly what I’ve needed. I had the day off already, so when it started snowing the night before and continued off and on all day Friday it just added to the coziness. K liked the snow, but hates having anything on her head so it was hard for her to handle having a hat or hood for more than a few minutes at a time. We had a lot of short trips outside, and enjoyed it from the windows (every window in the house has hand and nose prints at toddler level now). The first trip outside, she looked and pointed and repeated “wha da?” (what’s that) over and over.

She learned how to put ornaments on the tree herself - every time she gets one she smiles and claps and often also says “I di ih” (I did it). That said, we’re also really getting into a phase (it is a phase, right?) of testing boundaries constantly and the tree is becoming a big one. I thought we were in the clear after a week of having it up and playing with it and the ornaments gently but she’s taken to ripping the lights off and trying to run off with them. If we have any pine needles left on the bottom three feet of the tree  by Christmas I’ll be happy!

When we came in from the last trip out in the snow where it was coming down in great big fluffy clumps, she sat herself down by the tree, picked this book and opened to this page on her own - so cute! She studied that page for more than a minute (very rare). I think she got it that the book had snow and she had snow.