More & More Christmas

We celebrated Christmas with D's family over New Year's. B always loves being able to play with her cousins and, of course, her grandparents.

I'm not sure what started this, but it is common for the grandkids to pile on grandpa at some point during our stay.

We opened our Christmas gifts one evening so the kids could play with them the rest of the time they were there.

The kids had fun with their toys, but they also had a lot of fun with the snow cave Uncle C built in the huge snow mountain grandpa built with the tractor. The tractor rides, sled rides, and four wheeler rides were also great.

More Christmas

On Christmas Eve we went to J's family. The weather was nice compared to home, so B had to get outside and play.

Since B is the only grandchild on J's side, she can get everyone to help her. Here Aunt T and Aunt D catch B before she falls off the mountain unintentionally.

B sliding down the snow mountain. Her first time down she needed some encouragement, but after she made a path she wanted to keep going.

B also really enjoyed sled rides. She even tried to pull grandpa and grandma on the sled. I think she preferred riding it herself though. She had a lot of sled rides over the time we were there.

The family ready for the Christmas Eve program.

Christmas morning. We didn't have much room for ourselves around all the gifts!

B was excited to open her gifts. She got plenty of books, puzzles, and clothes.

She also got her first bike, which she had to ride in G & G's house. Of course, she couldn't ride it herself very well, but by the end of our time there she was getting better at pushing the pedals.

J and her siblings the morning after Christmas. What a silly bunch.

The weather was very nice for the first part of the day, so everyone had to get out and build a snowman in the field behind G & G's house. That meant that I got to go for a walk. I miss that warm weather.

Christmas Begins

B had her Christmas at home this morning before we took off to my parents. We made sure she had a little bit of time to play before we had to leave.

Food for her kitchen.

Daddy even gave her a ride in the living room on the sled.

Playing Sick

We have all had some sickness recently. B likes to demonstrate what it was like when she was sick. Most recently I wasn't feeling the best and B thought it would be fun to imitate me.

B pretending to lay on the couch and sleep with the blanket on. She had to keep one eye open to see if I was taking the picture.

B thinks it is interesting to throw-up into a bucket, and had to pretend to do that as well. She has had several real experiences of that recently. This is not my most favorite thing to pretend, but thankfully it doesn't last long.

Cuddling with the Kitty

B really loves the cat. She follows the cat all over the house, and has to get right up to her face to talk to her. Surprisingly, the cat doesn't mind too much. One day B even laid her head on the cat for quite a while. They both seemed to enjoy it.

Fixing

D had the screw driver out for a project that he was working on. B found it and decided that her vacuum needed to be fixed. She was actually putting the screw driver in the the holes where the screws were, but she couldn't get them out. She worked on this "project" for a while. We thought it was cute. She always wants to be like Daddy.

Snow Suit

I had to go out and scoop the driveway the other day. That means that D was not at home, so B had to come outside with me. Thankfully she had gotten a snow suit from Grandma so she wouldn't be so cold. She loved being outside in the snow while I scooped. She even thought it was fun to lay down in the snow. I couldn't get a lot of pictures since I was busy working, and it was too cold to have the camera outside for very long.

All of B's winter wear, except her snow suit, is pink. I even got her snow boots the other day, but couldn't find them in purple. She doesn't match, and she doesn't care. She loves to walk through the snow, even when she only has on her tennis shoes. We were outside for an hour and she still wasn't ready to come in. Before, she would only last 10 minutes.