Day 157: I'm ready, Grandma

I decided steps are kinda nice with toddlers. Yes, it's a pain carrying ZJ up and down the steps every day, but she does it herself sometimes and gets some great exercise, and my mom discovered that it's a great place to set her while getting ready to go out.

Day 156: Oops, Panda book in the laundry

I washed Zaria's bedding today. Yeah, I think it's been a couple of months-- it's such a pain to try to get sheets off the crib with the crib bumpers and everything. She usually sleeps on a blanket that's above the sheet, so it doesn't get dirty all that quickly anyway. Wouldn't you know it, I missed the book with the other bedding items, and this panda had a bath.

Day 155: Labeling your cookies

Day 154: Snow day

I decided to see if Zaria would still fit in her bouncer play gym, and she does, though she is getting a little big for it. It's supposed to snow about 2-6 inches today, so I opened the curtains up wide for us to look out at it while she played. It looked so cold out, I put tights on Zaria after taking this picture.

Day 153: Superbowl cuts

After watching an amazing game of football (hooray for the NY Giants upsetting the Patriots!) we decided it was time for Jamin to get another haircut. I think it turned out pretty well, and I only got one or two suggestions from Jamin that we should just get a Flowbee. No bowl was used either. Jamin did discover that wearing socks is probably a bad idea. They were covered with hair when we were done and it was very hard to get off. It was nice of him to sweep up after, though.

Day 152: Art Shanties on Medicine Lake

For the second year, Jamin, Zaria and I have taken the trek to Medicine Lake to see the Art Shanties. It's really fun and I recommend it. Every year in late January to mid-February a bunch of artists put together ice-fishing houses, or shanties that are artwork. Some of them are just normal fish houses that contain art, and others are in fun shapes, like the robot pictured behind Jamin (below). Above was a shanty filled with mobiles. I made the one that has the toy sheep on it while we listened to a car accident story by one of the artists. Zaria had fun crawling around in there and watching their black Labrador. I was surprised at how well our little umbrella stroller did on the lake. There had been just enough melting and re-freezing to make it pretty smooth.

Day 151: Reflections

We've been trying to keep Zaria away from pushing all the buttons on the TV, which has been quite a challenge since she enjoys seeing the TV go on and off, but it's fun for her to see her reflection in the glass. I did this reflection shot while we were playing around with the Taiko drum as a distraction from those buttons.