Boots.

With all the snow shoveling, trekking through the snow and need for having my boots on to do pretty much anything lately, I have had my snow boots in an easy to reach spot by our front door. I found Elena trying to put them on the other day so I thought I would help her have a little fun~

Pretty cute!

Coloring.

When we saw how much Elena's friend Lunden loved coloring, we decided to go out and get Elena her own crayons and coloring book too. Might as well find some more indoor activities that she likes while it is so cold right? After her afternoon nap I decided to break them out and see what she thought. She thought coloring was pretty fun!


Look at the sheer concentration on her face! Too funny.

The coloring lasted about 5 minutes and then she was more interested in dumping the crayons out of the box and putting them back in - that lasted about 20 min! Ha ha - go figure! I'm sure she will like coloring more and more. :)

Elena's 1st piece of art!

Snow fun.

Today I took Elena out in the snow like I had promised her yesterday. :) 1st we got all bundled up - what a pain! By the time we had all her layers on we were both about ready to just scrap the whole idea and stay in by the fire! But after all that work we just had to go out, at least for a little while. Here Elena is with her first layer and a half on~

She thought she looked pretty cool!

Following 2 more layers we headed out. I guess it is a little hard to walk all bundled up like that!!

Elena went straight to her little outside cottage - she just loves it! I can't wait til it gets warmer because she wants to be outside so bad.

My little snow princess~

Ok Grandma - I'm ready to go in and get warm!!

The path of destruction~

Ahh...time to warm up by the fire!!

16 months!

Today Elena is 16 months old!! I'm telling you each month just goes by faster and faster - before I know it she will be 16! Yikes - that's a scary thought!! I took a few pictures of Elena enjoying her bath tonight and thought I would share them.