Fun in the snow

After a while without snow (and I'm not complaining), it fell all day yesterday. All day Hannah was asking to make snow angels so today that is just what we did!
After snow angels, we tried making a snowman ("tried" being the operative word). Apparently there are different types of snow and this was not the type needed for snowman making. It was very fluffy and was very hard to compact, but we still tried for the fun of it.
Hannah got distracted pretty easily and didn't like it when we asked her to not climb the snowman so she went off to play on her bench.
She did help us finish the snowman with a carrot nose and coffee bean eyes.


And then more shoveling for Daddy while Hannah had fun hanging out in the back of Daddy's truck.

Card from Gramma and Gramps

Hannah just got a card from Gramma and Gramps in the mail today for Valentine's Day. She likes it so much that we have read it about 20 times already. I think she just likes acting it out....so here she is...

Valentine's Day cookies

For Valentine's Day, Hannah and I made Joe cookies. Hannah was in charge of decorating.

She took her job very seriously!

She was very proud of the final product.

And then Daddy came home with chocolates, a big box for Mommy and a small one for Hannah. Yummy!

Gift from Kazakhstan

So the first gift from Kazakhstan is Hannah's new cousin, Kira! Joe's cousin, Anne, from Utah just returned from their adoption adventure with their beautiful daughter, Kira.

And this week a package came in the mail from Kira and her new parents with gifts from Kazakhstan! Hannah was very excited to open her gift and just loves her new doll, which we named Kira!

And her new booties, which she now wants to wear all the time around the house.

Tunnels

Ever since we went to pick up Gramma and Gramps from the airport (for family and friends in CA that have never heard of the big dig....some of the freeways go underground in Boston), Hannah has had a fascination with tunnels. She loves them and can't stop requesting them when we are driving. Wednesdays are the day we usually go into Boston to the Children's Museum, but on the days we don't, I always try to convince her that going under overpasses on the freeway is just as cool. Some days she actually believes it and plays along! : )

Yesterday, we weren't able to go to the Children's Museum, but instead Hannah made her own 'tunnel' in her room.

She took all of her blankets out of her cupboard, some pajamas, whatever got in her way really and was just hanging out when I came into the room to get her from her nap.

New Chalkboard

Our idea was to create a large chalkboard for the kitchen and that we did! Standing at about 4ft x 5ft, it's definitely large and with the cork board frame, it takes up most of the wall. (we also added the butcher block next to the stove)

Hannah loves drawing on it and so far it keeps her nice and busy while I'm cooking dinner (an added benefit). Don't ask why she's wearing snow pants...it was a rainy day spent indoors today. She put them on herself and she wouldn't take them off until dinner (it was non-negotiable at that point).Hannah posing for her picture.