Friday, November 30, 2007

Wild Animals at the Zoo

Maren and her buddies had a busy day at the zoo. They were too busy being wild to even check out the animals. The lions were stalking the yaks.

The moose were charging each other.

The stinky skunk almost sprayed us.

The wolf pups were playful and frisky.

The bears were wrestling .

The dall sheep were perched high on the snowy mountain.






Independent Dressing?

Maren dresses herself for preschool.
Long johns and a dressy sweater...making a statement!
Hmmmmm.............


Sisters

A cherry suit one too.....








Naked Sadie




Saturday, November 24, 2007

Sweet Dreams you two!


What I'm thankful for...

Turkey sandwiches!

Sadie in Pink




Sweet Sadie Rose

Sleepy...

...snoozy...

...awake!



Christmas Comes to Anchorage!

Last night we went to the tree lighting downtown. Santa was there, but Maren had NO interest in Santa. It was all about the reindeer!

We saw Prancer...

...and Cupid and...


Guess who?
(Hint: no red nose!)











Mom gets the holiday fever too...

After all the excitement about tree trimming, I got festive and headed out to the shed to find the Christmas boxes. While Maren was out with David, I hid her Christmas buddies around the house for her to find. She absolutely loved it!

She found her nutcrackers and stuffed Santas and reindeer.

She searched low...

...and high.

She found all her Christmas toys!

She found Santa's workshop too!






'Tis the Season!



With Thanksgiving behind us, Maren is headed straight for Christmas. She got festive with her little tree today.











She hung her tiny ornaments and bells and reminded us repeatedly of how much she loved Christmas trees.


















She was very focused and thoughtful about ornament placement...















...but once the candy canes came out, things got a little top heavy.


Thursday, November 22, 2007

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Winter Wonderland

Woke up to new snow on the ground and more falling.

Sadie is packed in the down coat.


Crazy sled rides




Finally tired out.