Lazy days

Daddy finished up work for the semester on Friday (or at least his class stuff). So on Saturday he and Emma enjoyed a "lazy day" together:

Early Chanukah

Mimi and Papa will sadly be gone for the start of Chanukah (and we wish them a very happy vacation). So they brought Emma a few early Chanukah presents to enjoy until they get back. Here she is opening the presents:

Trying to figure out what to do with piggy travel pillow (this one isn't her favorite yet):

And enjoying her favorite present, an Emma sized Lazy Boy:


Thanks for the great gifts Mimi and Papa. Have a great cruise!

Bathing

Emma has a little bathtub for her baby doll. She has discovered that she just loves giving her toy dolphin a bath:

Princess Minnie

Aunt Stephanie bought Emma a great Minnie hat when she went to Disney World about a year ago. Emma has finally decided she likes it and now mommy can't get it off of her:

Thanks for the great hat Aunt Stephanie.

Snow day

We had wonderful snow this past weekend and mommy took Emma out for her first play in the snow. Mommy had fun making snow balls for Emma to play with:

Emma found it difficult to stay on her feet with two snowballs:


And watching Emma have difficulty figuring out how to walk in snow with her new boots on:

Mommy even taught Emma how to make a snowball. We need to work on the throwing part though:

And finally, here is mommy putting Emma to work doing the outside chores (Emma hasn't yet learned that it is not fun to shovel):

Tree Trimming Part 2

Emma got a special treat; she got to add the candy canes to the Christmas tree with Mimi and Papa. Papa was an excellent helper, lifting Emma up to the proper spots:

Here she is admiring her beautiful work and approving of it:

And finally, taking a sneak taste of her first candy cane:


Thanks for helping Mimi and Papa, it was lots of fun!

Tree trimming

We put up our tree yesterday and Emma was a huge help (not counting the couple of ornaments that got broken, oops). Here is Emma hanging some non-breakable ornaments down low:


Helping mommy hang some:

Helping daddy reach way up high (Emma's favorite place to put them all):


And finally, once she got tired, she helped Uncle Mike supervise and look for bald spots: