Snow Day!

During Addie's very first snowfall last year, she didn't really get what all the excitement was about, because....

...she slept through the whole thing. And there wasn't much more than flurries last winter anyway.

So far this year all we've had were a few light flurries, until earlier this week when we woke up to a view from the window with some strange white stuff on the ground.

Hmm....what's going on outside?

We waited until Steve came home from work (mid-day since he was on call at the hospital the night before) so we could go out and play as a family. We layered Addie with the following:

Long-sleeved onesie
Fleece footed pjs (as seen in the above photo)
Fleece unfooted pjs
Sweatpants
Nylon pants
Socks and shoes
Hat and gloves
Winter jacket with hood

Warm enough? Hopefully :) We did buy Addie some boots and we bought a size 5. She's in size 4 shoes, so we thought size 5 would cover it. After many tears as we tried to stuff her feet inside, we realized it was a lost cause and just hoped for the best with her shoes!

Hey Dad, what is this white stuff falling all around us?

Mom, please don't slip while you're holding me!!

Hey, this stuff is pretty cool!

Whoops, I fell.

Addie's accidental snow angel:

Steve passing down the fine art of snowball-making to his daughter--gotta learn early.

Heading to the playground for some more snow-filled fun

Um, guys...I'm getting a little cold here!

So home we went to peel off all the layers (I'm happy to report that her feet were toasty and dry!) and have a lunch of spinach and cheese quesadillas and vegetable barley soup. Yum!

Then to stave off more cabin fever, we headed to the Borders bookstore which has a fun kids area. We played with the stuffed animals and read the books there.

Not pictured: After Addie went to bed, Steve lit a fire and we drank hot chocolate.

All in all...a wonderful snow day!

First Museum visit

We had plans to meet up with the Philadelphia McGee's in Baltimore for a trip to their children's museum, Port Discovery. Alas, poor Shannon had been sick all week, so the rendezvous was postponed. Addie had never been to a museum before, mostly because of my reluctance to deal with DC parking and risk Addie-inspired meltdowns in public far from home. Now that she's only napping once a day, there's more available time-windows in which to go on these little trips, so on Sunday afternoon, after her nap and lunch we headed out.

It only took us 15 minutes to get downtown, but took almost 25 to find parking. It was COLD so we bundled Addie up in the stroller and headed to...the National Museum of Natural History.

You know, the one with the elephant in the rotunda:

Apparently, Addie thinks the elephant needs a hat. :)


We saw the big whale and other sea-life as well as the dinosaur bones.

We found the Discovery Room where we read stories about ladybugs (check out the stlyin' ladyubg puppet on Steve's hand)

And looked at butterflies--one of Addie's current favorite animals.

Yesterday we got a heap of snow! Check back soon for the pics of Addie's first romp in the white fluffy stuff.