Danika's New Bed!

Danika figured out how to climb out of her crib this week, so I decided it was time for her to move up in the world. So we set up the toddler bed. She loves it of course. I think she especially loves being able to get up all by herself in the morning!

So far it's been pretty easy to get her to stay in her bed and go to sleep.

Elora was 18 months old when she started climbing out of her crib, that was a nightmare! We had to practically sit on her to get her to stay in her bed! I guess I was expecting something similar with Danika, but I think that since Danika is almost 2 1/2 she is able to understand a bit better. Now if we could just get her potty trained!

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My New Car!

My old van died for good, so we started looking for a used car that we could afford.

This is what we found, a 2000 Honda Odyssey!

I was not expecting to be able to buy this good of a van, but thankfully it was the right price!

Now is the time to buy a car if you are able! There aren't very many people buying cars so the dealers are bringing the prices way down.

It is sooooo nice to drive a van where everything works in it! And it has two sliding doors! That's a luxury for me! It's also a lot more roomy inside and comfortable for the kids.

Yippee!

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Playing in the Snow!

Here is Elora and Zach ready to play!

(Zach is such a goof ball)

After I took this pic we made the stairs into a sledding ramp! It was fun.

Danika couldn't move very well! She didn't like this deep snow very much.

Pretty much our whole house is surrounded by ice cycles.

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Warning: If you get motion sickness easily, don't watch this video, just listen :) !
Danika was having so much fun swinging that she didn't want to come inside to eat lunch. I had to drag her out of the swing screaming. I think she was numb because when we got inside she screamed for 10 minutes because her hands and feet were so cold! Poor baby!

Beautiful Snow!

We woke up to a few more inches of snow, so now we have about a foot of snow.

We tried to build a snowman, but it's too powdery, so we just played!

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Lots and lots of Snow!

So, for all you out there reading this that live where it snows a lot regularly. Stop laughing at me!

You have to remember I'm from So. Cal.!

Our street has the best slop in our neighborhood, so all the kids gather here to sled. It's been fun to watch all the kids. Zach tried it on our little sled but it wouldn't go very far. He was excited to play in the street though.

We have about 8 in of snow now! And it's still snowing hard!

The sun came out for a few minutes so I took this pic of our awesome ice cycles.

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Snow Day!!!

Yesterday (and today and probably tomorrow) we had a snow day and this is what we did!

When I took these pics we had about 2-3 in of snow. Now we have about 4-5 in (it's the most snow we've ever had since we moved here 3 yrs ago). I actually had to shovel the sidewalk, that's a first for me :) !

We also finally made some Christmas cookies!

Notice Zach's hand (Pete called him a smurf when he got home from work).

Of course they had to taste the dough too.

We will probably play some more and take some more pictures today!

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